Bomb at Afghan mosque leaves many dead

[ECH1969]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A bomb exploded Wednesday inside a mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar and local residents said many people had been killed or wounded.

The blast occurred inside the Mullah Abdul Fayaz Mosque in the center of the city, residents said. The place of worship was named after a top Muslim leader who was killed by gunmen on Sunday in the city.

Daoud Khan, a resident near the mosque, said up to 40 people appeared to have been killed or wounded.

An Associated Press reporter at the site saw many body parts strewn around the mosque.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8053277/

[merwin]

1. And the newspapers will hide it on page A27.

They're brown people. Probably terrorists that deserved to get blown up. Why should we blink an eye?

[Erika]

2. How sad

I check www.icasualties.org daily. They also have an Afghanistan tab you can click on for info.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. you are assuming they will even print it

[psychopomp]

4. Karzai's on it, don't worry.

lol

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. This is horrible. Karzai better watch his ass.

[maddezmom]

6. NYT/AP: Bomb Kills at Least 20 at a Mosque in Afghanistan

Bomb Kills at Least 20 at a Mosque in Afghanistan
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 1, 2005
Filed at 7:44 a.m. ET

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A bomb from a suicide attacker tore through a southern Afghanistan mosque during Wednesday's funeral for a Muslim cleric opposed to the Taliban, killing at least 20 people, and the local governor said an al-Qaida-linked militant was responsible.

At least 42 people were wounded.

The attack -- which came on the heels of a major upsurge in rebel violence in recent months including assassinations, near-daily clashes with rebels and the kidnapping of an Italian aid worker -- further raised fears that militants here were copying the tactics of insurgents in Iraq.

The rebels themselves have suffered a heavy price -- losing about 200 men, according to American and Afghan officials -- but the drumbeat of attacks has belied U.S. claims it is stabilizing the country, nearly four years after driving the Taliban from power.

The attack -- which came on the heels of a major upsurge in rebel violence in recent months including assassinations, near-daily clashes with rebels and the kidnapping of an Italian aid worker -- further raised fears that militants here were copying the tactics of insurgents in Iraq.

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more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Afghan-Mosque-Blast.html?

[maddezmom]

7. Kabul police chief among 27 dead in Afghanistan blast: witness, official

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050601/wl_afp/afghanistanattacksreligionblasttoll_050601062756

[psychopomp]

8. Holy ####

kick