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| Video captures deaths of 14 Afghan students |
| 2008-12-29 |
| KABUL, Afghanistan -A single-file line of school children walked past a military checkpoint as a bomb-loaded truck veered toward them and exploded, ending the lives of 14 young Afghans in a heartbreaking flash captured by a U.S. military security camera. The video shot Sunday shows an SUV slowly weaving through sand bag barriers at a military checkpoint just as a line of school children, most wearing white caps, comes into view. They walk along a pathway between the street and a wall, several of them pausing for a few seconds in a group before moving forward again. The vehicle moves toward the security camera while the children walk in the opposite direction, nearly passing the SUV when the footage ends in a fiery blast. Photos of the bombing's aftermath showed bloodied text books lying on the ground beside small pairs of shoes. Afghan officials said the kids were attending a final day of class for the year to find out whether they would move up to the next grade. Dr. Abdul Rahman, a doctor at a hospital near the blast, said the children were aged 8 to 10. In an angry condemnation of the attack, President Hamid Karzai said those that carried it out”cannot escape the revenge of Afghans and God's punishment." |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 The above poster is presently housed in the FL State Hospital for the Significantly Peculiar. However.. he is make the good point. We have been presented with a mystery, how we seek to solve it will be telling. There will be a mark upon us one way to the other. Also: Ceiling Kat is say Gird Loins take up your Platormate. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2008-12-29 19:23 |
| #5 This is a bit technical.. but lettuce pray and think on things that are damn, damn difficult: From Job 7 Aftr teh Ceiling Cat pwnd Job, he startz actin all emo n sais "OMG U tree n00bz wif teh funneh naimz, U hax3d fo shure, unliek tat n00b Job who got pwnd liek teh str8 n00bz.8 So naow yuz all ned tu taek sum cheezburgers n stuff and gib dem two me, but I not lissen to yu cuz yuz st00pid. But I here wut Job say. Mebbe he prey for u. If I feel liek it mabbe den I not pwn yuo. Cuz Job iz all gud n stuff an sai wut troo, not leik yu. LOLZ!"9 Den teh tree d00ds did leik Ceiling Cat say, an he lisen to Job wen he prey n not p0wn thoz n00bs. YAY JOB! 10 Den wen Job dun preying for hims frenz, Ceiling Cat gib Job liek wai moar stuff!!!! SRSLY!!!!11! Ceiling Cat p0wnzors all teh n00bs!!!!11 An all Job's brudders n sissers n stuff caem to hes hows. Dey eated cookies an gib Job mouseh toyz n sparkel wibbunz. Fo reals! 11 Ceiling Cat gib Job eevin moar stuffs dis tiem. He had leik wai maor sheepz n camelz n rhinoceruseses n, leik, sum lolphants tu.12 He gots seven sunz n tree doughterz.13 Job namd doters Jemimah n Keziah n Keren-Hapuch.14 Hims doghters wuz teh pweties kittehs evah!!! Srsly! When him deded, Job gib cheezburgers n stuff tu hes doters, not jus hims sunz. 15 But b4 him dededed Job liv leik wai moar long. He seed hims kittehs hab kittehs an dey hab kittehs an dey hab kittehs, to. Fo reals!16 Den him deded, all veree happi and hes wikserz gray. TEH END! Lolz. Bottom Line.. We still ain't got a clue. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-12-29 17:24 |
| #4 "The blood of these children is on America's hands. If you had not been there we wouldn't have blown them up." - Mullah the (other) O. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-12-29 12:26 |
| #3 It's not really appropriate for a western reader of the headline to refer to these as students - they're just kids. Especially as the word "student" has unfortunate connotations in that part of the world. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2008-12-29 06:55 |
| #2 Friggin' soul-dead barbarians. If there were any justice in the world, we would select 14 Gitmo detainees, put them against a convenient wall and set off a 2000 lb JDAM six feet in front of their faces. No blindfolds or cigarettes (bad for their health, you know). |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-12-29 06:50 |
| #1 President Hamid Karzai said those that carried it out"cannot escape the revenge of Afghans and God's punishment." Unless, of course, he keeps undermining Coalition forces everytime a |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-12-29 01:05 |