NEWS: 1,000 Killed in Baghdad Stampede

POLITICS: 1,000 Killed in Baghdad Stampede

What is this, hell week? An apparently non-existant suicide-bomber managed to “kill” around a thousand people in Baghdad.

I was wondering how long it would take for this to be posted. It must be awful living in that kind of fear.

See! Religion IS dangerous!

I have a feeling that same thing could easily have happened here in the U.S. or London for instance. I think the fear itself is a far greater weapon for terrorists than actual bombs.

*rimshot*

Add that statistic to all of the unreported civilian casualties in Iraq since "Operation Shock and Awe".

In the story I read (on yahoo, I think) it said that most of the dead were women and children. Those men are scum.

I agree. Had there actually been a terrorist attack it's likely there would have only been a handful of people dead, probably no where near 1,000. Of course it probably would have also resulted in a stampede.

It is this sort of fear that terrorist look to creat it is this that gives them power and only this if people pick up dust themselves of and say fuck you asshole jam it in your ass and continue as nothing happened preventing the fear from taking a crip then the terrorist lose control over the situation although i do admit it is a hard thing to do this.

Nothing good will come of this for American intersts in the Gulf.

Put your waders on..

You're not interested in all the Iraqi civilians killed in Iraq BEFORE the American invasion, are you? No, didn't think so.

This is exactly why I loathe crowds. I don't fear them, I just can't stand them. When groupthink falls to the lowest common denominator in a mob mentality situation, bad times are sure to result.

This is depressing news no matter how you cut it.

Nope. Anything that makes the U.S. look bad is good. Who cares about people being oppressed and murdered or not having any rights. If it's Bush that is going to free them then I prefer that they stay in chains because Bush and Republicans are evil.

Did I mention that Dick Cheney caused hurricane Katrina?

(I'm pretending to be a "liberal" today.)





[Edited on Sep 01, 2005 by RustyShackelford]

Have less people been killed since we invaded than would've been killed if we hadn't?

[Edited on Sep 01, 2005 by robosagogo]

Yes.

link, fact?

anything, in fact, to support your position?

i doubt there could be, since there isn't a really accurate account of how many dead in iraq right now.

try again.

I disagree. I've never seen 1,000 Christians make a pilgrimage!

Neither was our government, as most of that killing was done when he was our little CIA buddy. Conveniently selective memory, as usual.

I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but in case you're not... I think Puppyriot's point was that this could happen anywhere there's a large crowd of people, regardless of the circumstances.
I just got a picture in my head of this kind of thing happening at the Rose Parade where every year around one million people show up, including my parents, and it's freaking me out.

I agree 100%.