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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

-John F. Kennedy

Hundreds Dead in Iraq Stampede

Hundreds of women and children were stampeded or drowned in Bagdhad today, the result of a panic caused by "freedom fighters" who claimed a suicide bombing was imminent on a crowded bridge.

A million Shia pilgrims are heading to the shrine of Imam Kadhom this week. Sunni terrorists are being blamed for today's disaster, where hundreds of people were pushed or fell into the Tigris river after the collapse of the bridge fence.

The Sunni "freedom fighters" represent the 20% minority of Iraqis who would like to go back to ruling over the other 80% of the population, rather than deal with a democratically elected federal government.

IraqTheModel:

The government is to blame for a large deal of the incident as they should have arranged sufficient safe pathways for the passage of the crowds especially that such ceremony had been practiced by Iraqis for so many years.

Seems like a fair point. According to the London Telegraph;

The route had been laid out in advance, almost the entire centre of Baghdad was closed to traffic and segments of its way were marked by barriers to funnel the worshippers. Roads were filled with hundreds of police to deter any possible attacks.

Read further into that article and you will be more horrified. Those same barriers helped confine the pilgrims as they tried to escape.

Posted by Wulf on August 31, 2005 at 08:55 PM

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Posted by: Wulf at July 31, 2006 8:32 AM

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

-John F. Kennedy

Hundreds Dead in Iraq Stampede

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