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Hajj pilgrims begin annual stampede stoning ritual
2006-01-11
More than two million Muslim pilgrims have begun the ritual stoning of the devil that signifies the climax of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims flocked to the site at Mena's Jamarat Bridge to cast the first set of stones before the crowds arrived. They must stand and stone three thick walls in a symbolic casting out of the devil and rejection of temptation. The occasion is subject to strict security as it had witnessed deadly stampedes in the past, like in 2004 when 250 pilgrims were trampled to death.
Let's go for 300 this year...
Posted by:Fred

#3  I say we just send a squad of commandos at night and paint the damn thing white.
Posted by: Burned2many   2006-01-11 13:10  

#2  i admit it.

Ya got me.

I see this photo and I think "I wish I had the ability to fly a plane and drop a big fat nuke right on that square".

It's kinda like a big square target.

Not a little nuke. Not a proto-nuke like those dropped on hiroshima, but a big bum-thumping mushroom clouder the kind they made in case of war with the old USSR.

Think of it.

The Wahhabis would have to admit Allah wasn't the most powerful any more otherwise He surely wouldn't let such a thing happen to his most devout followers.

Imagine the soul searching!

It would be best if the bombing were done by a fanatical Iranian Shi'ite, so the Wahhabist anger could be taken out on Ahmed Ahmedinijad and not on the West.

That is my wish, Santa can you help?
Posted by: anon1   2006-01-11 11:53  

#1  Where's the caption for the photo? You know, the one that says

"In case of Islamist attack, Insert 100KT warhead here".
Posted by: OldSpook   2006-01-11 09:35  

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