345 Terrorists and/or Insurgents Dead During Stupid Ceremony

[Captain Insano]

I wish I felt bad, but I can't blaim Allah for killing his own worthless people. If I were god I would be sick of them too. Seriously if I had one good nuke I would almost be tempted to use it during Hajj instead of leveling Tehren.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/ ... index.html

MINA, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- At least 345 people have been killed in a stampede during a symbolic stoning ritual at the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, according to the country's health ministry.

Health Minister Hamad al-Maneh told Saudi TV that 289 others were were injured in the stampede near Mecca and taken to hospital.

Many of those injured were not seriously hurt and have been released from the hospital, al-Maneh said. The number of injured does not include those treated on the scene, he said.

Video of the scene showed dozens of bodies lying on the ground, covered with sheets and blankets. (Watch the stream of ambulances and medics among the dead -- 3:32)

A U.S.-based religious scholar, who arrived shortly after the stampede, said it was a heartbreaking scene.

"Looking at the amount of ambulances brings tears to your eyes," he said.

"I heard screaming and I looked around and saw people jumping over each other. Police came and cordoned off the area. They starting pulling out bodies. The bodies were piled up. I couldn't count them, they were too many," Suad Abu Hamada, an Egyptian pilgrim, told The Associated Press.

Ahmed Mustafa, an Egyptian pilgrim, said he saw bodies taken away in refrigerator trucks. "There must be dozens of people dead," he told AP.

The stampede, like others in the past, occurred during the stone-throwing ritual in which the pilgrims stone a symbolic devil. It took place at a wide bridge over the desert plain of Mina.

Saudi authorities had replaced the pillar, which had represented the devil in the past, with an oval wall with padding around the edges to protect the crush of pilgrims.

Saudi officials had also installed cameras and dispatched about 60,000 security personnel to monitor the crowds.

The interior ministry said Thursday's trampling occurred when the pilgrims bottlenecked at the eastern edge of the bridge leading to the oval wall. Many pilgrims brought their luggage, which caused further crowding.

About 3 million Muslims are believed to have made the pilgrimage to Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Mohammad.

The Hajj has been connected with deadly incidents in the past, most of them stampedes that take place during the ceremonies.

However, at least 76 people -- mostly pilgrims -- were killed last week when a hotel collapsed near the Grand Mosque in central Mecca. It is still unclear what caused the small building to crumble onto the streets packed with pilgrims. (Watch rescuers dig through the rubble -- 2:27)

The worst stampede happened in 1990, when 1,426 pilgrims were trampled to death.

More recently, 251 pilgrims died two years ago in a stampede during the stone-throwing ritual. A stampede in 2003 killed 36 pilgrims, most of them en route to the devil-stoning ritual, conducted outside Mecca. In 2001, a stampede at the same ritual killed 35. Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford the trip is obliged to perform the Hajj to Mecca once in a lifetime.

Making Hajj is one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith. Mecca is revered as the holiest site of Islam, and the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, is the focal point of the rites observed.

The six-day pilgrimage ends with a four-day feast called the Eid al-Adha.

[Lionking]

I want to know why this is even fucking news in America. The MAJORITY of us don't give a flying fuck about Muslims, or their fucking pilgrimage bullshit. Captain Insano, please do something about this. Thank you.

-Out

[Captain Insano]

I'm on it... I plan on posting more about this on the internet... Genocide shall ensue any moment.

[Spliffs]

A stampede of what.... people? People are stampeding each other? Or is there bulls or camels or some other kind of shit involved here?

[Harrison]

Gerbils, they're fucking mean.

[mappatazee]

How do people get stampeded? Is it stupidity? What kind of animal GETS WALKED ON TO DEATH. WATCH OUT BEFO I WALK UP ON YO ASS.

[Lionking]

Hmmm... if they were to do this stupid pilgrimage every day... and an average of 300 morons died each time, we could get rid of over 100,000 worthless muslims every year!!! Now that's a solution for you, Insano!

-Out

[Jimmy Durante]

At least 345 people have been killed in a stampede during a symbolic stoning ritual at the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, according to the country's health ministry.

The stampede, like others in the past, occurred during the stone-throwing ritual in which the pilgrims stone a symbolic devil.

Satan strikes back!

[Captain Insano]

satan don't play dat shit!

[Tuggan]

this shit happens several times a year in the middle east.

i liked the story about the sneaky guy sayin somethin bout a suicide bomber on some bridge in iraq with like 10,000 people walkin across it on some islam pilrimage crap.

[Captain Insano]

Well It's official...


Iran is saying FUCK YOU to the rest of the world and developing nukes.

I expect we will be invading them in the next few years.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/ ... index.html

[DESX]

Im prediciting the next 2 years or so ><. Jesus though seriously when will these fuck heads learn? We stopped sadam in 1991 in like 3 days. Reached baghdad in 2003 in about 3 weeks and ended most of their conventional warfare capabilities ( Tanks , Aircraft, etc) of course most of it are insurgents now. But what does Iran think it has any better then what Iraq had. Every damn country thinks they are better then the other and thinks they stand a chance but they all end up losing yet none of them seem to get this. They'll use their Azarakhsh fighter.



And we will use our FA-22 that will be out by that time.

[Captain Insano]

Those are like 50 tons of flying PWN each.

[Gaazy]

I put 3 of em on order last week, want one ralf?

[Captain Insano]

Yah that would be nice. Tehran would tremble at the mention of our names!


Ok true story...

a bunch of guys that goosse and I worked with were slowly but surely ordering all the parts to build their own hawk missile system... It was going really well until they got caught when they tried to order the guidance control system. Pity we never finished it.

[kaharthemad]

Yah that would be nice. Tehran would tremble at the mention of our names!


Ok true story...

a bunch of guys that goosse and I worked with were slowly but surely ordering all the parts to build their own hawk missile system... It was going really well until they got caught when they tried to order the guidance control system. Pity we never finished it.

Some how Ralf, I believe you. And I respect you for your efforts.

Frankly I wanna build a Phalanx System. Have it set so any morons, solicotors or kids without the implanted serial tag gets hosed down. It would keep bullies from my yard, religous nutjobs, and quite possibly inlaws.

Ammunition Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot (APDS),
Depleted Uranium or Tungsten sub-caliber penetrator

Yeah...thats a theft dterrent.

[Phlegm]

I believe the F-22 got cancelled or significantly reduced. The next big jet fighter to come online is the F-35. F-35 have many version including the vertical takeoff one.

[Phlegm]

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-35.htm

The F-35A is the conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) variant of the JSF.



The F-35C carrier based variant (CV) for the US Navy. It has larger wing and tail control surfaces for improved control for carrier landing.



The F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant for the US Marine Corps and the Royal Navy.The F-35B's STOVL capability allows the aircraft to take-off and land with minimal or no runway space.

[Minrott]

Isn't that the winner of some build off between skunkworks and grumman or something? All I remember is that I was hoping that one would get it's ass kicked because it looked silly compared to the other, and the vertical take off system of the other was badass.

[Phlegm]

Lockheed won the competition against Boeing. The main reason for the win was that Lockheed vertical take off system works a lot better than Boeing. Northop Grumman is on the Lockheed's team.

[Captain Insano]

Yah that would be nice. Tehran would tremble at the mention of our names!


Ok true story...

a bunch of guys that goosse and I worked with were slowly but surely ordering all the parts to build their own hawk missile system... It was going really well until they got caught when they tried to order the guidance control system. Pity we never finished it.

Some how Ralf, I believe you. And I respect you for your efforts.

Frankly I wanna build a Phalanx System. Have it set so any morons, solicotors or kids without the implanted serial tag gets hosed down. It would keep bullies from my yard, religous nutjobs, and quite possibly inlaws.

Ammunition Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot (APDS),
Depleted Uranium or Tungsten sub-caliber penetrator

Yeah...thats a theft dterrent.

haha awesome. A Phalanx would keep those damn Jehova Witnesses at bay for sure.

Yah that was a true story. We even found out the... hmm shit was is the name for those numbers that identify fucking EVERYTHING in the military? WEll we found out the number for Budweiser and ordered a bunch of it with spare radio parts.... Damn sup-O fucking caught it though and squashed the delivery.

[DESX]

I believe the F-22 got cancelled or significantly reduced. The next big jet fighter to come online is the F-35. F-35 have many version including the vertical takeoff one.

The F-22 isnt cancelled their are supposed to be a shitload shipped to the air force by 2007. The F-35 is more of a multirole attack plane, the F-22 is solely air superiority. They are both stealth. The F-22 can simultaniously target 4 airplanes and destroy them without the enemy planes even knowing what hit them. The only thing that got me pissed off that they where gonna have soon which would have pwn'd is that they cancelled the stealth comanche helicopter program. It would pwn'd any of today's apache's, but congress were being douche bags and decided to cancel the program.