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Mouser
12-28-2006, 02:08 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/061227/481/nyye24812272052
carmachu
12-28-2006, 02:13 PM
I think 198....
Mouser
12-28-2006, 02:40 PM
I think it's gonna be over the 300 mark.

They've gotta do at least what they did last year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_during_the_Hajj
Mouser
12-28-2006, 02:45 PM
"On July 2, 1990, a stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel (Al-Ma'aisim tunnel) leading out from Mecca towards Mina and the Plains of Arafat led to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims. "

Hell of a birthday present.
Eiji
12-29-2006, 03:01 AM
500 Minimum.
StarkDaddy
12-29-2006, 04:43 PM
*pokes Jason with a stick*

Oh come on now Mouser, the Haj is just an event attended by the extreme radicals of the Muslim religion - hardly anyone else takes it seriously. The deaths that occur aren't indicative of anything meaningful, and certainly cannot be used to draw any sort of broader conclusions. :D