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Afghanistan
Four dead in Shootout at the OK Serai
2002-04-25
Four people were killed and three wounded when factional fighting erupted in Tombstone Khost on Wednesday after one local police commander arrested another and locked him in a shipping container for five days.
What really cheezed him was the way he'd come by and bang on it with a claw hammer every few hours. When he dumped his chamber pot, that didn't make it any better...
The fighting broke out Wednesday afternoon in the main market. Hazrat Uddin, the provincial intelligence chief, said 150 fighters under Mujibur Earp Rahman attacked forces loyal to Sur Clanton Gul. Both men are provincial police officials.
And neither seems real tightly wrapped.
Three of Gul's men were killed and two were injured, Uddin said by satellite telephone from Tombstone Khost. One of Rahman's men was wounded, and a shopkeeper was killed in the cross fire, he said. Uddin said the fighting broke out after Gul arrested Rahman, accused in an earlier killing, and kept him in the shipping container. Rahman staged his attack after being released, Uddin said.
His kinfolk and Cole and Jesse were gonna spring him anyway, otherwise he'd have been lynched...
By Wednesday night, both sides had retreated to their positions, but appeared intent on continuing the battle, Uddin said.
Keep in mind this is the cops we're talking about here.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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