Stampede kills hundreds at Hajj pilgrimage

kmbc.com ^ | September 24, 2015 | Faith Karimi and Schams Elwazer

[smalltownslick]

Wasn’t there another event shortly after the crane collapse, a fire perhaps? I was thinking this was the third thing.

[needmorePaine]

“A Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is considered a dull affair.” — Game of Thrones

Nice one. I was thinking the same thing. I think the Dothraki are more civilized though.

[libstripper]

The Tea Party put 1,780,000 people into DC on 9/12/09 with no fatalities and no stampede, not even for the toilets. We’re obviously backward.

[R. Scott]

The Will of Allah.

[xp38]

Previous

2006: 364 pilgrims die in a crush at foot of Jamarat Bridge in Mina
1997: 340 pilgrims are killed when fire fuelled by high winds sweeps through Mina’s tent city
1994: 270 pilgrims die in a stampede during the stoning ritual
1990: 1,426 pilgrims, mainly Asian, die in a stampede in an overcrowded tunnel leading to holy sites
1987: 402 people die when security forces break up an anti-US demonstration by Iranian pilgrims

[xp38]

Death toll now being reported at 717

[JEDI4S]

As long as they were playing Crues’ Shout at the Devil....

[Iron Munro]

Islam is a crutch for the mentally diseased.

[OrangeHoof]

So this “Religion of Peace” annually holds an event where hundreds die and it’s apparently not a big deal to them or they’d do what any civilized society would do and find a way to make it safer, and yet when asked to take in a few hundred Syrian refugees that are of the same faith, the country’s answer is “hell, no - where would we put them?”.

Suspicious as hell, I tell you.

[crusty old prospector]

Yuk, yuk.

[DoodleDawg]

I guess the death count for this one is over 700. So it’s the worst since 1990.

[Iron Munro]

Death toll now being reported at 717

Any word if Obama was injured?

[null and void]

You owe monkeys everywhere an apology.

[OrangeHoof]

This reminds me of the lines outside womens restrooms at football stadiums back in the day.

[muggs]

That’s bad.

[Biggirl]

Seems to be a regular event.

[Biggirl]

Dancing over a moon rock.

[Fitzy_888]

ISIS: “If Allah wills, we will kill those who worship stones in Mecca and destroy the Kaaba”

The Hadith states:

“The Mahdi will rule the world from Jeruselem because Mecca will be Destroyed”.

“The flourishing state of Jeruselem will be when Medina is in ruins, the ruined state of Medina will be when The Great War comes.”

[Uncle Miltie]

Good news with breakfast!