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countryjake

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42. Some of the Ukrainian athletes are pulling out of events...

Wed Feb 19, 2014, 09:41 AM

Feb 2014

because they were forced by the IOC to remove the black armbands they were wearing to honor the people killed by their government this week.

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Kiev looks apocalyptic: [View all] Are_grits_groceries Feb 2014 OP

Horrible shenmue Feb 2014 #1

It does. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #2

k & r rollin74 Feb 2014 #3

Ukraine police storm Kiev protest camp � live updates dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #4

Yes it does, I noticed CNN waited a tad to go to that news though nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #5

kick n/t tammywammy Feb 2014 #6

More Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #7

The photos are just epic nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #8

The live feed is just as incredible. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #9

Yeah, I have watched it on and off all day nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #10

Our local news had an article with an awful picture. MissB Feb 2014 #11

Disagree, I am tired of Americans wanting to get coddled nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #12

I dunno. A guy likely in his last moments, aflame? MissB Feb 2014 #13

And that is the problem. If hollywood shows it, fine nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #14

Again, ymmv. (n/t) MissB Feb 2014 #16

I know... we actually have had this exact discussion (warning other wars Graphic Pictures) nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #17

Do you want to argue? MissB Feb 2014 #19

I am not interested in reading you either nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #20

That makes perfect sense. MissB Feb 2014 #21

you now have earned the High Honor of being on Nadin's "Iggy List". you're in great company! dionysus Feb 2014 #46

Robert Sherrod convinced FDR to release the film about Tarawa showing neverforget Feb 2014 #25

But for the most part American censors did not nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #26

Our media filters out the "bad parts" so as to sanitize our actions to the American neverforget Feb 2014 #27

well you should know at fire lines nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #30

What's going on in that 2nd photo? I have never seen it before now. arcane1 Feb 2014 #29

Spanish Civil War, the photographer, Francis Capa, captured nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #31

Fascinating. Thanks!! arcane1 Feb 2014 #34

There has been a lively debate nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #35

Indeed, a sterile, sanitized war is easy to support. And to forget about. arcane1 Feb 2014 #37

It's an excellent photo as a photo, but it's not clear exactly what it's depicting. Brickbat Feb 2014 #33

Or this: raven mad Feb 2014 #39

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #51

Wolf Blitzer is promising to cover it at 5:00. sufrommich Feb 2014 #15

Looks particularly rough on the live feed right now. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #18

I recognize the Our Father on the loudspeakers right now. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #22

It is incredible nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #24

Amazing. MadrasT Feb 2014 #23

It looks a lot like our cities in the US in the sixties and seventies. upaloopa Feb 2014 #28

Wow LadyHawkAZ Feb 2014 #32

Me too, they also have a flair for the dramatic nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #36

Dramatic... countryjake Feb 2014 #43

Imagine how hard they will be cracked down on once the olympics applegrove Feb 2014 #38

These are distinct 2 nations now SQUEE Feb 2014 #41

Isn't Putin backing the switch back to UKraine being dependant on Russia's rather than applegrove Feb 2014 #47

Some of the Ukrainian athletes are pulling out of events... countryjake Feb 2014 #42

At least 26 are dead now, more than 263 protesters hospitalized... countryjake Feb 2014 #40

It looks like we're watching actual revolution nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #44

Current reddit thread with lots of interesting links MadrasT Feb 2014 #45

lots of injured (dead?) being carried out of protest area right now rollin74 Feb 2014 #48

looks like several police have just been captured also rollin74 Feb 2014 #49

apparently a bunch of protesters just got shot rollin74 Feb 2014 #50

So much for truce. joshcryer Feb 2014 #52