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2004-02-11 Afghanistan/South Asia

Suicide bomber kills intelligence official

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Posted by Steve 2004-02-11 8:44:57 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, victim for a martyr. Welcome to the Religion of Pieces.

Posted by john 2004-2-11 10:30:16 AM|| 2004-2-11 10:30:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 More details on the story:
Khost town's deputy intelligence chief, Colonel Mohammad Isa, was on his way to his office when the assailant opened fire on his car and killed him in a bazaar, witnesses said. "The man started to run away, but blew himself up amid shouting when the soldiers tried to arrest him," said Pacha Gul, a shopkeeper near the scene.
Two Taliban officials said separately that members of the ousted militia were behind the attack on Isa, but gave different accounts of how the attacker died.
Taliban spokesman Hamid Agha said Afghan police killed the assailant, but Abdul Latif Hakimi, another Taliban official, said the man blew himself up after killing Isa. "The man was a Talib and an Afghan," Hakimi said.
The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press agency said Isa had escaped an assassination attempt last year, and a junior intelligence official was killed in the same town two months ago.

Afghan Taliban don't normally do suicide bombing. Sounds to me like he shot the intel officer, tried to get away, but couldn't make it. Might have boomed himself, might have just dropped a grenade he was trying to throw at the coppers.

Posted by Steve 2004-2-11 10:39:39 AM|| 2004-2-11 10:39:39 AM|| Front Page Top

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