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AP: Massive explosion reported in Kabul, Afghanistan, near U.S. embassy
MSNBC ^ | 04/19/2006 | MSNBC

Posted on 04/19/2006 11:43:23 AM PDT by Smogger

AP: Massive explosion reported in Kabul, Afghanistan, near U.S. embassy

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; explosion; kabul; usembassy
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To: tobyhill
Thanks for all you're doing over there.

You are welcome. Although right now I'm eating Easter candy and typing on the internet, so life is pretty good.

Explosions in cities get echoed around and while this one was about 300 meters away and fairly loud, I couldn't tell what direction it was until somebody told me. This is the second attack on the embassy in the last couple weeks; they pop off one round and then run like crazy. They hit our FOBs occasionally in the same way.

41 posted on 04/19/2006 12:28:36 PM PDT by mark502inf
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To: NormsRevenge
Please, someone photoshop something funny out there in the background ;)

This must be what the view is like for Bin Laden, assuming he sees anything at all.

42 posted on 04/19/2006 12:33:20 PM PDT by lawnguy (Give me some of your tots!!!)
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To: Smogger

The media would (and still might) turn this into the Tet Offensive all over again but because our boys are doing such a great job over there the media refuses to have any reporters based there.


43 posted on 04/19/2006 12:33:41 PM PDT by SelectiveJNJ
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To: Integrityrocks

Yeah....they can't say "stroke" or "heart attack" without saying "massive" first.


44 posted on 04/19/2006 12:35:03 PM PDT by clintonh8r
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To: mark502inf
Many thanks for the "live, local, latebreaking" report. Who needs MSM when I've got FreeRepublic!

Note to self: short MSM stocks as soon as possible.

46 posted on 04/19/2006 12:37:43 PM PDT by Heatseeker (Never underestimate the left's tendency to underestimate us.)
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To: Smogger

Weren't Gov. Bush and a few others in Kabul recently?


47 posted on 04/19/2006 12:37:48 PM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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Thought I remembered hearing about that...


Four American governors arrive in Kabul

KABUL, Apr 17 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Visiting Governor of Florida and brother of US President G W Bush has appreciated National Reconstruction Strategy for the country and pace of rebuilding work.

Jeb Bush along with three other governors named as Governor of Iowa Tom Vilsack, Governor of West Vergina Joe Manchin and Governor of Indiana Mitch Daniels arrived here on unofficial visit last night. Talking to reporters the visiting governors said the purpose behind their trip was to meet President Karzai, Afghan governors and US-led coalition forces. The visiting dignitaries said that they had called on 14 Afghan governors overnight and had discussed different issues with them.

Both Afghan and visiting governors agreed that high security was most important for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Answering a question, Jeb Bush said that maintaining security and reconstructing of roads were among the important goals before the government.

He said: "Our forces also help in imparting training to Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan police to enable them to maintain law and order situation in future." Governor Tom Vilsack also lauded the achievements of the Afghan governors and government with thin resources.

He said that education facility should be provided to children and youth, if the youngsters were not granted proper training, government would face problems in future. He said that for giving suggestions to Afghan farmers they might send American agriculture experts to Afghanistan.

Reported by Zubair Babakarkhel & translated by Rahman


48 posted on 04/19/2006 12:40:18 PM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: SengirV

chuckle, chuckle, enjoy the day....


49 posted on 04/19/2006 12:42:26 PM PDT by crowman
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To: mark502inf
Wait till the 4th of July and the buy 1 get 10 free stands open up.
50 posted on 04/19/2006 12:42:39 PM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Does this mean he no gets the 72 virgins if he didn't kill anyone???


51 posted on 04/19/2006 12:42:48 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Politicians are in it for themselves, to get reelected, to benefit them, not we the people.)
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To: mark502inf

Thanks.
Are you in the military? Or doing some other work there?


52 posted on 04/19/2006 12:43:28 PM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: mark502inf

Thanks pal... and God bless!


53 posted on 04/19/2006 12:44:29 PM PDT by johnny7 (“Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.”)
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To: dawn53

The scale I was traine on is Huge, Really Huge and F***ing Huge.


54 posted on 04/19/2006 12:45:58 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Yay! It's Riding Season!)
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To: RetiredArmy

He still gets the 72 virgins, just in the images of Helen Thomas.


55 posted on 04/19/2006 12:46:00 PM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: tobyhill

For that I would danged well refuse to die. Ugggg.


56 posted on 04/19/2006 12:46:31 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Politicians are in it for themselves, to get reelected, to benefit them, not we the people.)
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To: clintonh8r
They can't say "stroke" or "heart attack" without saying "massive" first.

Just once, I want to read that someone died of a trivial heart attack.

57 posted on 04/19/2006 12:48:29 PM PDT by dighton
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To: RetiredArmy

It's kind of like Islam Let's Make A Deal and they keep picking door #3, the one with Helen Thomas behind it.


58 posted on 04/19/2006 12:49:51 PM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: mark502inf

Thanks for the update and stay safe.


59 posted on 04/19/2006 12:50:18 PM PDT by Steelerfan
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To: Lunatic Fringe
Have they ruled out terrorism yet???

LOL.

60 posted on 04/19/2006 12:50:30 PM PDT by Oliver Optic
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