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    Hajj

    Apparently, stampede kills over 700...oh well, less refugees/migrants I guess

    Hajj stampede: At least 717 killed in Saudi Arabia - BBC News
    Clarity is everything

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    Originally posted by SteelyDan View Post
    Apparently, stampede kills over 700...oh well, less refugees/migrants I guess

    Hajj stampede: At least 717 killed in Saudi Arabia - BBC News
    Quoted in case there's a cocksocket of the year award in the year end survey and we have to show our workings.

    FFS!

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      #3
      2nd most blinded religous zealots on the planet.

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        #4
        Originally posted by SteelyDan View Post
        Apparently, stampede kills over 700...oh well, less refugees/migrants I guess

        Hajj stampede: At least 717 killed in Saudi Arabia - BBC News
        This was clearly caused by a combination of British colonialism and climate change. Where do I send my cheque?
        Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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          #5
          Allah wanted them dead

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            #6
            If we had colonised them they would not be dead and nor would the crane have collapsed.We would have imposed our draconian "Elf and safety" standards and how to queue in an orderly manner.
            Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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              #7
              Originally posted by Andy2 View Post
              Allah wanted them dead
              Well, you'd think, given the death history of previous attendees, that they would know better than to attend and put themselves at risk:

              Hajj: Previous tragedies

              2006: 364 pilgrims die in a crush at foot of Jamarat Bridge in Mina

              1997: 340 pilgrims are killed when fire fuelled by high winds sweeps through Mina's tent city

              1994: 270 pilgrims die in a stampede during the stoning ritual

              1990: 1,426 pilgrims, mainly Asian, die in a stampede in an overcrowded tunnel leading to holy sites

              1987: 402 people die when security forces break up an anti-US demonstration by Iranian pilgrims
              Clarity is everything

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                #8
                They wanted to be near their god
                and now they are.

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                  #9
                  Can we please have some compassion here?

                  Where are the wailing lefties when you need them?
                  Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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                    #10
                    Hard to imagine how such things can happen on this scale. Surely if people are being pushed they will push back, if those pushing are not getting anywhere they are going to stop? Doesn't make any sense to me.
                    bloggoth

                    If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                    John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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