Posted on 09/10/2019 8:34:45 AM PDT by rdl6989
At least 31 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in a stampede in the Iraqi city of Karbala, as Shia Muslim worshipers commemorated Ashura on Tuesday, according to Iraq's health ministry.
Thousands had jammed the streets to attend festivals marking the most important Shia holy day of the year.
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Used to happen all the time at the Baptist pitch-in dinners...
They died for Shiat.
And on just a fartwa from the head Shite cleric.
Ban ALL “festivals”.
But that’s why they win.
They’re willing to do sh*t like that; when they grow up, they’re not afraid of anything.
They don’t turn the other cheek.
But Greater is He within me that he that is in the world.
“Turning the other cheek” is for interpersonal relationships. It was never meant to be foreign policy.
As Sergeant York learned, ferociousness in defense of life and liberty is not a sin. (JMHO)
Sgt York figured it out.
So will a lot of other folks, real fast.
Indeed.
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