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October 15, 2007
Presented without commentary
Because this horror has left me speechless:
A mother who tried to stop her son from carrying out a suicide bomb attack triggered an explosion in the family's home in southern Afghanistan that killed the would-be bomber, his mother and three siblings, police said Monday.
The would-be bomber had been studying at a madrassa, or religious school, in Pakistan, and when he returned to his home in Uruzgan province over the weekend announced that he planned to carry out a suicide attack, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary said.
Surviving family members told police that the suicide vest exploded during a struggle between the mother and her son, said Juma Gul Himat, Uruzgan's police chief. The man's brother and two sisters were also killed.
Family members said the would-be bomber gave his family $3,600 before telling them he intended to carry out the attack, Himat said.
Posted by LindaSoG at October 15, 2007 07:53 PM
Comments
Pierre Rehov has a documentary on this very issue. I did a redaction of the interview for a former colleague of mine who simply cannot bring herself to believe that the problem is as severe as the media suggest.
I actually convinced her that the problem is bigger than she had thought and that it will take generations to get rid of the impetus, even after al Qaeda and the madrassas and sexually frustrated imams are gone, which probably won't happen.
Here's one part of an interview -- good read.
http://counterterror.typepad.com/the_counterterrorism_blog/2005/07/interview_with_.html
Posted by: eros total at October 15, 2007 08:17 PM
Thanks eros I have copied the link and sent this out to give it more coverage. Evil does exist!!!
As horrible as it is it's the accepted way of life, the term death cult is very appropriate.
Posted by: Jack at October 16, 2007 12:12 AM
Suicide bomber my a**. Try homicide bomber!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at October 18, 2007 05:02 AM