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| Afghanistan |
| Boom at dog fighting competition kills 80 in Kandahar |
| 2008-02-17 |
| A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded dozens more Sunday, a governor said. It appeared to be the deadliest attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. More than 300 people had gathered to watch the event on the western edge of the southern city of Kandahar, including several Afghan militia leaders. Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid said 80 people were been killed. Abdullah Fahim, a Health Ministry spokesman, said 67 had been killed and 90 wounded, though he said the toll could rise. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #10 It was PSPCA - the Pakistani equivalent of the ASPCA. Sort of like the Israeli version of PETA is called PITA. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-02-17 23:25 |
| #9 Dang the ASPCA is really playing rough these days. Suicide vests? I don't suppose we'll see this episode on Animal Planet |
| Posted by: Assistant Sock Puppet of Doom 2008-02-17 22:53 |
| #8 Read any accounts of Army or Marines from the fight in Faluja. The dogs were eating the dead Jihadis. Cats were second. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-02-17 18:07 |
| #7 One of the dogs was wearing a suicide vest. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2008-02-17 17:56 |
| #6 Faizullah Qari Gar, a Kandahar resident who was at the dog fight, said militant commanders' bodyguards opened fire on the crowd after the bombing. One sure way to get the bomber's handlers and photo crew. Unfortunately the most newsworthy statistics were not even covered, ie, casualties among the dogs. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-02-17 14:23 |
| #5 How curious. Dogs are unclean, but dog-fighting is popular. I guess the strictures of Islam only apply if they don't interfere with what you want to do...assuming you're a muslim, of course; otherwise they apply to everyone and everthing. |
| Posted by: Theanter Big Foot6347 2008-02-17 13:51 |
| #4 Sounds like a tribal war just warmed up. |
| Posted by: Throger Thains8048 2008-02-17 12:56 |
| #3 red on red methinx. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-02-17 11:04 |
| #2 Allah no liky dog fighty. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-02-17 10:35 |
| #1 I think I prefer the approach taken with the Michael Vick case. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-02-17 08:52 |