Update on the war against "Al-Qaida"

[AndyMarquisLIVE (Premo)]

40 dead in Indian embassy blast in Afghan capital

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A car bomb ripped through the front wall of the Indian Embassy in central Kabul on Monday, killing 40 people in the deadliest attack in Afghanistan's capital since the fall of the Taliban, officials said.

The massive explosion detonated by a suicide bomber damaged two embassy vehicles entering the compound, near where dozens of Afghan men line up every morning to apply for visas.

President Hamid Karzai condemned the bombing and said it was carried out by militants trying to rupture the friendship between Afghanistan and India.

The Afghan Interior Ministry hinted that the attack was carried out with help from Pakistan's intelligence service, saying that "terrorists have carried out this attack in coordination and consultation with some of the active intelligence circles in the region." The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said Pakistan condemned the attack and terrorism in all forms.

The embassy is located on a busy, tree-lined street near Afghanistan's Interior Ministry in the city center that is protected on both ends by police checkpoints. Several nearby shops were damaged or destroyed in the blast, and smoldering ruins covered the street. The explosion rattled much of the Afghan capital.

Shortly after the attack, a woman ran out of a Kabul hospital screaming, crying and hitting her face with both of her hands. Her two children, a girl named Lima and a boy named Mirwais, had been killed.

"Oh my God!" the woman screamed. "They are both dead."

And I thought we erradicated al-Qaida.

Hmm....

I guess we still haven't caught Bin Laden...

or Ayman al-Zawahiri...

Oh, what's this place? "Afghanistan." Any of you ever heard of it?



Good job Bush; thanks for keeping your eye on the prize. I feel so much safer now knowing al-Qaida's been eradicated and Saddam is gone from power.

[Pete (Premo)]

Originally Posted by AndyMarquisLIVE

And I thought we erradicated al-Qaida.

Hmm....

I guess we still haven't caught Bin Laden...

or Ayman al-Zawahiri...

Oh, what's this place? "Afghanistan." Any of you ever heard of it?



Good job Bush; thanks for keeping your eye on the prize. I feel so much safer now knowing al-Qaida's been eradicated and Saddam is gone from power.

What is your point exactly?

[Lenny]

Originally Posted by Pete

What is your point exactly?

His point is hidden under that strategically positioned ball cap he wears in all his photos.

[cwo_ghwebb]

Originally Posted by Lenny

His point is hidden under that strategically positioned ball cap he wears in all his photos.

That's one thing about younguns, they have no patience. Some of us have heard of Afghanistan, even been there Andy. I agree we should have perhaps sent some troops from Europe, Okinawa or Korea there to assist.

The real problem with past mistakes made by our government was not taking Bin Laden out when he was handed to us on a platter in 2000. So you can rail all you want about how this administration screwed up the war on terror. Just realize there's plenty of blame to go around.

[Bann (Premo)]

Originally Posted by cwo_ghwebb

That's one thing about younguns, they have no patience. Some of us have heard of Afghanistan, even been there Andy. I agree we should have perhaps sent some troops from Europe, Okinawa or Korea there to assist.

The real problem with past mistakes made by our government was not taking Bin Laden out when he was handed to us on a platter in 2000. So you can rail all you want about how this administration screwed up the war on terror. Just realize there's plenty of blame to go around.

And at the same time, it's not like any war was perfect,(not the right word,probably) right? Things have gone wrong and not as planned in every major conflict ever in the history of man.

One thing's for sure. This country has not had a major attack in 7 years. And that's a fact. We're not going to keep it that way if we treat terrorist activity like a police action - like a previous administration who shall remain nameless did. And I believe we do have George W. Bush to thank for that.

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by AndyMarquisLIVE

Good job Bush; thanks for keeping your eye on the prize. I feel so much safer now knowing al-Qaida's been eradicated and Saddam is gone from power.

Apparently they need your help.. do you need directions to the local recruiting station?

Tell them I sent you, they'll hook you right up and get you to Afghanistan so you can show them how to do it right!

[Bann (Premo)]

Originally Posted by itsbob

Apparently they need your help.. do you need directions to the local recruiting station?

Tell them I sent you, they'll hook you right up and get you to Afghanistan so you can show them how to do it right!

It's not just a job - it's an adventure!

[Pushrod]

Where in the heck did you get the information that this had to do with al-queda or Bin Laden? Do you have any idea at all what you are ranting about?
In your all-knowing wisdom, what would you be doing different?
I really think you have some growing up to do boy.

[ImnoMensa]

Suicide bombings are done by crazed religious freaks.

You cannot stop a madman or woman who decides they want to die and take a lot of innocent people with them.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by ImnoMensa

Suicide bombings are done by crazed religious freaks.

You cannot stop a madman or woman who decides they want to die and take a lot of innocent people with them.

...you can. You can retaliate against the things he believes in. You can let it be known that an act of war against you will result in war against them. You can threaten their faith, their shrines, their temples, their homes, their towns, their people with death and destruction if that is what they wish to bring to you. You can make it their choice.

The problem is that this is what we have done to them for two generations now; threaten and attack their faith, their way of life, their families, all of it. We have a profoundly ugly way of looking at this as though that is all they are; homicidal maniacs that just woke up one day and decided to kill innocents.

Note from the response I get from this post how unwilling we are to even consider just what it is that drives them to such desperation let alone address it.