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| Afghanistan |
| Karzai Survives Assassination Attempt in Kandahar |
| 2002-09-05 |
| President Hamid Karzai survived an assassination attempt Thursday by an Afghan security guard who fired on his convoy. The Afghan presidentâs American bodyguards opened fire in response to the shooting in Kandahar, and three people were killed, including one who was wearing an Afghan military uniform. Their bullet-riddled bodies could be seen outside the grounds of the mansion in a pool of blood. That's generally where they're located when they've been ventilated... In Washington, a Pentagon official said an American bodyguard in Karzaiâs security detail was wounded but that he didnât know how serious the wound was. Hopefully not too bad... âTerrorists are behind both attacks, there is no doubt about it. And terrorists in this region are led by Osama and his associates,â said Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah. There's also free-lance Taliban running around, and The Secret Army of Doom, led by Hekmatyar. That's the one that seems to be campaigning now. Not that there's much difference among them... The attack in Kandahar occurred as the convoy carrying Karzai and Kandahar Gov. Gul Agha Sherzai was leaving the governorâs mansion. Sherzai, who was grazed in the neck, was released after being treated at the U.S. air base. Shirzai wouldn't have been that great a loss. But had they succeeded in waxing Karzai, that would have been a different story. Bet he's sure glad he doesn't have any Pashtun bodyguards. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 I would guess that this means the Afghans will stop releasing captured al-Qaeda? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-09-05 21:57:02 |