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| 800 dead in Channel of Sicily since January |
| 2011-04-14 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna More than 28,000 migrants reached Italy in less than three months, but many (approximately 800, but there are no official figures, so the number may even be greater) have been swallowed by the Channel of Sicily. Hundreds of boats departed mostly from Tunisia, but also from Libya, and some sank with their human cargo. Some 14 shipwrecks have been reported to date, the latest one today: two women drowned in Pantelleria during a landing. Immigration is a human right. Thus, by not providing immigrants from North Africa with safe passage, Italy violates their human rights. Human right violators must be bombed. Therefore Italy must be bombed. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #5 Charybdis and Scylla are back |
| Posted by: Willy 2011-04-14 22:01 |
| #4 Proof that moslems are superior in all things - such as boat making, steerage, and maintenance. Allau akbauh! |
| Posted by: newc 2011-04-14 21:20 |
| #3 They join a large number of Italian Royal Navy and maritime sailors who ran the gauntlet of RAF interceptions between Sicily and North Africa, circa 1940-43. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-04-14 16:06 |
| #2 More than 28,000 migrants reached Italy in less than three months The Camp of the Saints |
| Posted by: Beavis 2011-04-14 15:27 |
| #1 We can bomb the Mediterranean into submission. Call it "Canute Dawn." Just like the Libyan situation, it'll push the US further into debt. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-04-14 14:53 |