IRAQ: Sunnis donate blood for Shi'ite stampede victims

bemildred

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Tue Sep-06-05 08:12 PM
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IRAQ: Sunnis donate blood for Shi'ite stampede victims

BAGHDAD, 6 September (IRIN) - Sunni religious leaders have called on their followers to donate blood for Shi'ite victims of the tragic stampede in Baghdad last week.

The call was made in good faith, following a reported shortage of supplies.

More than 1,110 people were killed and more than 900 wounded in the Kadhimiya district, where several million pilgrims gathered to visit the burial place of a revered Shi'ite leader, Iraqi officials said.

The stampede, on 31 August, happened after rumours that a suicide bomber was about to attack. Hundreds of people on a bridge over the river Tigris ran for take cover.

Reuters

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stepnw1f

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Tue Sep-06-05 08:23 PM
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1. The Blood is Poisoned

bad joke.

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mom cat

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Tue Sep-06-05 08:51 PM
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3. very bad..please take that back.

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stepnw1f

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Tue Sep-06-05 08:53 PM
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4. I Take It Back (nt)

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mom cat

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Tue Sep-06-05 09:50 PM
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5. Thanks..I appreciate that.

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mom cat

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Tue Sep-06-05 08:50 PM
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2. I am not surprised...many of them are related to members of the other

group.

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