Taliban use girl, 8, as bomb mule in attack on Afghanistan police post

[cali]

Taliban insurgents used an eight-year-old girl carrying a bag of explosives to attack a police checkpost in central Afghanistan, the Afghan government said on Sunday, making her one of the youngest child bombers of the decade-old conflict.

The incident took place in Char Chino district of central Uruzgan province, the interior ministry said. "The insurgents handed over a bag with a homemade bomb to an eight-year-old girl and asked her to take it to police forces," it added.

"As the girl was getting close to the police, it exploded and killed the girl."

It was the latest in a string of unusual attacks on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/26/afghanistan-taliban-girl-bomb-police

[msongs]

1. OUR government uses drones to murder children. Our government is not any better nt

[cali]

4. I'm not going to get into an argument about whether the U.S. gov't

is "better" than the Taliban; I think it's a spurious and shallow comparison. In any case, I think the oft used rejoinder that "we're just as bad/worse", is wildly stupid. What's the point? I didn't post about how great the U.S. is. I posted an article about a child that lost her life because some asswipe men decided to use her as a walking bomb. I think that's deplorable and worth noting. Doesn't seem to phase you one teeny eeny bit.

[Swede]

5. That is a moronic statement.

Unbelievable.

[ChrisBorg]

7. I see the "blame America first" crew didn't hesitate.

[woo me with science]

2. Dupe.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1366749

[Skidmore]

3. And if you called those men "cowards" they would be insulted.

[Mike 03]

6. Just saw this story. Appalling beyond belief.

Really bad, really sad, and unspeakable.

[TheKentuckian]

8. That is unfortunate, we'd best leave, contractors and all.