Marriott will rise again...

By Damian Grammaticas
BBC News, Islamabad

Walking through the back gate of Islamabad's Marriott hotel, you are greeted by a surreal scene.
To the right is the banqueting hall. Its roof has collapsed. The huge room is piled with rubble and broken chairs. Hundreds were in here when the suicide attacker struck on Saturday.
Looming high above is the main hotel building. Every window has been smashed, their metal frames twisted by fire - huge swathes of soot streak the outside walls.
You can see inside the bedrooms. They are all gutted. I stayed in one of those rooms just a fortnight ago. I can see it is a charred shell now, nothing left inside.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7630477.stm

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By QT• 23 Sep 2008 12:47

...just a suggestion

By Xray• 23 Sep 2008 09:37

The properitor of marriot islamabad Sadar-u-ddin hashwani yesterday while talking to private tv channel GEO TV, announced the dead line 31-Dec 2008 for reopening of hotel...

By mr_listener• 23 Sep 2008 09:33

Ah well... This too shall pass!!

its very sad tho..

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