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2011-07-14 Afghanistan

Justice, Afghanistan style: Assassin who killed President Karzais brother hanged in public

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Posted by tipper 2011-07-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 This is the brutal lynching and public display of the close confidante who shot dead Ahmed Wali Karzai - the half-brother of president Hamid Karzai.

Brutal? The guy was a Talib. I say problem solved. Now go find his family.

A group of men in plain clothes hung the corpse against the wall in Kandahar for around 20 minutes before they carried it away.

A group of men in plain clothes. Marching in lockstep. Whose very presence seems to delay the arrival of the police. Much like any small group of troublemakers.

Ahmed Wali Karzai was assassinated on Tuesday by the man who is said to have been from his own tribe and home town, whom he had travelled with and worked alongside for seven years.

Bad tribesman. Bad. They don't like that there.

Posted by gorb 2011-07-14 05:15|| 2011-07-14 05:15|| Front Page Top

#2 That's just not fair for the lawyers. They gotta have their appeals! I mean, they guy coulda been innocent! Mebbe he had a tough childhood!

Swift justice.

Posted by Bobby 2011-07-14 05:47|| 2011-07-14 05:47|| Front Page Top

#3 What? They don't have 20+ years on death row, endless appeals, challenges to the Constitutionality of the death penalty and means of death, cable TV, books, special diets, etc.? Oh, for a moment I forgot we are talking about Afghanistan where justice is swift.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-07-14 09:34|| 2011-07-14 09:34|| Front Page Top

#4 They hung the corpse. Other guards blew him away while he was doing the deed.
Kinda like a billboard. Don't let this happen to you...

Posted by tu3031 2011-07-14 10:37|| 2011-07-14 10:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Should have left him out for the birds. 20 minutes isn't alot of time for people to see and take in the message.

Posted by Charles 2011-07-14 15:15|| 2011-07-14 15:15|| Front Page Top

#6 His new nickname is "stretch".

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-07-14 16:09|| 2011-07-14 16:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Abdullah al-Mecca says: just a technicality, infidels, but the righteous muslim was already dead. Allah Akbar.

Posted by Titus Johnson8653 2011-07-14 16:58|| 2011-07-14 16:58|| Front Page Top

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