Posted on 12/04/2005 1:43:20 PM PST by csvset
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- An attacker blew himself up in a failed assault on coalition forces Sunday in volatile southern Afghanistan, while two U.S. helicopters made emergency landings during combat operations, officials said.
The attempted attack against the coalition forces occurred after their convoy passed through the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Yousuf Stanekzai said the explosives detonated when the attacker was hit by a motorcycle. The blast killed the attacker and motorcycle driver and wounded two other people, U.S. military and Afghan police officials said.
One of the wounded was a coalition soldier, who was treated for minor injuries and returned to duty, said Lt. Mike Cody, a coalition spokesman. Afghan state television reported that the convoy was Canadian.
U.S. and Afghan officials called the attacker a suicide bomber, but a police officer at the scene said the man was apparently trying to throw a grenade.
Hours earlier, the U.S. military said five American troops and an Afghan soldier suffered relatively minor injuries when two helicopters made emergency landings during combat operations. All the injured were in stable condition, the military said.
The five U.S. soldiers were hurt when a CH-47 Chinook landed north of Kandahar, suffering serious damage, the military said. The other helicopter made an emergency landing at a forward operating base in neighboring Uruzgan province, injuring the Afghan soldier, the military said.
A self-described Taliban spokesman, Qari Mohammed Yousaf, claimed the group had shot down one of the helicopters north of Kandahar with a rocket, but he also said that all aboard were killed. Yousaf often calls media outlets to claim responsibility for attacks with information that proves exaggerated or untrue. His ties to the Taliban leadership are unclear.
The U.S. military said it was investigating the causes of the incidents.
Premature detonation. It can happen to any terrorist.
Note the vague headline. The story is that jihadists blew themselves up, but the headline leaves open to the imagination that more troops are killed. Subtle, yet effective over time.
Typical AP ambiguous headline that leads anyone casually seeing it to wonder if it's two Americans who died.
Here is a question I have yet to see answered by the left ...
If we had 2000+ troop deaths in Afghanistan, would it be worth it in their estimation?
Looks like a happy ending to the story of another jihadist!
Yes, the AP mustn't say for example: " Jihadist suicide mission fails ".
HAha
dog gonit, our biys are rushing them too much,,,oh where is the humanity?~?~
That should be ONE dead, and one minor demon applying to Satan for a new Surface Body Disguise.
Too bad about the biker dude though.
Yeah, but maybe HE gets his 72 virgins?
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