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| Afghanistan |
| 80 dead, 231 wounded as twin blasts strike Hazara demonstration in Kabul |
| 2016-07-24 |
| [DAWN] Two powerful kabooms on Saturday destroyed crowds of minority Hazaras in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... who had gathered to protest over a power line, killing at least 80 people and leaving 231 others maimed, Afghan public health ministry said. Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group grabbed credit for twin kabooms. The bombings, apparently aimed at sowing sectarian discord in a country well known for Shia-Sunni harmony, came as thousands of Hazaras gathered to protest over a multi-million-dollar power line. "As a result of the attack 80 people were martyred and 231 others were maimed," the interior ministry said in a statement. "Based on initial information, the attack was carried out by three jacket wallahs... The third attacker was bumped off by security forces." The Taliban, who are in the middle of their annual summer offensive and are more powerful than IS, strongly denied No, no! Certainly not! any involvement in the attack. IS claimed the bombings in a statement carried by its affiliated Amaq news agency, calling it an attack on Shias. One of the march organisers Laila Mohammadi said she arrived at the scene soon after the blast and saw "many dead and maimed people". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 thousands of Hazaras gathered to protest over a multi-million-dollar power line. reeeaaally? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-07-24 10:56 |
| #1 see this is where you get it wrong watching western TV - all these #BLM, #OccupyWallstreet, #NoBloodForOil marches - cops just standing around looking tolerant (coz rules). Here you are in primitiveland thinking a march or demo is gonna work - only marches or demos that are ok are the ones against dishoonrable wives, heretics, Christians and other kuffar. Stay safe, arm up, coz y'all Hazaras are on the list. |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2016-07-24 00:35 |