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| Three Die in Afghan "Work Accident" |
| 2003-06-17 |
| Three suspected terrorists were killed in Afghanistan over the weekend when a bomb they were trying to plant under a bridge in the east of the country exploded by mistake. It's that red wire/black wire thing again. The remote-controlled bomb exploded Sunday at al-Tamur, on the main road from Kabul to the eastern town of Gardez, said Gen. Atiqullah Uddin, a military commander speaking by satellite phone from Gardez. Two of the men planting the device died in the blast, while a third man succumbed to severe wounds after being treated at a local hospital. The bridge was damaged, but cars were still able to move around it, Uddin said. The three men comprised one of 17 suspected terrorist teams local authorities are hunting down in several provinces in southeastern Afghanistan, Uddin said, adding that each group was being paid $50,000 to carry out such operations. It was not known who was paying them. Let's see, who's got that much money to throw around? On the eastern outskirts of Kabul, coalition troops on Monday found a homemade bomb that failed to detonate, U.S. military spokesman Col. Rodney Davis told reporters at Bagram Air Base. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 Wire da bomb to da bat-ter-y and shake it all up If you die in an accident Are you still a sha-heed? hey, these lines almost scan! |
| Posted by: Tresho 2003-06-17 23:20:00 |
| #5 so if you die in a work accident, are you still a shaheed?????? |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2003-06-17 21:11:40 |
| #4 That's why Mutual of Peshawar went out of business. Mutual of Baghdad is no longer processing claims. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-06-17 12:10:40 |
| #3 Wonder if the Taliban have a Workers' Compensation Board that investigates these sorts of accidents. Also wouldn't want to work for them if they did not provide some sort of insurance. Hazardous job I tell ya. |
| Posted by: RW 2003-06-17 11:52:21 |
| #2 You put da lime in de coconut and shake it all up.......... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-06-17 17:38:42 |
| #1 Above article to be read to the tune of "Baby, what a big Surprise!" by Chicago |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-06-17 16:50:36 |