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Afghanistan
Suicide bomber straps on his explosives. Leaves house. Trips over, falls down stairs
2008-01-24
A would-be suicide bomber fell down a flight of stairs and blew himself up as he headed out for an attack in Afghanistan, police say.
Silence! I kill you!
It was the second such incident in two days, with another man killing himself and three others on Tuesday when his bomb-filled waistcoat exploded as he was putting it on in the southern town of Lashkar Gah.
As a suicide bomber, have you had training?
'Of course. We had suicide bomber training camp.'
Is that a nice facility?
'It used to be.'
What happened?
'New GUY ....'

Yesterday's blast was in a busy market area of the eastern town of Khost, a deputy provincial police chief said. The would-be attacker tripped as he was leaving a building apparently to target an opening ceremony for a mosque that was expected to be attended by Afghan and international military officials, said Sakhi Mir.
Never did fix that loose paver, did they ...
Achmed, the dead terrorist's brother, apparently: Silence!
Posted by:Mizzou Mafia

#20  Blowed up REAL good!
Posted by: xbalanke   2008-01-24 17:53  

#19  I told you Muslim failure was the root cause of terrorism.
Posted by: Dubya & Some NeoCons   2008-01-24 17:11  

#18  Oops.
Posted by: Janitor Bob - Halliburton - Earthquake Div (MicroGraviity Lab)   2008-01-24 17:09  

#17  Help, I've fallen and can't get up! Oooops, Wrong button! KaaBooom!
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2008-01-24 16:48  

#16  These bad guys aren't even the third team... just the sweepings of the madrassahs.
Posted by: trailing wife   2008-01-24 16:33  

#15  "It's Diabolacal Sabatoogie!" Bugs Bunny
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2008-01-24 16:27  

#14  And I can't spell today, either.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2008-01-24 14:24  

#13  The second such incident... hmmm. What an interesting coincidence, this sudden rash of clumsy and/or inept boomers! Might it indicate that someone is getting very slick with counter-sabotage? Letting all kinds of faulty devices and materiels with flaws in them trickle out into the splody-dope community, and encouraging Achmed and his friends to off themselves in 'work accidents'?

It's diabilical. And effecient, too.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2008-01-24 14:23  

#12  Wonder how stupid he felt when he heard the click?
If he even heard it...
Inshallah, jihadi retard.
Posted by: tu3031   2008-01-24 13:55  

#11  Two steps forward,
one step "BOOM"
Posted by: Capsu78   2008-01-24 13:31  

#10  The poor Bomber and his family had reasonable expectations that his life's work would be completed and it would have been if not for the building's owner who refused to keep his stairs in good repair!

We're gonna SUE every one in Lashkar Gah, Khost and any deep pocket in WaZOO-Land by GOD!
Posted by: Lawyer   2008-01-24 13:16  

#9  "fell down stairs"

Love it when that happens to guys like this.
Posted by: Dopey Flotle8127   2008-01-24 13:02  

#8  the Coalition was probably invited

if you are invited, you have to go unless you have a legitimate overide
Posted by: mhw   2008-01-24 12:09  

#7  "Winning hearts and minds", I'd guess.
IMHO, if the local religion is at the center of everything in public life & private lives alike, without judging its intrinsic value or the type of society it generates (I think everybody here has a lil' idea ;-)...), it wouldn't pay for a foreign force to look hostile or even indifferent to it.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2008-01-24 11:29  

#6  What were doing coalition officials on the opening of a new mosque?
Posted by: JFM   2008-01-24 11:17  

#5  There is a God, and He's NOT a muslim! Mormon, perhaps, if I trust South Park.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2008-01-24 10:54  

#4  There is a God, and he is a gag writer!
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-01-24 09:56  

#3  There is a God and he has a sense of humor.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2008-01-24 09:53  

#2  That doesn't sound very islamic of them at all.

The targeted mosque was insufficiently stocked with ammunition, making its attendees infidels.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2008-01-24 08:24  

#1  Now they're blowing up mosques? That doesn't sound very islamic of them at all.
Posted by: Snomons McCoy7279   2008-01-24 06:44  

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