Value of one

Can you imagine this happening in this country? Why isn't there pressure on the Suadi government to prevent these kinds of deaths? Is there a cultural difference in the the value of a single person?

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Timeline: hajj disasters

Some 3,000 people have died in incidents at the hajj in the last 20 years in stampedes, demonstrations, and fires at pilgrim camping areas and one person was killed when a bomb exploded near Mecca's Grand Mosque in 1989.