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Afghan internet caf� bombing kills three ISN SECURITY WATCH (09/05/05) - Three people died and six were injured in a suicide attack on an internet caf� in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday evening. The Park Net Caf�, which was destroyed in the explosion, was located in the center of town and was popular with foreigners. One of the three people killed was a Filipino man, while the other victims were Afghans, including the suspected suicide bomber, a spokesman for the peacekeepers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) told reporters. Initially, Afghan officials had said there was some doubt about whether the attack was a suicide bombing or the result of a homemade bomb planted on the site. But Interior Ministry spokesman Lutfullah Mashal later said authorities strongly believed it was a suicide attack, as indicated by the severe chest injuries sustained by one dead man, possibly the bomber. The owner of the caf� as well as a manager and a security guard were detained for questioning. If the attack was indeed carried out by a suicide bomber, it would be the first suicide attack in Kabul since 23 October last year, when an Afghan man killed a US woman and an Afghan girl in a busy shopping area - only a few hundred meters from the internet caf� targeted on Saturday. In late April, a car bomb exploded in a Kabul area frequented by many international offices and the site of up-scale restaurants. There were no casualties in that incident, for which the Taliban claimed responsibility. Also in late April, a Taliban spokesman warned that the group would focus on suicide attacks in the future, targeting international troops, aid workers, and foreigners to achieve maximum results with minimum casualties for themselves. Observers expect attacks to increase in the run-up to the parliamentary elections scheduled for 18 September. (By Daan van der Schriek in Kabul) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
