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Explosion rocks World Cup viewing venue in Nigeria
AP ^ | June 17, 2014

Posted on 06/17/2014 4:48:54 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

DAMATURU, Nigeria — A suicide bomber detonated a tricycle taxi packed with explosives at an outdoor World Cup viewing center in a northeast Nigerian city Wednesday night, and witnesses said several people were killed.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: nigeria; worldcup

1 posted on 06/17/2014 4:48:54 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Obamas People.


2 posted on 06/17/2014 4:49:53 PM PDT by mylife
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To: ConservativeStatement

Ban soccer.


3 posted on 06/17/2014 4:52:22 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: ConservativeStatement
B..b..b..but all cultures are equally worthwhile ! !



   

4 posted on 06/17/2014 4:53:09 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: mylife

I guess that makes it ok, then. You ended the War on Terror. /s


5 posted on 06/17/2014 4:53:48 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Veggie Todd

Out of curiosity, I checked Nigeria’s schedule for the World Cup and apparently the team tied Iran yesterday.


6 posted on 06/17/2014 4:54:48 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: Veggie Todd
Ban soccer.

And tricycles!

7 posted on 06/17/2014 4:55:14 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: ConservativeStatement
Islamic extremists of the Boko Haram group frequently time secondary explosions to kill people who rush to the scene of a bomb blast.


        Unexpected !

8 posted on 06/17/2014 4:57:11 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: ConservativeStatement
Lemmie guess....Jewish yutes 15 to 25 years old.
9 posted on 06/17/2014 4:57:32 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: ConservativeStatement

10 posted on 06/17/2014 5:05:51 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: ConservativeStatement

My son is a soccer fan, and yesterday I joked that the Nigeria-Iran match might be a rough one, and I predicted five yellow cards, two red cards, and three suicide bombings. Looks like I wasn’t far off.


11 posted on 06/17/2014 5:21:08 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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