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2007-03-12 Iraq

Millions of Shiite pilgrims on the road to Karbala

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Posted by Steve White 2007-03-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's like a migration! What about feeding and sanitation facilities for hundreds of thousands? The logistics just boggle the mind.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-03-12 01:58|| 2007-03-12 01:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Here comes the whips and chains, and slashing of craniums with swords. And every year our media suppresses coverage of Shiite savages.

Posted by Sneaze 2007-03-12 04:16|| 2007-03-12 04:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Al-Aska Paul -
I don't think they require a whole lot in the way of sanitation facilities, with all the logistical hassles of dispersing and maintaining thousands and thousands of Port-o-Lets.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-03-12 10:42|| 2007-03-12 10:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Arbeen? Never heard of it.
And how big can it be when they don't even have a stampede over/under?

Posted by tu3031 2007-03-12 11:23|| 2007-03-12 11:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Go! Go! Sunni!

Posted by gromgoru 2007-03-12 12:04|| 2007-03-12 12:04|| Front Page Top

#6 The Pilgrim Game is a serious money-maker... and the Southern Iraq Shia mullahs have been fighting and offing each other over this cash cow for 1400 years.

Road to Karbala... alBob and alBing?

Posted by LAX 2007-03-12 15:31|| 2007-03-12 15:31|| Front Page Top

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