Thursday, May 15, 2008

Man wearing burqa blows himself up in Afghanistan, killing 12

A suicide bomber wearing a burqa attacked a police patrol at a crowded market in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 27 others. Officials initially said the bomber was a woman. But the Taliban, which claimed responsibility for the blast, identified the bomber as a man named Mullah Khalid. Full story here.
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Hat tip: Gateway Pundit.
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