Suicide bombers are enticed by the Qur’an’s guarantee of Paradise to those who “kill and are killed” for Allah (9:111). Yet mainstream analysts continue to ignore this and try to find the motivation for such mass murders in other causes.
“89 killed in worst Afghanistan bombing since 2001,” Associated Press, July 15, 2014 (thanks to Twostellas):
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives near a busy market and a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 89 people in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.
The blast destroyed numerous mud-brick shops, flipped cars over and stripped trees of their branches, brutally underscoring the country’s instability as U.S. troops prepare to leave by the end of the year and politicians in Kabul struggle for power after a disputed presidential runoff.
Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, the Defense Ministry spokesman, said the bomber detonated his explosives as he drove by the crowded market in a remote town in Urgun district, in the Paktika province bordering Pakistan. Azimi gave the death toll and said more than 40 other people were wounded.
Nearby hospitals were overwhelmed, and dozens of victims were transported over dangerous roads to the capital, Kabul….
“It was a very brutal suicide attack against poor civilians,” he said. “There was no military base nearby.”
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, and the Taliban issued a statement denying involvement, saying they “strongly condemn attacks on local people.” Several other insurgent groups operate in Afghanistan.
The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said initial reports “suggest that the attacker prematurely detonated after police detected the explosives in his vehicle.”
Several witnesses said the driver was in a four-wheel-drive vehicle and hit two vehicles parked on the edge of the market, leading police to open fire. Then the explosion happened.
Abdul Khan, who is from the area, rushed to the hospital in Kabul to donate blood. “Most of the people in the town lost three to four family members,” he said, adding his cousin had been killed.
It was the deadliest insurgent attack against civilians since the U.S. invasion that ousted the Taliban in 2001. It exceeded the toll from twin bombings on Dec. 6, 2011, that targeted Shiite Muslims and killed 80 people in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif.
It was also the first major attack since a weekend deal between the two Afghan presidential contenders, brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, averted a dangerous rift in the country’s troubled democracy following last month’s disputed runoff.
“People were shocked, and we are shocked, but this is the sad reality of Afghanistan,” one of the candidates, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, told The Associated Press in an interview.
The U.N. Security Council issued a statement condemning the attack, and said it would not stop the drive for an Afghan-led peace in the country.
Unofficial results from the runoff showed former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai well in the lead, but Abdullah’s supporters say that is only because of widespread fraud.
Since fraud was alleged on both sides, the deal provides that every one of the 8 million ballots will be audited under national and international supervision over the next three or four weeks.
Neither the election nor the weekend deal has had any visible effect on security in the country, which has long seen near-daily attacks….
Beagle says
Absent the martyrdom angle it is hard to imagine a motive for a strike on a market in the hinterlands of Afghanistan. Actually, even with the martyrdom angle, this attack seems particularly pointless and tragic.
Other than murder for its own sake, what does this accomplish? Striking terror in the hearts of enemies is not even possible as we all become used to our new bloody reality thanks to Islam. In my wildest nightmares pre-sahwa Islamia I never imagined something like this could be dismissed as just another bombing killing dozens of people. But so it is.
Mirren10 says
”Other than murder for its own sake, what does this accomplish?”
Well, that’s exactly what it is. The love of death is built into the mohammedan psyche, through the mandates of islam. Not to mention the 72 virgins the murdering psycho thinks he’s going to get.
”Accomplish” ? mohammedans only want to accomplish murder, mayhem, and the world for ‘allah’.
profitsbeard says
Start with a cvookbook for chaos and this is what you reap.
Al Qur’an translates historically as “terror works”.
Mirren10 says
“People were shocked, and we are shocked, but this is the sad reality of Afghanistan,”
This is the reality of **any** country that countenances islam and its adherents.
I give it 10/15 years before it’s commonplace in Europe, also.
Civil war is on its way.
Bee says
I believe you are absolutely right, but world leaders and jo blogs public refuses to acknowledge the evil that is taking over the world which I have no doubt will culminate in the massive loss of life and will affect everyone of us sooner rather than later, sadly.
Jay Boo says
’89’
more names of Allah
But, Islam is still not a religion.
pongidae rex says
The Slaughter God of Islam must be fed.
It really is that simple.
dumbledoresarmy says
Yes.
Sir Winston Churchill’s very first published book is about jihad raiders on the northwest frontier and in Afghanistan. It’s called “The Story of the Malakand Field Force”. Digitised and can be read online.
Read the chapter called “The Theatre of War”.
In that chapter, he describes Islam as “the religion of blood and war”.
He could have used even fewer words, and called Islam “the religion of blood”.
Or “the religion of murder”, or “the religion of death”.