Taliban claims responsibility for new wave of attacks in Afghanistan

[Coventina]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan -- Sowing security fears less than a month before presidential elections, a wave of gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in two eastern cities Tuesday that killed at least six Afghan security officers and eight of the insurgents during hours of chaotic fighting.

The commando-style assaults in the provincial capitals of Jalalabad and Gardez, targeting a U.S. military base and several Afghan government compounds, demonstrated insurgents' ability to mount sophisticated, multi-pronged attacks over a wide geographical area. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks, which began moments apart in midmorning.

The attacks employed a tactic increasingly used in recent months, particularly in eastern Afghanistan bordering Pakistan's tribal areas -- sending waves of gunmen and multiple suicide bombers to try to breach the defenses of heavily fortified bases or government buildings.

Calm was restored by late afternoon, with Afghan and U.S. soldiers patrolling the streets and sealing off some areas. At least some of the suicide bombers were disguised as women, Afghan officials said. In one of the attacks, an assailant used the ruse of approaching a checkpoint carrying a piece of paper, as if to show permission to enter.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-attacks22-2009jul22,0,4196765.story

[Truth Talks]

1. Who else?

"The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks..."

Who else could have been responsible for such attacks? (The U.S. uses more sophisticated weapons.)

[ohio2007]

3. Pennsylvania Dutch martyrs brigades

thy glove fits them to a T-square

[ohio2007]

2. Taliban suicide bombers dressed in burkas hit cities

evidence of yet another righteous stealth fighter found on the ground .

Guess the acid burns about the facial area of the garment, from the previous owner of the burka, blew his ....."cover".....

Taliban suicide bombers dressed in burkas hit cities

Taliban suicide bombers dressed in burkas killed six people in eastern Afghanistan when they stormed government buildings and a military base. The attacks in Gardez and Jalalabad came amid a surge in violence ahead of presidential and provincial elections on Aug 20. *


Six suicide bombers, some of them also carrying guns, tried to enter several government buildings but were shot dead before reaching their targets.
Rohullah Samoon, provincial spokesman, said: "One of the bombers detonated in front of the intelligence department, killing three intelligence officers. The other bombers were killed by security forces." Two police officers were killed in the attacks when two of the bombers managed to detonate explosives strapped to their bodies. In Jalalabad, two bombers and a policeman were killed in a shoot-out as the militants tried to fight their way into the city airport, a base for Afghan and foreign troops.

Zabihullah Mujahed, Taliban spokesman, said the Islamist militia were responsible for both attacks.


Fifteen of our mujahideen – suicide bombers who also have guns – entered the governor's compound and other government buildings ," he said.

"Four of our mujahideen entered the Jalalabad airbase – they have killed several Afghan and foreign forces," he added.

Taliban militants have resurfaced in northern Pakistan as hundreds of thousands of locals are returning to their homes following major military operations. The government has started a program to gradually return 2.4 million people who fled from Swat, Buner and Dir but pockets of Taliban are still holding out in some areas.

The bodies of four tribesmen whose throats had been slit were found in a deserted place in Koza Bandai in Swat. And on Monday, the army reported separate clashes had left 20 people dead, including an officer.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/5878787/Taliban-suicide-bombers-dressed-in-burkas-hit-cities.html

guess they don't have a turn out the vote campaign unless

*the mujahideen already mailed in their absentee ballots