Posted on 01/07/2020 2:27:34 AM PST by SkyPilot
At least 35 people were killed and another 48 injured in a stampede Tuesday that broke out during a funeral procession for the Iranian general killed last week in a U.S.-led airstrike, according to Iranian state media.
The incident occurred in Gen. Qassem Soleimani's hometown of Kerman, in southeastern Iran, according to Iran's state media. The report quoted the head of Iran's emergency medical services, Pirhossein Koulivand, according to the Associated Press.
Iran has promised retaliation on American interests in the Middle East after an airstrike Thursday at Baghdad International Airport killed the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, and five other people.
A procession in Tehran on Monday drew over 1 million people in the Iranian capital for the man viewed as a national hero. The funeral continued into Irans holy city of Qom, where another massive crowd turned out, before Soleimani's remains and those of the others killed in the airstrike were brought to a central square in Kerman...
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such a holy day for them they kill each other to show how honored they are.
That or they are so afraid of severe beatings if they don’t show their loyalty that they stampede one another to show it.
Mohammed ran out of virgins and they are having to recycle some of the older ones now.
Yep
Iranian-Backed Militias Open Fire On Civilians Refusing To Attend A Ceremony For The Now Dead General Qasem Soleimani..
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3806025/posts
BONUS! 350 would be better but 35 fewer terrorist idiots is fine.
What is it with muslims and stampedes?
I wonder if Iran’s leaders just order every Iranian soldier/cop etc. to go out in civilian clothes? That would be a quick and easy 100,000 probably. Bus ‘em in.
Love it. :D
If we have not realized we are up against some kind of fanatics here. Last time that happened, the Japs almost ran out of planes but our ships took a huge toll. It may come to the same end here, we need to evaporate them all or suffer the consequences. 1 million, regardless of whether they were paid to be there, is a huge number. Monolithic anti US thinking in that amount is not a good thing for us.
We may not be good at nation building but I am certain we are real good at nation destructing. We may have to face that conclusion nasty as it may be because in an us or them choice, I don’t want it to be us.
*LIKE*
I wonder if CNN or MSNBC will note the appalling lack of diversity in these crowd shots?
LOL...
What is wrong with these people?? Never seen such a love of death...
He still is on a killing rampage, even after death. “Seventy-two virgins? What’s the point of killing them? They’re already in the afterlife. I’m supposed to do WHAT to them?! That’s disgusting, perverted.”
Best Comedy show of the day.
Almost as good as when those idiots flipped the Ayatollah’s corpse out of the casket year ago...
A stampede of goats or camels?
For some reason, I just wanna listen to "Sweet City Woman".
Don’t try to understand ‘em
Just rope ‘em, throw, and brand ‘em
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKC8pSFg1Vw
LOL!!!
Still the BEST opening theme ever.
Can’t say I feel bad.
Somebody posted the video of the guy knocking his own “hat” off and slapping his head (a couple days ago).
Probably a different event but appropriate nonetheless.
Crazy stuff one sees looking at that. /Captain Obvious
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