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Gunmen kill at least 27 at memorial for Afghan Shiite leader
fox ^ | 03/06/2020

Posted on 03/06/2020 6:04:11 AM PST by BenLurkin

Several prominent political leaders escaped the ceremony unhurt, including Abdullah Abdullah, the country's chief executive and a top contender in last year's presidential election.

The Taliban have denied they were behind the attack, and while no one has claimed responsibility for carrying it out, Afghanistan's upstart Islamic State affiliate has declared war on the country's minority Shiites. Most of the people attending the memorial service were Shiite.

The attack came just days after the United States and the Taliban signed an ambitious peace deal that lays out a conditions-based path to the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan.

Friday's ceremony was held in the mostly Shiite Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of the capital, Kabul.

The memorial marked 25 years since the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, the leader of Afghanistan's minority ethnic Hazaras, who are mostly Shiite Muslims.

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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam

1 posted on 03/06/2020 6:04:11 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

So, is nannie bloombergapart dispatching shannon t watts and the “Moms lookin’ for a little action” over there to demand an end to gun violence?


2 posted on 03/06/2020 6:14:02 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: BenLurkin
Gunmen kill at least 27 at memorial for Afghan Shiite leader

Still not our problem...

3 posted on 03/06/2020 6:15:33 AM PST by Magnatron
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To: rktman; All

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Z92z7A1Jg


4 posted on 03/06/2020 6:18:38 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like yet more over there problems for over there people who need to stay over there.


5 posted on 03/06/2020 6:23:22 AM PST by cdcdawg (Cornpop was a pony soldier!)
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To: Magnatron

Still not our problem...


Nope, we did not “break” Afghanistan—it was broken when we got there. It’s always been broken.


6 posted on 03/06/2020 6:27:11 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: BenLurkin

They really know how to party.


7 posted on 03/06/2020 6:57:17 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: Magnatron

Somehow... for some strange reason... I can’t really explain why, because it escapes me at the moment... I’m really not all that sad about this...

Just don’t know why... (/s, as is it’s needed...)


8 posted on 03/06/2020 7:07:41 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Clearly, they need more range time.

9 posted on 03/06/2020 12:15:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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