A hangman's noose had already been placed around his neck.

一个绞刑的绳圈已经套在他的脖子上。

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On a Web site called Meankids a user posted her photo alongside an image of a hangman's noose.

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They would be wiser, however, to set aside the hangman's noose, and think instead about how they can come to terms with those of their Kurdish compatriots still prepared to fight and die for the right to express their Kurdishness.

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