(18 Jul 2011) HEADLINE: Attack at service for Afghan president's brother
CAPTION: A suicide bomber blew himself up inside an Afghan mosque in the middle of a memorial service for President Hamid Karzai's assassinated half-brother, the government said. (July 14)
IN AFGHANISTAN ... A SUICIDE BOMBER BLOWS HIMSELF UP INSIDE A MOSQUE AT THE BEGINNING OF A MEMORIAL SERVICE ... A SERVICE FOR PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI'S HALF BROTHER.
AHMED WALI KARZAI WAS ASSASSINATED BY A CONFIDANT, SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE.
THE BLAST AT THE MOSQUE IN KANDAHAR CITY KILLED FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING A HIGH RANKING OFFICIAL ... AND IT WOUNDED AT LEAST 15.
NO ONE IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY.
THE PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE CHIEF SAYS THE ATTACKER USED HIS TURBAN TO HIDE EXPLOSIVES, A PIECE OF CLOTHING USED BY EVERYONE AND RESPECTED BY ALL ... THIS WAS AN INHUMAN ACT.
THE DEATH OF WALI KARZAI THREATENS TO CREATE A POWER VACCUM IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF AFGHANISTAN ... THE TALIBAN SAY THEY ARE BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION.
LEE POWELL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
APTN STORY NUMBER: 697132
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