The gunmen had several demands . They " wanted the government to hand over a group of men who had been convicted of killing seven relatives – mostly children – of takeover leader Hamaas Khaalis . They also demanded that the movie '' Mohammad , Messenger of God '' be destroyed because they considered it sacrilegious . " '' Time '' magazine noted : " That the toll was not higher was in part a tribute to the primary tactic U.S. law enforcement officials are now using to thwart terrorists — patience . But most of all , perhaps , it was due to the courageous intervention of three Muslim ambassadors , Egypt 's Ashraf Ghorbal , Pakistan 's Sahabzada Yaqub-Khan and Iran 's Ardeshir Zahedi . " B'nai B'rith has responded to natural and manmade disasters since 1865 , when it assisted victims of a cholera epidemic in what was then Palestine . B'nai B'rith later raised funds and distributed them to those affected by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 , the Galveston , Texas , flood of 1900 and the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
1906 San Francisco earthquake
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