Dec 5, 10:12 AM EST
Suicide bomber kills 4 at eastern Afghan army base By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press Virginian Pilot <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/photos/F/f9fcbef4-e2bb-4fd5-9c58-6d3966b bd806.html?SITE=VANOV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT> clip_image001 AP Photo/STR KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up next to a string of shop stalls inside an eastern Afghan army base on Sunday, killing two NATO service members and at least two civilians, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying it was a suicide attack by a Taliban sleeper agent who had joined the Afghan army so that he would be able to kill foreigners. The explosion occurred in an area of the Gardez army base where shopkeepers sell goods to both Afghan soldiers and their partnered NATO troops, said Rohullah Samon, a spokesman for the Paktia provincial government. NATO said in a statement that two members of the military coalition died in the suicide attack. They did not identify the victims or give their nationalities. Most of the NATO forces in Gardez are American. Two shopkeepers were killed and at least 18 people were wounded in the blast, Samon said. He said he did not have information on any military deaths. A Taliban spokesman said in an e-mail sent to media outlets that the civilians who were killed were not innocent because they had collaborated with government and NATO forces. "They were at the service of the foreigners," Zabiullah Mujahid said. In southern Afghanistan, another NATO service member was killed in an insurgent attack while an Afghan employee of an American contractor was shot dead in the city of Lashkar Gah, officials said. NATO did not provide any further details on the dead service member. The victim in the Lashkar Gah shooting worked for International Relief and Development, said Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Helmand provincial government. The company, known as IRD, works on infrastructure and other aid projects for the U.S. government. The killing comes after an attempted attack on the IRD office in March during which two would-be suicide attackers tried to storm the building. Those attackers were killed by security guards before they could enter the building. <http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=VANOV&SECTION=HO ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT#2a4eb3e9-1dd2-4613-a519-62c92a68c7e3> C 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy <http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/privacy> and Terms of Use <http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/terms> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- 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.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
