PieFacE Posted January 19, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) Just read an article (with pictures) of IS throwing gay men off 8 story buildings. Also there was a woman stoned to death. And two blokes being crucified for theft. Really wish I hadn't looked at it. You don't actually see any blood or anything in the pictures but it's so disturbing. It's **** nutts. How can shit like this still happen in 2015? Edited January 19, 2015 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Its not 2015 over there, it's still the stone age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Things bubbling up in Lebanon between pro-Assad Hezbollah, and anti-Assad. Last thing the region needs is another civil war. Israel wouldn't mind though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 4 children amongst 6 children frozen to death in Syria tonight i heard all 6 were children. awful story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 4 children amongst 6 children frozen to death in Syria tonight I don't understand?? I feel as though I need to know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisagg75 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 hearing today about isis killing those lads in iraq for watching the asian cup.they were just watching the footie.this in a way hits me harder than other attrocities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 hearing today about isis killing those lads in iraq for watching the asian cup.they were just watching the footie.this in a way hits me harder than other attrocities. You couldn't make it up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 It is the banal that keeps us interested. A roll call of the dead in their thousands becomes numbing and everyday, but little pieces of crazy detail keep us alert. The one that got me the other day was that they had banned coloured pens and pencils. Apparently god only wants us to write in black or blue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Yemen on the brink of total civil breakdown now. What a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Guardian piece on Houthi motives The Houthis, who hail from Yemen’s northern Sa’ada province, get their name from their late leader, Hussein Badruddin Houthi, and are now led by his brother Abdulmalik Houthi, a charismatic figure who is often compared to Hassan Nasrallah of the militant Lebanese organisation Hezbollah. The Houthis have been fighting the Yemeni central government since 2004, when the movement was founded to strengthen the rights of the Zaidi sect – who represent between 20-30% of Yemen’s population – and challenge what was seen as the pro-American stance of the country’s veteran president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, after the 9/11 attacks. Understanding Houthi motives is complicated by the fact they have been supported by Iran, largely as a way of annoying Tehran’s regional rivals and Yemen’s larger neighbour, Saudi Arabia. But experts argue the conflict is fundamentally a political and tribal one rather than sectarian – in a country which has no tradition of Sunni-Shia animosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Western leaders displaying their hypocrisy yet again by falling over each other in praising King Abdullah. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Great lad, top drawer backgammon player. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Western leaders displaying their hypocrisy yet again by falling over each other in praising King Abdullah. Isn't that just the polite thing to do ,same way when people die nobody every comes out on Sky News and says he / she was word removed and I hated him / her ( possibly apart from Joan Rivers) I got the impression he was quite a reformer for a dictator monarch though .. his persecution of the Ahmadi religion and his human rights record may not be flawless .. but find me a country whose is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Western leaders displaying their hypocrisy yet again by falling over each other in praising King Abdullah. Isn't that just the polite thing to do ,same way when people die nobody every comes out on Sky News and says he / she was word removed and I hated him / her ( possibly apart from Joan Rivers) Sometimes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maqroll Posted January 23, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2015 Isn't that just the polite thing to do ,same way when people die nobody every comes out on Sky News and says he / she was word removed Well, if it's the polite thing to do, they should apply this politeness uniformly. I struggle to recall a single polite word from Western leaders when Hugo Chavez died. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted January 23, 2015 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2015 Isn't that just the polite thing to do ,same way when people die nobody every comes out on Sky News and says he / she was word removed Well, if it's the polite thing to do, they should apply this politeness uniformly. I struggle to recall a single polite word from Western leaders when Hugo Chavez died. Sorry, how rich was he? Flags at half mast on Downing Street for the king of the country responsible for 9/11 and financing ISIS. It's amazing what money can do. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The entire Saudi political and religious establishment are the ideological siblings of ISIS. Horrible feckers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Will Saudi women be allowed to drive now? Batshit crazy place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 on that note, this popped up on twitter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 23, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) A bit off-topic, but I wonder if the Queen has ever taken a driving test? Like her madge, my late auntie (died last year, aged 94) was an army truck driver during the war. Got shown how to do it and given an army licence - which was then legally valid in civvy street. She was a terrible driver. Might be the same for HRH. Edited January 23, 2015 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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