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Hajj stampede death toll reaches 244
daily mail ^ | 1-8-15

Posted on 01/07/2015 6:58:25 PM PST by doug from upland

Edited on 01/07/2015 7:09:31 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

In the worst tragedy in seven years at the annual Muslim pilgrimage, 244 worshippers were trampled to death and hundreds more were hurt beneath a crush of people making their way to a ritualistic stoning of the devil.

Panic ensued when a few pilgrims fell on a bridge, and others tried to escape the push of the oncoming crowd, authorities said. Safety measures were in place at the site -- one where fatal stampedes have been frequent -- but "caution isn't stronger than fate," Saudi Hajj Minister Iyad Madani said.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathtoll; devil; hajj; hajjstampede; muslims; muslimworld; satan; stampede
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HITLER RANTS ABOUT HAJ AND HIS BASEBALL GLOVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X5AjMxpiuU


81 posted on 01/08/2015 7:40:26 AM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: Paleo Conservative
Which side?

Well played, sir.

I don't know if the answer to your question has been determined yet.

82 posted on 01/08/2015 7:54:34 AM PST by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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To: doug from upland
Hajj stampede death toll reaches 244

Every cowboy knows, cattle will stampede.

83 posted on 01/08/2015 7:56:57 AM PST by Lazamataz (With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
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To: doug from upland

“Ahh, yes. The 1990 stampede.”

I remember it. She wore blue. The Germans wore gray.


84 posted on 01/08/2015 7:59:08 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Lazamataz

It must not have been a success with those low numbers. We lose 300 or more at the UMC General Conference every 4 years for the “Stoning of the Republicans”.


85 posted on 01/08/2015 8:00:58 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: AppyPappy
It must not have been a success with those low numbers. We lose 300 or more at the UMC General Conference every 4 years for the “Stoning of the Republicans”.

LOL!

86 posted on 01/08/2015 8:01:47 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: DaveA37

Nice. Then again, who really cares? They’re all potential terrorists, murderers and suicide bombers. Just throw all of them into a mass grave and be done with it. After all, is that not what they want to do to Israel, Jews, Christians and every other “infidel”?

Piss on all of them. No other “faith” in modern times promotes the wanton enslavement, destitution and destruction of “non-believers” than Islam and yet organizations like CAIR demand “tolerance”. In more enlightened and truthful times, Islam would be recognized for who and what they are: Savages, cannibals and barbarians.
MHO, Muslims are a cancer upon the human race. Again, piss on all of them.


87 posted on 01/08/2015 9:57:03 AM PST by Roger Kaputnik
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To: elcid1970

Heh heh heh, pay per view?

I agree.


88 posted on 01/08/2015 12:39:37 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: radu

244, sounds like a very small first step for mankind!
RIP, Neil


89 posted on 01/08/2015 12:54:52 PM PST by GOYAKLA
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To: doug from upland

Watched a segment on the hajj on PBS a while back. The numbers of people crowded in there are scary.


90 posted on 01/08/2015 12:58:27 PM PST by nascarnation (....)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Only 244 killed in this year’s stampede? The Hajj celebrants are going soft. At this rate, they are going to need a stampede every hour to take care of all the waiting virgins! Let’s get moving, Boys. I know. Let’s get them arguing about who gets more virgins, the stampedERS or the stampedEES. That should be fun!


92 posted on 02/09/2015 10:32:19 AM PST by alstewartfan (When I looked the sky was empty. I suppose you never saw the landing lights. Al Stewart)
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To: doug from upland

So these fatal stampedes are becoming an annual event it seems.


93 posted on 02/09/2015 10:41:17 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: nascarnation

Three words. target.....rich.....environment


94 posted on 02/09/2015 10:51:57 AM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: Charles Martel
Something must have spooked the herd.

It was the PA system announcement. "

Blue Light Special - next 100 to stone Shaitan will receive 5 extra virgins and 10 goats in paradise!"

And they're off!

95 posted on 02/09/2015 11:01:02 AM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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