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Hajj stampede death toll reaches 244
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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.
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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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathtoll; devil; hajj; hajjstampede; muslims; muslimworld; satan; stampede
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This is a much happier headline that what we have been getting from Paris today.
To: doug from upland
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01/07/2015 7:01:36 PM PST
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glasseye
To: doug from upland
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:01:36 PM PST
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DAC21
To: doug from upland
Well, there’s that ol’ saying... “can’t live forever...”
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:01:40 PM PST
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: doug from upland
Yep, they did get this right. This was Allah;s Will. Good thing maybe is that some warrior will now get his virgens.
To: doug from upland; All
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01/07/2015 7:01:46 PM PST
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: doug from upland
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01/07/2015 7:01:53 PM PST
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loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: doug from upland
Couldn’t happen to more vile people than this.
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:01:53 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
To: doug from upland
“..This is a much happier headline that what we have been getting from Paris today....”
Yes, but the number is still way too low.
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:02:57 PM PST
by
lgjhn23
(It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
To: doug from upland
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:03:25 PM PST
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: doug from upland
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:03:52 PM PST
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dfwgator
To: doug from upland
One man’s “worst tragedy” is another man’s (fill in the blank).
To: doug from upland
Those 72 virgins will be very busy for the next few weeks, if they last that long.
To: loungitude
Unga bunga bunga inga binga unga bunnnnnnn-ga!
Was it something I said?
(I love Bugs Bunny cartoons.)
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:04:46 PM PST
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: doug from upland
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:05:13 PM PST
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: doug from upland
This is a much happier headline that what we have been getting from Paris today. love your enemies is such a hard saying. I regret to say I take pleasure in hearing about Muslim deaths. But they are the spawn of Satan, and are fighting Satan's war on earth.
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01/07/2015 7:06:17 PM PST
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: doug from upland
Only 244? Needs some zeros behind it. That would be a reeeeeeally happy ending.
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:06:20 PM PST
by
radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
To: doug from upland
If they’re all mohamedans, where’s the tragedy?
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:06:46 PM PST
by
RobinOfKingston
(Straight ahead, and don't bunch up.)
To: doug from upland
we'll have to send John John Kerry to Arabia to set this right......
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:07:04 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: doug from upland
Zeros?
We’re missing Zeros!!!!
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posted on
01/07/2015 7:07:23 PM PST
by
G Larry
(Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
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