[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It is simple. These are American lives we are talking about, not > simple Japanese people. Over a million Vietnamese died in the Vietnam > war - besides Vietnam being carpet bombed for I do not know how many > years... but again it was cheaper. > > T.
Over a million you say... And, ummh, 9/11 was how many... Over 300 confirmed and another 4,000 or so missing. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Mark Tinka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: lug_: OT: Costliest Man-Made Tragedy > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:07:12 +0300 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Received: from orion.kym.net ([217.113.72.32]) by mc9-f11.hotmail.com > with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824); Sun, 18 Jan 2004 08:09:00 -0800 > Received: by orion.kym.net (Postfix)id 42B49C28; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 > 19:08:28 +0300 (EAT) > Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])by orion.kym.net > (Postfix) with ESMTP id 252C5C24for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:08:28 +0300 (EAT) > Received: by orion.kym.net (Postfix, from userid 28)id 988DFBD1; Sun, > 18 Jan 2004 19:08:25 +0300 (EAT) > Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])by orion.kym.net > (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC001C24for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 18 Jan > 2004 19:08:24 +0300 (EAT) > Received: from cedrickjr.africaonline.co.sz (unknown [212.85.220.8])by > orion.kym.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF7BF9C6for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:08:20 +0300 (EAT) > Received: from mhloli.africaonline.co.sz ([212.85.220.9] > helo=mhloli)by cedrickjr.africaonline.co.sz with esmtp (Exim 4.12)id > 1AiFZ9-0000Zf-00for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:14:23 +0200 > Received: from webworks.iafrica.sz ([196.15.232.3])by mhloli > (MailMonitor for SMTP v1.2.2 ) ;Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:07:50 +0200 (SAST) > X-Message-Info: vAu4ZEtdRij3XmuhdT+knYAhrFQ+qLQd > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Organization: Africa Online Swaziland > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4927.1200 > X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 > Precedence: bulk > X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 > Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Jan 2004 16:09:11.0139 (UTC) > FILETIME=[68BF6330:01C3DDDD] > > Sorry for the OT, but I'm in conflict here; > > http://www.airdisaster.com/special/special-0911.shtml says that the > September 11, 2001 hijackings that saw the destruction of the World > Trade Centre have been proven as the costliest man-made tragedy EVER, > at an estimated $30 billion. > > Just wondering, does this surpass the Hiroshima & Nagasaki atomic > bombings decades earlier, ordered by the then US president, Truman > (man-made) on August the 6th and 9th, 1945? Mind you, the effects of > these bombings are still being felt by the citizens of these > locations, ecnomically, socially, and in health. > > How can that be quanitified, in billions, if not gazillions? > > Regards, > > Mark Tinka > Technical Manager, Africa Online Swaziland > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug Regards, Mark Tinka Technical Manager, Africa Online Swaziland --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
