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Smugglers ‘started to throw kids’ into sea as boat sank off Italy: reports
NY Post ^
| February 27, 2023
| Lee Brown
Posted on 02/27/2023 10:00:41 AM PST by BenLurkin
Callous human traffickers threw young migrants into the sea to try to lighten the boat that sank off the Italian coast, according to a report Monday — as officials fear the death toll could top 100.
“The traffickers started to throw kids out,” one of the 81 survivors told La Stampa of the overcrowded 65-foot wooden boat that smashed into rocky reefs before dawn Sunday.
“They grabbed them by the arm and threw them in the sea.”
The mayor of the Italian town of Crotone, Vincenzo Voce, shared similar stories as he arrived with flowers to where dozens of coffins were laid out in a sports hall on Monday.
“Smugglers are heinous criminals who throw people into the sea, without any scruples,” Voce told La Stampa.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aliens; humansmuggling
Not the first time for this, if memory serves me right.
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posted on
02/27/2023 10:00:41 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
The only difference between the passengers and the traffickers is they own the boat. If you are a young woman, don’t walk your streets alone.
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posted on
02/27/2023 10:05:24 AM PST
by
Track9
(You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
To: BenLurkin
It’s like the Turner painting with the space ship throwing slaves overboard in a storm.
To: BenLurkin
Smugglers aka Human Traffickers, should be shot on sight.
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posted on
02/27/2023 10:15:19 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
if the ship was sinking, wouldn’t throwing the passengers overboard be a sign of compassion for their safety?
so they wouldn’t go down with the ship?
point of reference is everything.
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posted on
02/27/2023 10:17:31 AM PST
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/27/2023 10:20:45 AM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: teeman8r
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posted on
02/27/2023 10:25:00 AM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: nickcarraway
Our modern day slave trade.
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posted on
02/27/2023 10:31:30 AM PST
by
TheDon
(Resist the usurpers)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/27/2023 10:58:15 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: BenLurkin
So women and children first?
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:04:12 AM PST
by
pas
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:06:23 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: pas
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:07:47 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Are there ANY lions left at the Colosseum?
Italians, please release your inner Roman!
Get some lions from the zoo, don’t feed them for a week, and put the smugglers in the cages with the lions...
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:12:57 AM PST
by
Alas Babylon!
(Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
To: Track9
They're just frikkin' ANIMALS and should be put down.
If I was on that boat and actually witnessed this, as soon as I got off I'd be looking for a way to skuttle the damned thing,.
While they were swimming back, I'd have talked quickly, found a couple of other men, and given my life to kill at least one of the smugglers.
F*** it, freedom ain't worth shit with a memory like that.
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posted on
02/27/2023 12:04:51 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: pas
No, just kids . . . women will bargain with p****
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posted on
02/27/2023 12:06:41 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: dfwgator
They are PIRATES.
They should be shot on sight, keel hauled, hung from the yard arm, etc. Just like the British Navy did in the 1600’s.
To: teeman8r
That’s what I’m thinking... better to be OFF a sinking boat.
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posted on
02/27/2023 12:26:19 PM PST
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
To: BenLurkin
The article has to have the obligatory "most right wing Italian prime minister since Mussolini" otherwise it is not providing enough background information drivel.
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posted on
02/27/2023 12:33:20 PM PST
by
mund1011
(We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
To: BenLurkin
Such good people. Just looking for a better life and freedom. /s
I wish the person who sniped at me for not wishing them well would pop off again.
No, it isn’t the first time.
There are very few children on these boats. Most are like our “assylum” seekers, military age males. Most of the bastards belong in the jail for gangs in El Salvador.
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posted on
02/27/2023 1:05:49 PM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/27/2023 1:25:41 PM PST
by
sauropod
(“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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