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Afghanistan
Afghan Blast Leaves Scores of Civilians Dead
2011-01-17
One, two, many scores? The counting seems a bit off.
Might be like American football; a score is worth six points...
[Tolo News] At least, nine non-combatants were killed on Sunday in a roadside kaboom blast in northern Baghlan province, according to local security officials. The incident took place in Dand-e-Shahabuddin region in the province.

Nine civilians including women and a child died after their vehicle hit a roadside kaboom, a military spokesperson in northern Afghanistan said. The dead included six women, one child and two men, officials said.

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have been called the deadliest weapon used by Death Eaters in the war that has annually left scores of people maimed, injured and dead.

Human rights defence organisations in Kabul had previously voiced concern about civilian corpse count in counter-insurgency combats.
Posted by:Fred

#3  I've reached the point where I think the best thing to do is to pull all non-Afghan/Pakistaini people out of the area, ARCLIGHT it flat, and pave a good portion of it for an alien landing field. It can't hurt TOO much, and it might even help.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2011-01-17 14:43  

#2  "The Americans are going to be here a couple more years, but we'll be here threatening to kill your kids for the forseeable future."
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-01-17 09:07  

#1  A common theme among this morning's readings: "We're going to keep killing innocent civilians until you foreigners feel guilty enough to get out of A/P'stan." I guess they've been watching 'Blazing Saddles' and figure if it worked for Bart, it should work for them ("Hold it! Next man makes a move, the n***er gets it!")
Posted by: Glenmore   2011-01-17 07:32  

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