Karzai halts speech at stadium after reported gunfire

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Source: Reuters

Afghan President Hamid Karzai broke off from a speech and was taken away from a ceremony in Kabul's sports stadium on Sunday after apparent gunshots were heard in the vicinity, witnesses said.

Karzai, who has survived several assassination attempts in recent years by suspected Taliban members, was led from the stadium by his U.S.-trained bodyguards.

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1. And so goes life in the 'forgotten' unwinnable war. Too bad that the bush**

administration didn't stick to the business of taking care of Osama and the Taliban instead of going into Iraq.

[saigon68]

2. ScumBag Karzai "Led Away" by his US Blackwater body guards

Because this unelected fraud whimpers away as the "Mayor of Kabul"

These mercenaries cost the US taxpayer $1,500.00 to $2,000.00 a day per head to guard his sorry hide.

[TomInTib]

3. And so it goes...

Nothing is getting better...

Every day.