Five Afghan Civilians Die in Bomb Blast

Robb

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Mon May-24-10 10:54 AM
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Five Afghan Civilians Die in Bomb Blast

Source: Quqnoos

A bomb ripped through a minibus in western Afghanistan on Monday, killing five civilians and wounding another eight, some critically, the interior ministry said

The Toyota Coaster bus had been taking passengers from the district of Pusht Rod in Farah province to Khaki Safed district.

"Five civilians were martyred and another eight civilians were Wounded," said the ministry, blaming the "terrorist act" on "enemies of Afghanistan" -- a term frequently invoked by the authorities in reference to Taliban insurgents.

Some of the wounded were in critical condition, said the ministry.

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Robb

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Mon May-24-10 10:37 PM
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1. You know

...you can be against the war and still believe the Taliban are fuckers, people. It shouldn't weaken your position to acknowledge this stuff takes place about every day.

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Cleobulus

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Mon May-24-10 10:50 PM
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2. Of course the Taliban are fuckers, but they are fuckers we can't control...

My biggest problem with the war's cheerleaders is that they fail to acknowledge that there is no endgame in Afghanistan, no conditions for victory, outside of the U.S. maybe setting up a Pro-U.S. dictatorship/regime.

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The abyss

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Mon May-24-10 11:10 PM
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3. Yes, it has been taking place for sometime!

How many French citizens died in railway bombings at the hands of their countryman?

http://www.scrapbookpages.com/natzweiler/History/FrenchResistance.html

Excerpt: http://wapedia.mobi/en/French_Resistance?t=5.

Sabotage is a form of resistance that was taken by groups who wanted to go further than the distribution of the clandestine press. Many laboratories were set up to produce explosives. In August 1941, the Parisian chemist France Bloch-Serazin assembled a small laboratory in her apartment to provide explosives to communist Résistance fighters. <130> The lab also produced

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