Suicide bomber hits NATO convoy in Afghanistan; 20 dead

[unhappycamper]

US soldiers remove a body from the scene of a deadly car bomb attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul.


Suicide bomber hits NATO convoy in Afghanistan; 20 dead
By Dion Nissenbaum and Hashim Shukoor | McClatchyNewspapers
Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber driving a vehicle with more than a half ton of explosives hit a NATO convoy on a busy Kabul road early Tuesday morning, killing six NATO soldiers and a dozen Afghan civilians, according to American and Afghan officials.

The early morning blast, which could be heard miles away, ravaged a crowded public bus, sent armored SUVs skyward, and reminded Kabul residents that the Afghan capital isn't isolated from the country's battle zones.

Within hours, the Taliban claimed credit for the attack, which took place less than two hours before Afghan President Hamid Karzai held a news conference in the capital to trumpet the successes of his recent trip to the United States.

"The blast was so powerful you couldn't find the vehicle," said one police investigator who declined to give his name as he rushed from the scene.

Afghan officials said that 12 civilians had been killed and about four-dozen others injured in the blast. NATO said that six soldiers, including five Americans, had been killed by the blast.

[saigon68]

1. "Bring Em On" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[howard112211]

2. Is this the Taliban version of a drone strike?

Six soldiers plus twelve civilians. Sounds about like the numbers we are hearing from the drone strikes in Pakistan. This-will-never-stop. If we stay another ten years, then ten years from now there will still be such attacks.

What did they say about Vietnam? Even if we killed all Vietnamese except one, the last one would still be throwing rocks at us.

[malaise]

3. End the fucking wars

:puke: