Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi and in the country’s north left at least 22 people dead and more than 120 others injured as demonstrators supportive of the Iranian government attempted to storm a U.S. Consulate on Sunday, authorities said.
In the north of the country, demonstrators attacked U.N. and government offices.
The violence came after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Police and officials at a hospital in Karachi said that at least 50 people were also wounded in the clashes and some of them were in critical condition.
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20cello@lemmy.world · 73 pts · 176d
The president of peace ladies and gentlemen
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 176d
Lol. People thought the dem candidate was somehow a worse prospect.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 27 pts · 176d
But she was a lady, and black, and laughed, how could that have gone well...
kittykillinit@lemy.lol · 6 pts · 176d
If Democrats want to win elections, they need to run candidates that care about the working class.
Running on a platform of "deficit spending" is not enough. They need to raise taxes on the people taking us for a ride.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 176d
Of course! She would have started a war for greenland, hunted lgbt people and immigrants, and annexed mexico too! Without congessional approval!
Waiter! Ill have what the other guy is smoking!
kittykillinit@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 176d
If that stuff really matters to you, then you should encourage Democrats to support the working class so they don't lose elections.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 176d
Ya. You said that to the other guy too.
kittykillinit@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 176d
Yes. Most of you still don't get it which is why Democrats keep losing to Donald Trump.
Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus · 0 pts · 176d
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 176d
Good for you! Enjoy your trump outcome then. Or do something about it other than venting to another internet nobody. Dumb american voters brought this on the world. They deserve every bit of ridicule they get.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 176d
umbrella@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 176d
kittykillinit@lemy.lol · -4 pts · 176d
In this case, it doesn't really matter.
Kamala is an Israeli puppet as well.
Soulg@ani.social · 6 pts · 176d
You're fucking delusional if you think she would have just randomly bombed Iran too
kittykillinit@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 176d
There's nothing random about it.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 176d
How so?
Biden and Harris went along with child genocide and a state-engineered famine. They would 100% bomb Iran if Benny told them to.
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 176d
No they didn't. They still supported Israel, but they were making statements about tempering Israel's approach. As Israel got worse and worse under trump's encouragement, I'm pretty sure a democrat (or anyone sane) would have pushed back a lot more on Israel. Not enough, probably. But better is better.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 176d
LOL, they made statements about Israel's approach for four years... but supported every single thing those murderers did. Their words are meaningless because when Benny tells them to jump, they jump.
And when Benny told them to bomb Iran, they'd have done it.
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 176d
Obviously, you can't know that, so you are just making things up to fit your world view. But whatever, if you're happy with the destruction trump allowed on Gaza, I can't help you. Good luck.
kittykillinit@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 176d
Actions speak louder than words.
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 176d
Absolutely. But diplomacy starts with words and it sometimes works. We don't know what would have happened next if trump hadn't fucked everything ten times over. We know trump actively encouraged the genocide, so it's a significant difference.
Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus · 0 pts · 176d
OCATMBBL@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 176d
No, no you misheard him. He's the president of Ps
GOP
Patriarchy
Protecting Pedophiles
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · -31 pts · 176d
nothing of value lost
fonix232@fedia.io · 28 pts · 176d
People should have a right to protest - even if they're dumbasses protesting for idiotic things. Devaluing a life just because the person behind it is a dumbass is very much a Nazi tactic. You don't dehumanise stupid. You help it realise and reconcile it's stupidity.
SaltySalamander@fedia.io · 1 pts · 176d
They were literally firing rifles into the embassy. That isn't a fucking protest.
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · -7 pts · 176d
Sure?
What level of management speak is this?
I also like how you jumped from violent mobs tries to burn US consulate staff alive to: you need to have a calm moment with them, sit them down, have a chat, maybe some tea and talk it over? 🤣
I'm not sure you'd be quite so forgiving if you were inside the embassy about to be gang raped and beheaded
This is still my favourite violent mob:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Priyantha_Kumara
Youch!
protist@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 176d
I'd like to know how you jumped from "demonstrators in support of the Iranian government" to "deserves to die."
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · -3 pts · 176d
I didn't say that, I said I don't give a shit that they died
They violently attacked the US embassy hoping to kill everyone inside because they're upset their evil dictator who last month murdered upwards of 30,000 people died.
See if I give a shit
Pratai@piefed.ca · 8 pts · 176d
People you don’t like are dead and you’re devaluing their lives. What makes you different from them?
Please learn from this.
SaltySalamander@fedia.io · 8 pts · 176d
Absolutely. I devalue the lives of people hellbent on ending other people's lives.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 176d
I'm not sure I'd phrase it as a celebration, but the media referring to this as a protest is disingenuous at best. The number of videos I've seen of dudes shooting guns at the embassy is enough for me to come to my own conclusions about this "protest."
And if you're going to shoot at a building filled with American appointed officials, guarded by Marine Security Guards, you're probably going to die doing so.
Ideally, this all could have been avoided by not starting another war, but here we are.
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · -8 pts · 176d
How about this: I hope they died slowly, painfully, the same way Iranian protesters are when they're tortured for days on end by the Iranian government those same people support
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 176d
Cool. Who cares if the same thing happens to you?
Pratai@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 176d
You’re no better than they are. Also, I’m going to go ahead and block you. No one needs that kind of negativity and cruelty.
Catma@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 176d
I cannot believe Hillary Clinton allowed there to be another attack on a US embassy. She should have to answer questions before Congress about this
Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus · -21 pts · 176d
in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 176d
But in the meantime, one of them is the current sitting president.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 176d
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 176d
Why did Biden pull us into another war?
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 176d
Thanks Obama...
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 176d
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 176d
Impeach. Remove. Imprison.
Oops. Forgot. We worship pedophiles in America.
tackleberry@thelemmy.club · 9 pts · 176d
So Pakistanis are killing Pakistanis in Pakistan because of the USA. Interesting times we live in.
x00z@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 176d
I didn't expect Pakistan protestors to be the ones that are showing us how it needs to be done.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 176d
Fyi, these are the same people that blockaded the country when...
...the government refused to execute that woman for blasphemy
edit: here's some reading material on the issue I'm referring
So if you think this storming of a consulate shows their 'resolute bravery': they already blockaded the main highway of their capital for a month
hoch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 176d
Did they expect a different response when storming a consulate building?
Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus · -2 pts · 176d