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@Victor-Meldrew said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
This Justin Trudeau/Stepdad stuff has gone over my head faster than a Suleimani-killing Reaper missile
Theres a photo of Suleimani after the Reaper took him away to his 72 raisins . His arms and legs are gone and he's burned horribly, the first twitter comment is "Annikin , you were the chosen one".
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BBC News - Soleimani: Stampede kills at least 35 mourners at commander's burial
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@antipodean said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
BBC News - Soleimani: Stampede kills at least 35 mourners at commander's burial
Up to 50 dead now . This sort of thing happens a lot at Mecca too , I wonder if theres a link?
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@jegga said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
@antipodean said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
BBC News - Soleimani: Stampede kills at least 35 mourners at commander's burial
Up to 50 dead now . This sort of thing happens a lot at Mecca too , I wonder if theres a link?
Largely uneducated, highly excitable people?
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@antipodean said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
@jegga said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
@antipodean said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
BBC News - Soleimani: Stampede kills at least 35 mourners at commander's burial
Up to 50 dead now . This sort of thing happens a lot at Mecca too , I wonder if theres a link?
Largely uneducated, highly excitable people?
You might be onto something.
There was an interesting reddit thread about it, by interesting I mean horrifying -
@jegga said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
@antipodean said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
@jegga said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
@antipodean said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
BBC News - Soleimani: Stampede kills at least 35 mourners at commander's burial
Up to 50 dead now . This sort of thing happens a lot at Mecca too , I wonder if theres a link?
Largely uneducated, highly excitable people?
You might be onto something.
There was an interesting reddit thread about it, by interesting I mean horrifyingThe exact same issue that happened at Hillsborough - people trying to get in didn't know there was no room in front of them, but the mass of people had that momentum.
Terrifying to think about.
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@antipodean yeah I found that thread in a discussion about Hillsborough. It won’t be long till something similar happens at a Black Friday sale I reckon .
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@jegga said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
@antipodean yeah I found that thread in a discussion about Hillsborough. It won’t be long till something similar happens at a Black Friday sale I reckon .
Just requires someone at the front to trip:
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But her emails
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@booboo said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
Reports of rocket attack(s) on air bases in Iraq
Iranians are taking responsibility for the missile attacks against an American base in Iraq, threatening more. The missiles are allegedly ballistic missiles, which are not nearly as lethal as their cruise missiles, and can (allegedly) be shot down. The Iranians are calling the attack(s) a “success” along with publishing photographs that internet sleuths have discovered came from attacks in Syria and Gaza. Could be WW3. Or.... could be a big symbolic gesture to pacify the mullahs at home. Dunno. So much disinfo and manufactured outrage flying around, best to wait ‘n see....
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Can’t wait for FIFA WC2022. Qatar is gonna be lit.
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Iran launched a pair of missile attacks. They are claiming 30 lives taken (Pentagon disputes, so far toll is 0 ... we’ll seee...), and they’re saying that’s enough for now, but that if America retaliates they’ll target Dubai.
My guess is they’ll declare victory on state TV and that’ll end it.
Trump giving official statement tomorrow morning.
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Trump giving official statement tomorrow morning.
Plenty of time for him to hear Fox hosts weigh in on what he should do before he commits to anything then
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What I find interesting... the Pentagon has been tracking and targeting Soleimani since 2013 (at least!). They were patient, but there were numerous stories throughout the two Obama terms that with their “rules of engagement” they’d have the target in their sights and then have to go through rounds of compliance that took up to 48 hours before a go-ahead to pull the trigger. Trump listened to the Pentagon and tore those rules up, told ‘em if you’ve got him you take him. Now if revenge really is a dish best served cold, you have to wonder about Iran’s “retaliation.” It looks like a publicity stunt. They don’t want war. They’re petrified, especially if Trump tips his hand that the gloves are off a week after they mocked him and said he “can’t do anything.” But they have to keep their people, who have been getting very restless the past two years openly defying the mullahs, staying firmly under their control.
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@Stockcar86 said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
Trump giving official statement tomorrow morning.
Plenty of time for him to hear Fox hosts weigh in on what he should do before he commits to anything then
If you actually watched Fox News the past two nights you’d quickly realize there’s far more balanced views pro-and con-, which you cannot say of any other mainstream American cable tv news network. Hannity follows Carlson, and you could not get two more diametrically opposed viewpoints about American intentions.
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If I had to make a wager...
(Engel is NBC’s longtime war correspondent (Tool of The Man).)