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2004-02-05 Arabia
‘Tragedy at Jamrat Was Avoidable’
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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2004-02-05 14:13|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Prince Nayef (Naif. Naive. Who cares?) at his best. The perfect example of insh'allah as Govt policy... and threat, when needed for butt-coverage. Gotta love it. No other place quite as, um, uh, perfect as The Magic Kingdom.
Posted by .com 2004-2-5 2:25:56 PM||   2004-2-5 2:25:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Ah... this is the approach Cincinnati should have taken after the Who concert: "Rather than banning festival seating and generally improving the flow of people through the venue, we are asking that ticket outlets spend more time on educating the consumer as to the proper way to behave in concert stampedes."
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-2-5 2:29:38 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com]  2004-2-5 2:29:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The perfect example of insh'allah
I understand this to be as allah wills it.. it's also a threat? (as Govt policy)?
Posted by Shipman 2004-2-5 3:07:41 PM||   2004-2-5 3:07:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 we know that this is unavoidable since in every superbowl, world series game and 4th of July episode, hundreds of kfr are killed in similar stampedes
Posted by mhw 2004-2-5 3:16:43 PM||   2004-2-5 3:16:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I remember his excuses given when the Iranian pilgrims died while duking it out with cops back in '87. Weak, weak. The authorities said about 400 died, so that means the number was really much higher. This guy has to be number 1 on the Royal Family Cerebral Calcification Quotient.
Posted by Michael 2004-2-5 3:27:55 PM||   2004-2-5 3:27:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Royal Family Cerebral Calcification Quotient.

Now that gentlemen.... is Rantburgian.
Posted by Shipman 2004-2-5 3:35:44 PM||   2004-2-5 3:35:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Ah, Shipman, that's sweet of you. "Ossification" had also crossed my mind.
Posted by Michael 2004-2-5 4:04:10 PM||   2004-2-5 4:04:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "If the Pirates of the Carribean ride breaks, the pirates don't start eating the customers."
-- Favorite line from "Jurassic Park"
Posted by mojo  2004-2-5 4:23:53 PM||   2004-2-5 4:23:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 "it's also a threat?"
Why of course! He said this as well:
“...those who say otherwise are ungrateful or hate this country.”

Hey, if you're Prince Naive Nayef, whatever you say is a threat, veiled or otherwise, obviously true... inside The Magic Kingdom, anyway. That's one reason why it's just so gosh-darn Magical!
Posted by .com 2004-2-5 4:29:23 PM||   2004-2-5 4:29:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Indeed, couln't agree more. Nayif's got such wonderous occult powers he can make people who're 'bad' just disappear - now isn't that truly magical? 'Course being the guy in chrge of the Mabaheeth helps I suppose, but hey, let's not be churlish...
Still this hajj has been quite tame, IIRC a few years back ~1000 people were asphixiated in a tunnel in Mina... oh well, Maktoub!
Posted by Dave 2004-2-5 5:50:58 PM||   2004-2-5 5:50:58 PM|| Front Page Top

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