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Photos That Shook The World (Contains graphic images, may cause distress)

Feeky Magee · 2009-11-25 00:40:25

Iconic pictures are more effective then any story. Sometimes you see photographs that just take your breath away. The following photos; some famous, some infamous, did exactly that to me on first viewing. They will live on, as a permanent reminder of the events which caused them. Tienemen Square Protest: 9/11: Mai Lai…

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#502 03-12-2009 11:22pm

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CCCP^ wrote: »

Carl Sagan, very intelligent and intriguing man.

Indeed, like the David Attenborough of astronomy.

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#503 03-12-2009 11:42pm

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little known bit of ww2
ustachi brutality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e

one of the sparks in the bosnian war many years later

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#504 03-12-2009 11:44pm

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Mousey- wrote: »

little known bit of ww2
ustachi brutality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e

one of the sparks in the bosnian war many years later

Christ, what a complicated region.

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#505 04-12-2009 12:05am

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Amazing thread.

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#506 04-12-2009 12:05am

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jackthekipper wrote: »

Christ, what a complicated region.

The man in the photo you quoted was beheaded, he was a priest apparently. Theres a photo of those same soldiers holding his head in the WW2 forum. Its not too horrible but its smarter to just not post it on this thread.
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055271064

Its around page 4 for those interested.

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#507 04-12-2009 12:14am

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spurious wrote: »

That's the first one I thought of too. Terrible.

Pet food sales rose 3.2% in 2009, yet Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes--one child every five seconds.

We can feed our dogs and cats but let a child die,

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#508 04-12-2009 1:07am

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The story behind it.

Check out youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ML1S76ejg

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#509 04-12-2009 4:47am

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Queen-Mise wrote: »

There has been pictures already posted on the difference in Iran from 60s to the current day. I tried to find them but couldn't in the thread (obviously hiding).

This picture shows the difference in 20 years.

amazing..what happened to these women after? whats the article please?

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#510 04-12-2009 4:58am

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#511 04-12-2009 5:24am

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Rodney King beatings .. and the LA Riots.

why?...biggest question and lie of an answer we will get

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#512 04-12-2009 12:27pm

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Hijacked Passenger Airplanes Burning in Jordan Desert, 1970
Story: http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/Enlargement.aspx?id=U1671802&ext=1

"Huge columns of smoke pour from the wreckage of three multimillion dollar international airlines destroyed by Palestine Liberation Organization guerillas at Dawson's Field in the Jordan desert. The planes, a BOAC VC10, a Swissair passenger airplane and TWA Boeing 707 were hijacked by the PLO during the preceding week. More than 200 passengers and crew are still in Arab custody in Amman while negotiations go on to exchange them for Arabs held in western jails."

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#513 04-12-2009 1:24pm

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jackthekipper wrote: »

Christ, what a complicated region.

Here's another few mad photographs from the Yugoslavia, these are Muslim Bosniaks in the SS (13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)). Guess the 'master race' weren't too picky when it came to their recruits in this region! And like the image of the Ustaše, it is one of those things that Serbians never really forgot about.

Something a bit modern related to the other images, is a photograph of Slobodan Milosevic making his infamous speech at the 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo in 1989. It's important for the political and ethnic connotations he invoked at the time when tensions were already running high in Yugoslavia.

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#514 04-12-2009 2:42pm

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The two photos on this link always stick in my mind.

http://www.snopes.com/katrina/photos/looters.asp

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#515 04-12-2009 3:38pm

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#516 04-12-2009 3:51pm

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Mountain gorillas in the regions of Congo, Uganda and Rwanda are killed by local guerillas, they are now highly endangered species. They have been known to cut off their heads and hands which they sell to people (the bodies are left as no use is made of the meat). They continue to threat to kill more if demands for immunity are not met. Sometimes they capture baby gorillas and hold them ransom.

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#517 04-12-2009 4:02pm

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^^
Ugh, that's awful.:(

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#518 04-12-2009 4:36pm

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Reginald P. DuM wrote: »

Just watching a TV special on Michael Dwyer, the Tipperary man who was shot by Bolivian police on suspicion of anti goverment military activity. There was no guns found in his room yet police claimed they engaged in a 30 minute shoot out before killing Dwyer and 2 of his companions. Witnesses say there was no such lengthy shootout. The programme concludes that we may never know the real truth about what happened that night. RIP.

nice SS runes on his tattoo there!:rolleyes: This guy wasn't an innocent bystander.

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#519 04-12-2009 5:17pm

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Instant Karma wrote: »

nice SS runes on his tattoo there!:rolleyes: This guy wasn't an innocent bystander.

Re: Michael O Dwyer.
The programme didn't suggest he was an innocent bystander either. Obviously the photo above and video clips aired prove that he had a fascination with guns but he was unarmed when he was shot through the heart at close range. His involvement in mercenary activity in Bolivia was deliberatley over-stated by police informants to the point where the police wrongly believed him to be a central player in anti government militia.

Clearly he got involved with hardened mercenaries and ended up way out of his depth. The other two men killed that night were experienced in the Balkan conflict, and out of some sense of misplaced adventure he bought into their ideas. It cost him his life. Former colleagues here in Ireland said they never knew him to be interested in subservise political matters. Yes he liked to live up to a macho image but that doesn't mean he deserved to die the way he did. They also spoke to the tatoo artist who did the job on his arm, and there was no SS loyalties in his design, whether thats entirely true is another point we'll probably never know. A sad case for his family and friends who have to live with his loss and the mystery that will always surround it.

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#520 04-12-2009 5:24pm

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Instant Karma wrote: »

nice SS runes on his tattoo there!

huh?

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#521 04-12-2009 6:21pm

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Gurgle wrote: »

huh?

fair enough, you don't see them clearly there but there are 2 SS runes at the base of that tattoo. There are better pics of it around, and this subject has already been discussed at length on these boards.

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#522 04-12-2009 6:23pm

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paddyland wrote: »

Jocelyn Wildenstein, after $4 million worth of plastic surgery...

Brigitte Bardot and Chewbacca's love child....

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#524 05-12-2009 1:36am

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What's this about?

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#525 05-12-2009 1:49am

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I've returned from Bannedville Brilliant thread guys some pictures here are amazing keep it up!

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keefg wrote: »

What's this about?

On September 23, 2008, Dorothy, a female chimpanzee in her late 40s, died of congestive heart failure. A maternal and beloved figure, Dorothy had spent eight years at Cameroon’s Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, which houses and rehabilitates chimps victimized by habitat loss and the illegal African bushmeat trade.

Szczupider, who had been a volunteer at the center, told me: “Her presence, and loss, was palpable, and resonated throughout the group. The management at Sanaga-Yong opted to let Dorothy's chimpanzee family witness her burial, so that perhaps they would understand, in their own capacity, that Dorothy would not return. Some chimps displayed aggression while others barked in frustration. But perhaps the most stunning reaction was a recurring, almost tangible silence. If one knows chimpanzees, then one knows that [they] are not [usually] silent creatures."

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#527 05-12-2009 2:11am

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The Red Army raising the Soviet Flag over the Reichstag, Berlin in May 1945 signifying the destruction of Nazi Germany:

The first images returned from the surface of another planetary body. The Soviet probe Luna 9 landed on the moon in Feb, 1966 and photographed it's surroundings:

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#528 05-12-2009 2:26am

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#529 05-12-2009 2:30am

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evil_seed wrote: »

Is that the Waco seize?

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#530 05-12-2009 2:34am

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I don't know about you lot but after videos etc. i'm sh!tting this -

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#531 05-12-2009 2:40am

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Nixon resigns:

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#532 05-12-2009 10:10pm

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Don't know if it has been posted already but here's a photo's that definately shook the world.

The death of the biggest drug dealer of all time, Pablo Escobar. The damage that this man done to society was unreal. He was also a killing machine. Murdering thousands of people.

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#533 05-12-2009 10:26pm

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Great pics, the one I wanted to post I cant find. It was the one at the Wellington Quay Bus Crash, where Bertie Ahern is walking away from the scenes looking horrified. Ok, didnt rock the world but definately rocked Dublin. What a sad day for all involved.

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#534 05-12-2009 10:31pm

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GiftofGab wrote: »

Don't know if it has been posted already but here's a photo's that definately shook the world.

The death of the biggest drug dealer of all time, Pablo Escobar. The damage that this man done to society was unreal. He was also a killing machine. Murdering thousands of people.

Is it wrong that I feel no sympathy for this man even though he has died

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#535 05-12-2009 11:07pm

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partyatmygaff wrote: »

Wow, I remember watching that live, Thats basically for alot of Iraqi people the beginning of an era.

+1 I woke up and though what the f is going on

anything with 9 11 for me

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#536 05-12-2009 11:16pm

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smk89 wrote: »

Is it wrong that I feel no sympathy for this man even though he has died

Hell no. Thats like saying is it wrong to feel no sympathy for Hitler when he died. The public has been crying for his head for years. The man was pure evil. He had no regard for human life. This picture was celebrated all over Columbia and the US.

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#537 06-12-2009 3:01am

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newbie2 wrote: »

That is just heartbreaking...shame on humanity

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#538 06-12-2009 3:47am

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This thread has actually made me realise how humanity will destroy everything including each other,for what I can see,no good reason.

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#539 06-12-2009 4:05am

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you only realise that now bro?

humanity is the greatest threat to this earth since armageddon!!

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#540 06-12-2009 4:27am

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me-skywalker wrote: »

you only realise that now bro?

humanity is the greatest threat to this earth since armageddon!!

They say 'life is hard' but reading this thread it seems to me that 'life is easy' - it's Humans that MAKE it hard.

Don't think any God could be responsible for any of this stuff.

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Malty_T wrote: »

Sorry i dont understand, could you explain?

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#542 06-12-2009 5:30am

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Jesus Juice wrote: »

This thread has actually made me realise how humanity will destroy everything including each other,for what I can see,no good reason.

Well, mostly in the name of one religion or another.

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#543 06-12-2009 5:45am

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I`ve read the thread start to finish , what can you say ? Some of the pictures leave you feeling helpless as a human being , some are very sad , great thread
Thanks to everyone !!

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#544 06-12-2009 10:27am

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Kittykook wrote: »

That is just heartbreaking...shame on
humanity

The clubbing of white seal cubs have been banned since the 1980's.

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#545 06-12-2009 11:47am

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testicle wrote: »

The US Army are doing the dragging here (Nam)

ReacherCreature wrote: »

AFAIK they were dragging him to be buried, but dragging nevertheless.

Just to clear up something here.

Most likely there's nothing sinister going on in this photo, dragging bodies to a place of safety is common enough practice by all armies in conflict zones.

For various reason's some dead bodies are just too dangerous to manually handle, most common is booby traps or unexploded ordnance on the decease's body.

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#546 06-12-2009 11:47am

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General Sergio Arellano Stark and General Augusto Pinochet a few hours before the departure of the Caravan of Death in September 1973.

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#547 06-12-2009 1:20pm

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Trees have very slow sex.

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#548 06-12-2009 1:32pm

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Malty_T wrote: »

PaulByrne'sBald wrote: »

Sorry i dont understand, could you explain?

That's a graph of the matter distribution of the universe, including dark matter false-coloured to white. For a better description than I could muster, check out http://www.ted.com/talks/george_smoot_on_the_design_of_the_universe.html, from 9:45 onwards.

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#549 06-12-2009 1:37pm

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doctor evil wrote: »

The clubbing of white seal cubs have been banned since the 1980's.

its not actually...canada is known for its seal clubbing

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United Colours of Benetton have always courted controversy with their ad campaigns.Here are some of their most striking ads.

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#551 06-12-2009 4:12pm

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ZiMZuM wrote: »

This was the 1st picture that came to my mind..

Thank you. My final reminder to go and donate to Concern again...

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