Death Toll Rises to 345 in Hajj Stampede

Posted by Robert on January 12, 2006 1:12 PM

The annual hajj stampede story is usually not on topic for this site. However, the fact that the [1] British sent an observer to Saudi Arabia this year to study how the Saudis manage to control hajj crowds so well makes this a prime Dhimmi Watch item.

The AP story on the stampede is [2] here.

Do you think that Jawaid Akhtar, assistant chief constable with West Yorkshire Police (WYP), is thinking today that he wasted his time studying Saudi crowd control techniques? Somehow I doubt that he is.

Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/01/death-toll-rises-to-345-in-hajj-stampede.html

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[1] http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/009504.php
[2] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060112/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_hajj_15;_ylt=AuR4QvmqzXNmefV8pe9XoOnbEfQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl