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| Germany's First Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan? |
| 2008-03-17 |
| A young German-born Turk could possibly have carried out an attack in Afghanistan that killed two US soldiers. The Islamic Jihad Union claims 28-year-old Cüneyt C. from Bavaria was responsible for the March 3 attack, now the German authorities are desperately trying to find out the bomber's identity. His last mission began at exactly 4.04 p.m. on March 3. The driver pulled up his blue Toyota Dyna truck in front of the Sabari district center in the eastern Afghan province of Khost. The motor was still running when he hit the detonator. The force of the blast shook the earth and caused the guard post to collapse, trapping dozens of US soldiers under the rumble. The explosion was so forceful that eye witnesses assumed there had been a rocket attack on the building that the US army had built just two months previously. Chaos followed the explosion. Fighters armed with AK47s lunged at the US soldiers at the entrance hoping to storm the building, but the soldiers were able to defend themselves. Hours after the attack doctors and soldiers, who had been deafened by the blast, were digging in the rubble, while helicopters flew the injured away. Two US soldiers were pulled out dead, dozen others were seriously injured. It was the worst attack on the ISAF forces this year in Afghanistan, just one hour away from the Pakistan border. Cause chaos and confusion with a bomb, then attack with armed fighters and try to storm -- this has been a typical Taliban tactic since the bloody and symbolic attack on Kabul's luxury Serena Hotel in January. And the script was followed after the attack too, with a spokesperson for the religious warriors quickly boasting about the attack. As is so often the case, he exaggerated the number of victims and was extremely pleased with the attack on one of the US army's symbolic projects in Khost. Since March 6, German investigators have also been looking into the incident. Ever since experts at the Berlin-based Joint Counter-Terrorism Center (GTAZ) discovered an Internet message that included the photograph of a grinning bearded man they have been pulling out all the stops to investigate the case. There are indications that the Khost bomber was no Afghan or Pakistani radical. In fact it is likely that the perpetrator was a Turkish citizen from Bavaria, born in Freising and regarded as a dangerous Islamist. If it was him, it would be nightmare for the investigators -- the first suicide bomber from Germany. Rest at link. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #7 If I recall correctly, Turks living abroad (for however many generations) who give up their Turkish citizenship lose all right to inherit in Turkey. Apparently this is one of the factors discouraging Turks going for German citizenship. It used to be that it was very difficult for foreign citizens (like the third generation of a family of Turks settled in Germany) to acquire German citizenship, but some years ago the requirements were significantly eased, I believe. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-17 22:44 |
| #6 I believe Nimble Spemble is right. We should not be doing business - at least not the way we are - with Saudi, China, etc. We are paying for the weapons that will cut our throats. But if France, Germany, the UK, etc. could welcome and integrate newcomers the same way the United States, Canada and Australia do we would have a far smaller problem to contend with. And of course the left wants us to emulate the Europeans. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-03-17 14:40 |
| #5 And the Germans don't do much assimilating of immigrants, so it's not surprising they have alienated ethnic groups. The fact that most of the Islamonuts in the US are native born converts or immigrants who were wacko before they got here shows me that Islam is not an insuperable barrier to integration. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-03-17 12:22 |
| #4 The Turks don't do much integrating into German society, so saying "German-born Turk" is the most accurate way to identify him. The fact that he's a suicide bomber shows once more that Islam trumps politics or culture in the minds of these pieces of unregurgitated fecal matter. Germany has a problem on their hands, and I think they finally realize it. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-03-17 12:17 |
| #3 I think they prefer terms like Hispanic Americans or Americans of Hispanic origin or maybe even chicanos, Besoeker. Actually, I think the term chicano has gone out of style. It's hard to keep up with these things if you're an old white guy like me. I don't always get the memos. But, despite my resentment of illegal immigration I must say that Hispanics tend to love life as much as we do, unlike the devil worshipping muzzies. |
| Posted by: treo 2008-03-17 10:35 |
| #2 "A young German-born Turk" Interesting turn of phrase. Would that be somehing akin to an American-born.... Mexican? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-03-17 08:39 |
| #1 Don't discount the Germans on this. They know what to do. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2008-03-17 03:38 |