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Death toll in Saudi haj tragedy could hit 300: medics ("stoning ritual")
Reuters ^
| Jan 12
Posted on 01/12/2006 7:38:55 AM PST by Grzegorz 246
MENA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The death toll could rise to 300 in Saudi Arabia where Muslim pilgrims were crushed to death on Thursday during a stoning ritual on the last day of the haj, medical sources said.
"It's likely to be around 300 in the end," said a medic in Mena. Medical sources earlier said more than 100 people died.
The Saudi Interior Ministry said earlier in a statement that an unknown number of people had been killed in the crush at the eastern entrance of Mena's Jamarat Bridge after pilgrims jostled to perform the stoning ritual between noon and sunset.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathtoll; haj; hajj; hajstampede; islam; saudiarabia; saudis
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To: Grzegorz 246
My stoning ritual has led to the deaths of hundreds of pints of Haagen Daaz.
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:41:03 AM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Base. All Yours = Mine.)
To: Grzegorz 246
This happen year after year.
Seriously, the authorities in Saudi Arabia need to consult with the people at Disney or Cedar Fair on how to move large crowds through an attraction without trouble.
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:41:43 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: Grzegorz 246
This happens like - every year. Except for the years with the riots...
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:41:59 AM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: Grzegorz 246
......after pilgrims jostled to perform the stoning ritual.... Lovely. Any "beheading of the infidels" rituals as well?
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:42:18 AM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:42:40 AM PST
by
CJ Wolf
(BTW can someone add 'zot' to the FR spellchecker?)
To: Psycho_Bunny
Well, at least they were not at Wal-Mart going for a $100.00 laptop.
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:42:42 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: Grzegorz 246
As if anybody needed any more evidence that this so called religion is deeply flawed...
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:42:45 AM PST
by
battlecry
To: Grzegorz 246
300! Now that sounds like a typical haj death toll.
To: Grzegorz 246
Maybe the idiots need to do it everyday in every city and then only the purest idiots will survive.
To: Mr. Mojo
Yeah, is that where they bury a woman up to here head and then murder her?
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:43:57 AM PST
by
KC_Conspirator
(This space outsourced to India)
To: BenLurkin
For heaven's sake, why?????
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:44:45 AM PST
by
Lekker 1
("Computers in the future may have only 1000 vacuum tubes..." - Popular Mechanics, March 1949)
To: Mr. Mojo
the stoning ritual consists of "stoning" Satan. One would think they would have a portion cleared off as the designated Rock Range, but I'm not sure where they were aiming if 300 died.
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:45:24 AM PST
by
Zeppelin
(Texas Longhorns === National Champions !!!)
To: Grzegorz 246
AGAIN???? Doesn't this happen every year?
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:45:32 AM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Grzegorz 246
Having a "Stoning Ritual" as part of an Islamic religious celebration doesn't suggest that Islam is a hell bent cult does it?
< uber sarcasm off >
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:46:01 AM PST
by
lormand
(Close the border...the US/Kalifornia border.)
To: Grzegorz 246
They should do this more often.
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:46:20 AM PST
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: battlecry
I love using stuff like this to quiet down ROP apologists.
To: Grzegorz 246
Losing "only" 300 is a good year for them.
To: Grzegorz 246
Lemmings.
Gets 'em every time.
To: BenLurkin
"Seriously, the authorities in Saudi Arabia need to consult with the people at Disney or Cedar Fair on how to move large crowds through an attraction without trouble."
OR the organizers of Woodstock -- after all, this is a kind of love-in, isn't it -- the religion of peace and love and goodwill to all men?? (sarc)
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:48:09 AM PST
by
Polyxene
(For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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