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Bomb Rips Through Afghan Mosque at Evening Prayer

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Posted on Apr 17, 2008

A suicide bomber set off a deadly explosion near a mosque in a popular marketplace in Zaranj, Afghanistan, Thursday evening as men were gathering for prayer, killing 20 people and injuring about 30. 


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A district police chief and a border reserve police commander were among the dead, said Ghulam Dastgir Azad, governor of Nimroz province.

The device went off outside a mosque in a popular market and there may have been two bombers, he added.

At least 12 militants were killed elsewhere, Afghan officials say.

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By Purple Girl, April 18, 2008 at 5:14 am Link to this comment

If anyone one has any memory or understanding what brought the on the Attacks of 9/11, we would ahve never sent our kids over there.
This admin should total disregard for OUR safety when they invaded Afghanistan- WE could ahve easily just bombed the shit out of the Camps, We had the Technology. But that was never the goal- this admin agreed to be the Hired Hitmen for the UAE, seizing land, controlling populations and pillaging Resources. They and their Inc’s signe don as Independent Contractors long ago. Placing US in danger and Using our name & symbols to hide behind.
Nothing short of TReason, War crimes and Crimes against Humantiy (Drug pushers who intentionally got US re hooked on Oil, after we’d started to get off it once the Auto industry got it’s ass kicked by the Fuel efficient japanese Auto makers in the’80’s). Anyone who could squelch their knee jerk reaction to 9/11, knew history and retained their own memory knew we were in for a Cluster fuck as soon as we heard about the Afghan. invasion. 9/11 may not have been a conspiracy plot by our Gov’t but everything before & since has proven to be nothing less.similar to the AIDS epidemic- didn’t start it but let it go on by ignoring it, until it hit the ;mainstream’ population. Rev Wright may have spoke wrong- bu the was NOT lying! We’ve been USED as camoflague and Human shields for the Inc’s Unethical business Practices for Decades

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By PatrickHenry, April 17, 2008 at 4:36 pm Link to this comment

Osama bin Laden is long dead.

Put a billion or a trillion on the head of Zawahiri, it would be cheaper than what we have going on now.

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By TDoff, April 17, 2008 at 3:41 pm Link to this comment

Wow, all these explosions are sure lighting up ‘The End of the Tunnel’.

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