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		Syrian forces open fire on funeral procession. At least one dead (msnbc.msn.com)		64
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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.