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Afghanistan
Would-be suicide bombers blown up in Afghan blast
2005-12-30
Those suckers are on a roll, aren't they? These have got to be Hek's Secret Suicide Army of Doom™...
Two would-be suicide bombers have blown themselves up while strapping on explosives in an Afghan town bordering Pakistan, police said.
Of course it was close to Pakistan. You notice they don't do this stuff close to Iran or close to Tadjikistan, or close to Guatamala...
No one else was hurt in the blast near the market in Spin Boldak, Afghan border force commander Abdul Raziq told Reuters. "They were hiding explosives under their clothes when they went off," he said, adding that police suspected the bombers had intended to target troops from the US-led force in Afghanistan.

Earlier, two US soldiers were wounded when their vehicle was hit by a bomb blast in neighbouring Helmand province, said US military spokesman Lieutenant Mike Cody. A spokesman for the Taliban guerrillas, Qari Mohammad Yousuf, claimed responsibility for the attack, which came a day after an American and an Afghan soldier were killed and two US troops were wounded in a similar attack in eastern Kunar province.
Posted by:Fred

#8  BP and GT
Actually the Green Berets used that technique in Viet Nam until the anti-war crowd found out about it and created a "scandal" about unsportsman like conduct against the poor dear VC. Don't know if we're allowed to use that now.

/one can only hope
Posted by: Frozen Al   2005-12-30 18:35  

#7  Baba Tutu: I understand where you're coming from, but it's that kind of thinking that has leads to grade inflation and a spiral of ever lower expectations.
Posted by: Perfesser   2005-12-30 15:22  

#6  BP-

I was wondering something similar, only I was thinking that maybe some Other Government Agency (*cough*) had gotten into the business of supplying high quality detonators...
Posted by: Glains Theash7392   2005-12-30 13:33  

#5  /tinfoil hat on

I wonder if someones been adding something to commerical explosives that makes them go off, say from a specific radiowave...

/tinfoil hat off
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2005-12-30 12:17  

#4  police suspected the bombers had intended to target troops from the US-led force in Afghanistan.

Ya think?
Posted by: Besoeker   2005-12-30 10:09  

#3  No virgins for this guy, only the same old tired goats. The trend seems to be more and more of them blowing themselves up at home or on their way to the site. Is this a product of the capturing or killing of capable bomb makers or has someone figured out haow to call Ahab a little early?
Posted by: 49 pan   2005-12-30 08:21  

#2  When someone straps on an explosive vest intending to blow themselves up, and they do blow themselves up albeit in a way which spares others, is that person not in fact a successful suicide bomber? Killing others is not usually a prerequisite for committing suicide, and these mopes were definitely bombers who died of self inflicted wounds as they intended, so are they really would-be suicide bombers.

I'm just askin'.
Posted by: Baba Tutu   2005-12-30 05:41  

#1  No one else was hurt in the blast near the market...Good. Real shame about teh boomers though, real shame. :-/
Posted by: Florida Gators (DragonFly)   2005-12-30 00:32  

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