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i guess life doesn't go on

Posted by the bloop | February 1, 2008 2:34 PM
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Wasn't this your leading story when I came in at 8:30 this morning?

Posted by Emily | February 1, 2008 2:37 PM
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Good thing the surge is working. Jebus H. Christ.

Posted by Big Sven | February 1, 2008 2:38 PM
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how is it seemingly more objectionable to use retards to kill a ton of people? the coercive factor? they are already killing people, this shouldnt come as any surprise.

its like being shocked that drug dealers also engage in other illegal activities. really?

Posted by Bellevue Ave | February 1, 2008 2:43 PM
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Self-motivated martyr/murderers are one thing, booby-trapped innocents with Down's syndrome are something else.

Posted by David Schmader | February 1, 2008 2:46 PM
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This made me cry this morning.

Posted by Blacksheep | February 1, 2008 2:47 PM
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So women for militant, extremist Muslim men aren't of much use to society, but women with Down's Syndrome are apparently VERY valuable...

Posted by michael strangeways | February 1, 2008 2:51 PM
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I'm having the "Retards for Allah" T-shirts printed up right now. No cartoons, though, because we wouldn't want to offend anyone.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | February 1, 2008 3:00 PM
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The "people" who did this are not worth the urine it would take to piss on their graves.

Posted by Matthew | February 1, 2008 3:02 PM
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The "turrists win" when they do things like this; look how many people are talking about it. Sorta like the story that was pushed of putting the bombs inside of infants to carry on to planes once

Posted by Non | February 1, 2008 3:02 PM
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this is horrible. i'm guessing these individuals did not consent, nor could they (were able to).

if this war is going to continue, at least involve only people who consent.

and @ 1, i would have to agree w/ you, for these two people, life did NOT go on. a mildly funny reference. ;)

Posted by from east of miss | February 1, 2008 3:10 PM
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If, of course, the story is true. It could be yet another one of those things where a real journalist finds out that it wasn't really retarded people, but no one pays attention to the correction.

Posted by skeptic | February 1, 2008 3:20 PM
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Wait, David Schmader is posting about actual news, as in real-world events?

Posted by confused | February 1, 2008 3:25 PM
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Pure. Fucking. Evil.

Posted by Westside forever | February 1, 2008 3:26 PM
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Ignore the three main Internet cables cut in the Middle East.

It's not like Cheney's launching an attack on Iran or anything ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | February 1, 2008 3:29 PM
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Pet bazaar?

I read a story about a baby in Russia with cerebral palsy who was literally tossed in the garbage. Some societies view the mentally disabled as completely disposable. Does Iraqi society generally share that view or are these terrorists particularly fucked up?

Posted by keshmeshi | February 1, 2008 3:31 PM
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Well, WE have had retards IN CHARGE of the "War on Tair," (esp the Commander in Chief), so maybe this is their way of keeping up, lest there be a Retard Gap?

Posted by Andy Niable | February 1, 2008 3:31 PM
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@15, India also lost internet access this week. Are we invading Bollywood?

Posted by confused | February 1, 2008 3:34 PM
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im not saying it didnt happen, but this is all the proof ( at least in the article) theyre offering?

"Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, said the female bombers had Down syndrome "


a corrupt govt's general's word?

Posted by SeMe | February 1, 2008 3:37 PM
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Why shouldn't the disabled be afforded equal access to car bombs and suicide vests?

Posted by NapoleonXIV | February 1, 2008 3:38 PM
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Confused @ 13: Yeah, Britney gave me the day off.

Posted by David Schmader | February 1, 2008 3:40 PM
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Dude, it was at a PET BAZAAR! Now THAT is fucked.

Posted by Dougsf | February 1, 2008 3:40 PM
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@4 haven't you been told a million times that the world isn't black and white? jesus man.

you really don't see how it's more objectionable?

really?

Posted by cochise. | February 1, 2008 4:03 PM
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am i evil for wondering "hmm..the govt. has lied to us before" couldn't this be propaganda? i'm just sayin'..

Posted by daaaah | February 1, 2008 4:47 PM
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@18 - no, India's only partially affected. If you look at the online web page for Net traffic, you see that only one country has 100 percent reduction in Net traffic - Iran.

It's one of the lead stories on slashdot.

Posted by Will in Seattle | February 1, 2008 4:56 PM
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Pet bazaar? Have we considered that it might have been the work of pit bulls?

Posted by Big Sven | February 1, 2008 8:39 PM
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At first I thought that no human could do this, that such a thing could only be the work of beasts. But this capacity for intelligent and purposeful evil is exclusive to humanity.

Posted by Greg | February 2, 2008 9:50 AM
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This isn't a work of pit bulls or terrorists. This is the work of the PETA branch in Baghdad.

Posted by crk on bellevue ave | February 2, 2008 10:56 AM
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Well, wtf to say about this?

Pure. Fucking. Evil. is pretty accurate, but it's been said.

I could say I sure hope there is a special place in Hell for those behind this attrocity, but that's weak in so many ways.

Sad thing is, while this particular attrocity may be unique, or at least somewhat different than the usual attrocities perpetrated by human on other humans, it's rather par for the course.

I sometimes wish that all the evil people (and I mean ALL OF THEM) would just die. However, I suspect that entirely of our species would be killed off would such a wish be granted.

Thankfully, the day will come when such a wish will be fulfilled. I won't be there to see, but the world may well breath a sigh of relief. I'm pretty sure that attrocities like this will no longer occur after said day, but a new source of malevolence may have arisen by then. Hmmm....

Could someone pass me the pizza. It will get cold before I (or anyone else) figures this one out.

Fucking bastards. KILL THEM ALL!!!!

Posted by wet_suit | February 3, 2008 9:51 PM

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