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| More on the ten-person medical team shot in Afghanistan |
| 2010-08-08 |
| Ten members of a medical team, including six Americans, were shot and killed by militants as they were returning from providing eye treatment and other health care in remote villages in northern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the team said Saturday. Dirk Frans, director of the International Assistance Mission, said one German, one Briton and two Afghans also were part of the team that made the three-week trip to Nuristan province. They drove to the province, left their vehicles and hiked for hours with pack horses over mountainous terrain to reach the Parun valley in the province's northwest. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press that they killed the foreigners because they were "spying for the Americans" and "preaching Christianity." IOW: They were foreigners, and of course all foreigners must be killed. Frans said the International Assistance Mission, the longest serving nongovernmental organization operating in Afghanistan, is registered as a nonprofit Christian organization but does not proselytize. Probably a good idea not to. Shouldn't carry bibles, either. "This tragedy negatively impacts our ability to continue serving the Afghan people as IAM has been doing since 1966," the charity said in a statement. "We hope it will not stop our work that benefits over a quarter of a million Afghans each year." Maybe if you made that aid dependent on all Taliban being dead it would help. This way they can have their cake and eat it, too. The team, made up of doctors, nurses and logistics personnel, was attacked as it was returning to Kabul after the two-week mission in Nuristan, Frans said. They had decided to travel through Badakhshan province to return to the capital because they thought it would be the safest route, Frans said. Yep, it was the safest alright. They are barely dead. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #3 A. Isn't it illegal to carry Bibles in some Islamic countries? B. I am beginning to wonder if this wasn't a set up? They took a route more than likely based off, "local intelligence." C. Due to the route they took, and the way some stories sound, it is like they were, "stalked." D. They were foreigners, but more than any thing, they were Christian. One step below Jewish on the hate scale. E. Based on the above, perfect, justifiable murder and theft for them. |
| Posted by: miscellaneous 2010-08-08 18:17 |
| #2 "Frans said the International Assistance Mission, the longest serving nongovernmental organization operating in Afghanistan, is registered as a nonprofit Christian organization but does not proselytize." Carrying Bibles, let alone proselytizing would indeed be inadvisable in Afghanistan. But that's not because these actions would be morally wrong in any way. Not discussing religion in Afghanistan is good pragmatical advice because Afghan/Islamic culture is intolerant, bigoted and murderous, and for no other reason. In a sane world the Afghan people would have been forced, at gun point, to show some minimal tolerance and decency after 'liberation' from the Taliban, but, alas, this is not a sane world. /politically incorrect rant |
| Posted by: Gomez Greanter7405 2010-08-08 16:42 |
| #1 Foreign jihadis are always welcome in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-08-08 15:09 |