Posted on 01/17/2011 3:14:39 PM PST by SandRat
KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 17, 2011) – Afghan National Police and International Security Assistance Forces found and cleared a suicide vest in a mosque located in sub-district 9 of Kandahar City, yesterday.
The Afghan National Police requested assistance from an ISAF explosive ordnance disposal team and escorted them to the device, which was hidden in the tower of the mosque.
The EOD team safely removed the vest from the tower. Further investigation of the vest revealed it was rigged with ball bearings, a grenade and nearly 20 pounds of explosives.
After the vest was removed from the tower, but before it could be properly destroyed, it detonated, causing external damage to the mosque and surrounding building.
No civilians were injured in the explosion.
“This demonstrates that the insurgents really do not care about the people of Afghanistan,” said U.S. Army Maj. Earl Brown, spokesman for 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. “This is just another example of their disregard for human life and their willingness to endanger innocent lives.”
Mosques are ammo dumps.
They really need to start blowing these things in place, wherever they find them. They are obviously too dangerous to move.
Minarets are sniper towers.
That would also act as a deterrent for anyone to harbor/house these activities. Level a few places and no-one will allow these terrorists to use their facilities as a base.
Isn’t that a bit like finding a carrot in a garden?
Does the story use the word ‘unexpected’?
Are you thinking of the temple chapter in The Green Berets?
What you said.
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