A suicide bomber attacked the office of a U.S.-owned security company

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Afghan blast kills seven

By Mirwais Afghan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked the office of a U.S.-owned security company in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday killing seven people, including two Americans, a government and company official said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast outside the office of the Houston-based U.S. Protection and Investigations (USPI) in Kandahar city.

"The bomber was questioned by a security guard as to where he was going, in front of the office, and he blew himself up among company employees," Kandahar's police chief Esmatullah Alizai told reporters.

The employees had gathered for a regular morning briefing outside their office, which is opposite a base of Afghanistan's NATO security force, he said.

Two of the victims were Americans working for the company. Five Afghans and the bomber were also killed. The company provides guards to protect foreign companies working on construction and infrastructure projects.

[malaise]

1. I heard a caller on WJ this morning

say that 20 marines were killed in Iraq yesterday. Why isn't this on MSM?

[shadowknows69]

2. Did the caller say what his source was?

was he a soldier? I'll tell ya. I've heard some casualty figures from soldiers for certain battles that were pretty far away from what got in the news the next couple days. I think they stagger announcements so not to have more than 10 KIAs a day.

[malaise]

3. He didn't give a source n/t

[NVMojo]

4. poetic justice?

[KoKo]

5. Afghanistan is heating up and I wonder how long we can stay there...given

that the Afghani's have a strong history of getting rid of occupiers of their country no matter how big and powerful the invader is.