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Afghanistan
Insurgent killed by own bomb in Afghanistan
2006-10-27
Another feel-good story!
KHOST, Afghanistan - A suspected insurgent was torn to pieces by his own bomb when it exploded on a highway patrolled by Afghan and foreign troops in southeastern Afghanistan, police said on Thursday.
"Inshallan, what a bumpy road, better slow down or I'll ----"
Police believe the man was either a suicide bomber with explosives strapped to his body or had been planting the bomb at the side of the road on the outskirts of Khost city late Wednesday. “We found a torn-into-pieces body at the blast site on an empty road” leading to the Pakistani border, Khost police criminal investigation chief Colonel Mohammad Yaqoub told AFP.
"We think it's a body. We recognize some of the parts. Arms, yeah, but the nose we're not sure."
“We think he was planting a roadside bomb or he himself was a suicide bomber who became the target of his own evil actions.”
Now he's just evil meat-paste.
Posted by:Steve White

#14  Time for another remake of The Wages of Fear?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2006-10-27 21:48  

#13  Just your every day, run-of-the-mill workplace accident so common among the Rad-Muzzies.
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-10-27 21:36  

#12  DNA reports confirm that bodyparts were 95% of human middle eastern origin. The remaining 5% were a hodgepodge of different native farm animals.
Posted by: bool   2006-10-27 18:08  

#11  

All the tools needed for clean-up...
Posted by: BigEd   2006-10-27 13:42  

#10  This is like Ground Hog Day in Afghanistan.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-10-27 11:33  

#9  Yeah, but I recall several posts of innocent men being threatened at gunpoint to drive vehicles packed with explosives towards military/civilian targets. The terrorists often encouraged such activity by placing gun muzzles against the heads of the driver's wife and children.

I can't help but think that at least a few of these "failures to detonate" were a result of men understanding the magnitude of the crime they were about to commit.
Posted by: mrp   2006-10-27 10:32  

#8  Jeez, some poor bastard at Mutual of Khost will be filling out paper work all freakin day...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-10-27 10:03  

#7  Now he's just evil meat-paste.

Snark of the Day!
Posted by: SteveS   2006-10-27 09:54  

#6  It's good that they are not afraid to make a mistake.
Posted by: plainslow   2006-10-27 08:43  

#5  ...anyway we should spread the rumor that we have such a splodadope weapon.
Posted by: JohnQC   2006-10-27 08:18  

#4  I'm going to begin to think we have a secret weapon that remotely splodes these bombs. Nobody could be as imcompetent as is indicated by recent postings.
Posted by: JohnQC   2006-10-27 08:14  

#3  Yet another work accident. Send an OSHA person over to his employer with all the requisite forms to fill out.
Posted by: Glenmore   2006-10-27 07:35  

#2  Keep tabs on the skull. Never know where it might turn up.
Posted by: .com   2006-10-27 05:40  

#1  
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2006-10-27 01:58  

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