More Afghan schoolgirls ill in suspected gas attack

[Robb]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Twenty-two Kabul schoolgirls and three teachers fell suddenly ill and were hospitalized on Tuesday in what Afghan authorities described as the fourth suspected poison gas attack on a girls' school in weeks.

The incident was the first in the comparatively secure capital after three suspected poison attacks on girls' schools in the northern city of Kunduz over the past few weeks, and several at provincial schools last year.

Authorities have failed to identify the substance they say caused girls and teachers to fall unconscious, but say it could be a poison gas released by opponents of girls' education.

"I wanted to scream so hard and I felt like someone was choking me, moments after I smelt the gas," said Lailima, a 17-year-old student at the Durkhanai Girls School in western Kabul. "I want to finish my education with my family's permission, but I want the government to protect us."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6433YT20100504

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No words.

[maddezmom]

1. terrible

:( How come they can't figure out what the hell it is?

[Soylent Brice]

2. .

[uppityperson]

3. k&r, misogynist assholes

[Liberation Angel]

4. Where is the DU outrage?

This is heinous and important news which should stir something more than a collective shrug.

Targetting schoolgirls with poison gas?

C'mon folks - a few recs and a little poutrage or sumthin'!

[leftynyc]

5. Poisoning girls?

For wanting an education. The motherfuckers who are responsible need to be put down like the rabid dogs they are.