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Value of a life

2015-10-19 17:52:43.515053+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

I've been vaguely aware of the trampling deaths of some huge number of people at this year's hajj, but this headline put it in the perspective of... say... the 9/11 attacks: Saudi Arabia hajj disaster death toll at least 2,110.

... The disaster was the deadliest in the history of the annual pilgrimage, and came after a crane collapse in Mecca earlier that month killed 111 worshippers. ...

I'm not sure where I'm going with this line of thought, but this is the same nation that's killing bloggers, and whose leaders are sucking face with George Dubya Bush.

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