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965 dead in Baghdad stampede

465 hurt as bridge railing collapses amid panic near mosque

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Deaths mounted steadily in northeast Baghdad after a massive midday Shiite religious procession erupted into a chaotic stampede Wednesday, causing the drowning and trampling deaths of 965 pilgrims.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/31/...main/index.html

I am amzed no one has mentioned this, but I guess we are still in shock over Katrina.

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