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minionofmidas
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« on: September 01, 2005, 03:52:12 AM »
In a stampede in Iraq, after a rumour spread that there were suicide bombers in the shiite pilgrim crowd, and then a bridge collapsed.
Holy cow.
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2005, 03:52:53 AM »
Link?

That's, uh, quite a few.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2005, 03:55:48 AM »
Haven't read this piece - I get my news from printmedia mostly - but it's the first one I found
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2005, 03:57:43 AM »
I just thought about what the stampede was about: people heard about a suicide bomber, and didn't want to die.

Uh, I don't think your reactions worked very well, guys.
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2005, 04:02:28 AM »
that's odd, i'd've expected this to be posted about 16 hours ago...when it occurred...
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« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2005, 04:22:14 AM »
Quote from: hughento on September 01, 2005, 04:02:28 AM
that's odd, i'd've expected this to be posted about 16 hours ago...when it occurred...
Me too. Angry
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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2005, 11:43:54 AM »

News takes a while to get to Canada eh? I heard about this around midday yesterday.
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2005, 02:11:42 PM »
Awful.

How much there have been about this one in American media? Obviously the destruction of New Orleans is cover-story and this one has been left without big attention.
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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2005, 03:01:26 PM »
Quote from: Huckleberry Finn on September 01, 2005, 02:11:42 PM
Awful.

How much there have been about this one in American media? Obviously the destruction of New Orleans is cover-story and this one has been left without big attention.

This has had some play, about 10 mintues per hour for a while yesterday.  NO is obviously getting the lion's share.
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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2005, 03:08:38 PM »
900 odd people killed?  Oh well, as long as it's not people anybody would miss.



One ticket please.
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« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2005, 10:22:16 PM »
Oh, I heard about this, but my Internet access has been atrocious this week. I wonder if this will make the Shi'a enraged at the Sunnis - the Shi'a have shown remarkable restraint so far, but if the Shi'a decide they've had it, the Sunnis are going to get slaughtered...and as much as I hate to say it, the Sunnis will probably deserve it.
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« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2005, 11:09:15 PM »
Did Saddam allow these disgusting 'religious processions' to take place?  Surely not.
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« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2005, 12:17:39 AM »
Quote from: JohnFKennedy on September 01, 2005, 11:43:54 AM
News takes a while to get to Canada eh? I heard about this around midday yesterday.

I've been pretty busy lately, and as such, I haven't been keeping up with news a whole lot.
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« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2005, 03:39:39 AM »
Quote from: opebo on September 01, 2005, 11:09:15 PM
Did Saddam allow these disgusting 'religious processions' to take place?  Surely not.
No, he did not. WHich is of course part of the reason why so many people attend now. First chance to do this in ages.
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« Reply #14 on: September 02, 2005, 09:40:37 PM »
Quote from: Lewis Trondheim on September 02, 2005, 03:39:39 AM
Quote from: opebo on September 01, 2005, 11:09:15 PM
Did Saddam allow these disgusting 'religious processions' to take place?  Surely not.
No, he did not. WHich is of course part of the reason why so many people attend now. First chance to do this in ages.

I miss Saddam.  He fought the good fight against religion.
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« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2005, 03:56:42 AM »
^     ^     ^
Not funny.
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