Suicide blasts in Afghanistan kill 18, including four Canadians (AFP)

[Up2Late]

(Sorry Canada, I'm sure all here grieve with you today.)

Suicide blasts in Afghanistan kill 18, including four Canadians

18/09/2006 18h47

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - Three powerful suicide blasts struck Afghanistan, killing 18 people including four Canadian soldiers handing gifts to children.

The blasts were the latest in a spike of suicide bombings in Afghanistan blamed on the extremist Taliban movement, which has picked up a deadly insurgency as foreign forces have moved into insurgent strongholds.

In the first blast a man on a bicycle blew himself up in a crowd of children clamouring for pens and books from Canadian troops with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) near the southern city of Kandahar.

The explosion struck an area west of Kandahar where ISAF announced Sunday it had succeeded in driving out Taliban entrenched fighters, about 500 of whom it said earlier were killed in a two-week operation. Four Canadian soldiers were killed, Canadian commander General David Fraser said. Police said about 12 soldiers were wounded but ISAF would not confirm the number.

(more at link) <http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/060918184728.w0bfmsis.html>

[BOSSHOG]

1. Excellent news for "conservatives" in America

The "christian" pro life crowd in our country just can't get enough of death in the middle east regardless of who is dying. Maybe if their sorry asses were on the battlefield they'd have a fucking epiphany.

Murtha, Webb, Kerry, versus bush, cheney, limbaugh -- the comparison is lost on "conservatives."

[wicket]

2. We've turned the corner!

:sarcasm:

[maxsolomon]

3. there is no practical way to stop all suicide bombings

the only way is to stop the DESIRE to suicide bomb.

when young muslim men feel that life is worth living, and aren't ignorant enought to believe that 30 houris await them, then they will not volunteer to die in an attack on children & canadians.

[rodeodance]

4. and the PM told Condi that Canada would NOT pull out of Afghan. umm....