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Suspected witch bound, tortured, burned alive in Papua New Guinea
The Washington Times ^ | Friday, February 8, 2013 | Cheryl K. Chumley

Posted on 02/08/2013 9:56:47 AM PST by Jyotishi

A mob stripped, bound, tortured then burned to death a woman accused of witchcraft in Papua New Guinea, as hundreds of witnesses — including children — watched and took photographs.

The pictures were published on the front pages of the Oceania nation’s largest circulation newspapers, Associated Press reports.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: sorcery; torture; witch; witchcraft
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1 posted on 02/08/2013 9:57:00 AM PST by Jyotishi
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To: Jyotishi

She turned me into a newt.


2 posted on 02/08/2013 9:57:49 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Jyotishi

Remember, all cultures are equally valid.


3 posted on 02/08/2013 9:58:06 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: dfwgator

Did you get better?


4 posted on 02/08/2013 9:59:01 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: Jyotishi

Accused witch burned alive in Papua New Guinea

5 posted on 02/08/2013 10:02:02 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
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To: Jyotishi
Sometimes being the first to own an Iphone in your neighborhood is not a good thing.
6 posted on 02/08/2013 10:02:13 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: Jyotishi

300 to 400 years ago in Europe and America, people used to do the same thing. Yet our culture pulled us up out of this type of barbarity. Now we are chucking our culture on the trash heap. How soon before we revert to this?


7 posted on 02/08/2013 10:02:28 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Jyotishi

Like Paul Harvey used to say, “It’s not one world”.


8 posted on 02/08/2013 10:02:43 AM PST by dainbramaged (Joe McCarthy was right.)
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To: Jyotishi

This is hideous. But I guess they’re just enjoying the effects of their lovely indigenous culture, so we really have no right to comment.../s


9 posted on 02/08/2013 10:02:54 AM PST by livius
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To: dfwgator
She turned me into a newt.

Too bad she didn't turn Obama into a Newt.

10 posted on 02/08/2013 10:02:57 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: muir_redwoods
Did you get better?

Nope, I still look like this


11 posted on 02/08/2013 10:03:25 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Jyotishi

My father was stationed here for a short while during the Second World War. The soldiers were not allowed off the base because the inhabitants were still boiling people alive in large pots of water!


12 posted on 02/08/2013 10:07:05 AM PST by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“How soon before we revert to this?”

Hmmm...I can think of some witches in Washington.


13 posted on 02/08/2013 10:07:49 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Jyotishi

Burning witches alive to get rid of evil spells...it’s only weird if it doesn’t work.


14 posted on 02/08/2013 10:07:51 AM PST by The Louiswu (Torpedo the Constitution and full speed ahead!!!)
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To: dfwgator

I suppose it could have been worse.


15 posted on 02/08/2013 10:07:51 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: dfwgator

Okay, we added the nose. And the hat. But she’s a witch!


16 posted on 02/08/2013 10:08:48 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Taking away guns will do nothing to stop violence.)
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To: Fresh Wind
She turned me into a newt.
Too bad she didn't turn Obama into a Newt.
but, She did change Moooooshelle into a beard...

17 posted on 02/08/2013 10:09:18 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today;who can take your income,tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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To: Jyotishi
Ah, the joys of Muslim culture manifest themselves again in Papua New Guinea. Indonesia has been trying to steal the country for years through subversion. Now they're exporting the Religion of Peace members to demonstrate their “evolved” social skills to the residents.
18 posted on 02/08/2013 10:12:29 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: muir_redwoods

When the Muzzies killed Amb Stevens and burned our Embassy in Cairo, The PNG people attacked a mosque for insulting America.


19 posted on 02/08/2013 10:12:29 AM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Jyotishi

Maybe they can get Obama to send a drone next time (since he doesn’t need any REAL proof either!). It would be much neater and they can ALL take pictures. (sarc)


20 posted on 02/08/2013 10:14:36 AM PST by marstegreg
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