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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=
1792541
Two Arabs Arrested in Afghan Assassination Bid
Fri November 22, 2002 05:05 PM ET
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan authorities averted an
attempt to assassinate the defense minister Friday, arresting two
people who were carrying explosives and apparently planning a
suicide bombing, a spokesman said.
Two men carrying bombs were arrested on a street frequently used
by Defense Minister Mohammad Qasim Fahim, Mir Jan, deputy
head of foreign relations of the Defense Ministry, told Reuters.
"Before committing the action, security forces foiled their plan. Both
of them are Arabs," Jan said. "Fahim is fine, actually the incident
was aborted before he passed through the street."
Jan did not give more details about the incident which happened in
the upmarket Wazir Akbar Khan area, home to many diplomatic
missions.
The bombers had apparently planned to kill Fahim as he left a
mosque after attending Friday prayers at Wazir Akbar Khan's main
mosque, Dr. Gulbuddin, an aide of Fahim, told reporters.
A statement from the Afghan intelligence's security department later
said only one person had been arrested in connection with the
incident.
"A resident of Kurdistan in Iraq, Bohtan Akram Tawfiq Horami, was
arrested near Fahim's house by security officials. He had skillfully
placed 10 kilos (22 pounds) of C4 explosive material in his
waistcoat," state media quoted the statement as saying. C4 is a
powerful plastic explosive.
The reported statement said the attacker wanted to kill either
President Hamid Karzai or Fahim.
Fahim and his Northern Alliance faction forms the backbone of
Karzai's government, set up after the United States toppled the
Taliban regime last year.
Fahim, 45, who is also a vice president, survived an earlier attempt
on his life in the eastern city of Jalalabad during a spring visit.
Vice President Haji Abdul Qadir was shot dead outside his office in
central Kabul in July.
In early September, Karzai narrowly survived an assassination
attempt when a gunman opened fire on his vehicle in the southern
city of Kandahar. The local governor was in the same car and was
wounded in the neck.
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The people who carry out suicide bombings are not
martyrs, they're war criminals, and so are the people
who help to plan such attacks. The scale and
systematic nature of these attacks sets them apart from
other abuses committed in times of conflict. They
clearly fall under the category of crimes against
humanity.
~~Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights
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