Friday, December 3, 2010

That Israeli Fire

First Foreign Planes Arrive in Israel to Help Put Out Fires That Killed 41  "Firefighters are still trying to contain the blaze, which police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said was the worst in Israel’s history. Most of the 41 confirmed dead were killed yesterday in a bus carrying prison guards on their way to help evacuate a prison endangered by the flames, Rosenfeld said."
Haaretz photo

Two arson suspects apprehended in Carmel forest     "The suspects were allegedly attempting to rekindle a fire in the forest with the use of Molotov cocktails." Jerusalem Post

Carmel inferno proves Israel can't afford war with Iran  "Just like Israel's army in the 1973 Yom Kippur war, the emergency services were wholly unprepared to handle a shock on this scale."
Article and photo from Haaretz

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