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2011-09-20 Afghanistan
Murdere most foul: Barhanuddin Rabanni assassinated
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Posted by tipper 2011-09-20 11:01|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 there's your response, oh caped-one! The Moderate Taliban™ say hi!
Posted by Frank G 2011-09-20 11:58||   2011-09-20 11:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Any bets on whether the suicide bomber was religious or atheist?
Posted by Aris Katsaris 2011-09-20 14:24||   2011-09-20 14:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I bet it was the Amish!
Posted by DarthVader 2011-09-20 14:24||   2011-09-20 14:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Nah, Darth - it's obviously the Lutherans.
Posted by Barbara 2011-09-20 14:30||   2011-09-20 14:30|| Front Page Top

#5 I have no idea if his public statements mirror his private sentiments, but the guy always struck me as a borderline fellow traveler with the Taliban. He certainly made it easy for his killers. From Wikipedia:

Rabbani was killed in a suicide bombing at his home in Kabul on 20 September 2011 while meeting with a Taliban delegation. Two Taliban members approached him to shake hands, and detonated themselves with explosives. One, at least, hid the explosives within his turban.

It's amusing that someone this simpatico wasn't extreme enough for the Taliban.
Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-09-20 14:44||   2011-09-20 14:44|| Front Page Top

#6 See - it was a turban bomb. Us Lutherans don't wear turbans...
Posted by M. Murcek 2011-09-20 15:17||   2011-09-20 15:17|| Front Page Top

#7 One, at least, hid the explosives within his turban
Remind me again what was wrong with the Danish cartoon.
Posted by AlanC 2011-09-20 15:27||   2011-09-20 15:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Remind me again what was wrong with the Danish cartoon.

My thoughts exactly. Why no riots protesting this?
Posted by Beavis 2011-09-20 15:31||   2011-09-20 15:31|| Front Page Top

#9 So, was these guys the good Taliban or the bad Taliban? 'Cause I'm having a hard time telling one murderous band of thugs from another.
Posted by SteveS 2011-09-20 16:05||   2011-09-20 16:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Obviously the bad kind SteveS, they blew up your see. The good ones just shoot you.
Posted by Charles 2011-09-20 18:53||   2011-09-20 18:53|| Front Page Top

#11 ...what was wrong with the Danish cartoon.

It gave them ideas!
Posted by Shung Slavick1304 2011-09-20 20:20||   2011-09-20 20:20|| Front Page Top

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