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| Afghanistan |
| Kabul Koppers intercept boom truck... |
| 2002-09-16 |
| Police in the Afghan capital Kabul have seized a truck loaded with explosives barely a week after a massive car bomb in the city killed 30 people. I wanted to blog this yesterday, when it came on the news, but I had my server disassembled into little itty-bitty pieces by then. Happens every time... The state-run Kabul TV network reports an unspecified amount of explosives was discovered on the water tanker during an inspection at a roadblock. The report said that police had released the driver of the truck without charge, but had arrested the "culprits". No further details were given. Ummm... Let's step over here... (glance)... (glance)... Y'don't suppose... ummm... that the Secret Army of Doom isn't as secret as it thinks it is? FOLLOWUP: The invaluable Steve sends me the Wash Times article on this episode. They say it was a fuel tanker, not a water truck. Slight difference there. Security forces discovered explosives aboard a fuel truck in the capital yesterday, preventing a potential terrorist attack in the city, state TV said.I prefer to believe, until proven otherwise, that it was a water truck. I prefer my Enemies of Civilization to be inept... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Update 9/17: It was a 12,000 gallon tanker full of jet fuel headed for Bagram air base. Glad they caught this one. |
| Posted by: Steve 2002-09-17 13:50:07 |
| #2 Did the truck happen to have Pakistan plates? |
| Posted by: Allah the Dog Faced God 2002-09-16 14:40:44 |
| #1 BBC also says it was a fuel truck: Afghan police have reportedly seized a fuel tanker with explosives on board as it was being driven into the capital, Kabul. Afghan TV said a plot to carry out a terrorist attack on the city had been foiled and a number of people arrested had "confessed to the crime". Confessed? Gee, I wonder how they managed that? |
| Posted by: Steve 2002-09-16 12:18:24 |