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11/26/07

Afghan suicide attack kills two

A suicide car bomb targeting a foreign military convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed two civilians.
The attack took place outside a defence ministry building close to the British, Canadian and Pakistani embassies.

Officials said the vehicle used in the attack was badly damaged and the bomber was killed. Several people have been wounded in the blast.

More than 3,000 people have been killed this year as Afghan and foreign forces battle Taleban fighters in Afghanistan.

The bomber damaged three armoured vehicles, but none of the troops was injured, Associated Press quoted coalition spokesman Lt-Col David Johnson as saying.

The attack took place in Wazir Akbar Khan suburb, which is close to the city centre where many diplomatic missions, politicians and several of the international aid agencies operating in Afghanistan are based.

There has been an increase in suicide bomb attacks in Kabul this year.

Two of the worst suicide attacks in the city have targeted army buses - in all, 65 people were killed.

Seriously? This is an almost rediculous ideal. Suicide bombing do nothing but inconvenience. These humans are brainwashed into destroying themselves for a cause which is nothing more than attempting to dismantle structured society. There is no deemable solution to these actions, as they would constantly be used to change any upkept concept or law.

On the morbid side of things, this affects the world more. There is more lookout for the nasty tactics of terrorists, and more people are being wounded and killed, just for being in the cross-fire. This is really human nature at its worst. The problem is such: how can we get people to stop?

We cannot tell them that it is wrong. Not only has it been tried, but it is not any way to convince a radical. We cannot prevent them from doing it, as there are too many, with too many ideas on how to kill themselves in different ways and varying tactics on getting around security. We cannot let them win and we cannot help them lose. It is in fact a Catch-22, one which will likely be worsened with time.