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Afghan arrests after authorities foil 'suicide attack'
BBC News ^ | 03/27/2012 | BBC News

Posted on 03/27/2012 12:13:32 AM PDT by EnglishCon

Several people have been arrested in the Afghan capital, Kabul, after plans for an apparent mass suicide attack were foiled.

Intelligence officials have told the BBC that 11 suicide jackets were seized in the ministry of defence.

They say the attacks would have caused significant loss of life if they had gone ahead.

Some of those arrested are reported to be soldiers in the Afghan National Army.

The jackets were seized on Monday afternoon from three separate rooms around a ministry car park, less than a kilometre from the presidential palace.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; terrorism
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1 posted on 03/27/2012 12:13:37 AM PDT by EnglishCon
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To: EnglishCon

Take he guys who intended to wear these vests out in the open, strap them on them, and set them off.

They want suicide they should have it.


2 posted on 03/27/2012 3:36:18 AM PDT by Venturer
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