10 Dead in Afghanistan Suicide Bombing
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on January 24th, 2007 11:49 am by HL
Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in Afghanistan
Washington Post
Excerpt
KABUL, Afghanistan — A bomber blew himself up amid a crowd of workers outside a U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 10 and wounding at least 14 others in the deadliest suicide attack in four months, officials said.
Maj. Matt Hackathorn, a U.S. military spokesman, said there was no immediate word of any U.S. military casualties.
Suicide attacks have become much more frequent as Taliban militants have intensified their insurgency against Afghan government and foreign troops backing them. According to U.S. military figures, there were 139 suicide attacks during 2006, up from 27 in 2005
Senior U.S. officials have warned that fighting in Afghanistan is likely to surge again this spring, as warmer weather clears snow from mountain passes and militants try to weaken the grip of President Hamid Karzai’s U.S.-backed government.
H.L.s Take
Afghanistan, another track on Bush’s unblemished record of failure. Another war that will never end. They are making way too much money running opium out of there to let it end. The Bush family always profits off war.
January 25th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
John McCain will profit off of Hillary Clinton or Barack Hussein Obama’s complete and utter incompetence on national security!