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		Syrian forces open fire on funeral procession. At least one dead (msnbc.msn.com)		64
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Any Pie Left		2011-04-23 05:22:08 PM

Clean, simple, obvious... I like it.

Barfmaker		2011-04-23 05:37:12 PM

I cannot fault this logic.

Relatively Obscure		2011-04-23 06:35:09 PM

I am required by law to +1 this headline.

thesubliminalman		2011-04-23 07:32:23 PM

"At least 120 dead after 2 days of unrest in Syria"

Man I gotta get some sleep, it's killing me.

ThisNameSux		2011-04-23 07:32:55 PM

Lol and I'm going to hell.

oobiedoobie		2011-04-23 07:33:00 PM

I imagine this person is still dead.

wandererobtm101		2011-04-23 07:36:07 PM

hah. that's how it's done.

also, tragedy.

Ignominiousbob		2011-04-23 07:37:17 PM

oobiedoobie: I imagine this person is still dead.

thatsthejoke.jpg

Linkster		2011-04-23 07:38:57 PM

oobiedoobie: I imagine this person is still dead.

In this part of the world you have to make sure, check back tomorrow.

DavidVincent		2011-04-23 07:42:19 PM

Convenient.

Plant Rights Activist		2011-04-23 07:43:45 PM

Linkster: oobiedoobie: I imagine this person is still dead.

In this part of the world you have to make sure, check back tomorrow.

t2.gstatic.com

Omnivorous		2011-04-23 07:44:41 PM

Where do they bury the survivors in Syria?

Nuclear Wessel		2011-04-23 07:45:23 PM

well played subby

/golf clap

Emposter		2011-04-23 07:46:48 PM

I would like an aisle seat please.

JonnyBGoode		2011-04-23 07:47:58 PM

Linkster: oobiedoobie: I imagine this person is still dead.

In this part of the world you have to make sure, check back ~~tomorrow~~ in three days.

FTFY ;)

MrSius		2011-04-23 07:48:03 PM

Nice one, subs.

You pretty much killed it.

TheJoe03		2011-04-23 07:48:14 PM

Wow Syrian leader, you make "concessions" while at the same time murdering your own people. I wonder why they don't stop protesting? Hmmmmm.

Linkster		2011-04-23 07:51:28 PM

JonnyBGoode: Linkster: oobiedoobie: I imagine this person is still dead.

In this part of the world you have to make sure, check back tomorrow in three days.

FTFY ;)

Already assumed he's been dead since yesterday.

bartink		2011-04-23 07:52:35 PM

This is going to get very ugly. Even if Assad is forced from power, there is no other group with any power to take over. It'll be complete chaos.

BarbadoSlim		2011-04-23 07:54:36 PM

Sheikh Rizq Abdul-Rahim Abazeid

I'm just gonna call him "Turbo."

StoneColdAtheist		2011-04-23 08:00:04 PM

Emposter: I would like an aisle seat please.

I'll take the window seat, please...and the Kosher meal.

Spanky_McFarksalot		2011-04-23 08:01:52 PM

so when do we set up the no fly zone?

Gaylord Fister		2011-04-23 08:02:44 PM

I believe Alanis Morisette had a song about this sort of thing ...

liquidpoo		2011-04-23 08:11:31 PM

Headline of the Year candidate [TotalFark] 2009-12-21 11:57:27 AM
Suicide bomber strikes Iraqi funeral. At least two dead

Thats an 827		2011-04-23 08:13:47 PM

How Syrian internal protest is managed (new window)

Ignominiousbob		2011-04-23 08:17:29 PM

Gaylord Fister: I believe Alanis Morisette had a song about this sort of thing ...

My Humps?

Third Day Mark		2011-04-23 08:18:47 PM

Gaylord Fister: I believe Alanis Morisette had a song about this sort of thing ...

What does her song about Uncle Joey cheating on her have to do with this?

Sarcastica75		2011-04-23 08:18:54 PM

this is not a repeat from... etc.

mat catastrophe		2011-04-23 08:21:03 PM

Just sayin' (new window)

jpo2269		2011-04-23 08:23:19 PM

Hey subby,

Citation needed...

+1 you sick bastard.

omeganuepsilon		2011-04-23 08:29:26 PM

I rarely actually laugh "on the internet".

I actually snorted in surprise laughter this time. A first.

Subby is a magnificent bastard.

Tozmo		2011-04-23 08:29:45 PM

snort

meow said the dog		2011-04-23 08:31:07 PM

Scalia says this is the no cost speech.

Evil High Priest		2011-04-23 08:33:09 PM

Obvious tag is obvious.

+eleventyone interwebs, subby.

CreepyBasementGuy		2011-04-23 08:36:53 PM

Was the Westboro Babtist Church there?

notoverit		2011-04-23 08:39:47 PM

When are we sending in predator drones to enforce a no-fly zone? Have we decided which side we're on?

Fark it, I say we flip a coin.

Oerath		2011-04-23 08:42:40 PM

Spanky_McFarksalot: so when do we set up the no fly zone?

When we feel like officially starting WWIII.

friedlinx		2011-04-23 08:54:39 PM

oobiedoobie: I imagine this person is still dead.

The deceased was heard sreaming: I'm alive. I'm alive, But you know how those Syrians lie.

bingethinker		2011-04-23 09:12:57 PM

I'm okay with this.

zulius		2011-04-23 09:16:11 PM

liquidpoo: Headline of the Year candidate [TotalFark] 2009-12-21 11:57:27 AM
Suicide bomber strikes Iraqi funeral. At least two dead

2k9? I thought it was 2k7...
/thanks for finding that...
//recycled headline is recycled...

IronTom		2011-04-23 09:19:43 PM

I add my vote to the 18 here already.

IronTom		2011-04-23 09:20:36 PM

oobiedoobie: I imagine this person is still dead.

the way to check is to kick them in the knees.

Relatively Obscure		2011-04-23 09:21:21 PM

liquidpoo: Headline of the Year candidate [TotalFark] 2009-12-21 11:57:27 AM
Suicide bomber strikes Iraqi funeral. At least two dead

wastedatwork.com

Relatively Obscure		2011-04-23 09:21:59 PM

Self fail.

litrick35		2011-04-23 09:38:26 PM

Well done subby, standing O.

nubzers		2011-04-23 09:51:25 PM

Omnivorous: Where do they bury the survivors in Syria?

Mass grave.

/Bullets are expensive, why not let the ground take care of it?

AcneVulgaris		2011-04-23 09:54:59 PM

TheJoe03: Wow Syrian leader, you make "concessions" while at the same time murdering your own people. I wonder why they don't stop protesting? Hmmmmm.

He hasn't killed enough of them.

proton		2011-04-23 10:28:23 PM

JoshTheTech		2011-04-23 10:51:15 PM

Tragedy is comedy.
Somewhere I hear Jackie Martling and Gilbert Gottfried laughing.

myspamhere		2011-04-23 11:06:35 PM

If another country, very close to Syria did this, there would be calls for war crimes charges, international condemnation, leaders of all sorts calling for boycotts, emergency meetings at the UN, and press coverage 24/7.

//just sayin

limboslam		2011-04-23 11:12:50 PM

In this image taken on a mobile phone, Syrian anti-government protesters carry the coffin of an activist who was killed on Friday during his funeral procession in Quaboun near Damascus on Saturday

Uhhhhh...........wut?

gameshowhost		2011-04-23 11:34:11 PM

Relatively Obscure: Self fail.

I like that. Better than the whiny "Terk R Berndwerdth" ones.

Darth Hankey		2011-04-24 12:04:23 AM

There's video of the incident on reddit.com's frontpage. It's extremely graphic. If you've been in the military, police, fire or EMT services, it is what I imagine a bad day looks like for you.

Lacerated Spleen		2011-04-24 12:18:08 AM

Nice

Crudbucket		2011-04-24 12:42:46 AM

Darth Hankey: There's video of the incident on reddit.com's frontpage. It's extremely graphic. If you've been in the military, police, fire or EMT services, it is what I imagine a bad day looks like for you.

It's a bad day for anybody.

Gyrfalcon		2011-04-24 01:53:18 AM

Linkster: oobiedoobie: I imagine this person is still dead.

In this part of the world you have to make sure, check back tomorrow.

Are you suggesting he might have gotten better?

skeetin		2011-04-24 02:08:47 AM

I enjoyed a hearty chortle.

Maestro_3295		2011-04-24 02:29:00 AM

Headline ~~stealer.~~ recycler.

Meetak		2011-04-24 02:32:51 AM

limboslam: In this image taken on a mobile phone, Syrian anti-government protesters carry the coffin of an activist who was killed on Friday during his funeral procession in Quaboun near Damascus on Saturday

Uhhhhh...........wut?

It's like a pre-arranged funeral procession.It starts as a conga line and goes downhill from there.

/i came here to post the same caption FTA

phrawgh		2011-04-24 02:56:52 AM

Airplane crashes in graveyard. There are bodies everywhere.

Esn		2011-04-24 07:03:19 AM

So... anyone read that War Nerd article from 2 weeks ago?

So a guerrilla funeral is a show of strength, one the authorities can't usually forbid outright (and if they do they generally regret it). And it's also a traditional moment for having pretty intense emotions, another useful thing for the guerrilla strategist. You can't arrest a mother for crying over her son's dead body-but at a guerrilla funeral that crying mom is a political statement, almost a military act. At the most obvious level, the funeral says, "These guys were heroes" when the official position is that they're terrorists, criminals, lunatics...those being the three most popular ways of describing people who attack the authorities. Just showing the fact that these guys have moms, and dads, and (usually) about a million brothers and sisters and cousins, not to mention a line of mourners stretching for miles, is a show of strength that the authorities can't do anything about. And for all those cuzzies, this funeral is a solemn day, where they pledge their lives to revenge.