Afghan blast 'kills 9 children'

[Old_Growth]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An explosion ripped through a school in southeastern Afghanistan, killing nine children and one adult, the U.S. military said Sunday.

An Afghan official said the blast on Saturday evening in Paktia province was caused by a bomb, though the military said it was still unclear.

"There was an explosion, that's all we know," American spokeswoman Master Sgt. Ann Bennett said. "Killed were four children, five teenagers and one adult."

An eight-year-old boy injured in the blast was taken to an American military base for treatment, Bennett said.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/29/afghan.blast.ap/index.html

[UpInArms]

1. it seems as though some of the

favored targets in Aghanistan are weddings, schools, relief supplies and children.

I am so tired of *Co's unending wars.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. Another fine example of Bush's policies bringing peace & security

to the ME.

The death toll for Bush related actions world wide must be staggering by now... 12,000 CIVILIANS in Iraq alone. Nearly 1,000 American Soldiers... God knows how many "combatants" or political targets...
Has to be at least a couple of dozen journalists.

Christ, how can this man sleep at night? Is he trying to out-kill the likes of Pol Pot and Saddam?