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Earthquake in China: Deadliest Since Tangshan

Wednesday May 14, 2008
The death toll from the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit just outside of Chengdu, China on Monday, May 12, 2008 continues to rise. The latest estimates range from 15,000 to 30,000 people dead. This is the deadliest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake that killed 255,000 people.

Comments

May 15, 2008 at 12:00 am
(1) Zeev Gideon Korwan says:

I am chief of intelligence for the ultra clandestine JDLI Jewish militant worldwide organisation.
I am based in Australia.
Yad Vashem and all Jews might be interested to know that though Josef Mengele died on 7 February 1979 in Bertiago, Brazil. His death was due to drowning only after he fell into the water following a stakeout firefight with his henchmen and independant Jewish mercenaries. The credit for the death of Mengele goes to a Jewish Austrian ex-police officer whose bullet MAY have hit Mengele, throwing him into the water.
Accordingly the Jewish Defence League International rightly take reponsibility for the demise of Josef Mengele. Sadly, Mossad the so called protectors of Israel knew of Mengeles location when he was killed but under pressure from the CIA declined to assassinate him !
Hashem Ehad

May 16, 2008 at 10:28 am
(2) Kathleen says:

What does the first comment have to do with China?
I am happy to see that the Chinese government has admitted to needing outside help. The Myanmar government continues to deny that they need help. What’s worse is that the military dictators there are stealing whatever they do accept. It’s not getting to the people. My heart breaks for those people whose lives have been devastated by the cyclone. At least the Chinese government is behaving in a responsible manner in order to help their people at this time. I am not fond of the Communist regime there either. Hopefully, this disaster might give them pause for thought. They need to recognize that all human beings have basic God given rights. I wish the same for the people of Myanmar.

May 22, 2008 at 6:58 am
(3) Larry Cohen says:

There is no possibility that Ze’ev Korwan would have made the statement attributed to him on your website. This is because former Kidon officers swear an oath of secrecy to the Sovereign State of Israel and allegiance to our
G-d Hashem, and to break such an oath would render the soul dead. Josef mercenaries were most certainly responsible for the death of Josef Mengele in 1979,and perhaps Korwan was involved somewhere, as he usually is in matters of former Nazi war
criminals.But someone is definitely playing a foolish hoax on your website. Because if Korwan was involved, do you really belive that this Ze’ev Jabotinsky medal holder [for services rendered to the Jewish State] would tell anybody! Not even a remote possibility!

May 26, 2008 at 2:19 am
(4) Linda Yan says:

I’m a Chinese. I stay in ChengDu when the earthquake happened. When you near the death, you will know human is nothing in the front of the nature. At that time you CAN’T save yourself,CAN’T save your friend…..

The earthquake happens all over the world,not just only China. We are full of thanks to all the people who helped us all over the world.
The Army went to the epicenter in the first time and save a lot of people. All the people in the China donate resource, money, food to the people who suffer from the earthquake. And a lot people went to disaster area to give a hand. Whatever you believe or not, all of them are voluntary! No any compensation or reward. I was soooooo moved by all the kind people!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you all! And Chinese people won’t forget who helped them in the difficult time! There is a saying:
Drop the boon of the water, be to flow out spring to report mutually

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