Deadly stampede erupts at funeral
for Iran General Qassem Soleimani
by
Mark Moore
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
1/7/2020 9:25:45 AM
A stampede broke out in the massive crowds attending the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian military commander slain in a US drone strike, killing dozens of people and postponing the burial ceremony, Iranian state television reported on Tuesday. The chaos erupted in Soleimani’s hometown of Kerman where tens of thousands of mourners packed the streets for the funeral procession of the slain Quds Force general. It wasn’t clear what prompted the stampede, but video of the scene showed people lying in the street as others rushed to their aid. Iranian state media reported that as many as 40 people were killed
Reply 1 - Posted by:
texaspast 1/7/2020 9:32:17 AM (No. 281144)
OP, that's the whole point of Islam - to foment endless strife and war.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Wendybird 1/7/2020 9:41:40 AM (No. 281162)
Probably heartbroken that their favorite murderer became deceased. Or maybe crushed fighting over the free sandwiches prompting their attendance.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 1/7/2020 9:47:02 AM (No. 281170)
Racing to get to the free food before it was gone, because you know there wasn't enough for the entire mob.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Hermoine 1/7/2020 9:53:21 AM (No. 281175)
Stone-age culture proves it is a stone-age culture...actually, that was an insult to stone-age people. My apologies.
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Awww... Such a shame... A dirty shame... Have some nice bacon.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 1/7/2020 10:05:35 AM (No. 281192)
Even in death he's still killing innocent people. Evil.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
snakeoil 1/7/2020 10:12:23 AM (No. 281197)
Eerily reminiscent of the funeral of Morris the Cat.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Rama41 1/7/2020 10:21:30 AM (No. 281207)
Always something interesting about Iranian funerals. Remember when Khomeini fell out of his coffin?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
VietVet68 1/7/2020 10:25:13 AM (No. 281211)
I didn't even know they raised cattle in Iran...and who brings cattle to a funeral anyway? Oh...it wasn't that kind of stampede...never mind.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 1/7/2020 10:37:43 AM (No. 281222)
Some hobbyist was probably just flying a drone overhead.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bad-hair 1/7/2020 10:37:46 AM (No. 281223)
35 or so more on his head. Do we call this the Qalgary Stampede?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Tusker 1/7/2020 10:47:39 AM (No. 281238)
An absolutely perfect time to...well...you know.
"Thwap!:
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/7/2020 10:48:25 AM (No. 281240)
Well what would you expect would happen at such a barbarian place?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 1/7/2020 10:59:06 AM (No. 281246)
#8 - thank you for my morning laugh. I'd forgotten about the Ayatollah's corpse falling out of the coffin. The NYT article (quoted by Wikipedia) paints a vivid picture of the resultant mob hysteria (involving a mob, the Republican Guards, gunfire, and a Huey helicopter). One thing you can can about Muslim funerals - they're never dull.
Here's a link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Ruhollah_Khomeini#cite_note-newyorktimes2-8
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/7/2020 11:03:36 AM (No. 281255)
The man is still committing atrocities, even at his funeral. He was one evil man.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Right Time 1/7/2020 11:15:44 AM (No. 281276)
Someone shouted "Young Boys Here" and a stampede ensued
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 1/7/2020 11:26:27 AM (No. 281291)
Well, I hope it caused many of his supporters to be harmed.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Norway 1/7/2020 11:37:36 AM (No. 281306)
Karma?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 1/7/2020 11:49:35 AM (No. 281316)
Lemee guess, it was sparked by the release of the celebratory goats.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Highvoltage 1/7/2020 11:55:17 AM (No. 281327)
Darn, looks like Trump is responsible for killing Iranians in country. Gosh, who would have thought. Has the MSM heard about this yet?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/7/2020 12:47:40 PM (No. 281388)
Per #3, looks like 40,000 warm meals weren’t enough.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/7/2020 1:00:11 PM (No. 281397)
Somebody in the crowd started a rumor that the US Air Force was taking a second shot at Soleimani, just to make sure he's dead.
Add 40 more to the deaths this man caused.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
jameshvarney 1/7/2020 1:08:30 PM (No. 281409)
"40 people were killed and more than 200 injured".......... A good start!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
wsdiego 1/7/2020 1:23:29 PM (No. 281420)
They have the mindset mentality of cattle!
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
JrSample 1/7/2020 2:04:37 PM (No. 281455)
There are very few spectacles in the world more absurd than an Iranian state funeral. They should play the Benny Hill theme instead of the funeral march.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 1/7/2020 2:26:20 PM (No. 281483)
Most of them were herded there at gunpoint by the Mullahs. They probably thought they saw a chance to escape, tried, and many failed.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
coldborezero 1/7/2020 7:31:58 PM (No. 281712)
That is sooooo cool!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 1/7/2020 11:23:57 PM (No. 281835)
Schedule several dozen of these events each week.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
judy 1/8/2020 5:48:54 AM (No. 281948)
They loved him to death.
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Gee, that's too bad. Seems implausible: adherents of The Religion of Peace mourn a fellow Muslim whose greatest joy was to foment endless strife and war.