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| StrategyPage Afghanistan: Follow The Money |
| 2007-10-17 |
| More info on yesterday family boom. Looks like sonny got Paki religion followed by a temper tantrum. Excerpt: The Taliban are faced with the same dilemma as al Qaeda in Iraq. Unable to stand up to foreign, or even Afghan, troops, more effort is put into suicide bombings. There were only 17 of these in 2005, but that rose to 123 last year. For the first eight months of 2007, there were 103 suicide bombings, which killed over 200. The major Taliban problem is that 80 percent of the victims are civilians. That increases general dislike of al Qaeda and the Taliban. But these two organizations don't care, because they goal is to establish (or re-establish) a religious dictatorship. Afghan's don't want that either. But mainly they don't want the suicide bombings. A recent example saw a bomber detonate his vest in his home, killing his mother and several siblings. The bomber had just returned from Pakistan, where time in a religious school had convinced him that suicide bombing (and a payoff to his family) was the way to go. His mother and siblings disagreed, an argument ensued and, for reasons unclear (the neighbors could hear but not see the argument), the bomb went off. In a separate incident, another bomber had second thoughts, and approached police to surrender. But his vest went off was he tried to take it off. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #6 PAkistan's very survival depend on Afghanistan being a failed state. Otherwise its Pashtuns will want reunification with Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-10-17 16:41 |
| #5 OK...sympathy meter is registering something. The mother might have actually been a hero of sorts by preventing junior from carrying out his intended mission. But the moral of the story is DO NOT let your son attend school in Pakistan. I still think she should have known but in case she didn't this story needs to be made known throughout Afghanistan so the mistake will be repeated less often. Afghans need to understand that Pakistan is their enemy. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-10-17 12:42 |
| #4 Ditto. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2007-10-17 11:09 |
| #3 His mother and siblings disagreed, an argument ensued and, for reasons unclear (the neighbors could hear but not see the argument), the bomb went off. Now I feel sympathy for the family. |
| Posted by: Fred 2007-10-17 10:17 |
| #2 In Iraq we have seen controllers with remote control detonators in case the patsy changes his mind. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-10-17 07:14 |
| #1 his vest went off was he tried to take it off. Do the bomb builders install 'chicken switches' in their bombs? Once you put it on, it is armed and will go off if you try to take it off? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-10-17 07:02 |