Posted on 10/15/2007 10:54:34 AM PDT by RDTF
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A mother who tried to stop her son from carrying out a suicide bomb attack triggered an explosion in the family's home in southern Afghanistan that killed the would-be bomber, his mother and three siblings, police said Monday.
The would-be bomber had been studying at a madrassa, or religious school, in Pakistan, and when he returned to his home in Uruzgan province over the weekend announced that he planned to carry out a suicide attack, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary said.
Surviving family members told police that the suicide vest exploded during a struggle between the mother and her son, said Juma Gul Himat, Uruzgan's police chief. The man's brother and two sisters were also killed.
Family members said the would-be bomber gave his family $3,600 before telling them he intended to carry out the attack, Himat said.
Bashary said the explosion happened on Sunday, but Himat said it occurred on Monday morning. It was not clear why the two accounts differed.
In a second accidental explosion, another would-be bomber killed himself Friday in Paktika province when he tried to take off the bomb vest he was wearing and it exploded, Bashary said. The man told authorities he had been instructed by his handlers in Pakistan to launch a suicide attack, but changed his mind when he saw people praying in a mosque.
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I haven’t watched this in full, so I hope there isn’t anything appropriate, but more Dunham and Achmed.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go
BwwhhahahaHAHAHahhahaa.... that was SO cold and yet SO hilarious...... HHHAHAHahahhahahaaa.....
INappropriate, but I guess the original sentence is better. Heh.
Agreed, esp. as: 1) His own family has to share at least some small portion of the blame (unless he had such genetic/chemical imbalances in his brain that no upbringing would have stopped this) and 2) It is likely that more people would have died and been injured had he gotten to his intended target.
Chalk up another victory for the ROP.
I can’t entirely disagree - unless there was a real genetic/chemical imbalance problem that wouldn’t have prevented it no matter what his upbringing, then the family (esp. mamma) has some blame. Still, she tried to stop him. She at least partially redeemed herself by that act (assuming the testimony is true).
The homework load from the madrassa can be deadly.
Our deviate kids get a gun and go to their HS to freak out. Theirs, call it religious fervor and take out a bus load of other kids or the village market place.
So, anyway, what did they end up doing with the $3,600?
Premature Jihadulation!!!
People need to realize that when a child is enrolled in a Madrassa, it is with the intention that he become a suicidal killer. Unlike American schools, where when a child becomes a suicidal killer it is a horrible failure, there it is the desired outcome.
I don't much care at all for the more extreme interpretation of Islam. I think that we should take FAR harsher measures to fight these people and those who back them with money, arms, training or shelter.... ...but I think you go a bit far in applying this claim to every student in every Madrassa. If I'm wrong, I'll be glad to be proven so (and I don't need to have 8,000 pages of testimony to get to that point - i.e. I'm very open-minded).
Perhaps I am overstating the case. If so, not by much...
Only if you count the trip wire that detonates if the bomber chickens out and tries to take off the bomb vest.
Most such belts are rigged to blow up if taken off, especially the bomb belts given to those who take money for their services.
Peace, peace, islam is a religion of peace. Repeat until brainwashed.
Exactly how I feel, Ollie.
He suffered from premature detenation.
Never bring an exploding vest to a family feud.
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