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Arabia
Saudis lay on 100,000 troops to protect faithful during hajj
2008-12-06
It'd be nice to return to those thrilling days of yesteryear when they got most of their money gouging the devout once a year.
Posted by:Fred

#3  "The Hajj is, financially, probably a money loser for the Saudis."

Awwwwww. Ain't that just too bad. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-12-06 23:03  

#2  The Hajj is, financially, probably a money loser for the Saudis.

The faithful visiting Mecca and Medina, don't usually have much money to spend after their travel expenses and the costs of infrastructure to accommodate this once-a-year event was costly to build. Operational costs are also high because of the nature of the event (although their is a secondary and tertiary quasi hajj also).
Posted by: mhw   2008-12-06 22:06  

#1  Do we have an over/under on the stampede yet?
Posted by: tu3031   2008-12-06 00:19  

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