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Photos That Shook The World (Contains graphic images, may cause distress)
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Patrice Lumumba - the first democractically elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo circa late 1950s - 60s - murdered by the CIA, because people in Africa can't be allowed to take their fate into their own hands.
I don't know anything about this. What's your source regarding Lumumba and the CIA?Thermobaric Weapon - first pioneered by the Soviet's in Afghanistan and later in Checnya, this weapon works by sucking the air from people's bodies, thereby crushing their bodies, organs and skeletons and incinerating their remains. The picture seen here is of a Thermobaric weapon being used in Afghanistan by British forces.
Are you sure that that's a thermobaric bomb? Looks to me like a GBU Paveway bomb. Designed to penetrate bunkers and destroy the aircraft underneath. I first thought Iraq (Gulf War 1990-1)The US Army are doing the dragging here (Nam)
AFAIK they were dragging him to be buried, but dragging nevertheless.Midnight_EG wrote: »What exactly does that mean, if you don't mind me asking?
There was no space on the aircraft carrier for incoming helicopters's from Saigon and no space for the civilians/personnel beneath decks so helo's had to be dumped.0 -
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This photo quite literally nearly shook the world to it's very end. The closest the world has ever come to World War III was to due to this photo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
U-2 reconnaissance photograph of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. Transports and tents for fueling and maintenance.
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Hatred by the Israelis can also be justified if you live in a place that comes under constant rocket and suicide attacks. Justification depends on who you are. That girl there could be born and raised in a town where people are armed all day everyday, where you go to school by armoured convoy etc. She doesn't know the rights and wrongs of the big picture. Murder and terrorism can be understoon by not justified and condoned.
Very odd. Also the fact that wearing a tshirt with a communist revolutionary is fashionable, wearing a tshirt with a fascist revolutionary's face not quite so cool. I won't understand that.
Right, the link to this pic quite clearly indicates it is a picture of the after effects of the Union Cardbide disaster in Bhopal, India. Nothing to do with Iraq.
http://www.bhopal.com/
Again, my bad. Sorry about that.
There are pictures that are definetly taken in Iraq that we can be assured are associated with the use of DU weapons by the US, but I'm not going to post them here, because they are extremely distressing. I've seen alot of horrible stuff but those pictures are the stuff of nightmares. Anyone who wants to check them out, do so yourself
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I know its been posted before but for me the pictures of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings symbolise the two biggest moments of inhumanity in human history perpetrated by the "Good guys'.
Munich Air Disaster
On a much lighter note, these pictures are only 'World Shaking' on a personal level & for United fans (Sorry, I got a bit carried away) :rolleyes:
& Finally the biggest fake of them all...
...here's the only true GOD!
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1960s - The Civil Rights Movement in America - the owner of this Hotel and it's Swimming Pool, incensed by black kid's in a white-only place, pours Hydrochorlic Acid into the pool to get them out.
SCUMBAG!
It's horrible how people can treat others like infertile dirt and get away with it.
Throwing acid may be a thing of the past but racism and discrimination isn't and never will be.0 -
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Half of this thread should be called "Photos I happen to like" especially all the football ones....shook the world my ar$e :mad:
The other half of the thread is ace though.
That's your opinion but it's an incredibly subjective thing.
There are very few pictures on here that are completely universal to everyone, I recall someone asking 'who's this guy?' after a picture of Che Guevara. Just because its not a 'World Shaking' picture for that person doesn't mean it isn't for others. I also think that many of the sporting pictures bring a lot of joy to people which is in stark contrast to pretty much everything else on here.
I don't think that you can deny that these photos, posted already, haven't genuinely "shook the world"
Colombian footballer Andrés Escobar is murdered following his own goal at the 1994 world cup finals.
Hillsborough
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This is Venus photographed against the Sun.
Venus is roughly the same size as the Earth.
Amazed me at how Big the Sun is and how small we all actually are.
Nice pic.
Remember though that Venus's average distance from the sun is 67.2 million miles (108 million km) so this wouldn't be a true representation of the two sizes.
And
...will give you an idea.
And just to add this pic, the largest star know is VY Canis Majoris compared to our own Sun.
Anyway, I'll throw in this pic of Anne Frank
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Nice pic.
Remember though that Venus's average distance from the sun is 67.2 million miles (108 million km) so this wouldn't be a true representation of the two sizes.
And
...will give you an idea.
And just to add this pic, the largest star know is VY Canis Majoris compared to our own Sun.
And its still freezing!!!!0 -
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german invasion of crete
the first large scale paratroop attack and invasion
they went in with only pistols,their rifles etc... were dropped sepratly.
first time a civilan population whole heartdly went after the invaders
D Day
operation markt garden
some years later
turkish invasion of cyprus
the first shocked the world at the time.
the seconnd lead the way to the winning blow in the war
the third was a shock because of its scale....and failure
the forth was probly the last invasion of its kind. due to the amount kia and mia on crete. theirs doubt any large scale ones will ever take place again. and the americans brits learned how costly it can be in operation market garden0 -
Here's two pictures of the dog Laika in preparation for space travel.
It's actually a really nice dog!:D
This is the infamous Liberty Bell 7 which Gus Grissom bailed out from.
Here's one of Neil Armstrong stepping on the moon.
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Migrant Mother - Californian farmworker during the depression. She had just sold the tent she lived in and her car tyres to feed her seven children.
A 19-year old woman and her two year old goddaughter fall five stories when the fire escape collapses during an apartment fire.
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Blisterman wrote: »That last one's hard to look at. Anyone know if they survived it?
I think the child survived. The adult died however. It's a horrible moment captured. Anywhow...
American carpet bombing of suspected VC and NVA supply routes in Vietnam. Those aren't lakes in the picture.
French soldier shot as men move forward circa 1914-18, WW1.
Tsar Bomba - the most powerful nuclear weapon ever used, detonated by Russia near Sibera/Arctic region.0 -
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Not exactly world-shaking, but I still find them interesting.
15th December 2000: Engineer Sergey Bashtovoi turns a switch that shuts down Reactor No. 3, the last operating reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Employees of the plant watch the shutdown.
A wreath is placed on top of the reactor.0 -
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above, a photograph from the 1995 BBC documetary called 'The Dying Rooms'. This really shook my world. It wasn't caused by famine or war, it was as a result of China's 'one child' policy.
see clip below (some disturbing images)
http://www.unmadeinchina.org/galleria.asp?lang=en&idPag=2060 -
DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »
above, a photograph from the 1995 BBC documetary called 'The Dying Rooms'. This really shook my world. It wasn't caused by famine or war, it was as a result of China's 'one child' policy.
see clip below (some disturbing images)
http://www.unmadeinchina.org/galleria.asp?lang=en&idPag=206
Jesus....that's one of the most heartbreaking things I've ever seen. 0 -
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