Massacre at Dog Fight
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A motorcycle bomb struck a crowd watching a dog fight Friday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least three people and wounding more than two dozen others.The blast on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province, came as U.S. Marines and their NATO and Afghan allies are poised to launch a major offensive against the Taliban in the area.
The explosives-packed motorcycle was parked near the dog fight, according to deputy provincial police chief Kamal Uddin.
Health Department director Dr. Inayat Ullah Ghafari confirmed the casualty toll, saying seven children were among the 26 wounded.
Dog fighting was forbidden under the Taliban regime but has emerged as a popular pastime in many parts of Afghanistan after the hard-line Islamist movement was ousted in 2001.
Such competitions have been targeted in the past. More than 100 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a dog fight in the southern city of Kandahar.
Dog fighting was forbidden under the Taliban regime but has emerged as a popular pastime in many parts of Afghanistan after the hard-line Islamist movement was ousted in 2001. Oh the irony!
ReplyDeleteFrankly...as long as the dogs were all allright...GOOD!!!
ReplyDeleteI'd cheerfully blow up any arsehole supporting dog fights.
A suicide bomber actually got it right in Kandahar???
If dog fights aie legal is there a chance that we can match up Cheney and Rove there? :-)
ReplyDeleteA suicide bomber at a dog-fight? Holy shit!! Those people really ARE crazy. Oh, and, Tomcat, don't forget about D. Rummy. This, in that he just might be the biggest pooch of 'em all.
ReplyDeleteWTF...that is sick... and sicker...really sickening...
ReplyDeleteI'm with 4D! As long as the dogs are OK I don't have a problem.
ReplyDeleteMike I I agree, except for blue dogs.
ReplyDeleteThey busted a dog fighting ring here in South Carolina a few months ago. Too damn bad none of those folks were on vacation in Kandahar.
ReplyDeleteLOL Tom and Beach!
ReplyDeleteSo let me absorb this: the taliban criminalized dog fights but publicly behead their women for looking men in the eye or infidelity etc... and we think that the inexcusable cruelty of dog fighting is somehow worse than allowing the taliban to rule? Or what? I better quit here.... any territory that would allow dog fighting should be razed. ditto treating women as subhuman.
ReplyDeleteMs Barry, I knew you would sniff out my intended irony. You have an unfailing nose for discovering truth in the most unexpected contexts!
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