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| Afghanistan |
| Murdere most foul: Barhanuddin Rabanni assassinated |
| 2011-09-20 |
| AFGHANISTAN'S former president tasked with leading peace efforts in the war-torn country has been assassinated in a suicide attack at his Kabul home. Two of his close political allies told AFP of Burhanuddin Rabbani's assassination after police confirmed a suicide explosion in his street. "Yes, he is dead," said one of the two sources, both of whom wept as they confirmed the news by telephone. Rabbani was the chief of President Hamid Karzai's High Council for Peace, which is tasked with negotiating with the Taliban, so far unsuccessfully. The blast, which happened close to the US embassy yesterday, is the second attack within a week to strike within Kabul's supposedly secure diplomatic zone. An ambulance has arrived at the scene and surrounding roads have been blocked off by police. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #11 ...what was wrong with the Danish cartoon. It gave them ideas! |
| Posted by: Shung Slavick1304 2011-09-20 20:20 |
| #10 Obviously the bad kind SteveS, they blew up your see. The good ones just shoot you. |
| Posted by: Charles 2011-09-20 18:53 |
| #9 So, was these guys the good Taliban or the bad Taliban? 'Cause I'm having a hard time telling one murderous band of thugs from another. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-09-20 16:05 |
| #8 Remind me again what was wrong with the Danish cartoon. My thoughts exactly. Why no riots protesting this? |
| Posted by: Beavis 2011-09-20 15:31 |
| #7 One, at least, hid the explosives within his turban Remind me again what was wrong with the Danish cartoon. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-09-20 15:27 |
| #6 See - it was a turban bomb. Us Lutherans don't wear turbans... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2011-09-20 15:17 |
| #5 I have no idea if his public statements mirror his private sentiments, but the guy always struck me as a borderline fellow traveler with the Taliban. He certainly made it easy for his killers. From Wikipedia: Rabbani was killed in a suicide bombing at his home in Kabul on 20 September 2011 while meeting with a Taliban delegation. Two Taliban members approached him to shake hands, and detonated themselves with explosives. One, at least, hid the explosives within his turban. It's amusing that someone this simpatico wasn't extreme enough for the Taliban. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2011-09-20 14:44 |
| #4 Nah, Darth - it's obviously the Lutherans. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-09-20 14:30 |
| #3 I bet it was the Amish! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-09-20 14:24 |
| #2 Any bets on whether the suicide bomber was religious or atheist? |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2011-09-20 14:24 |
| #1 there's your response, oh caped-one! The Moderate Taliban™ say hi! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-09-20 11:58 |