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2005-05-02 Afghanistan/South Asia

Explosion of Hidden Arms Cache Kills 28, Injures More Than 70 in Afghan Village

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-05-02 10:55:28 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Whoops! I do understand the warlord's reluctance to disarm himself completely -- what if the Americans leave, and then the country reverts to all against all?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-02 11:49:12 AM|| 2005-05-02 11:49:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't know if I can fix that old house, Jalal..

Posted by Bob Vila 2005-05-02 12:11:00 PM|| 2005-05-02 12:11:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 So Warlord Guy went up with it? At least he gets spared filling out all that paperwork from Mutual of Kabul.

Posted by tu3031 2005-05-02 1:20:48 PM|| 2005-05-02 1:20:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Mom always told me to hide my cache of unstable rockets, mortars and arms under my enemies' house....I nominate Jalal for an early '05 Darwin award

Posted by Frank G 2005-05-02 1:41:13 PM|| 2005-05-02 1:41:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 If it happened by accident, award d'Darwin.

Or perhaps this was helped along, pour encourager les autres to disarm. Probably not, but one can dream ....

Posted by too true 2005-05-02 1:46:20 PM|| 2005-05-02 1:46:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 You can do it Bob, inshallah.

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-02 2:01:30 PM|| 2005-05-02 2:01:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 "Or perhaps this was helped along, pour encourager les autres to disarm. Probably not, but one can dream ...."

In that part of the world, rumor can be as "solid" as fact. And that WILL be the rumor.

Posted by Dave 2005-05-02 2:01:31 PM|| 2005-05-02 2:01:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 But never mind Bob, time for the premier of This Olde Bunkere.

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-02 2:02:15 PM|| 2005-05-02 2:02:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't think Bob Vila's up to the task. Steve from "Monster House", maybe.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-05-02 2:10:38 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-05-02 2:10:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Hmmmm...
Sounds like they finally got the bugs out of the old C4 destabilizing ray. We'll know, based on developments tomorrow, As the Worms Squirm.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-05-02 21:46|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-05-02 21:46|| Front Page Top

#11 well at least he's dead too

Posted by Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-05-02 22:17|| 2005-05-02 22:17|| Front Page Top

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