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There were absolutely thousands and thousands of these and since they are dated, it looks like they're taken down at night and a few more thousand placed the next day. These are prayers offered up to the deities at the Shrine in what must be the earliest version of spam ever recorded.
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Overwhelmingly, people asked for world peace, an end to the Iraq war, understanding amongst all people, healthy and happiness for their respective family and friends. And then there was this:
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