04 March 2010

Kill one man...

Rico says the promo for the Mick Jagger movie Ned Kelly was direct: "Kill one man, you're a murderer. Kill a hundred, you're a hero."

The wogs in Iraq don't get it, according to an article at VOANews.com:
Suicide bombers struck two polling sites in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least seven soldiers as voters cast early ballots in the country's general election. At least 25 people were wounded in the twin attacks.
The violence came despite increased security at Baghdad polling centers. Voting is underway for those who may not be able to get to the polls on Sunday. That includes soldiers who will have to be at work when the rest of the country votes, as well as prisoners and hospital patients.
Officials have warned that insurgents may increase attacks in an attempt to disrupt the vote, which is only the second parliamentary election since former dictator Saddam Hussein was overthrown in 2003.
On Wednesday, three suicide bombers blew themselves up in Baquba, northeast of the capital, killing at least 31 people in the deadliest attack in weeks.
If you can just start a good panic, however, like this one in India, you can really get it done, according to another VOANews.com article:
At least 63 people have been killed and scores of others injured in a stampede at a temple in a small town in the north of the country. More than half the victims were children and the rest were women.
The accident occurred at the Ram Janki temple in Pratapgarh district in Uttar Pradesh state, where a large crowd had gathered on Thursday for a ritual feast and distribution of free utensils and clothes. The gifts were being handed out to mark the anniversary of the death of the wife of a Hindu holy man who runs a charitable trust. The town where the tragedy occurred is about 180 kilometers southeast of the state capital, Lucknow.
Police say the stampede took place when a large gate collapsed and fell on some devotees. A senior police officer in Pratapgarh district, Brij Lal, says this caused the crowd to panic. "Around 5,000-6,000 people had gathered. Mostly they were locals," said Lal. "In the meantime, the main gate cracked and people died due to injuries."
It is not clear what caused the gate to collapse. Some reports say it was under construction. As people tried to escape, many tripped and fell. The victims were mostly poor villagers who had gone to get the free gifts.
Rescue operations continued for several hours, with local people joining the police to extricate those trapped. The injured were taken to hospitals in nearby towns. Witnesses say there were not enough volunteers or arrangements to control the large crowd. Stampedes have claimed many lives at religious ceremonies held at temples in small towns, where the local administration is not equipped to handle large crowds. In 2008, nearly 300 people died in two separate stampedes at temples in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan states.

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