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2008-01-11 Afghanistan

Bungled suicide blast injures civilian in Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2008-01-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 Update R-Burgers, Currently enroute to A-Stan, as of this writing I'm holed up in Shannon, Ireland because of weather. Fred, I still owe you that piece of marble from Saddams' bedroom, (I haven't forgot) and I'll get you one of those Ha Ka hats while I'm there.

/r Bodyguard

Posted by Bodyguard">Bodyguard 2008-01-11 03:40|| 2008-01-11 03:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Good hunting, Bodyguard, and stay safe. We'll keep you and yours in our prayers until your safe return.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-01-11 04:34|| 2008-01-11 04:34|| Front Page Top

#3 amen and good hunting, Bodyguard. Stay safe!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-01-11 05:08|| 2008-01-11 05:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Go safely and well, Bodyguard!

Posted by lotp 2008-01-11 05:43|| 2008-01-11 05:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Watch your 0600. Tschüs! Bodyguard

Posted by Besoeker 2008-01-11 06:55|| 2008-01-11 06:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Two years ago, I run into a number of you folks on a return trip to the States from Shannon. It gave me a great feeling to see you folks in fatigues keeping the peace in the world. God bless, good luck and keep safe.

Posted by Delphi 2008-01-11 08:43|| 2008-01-11 08:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Take care, buddy. I'll be worrying for you.

Posted by Fred 2008-01-11 08:44|| 2008-01-11 08:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Fred, can you set up a category for "Bodyguard's travel diary" so he can post first person reports as articles instead of comments?

BG, good luck, good hunting, and stay safe.

Posted by Mike 2008-01-11 10:24|| 2008-01-11 10:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Only a civilian was injured in a botched up suicide attack in southern Afghanistan while six members of a family were killed as roof of their house collapsed due to heavy rains and snowfall in the eastern zone of the country on Thursday.

This is strange: why, exactly, put the news about the 6 people whose house collapsed in with a report about a suicide attack? Are those 6 now counted as casualties in the War on the Taliban, and the "fault" of NATO, a-la the Lancet casualty count?

God bless ya, Bodyguard. You'll be on my prayer list.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2008-01-11 10:51|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2008-01-11 10:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Be safe, Bodyguard. Send us some tales when you have a chance.

Posted by tu3031 2008-01-11 10:56|| 2008-01-11 10:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Bodyguard, keep safe and keep in touch! If you ever need anything while you're there, drop us a note. You'll have a care package in the return mail!

If the "Brutal Afghan Winter &tm is anything like this year's Colorado winter in the mountains, we may see more deaths from the weather than from the war. Dad used to tell tales of guys freezing to death on both sides during Bastogne, and we know the Germans lost thousands in the Russian winter. Let's hope the talibunnies are the worst affected.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-01-11 12:42|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-01-11 12:42|| Front Page Top

#12 This is strange: why, exactly, put the news about the 6 people whose house collapsed in with a report about a suicide attack?

A news service will typically bundle 2-3 brief stories together, leaving it either to the local editors to sort out or to publish entire.

Posted by Pappy 2008-01-11 12:44|| 2008-01-11 12:44|| Front Page Top

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