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Ashura stampede leaves at least 31 dead (Shia festival)
CNN ^ | September 10, 2019 | Mohammed Tawfeeq

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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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: iraq; islam; shiites
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To: rdl6989

Used to happen all the time at the Baptist pitch-in dinners...


21 posted on 09/10/2019 10:04:28 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (< < Wandering aimfully > >)
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To: rdl6989

They died for Shiat.


22 posted on 09/10/2019 10:53:09 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Trump is Making the Media Grate Again)
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To: OrangeHoof

And on just a fartwa from the head Shite cleric.


23 posted on 09/10/2019 11:23:53 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: rdl6989
Only 31 ?   :-\
24 posted on 09/10/2019 1:18:00 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: rdl6989

Ban ALL “festivals”.


25 posted on 09/10/2019 2:22:44 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: left that other site

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.


26 posted on 09/10/2019 3:03:57 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

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)


27 posted on 09/10/2019 4:44:58 PM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: left that other site

Sgt York figured it out.
So will a lot of other folks, real fast.


28 posted on 09/10/2019 6:00:05 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

Indeed.


29 posted on 09/10/2019 6:08:49 PM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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