a scene of complete destruction. |
a very serious situation |
At least the top two stories are ablaze, and the bottom three or four stories ablaze. And in the middle, between the two sets of flames, lights are still burning. |
Belgrade is now in darkness for as far as the eye can see. |
blew me back from my window. |
come down and give themselves up. |
I can see a lot of debris, a lot of rubble in what is a civilian area. There is a considerable amount of damage. |
I can see body parts inside the crushed rubble, some of them are covered by green tarpaulins. |
I haven't seen anything on this scale in Beirut since the dark days of the civil war, |
I haven't seen anything on this scale in Beirut since the dark days of the civil war. |
I think what I'm seeing here is the largest civilian casualty toll since the beginning of NATO airstrikes, ... I saw quite clearly that these were civilian homes. ... I saw body parts inside these buildings. |
I think what I'm seeing here is the largest civilian casualty toll since the beginning of NATO airstrikes. I saw quite clearly that these were civilian homes. ... I saw body parts inside these buildings. |
I'm now seeing many detonations, ... There's one huge fireball nearby and I can see several plumes of smoke from still other detonations. |
Jordan is now part of many countries that have suffered from the senseless violence of suicide bombers, whether it's in European countries or in Arab and Muslim countries, |
of their own free will. |