Afghanistan | The Daily Thought

Six Americans — two soldiers and four civilian contractors — are among at least 14 people killed in a massive car bomb blast in Kabul this morning, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.

More than 30 Afghan civilians, including a number of children, were wounded.

The attack happened just after 8 a.m. The bomber drove a car filled with explosives directly into a military convoy as it drove through the city. The explosion was so powerful it reduced a series of vehicles to piles of twisted, mangled metal, and set nearby buildings on fire. The scene was quickly secured by NATO troops, as fires smoldered on the freshly blackened street. Some of the bodies were so badly burned they were difficult to identify.

“We saw two dead bodies of children on the ground,” Deputy Police Chief Daud Amin told the Associated Press. “The rest of the bodies were scattered in pieces around.”

The militant group Hezb-Islami, run by notorious Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, quickly claimed responsibility, saying they targeted a convoy carrying American military advisers. A statement by the group’s spokesperson says it has formed a special cell to carry out attacks on U.S. targets

Hekmatyar, though not affiliated with the Taliban, has been waging a violent campaign against U.S. troops inAfghanistan for several years. Hekmatyar himself is a former prime minister and key U.S. ally who fought against the Soviets, but is now on the U.S. State Department’s terror list. His group maintains a formal presence in Afghan politics, with members affiliated with his group currently in Afghanistan’s parliament.

Last September, his group claimed responsibility for another attack that killed 12 foreign contractors working for an airline in Kabul.

At least 6 dead after car bomb hits NATO convoy in Afghanistan (foxnews.com)
Car Bomb Hits NATO Convoy In Kabul; 6 Dead (theepochtimes.com)
Car bomb hits NATO convoy in Kabul; 6 dead (thenewstribune.com)

Al Qaeda stopped cold by Canadian Government

So today I open the abc news website and once again in the first headlines is an attempted attack by al Qaeda in Canada. The attack was planned to be executed on a Canadian commuter train. If this would have made it through it would have resulted in loss of many lives. Yes, this isn’t in America but right next door. How do we stop this? The answer to my own question is that we can’t. Should we continue to frequent huge events and concerts and all the things that makes us American? Should we continue to use subways, trains, and planes? I think personally that we must continue life as we do everyday or either we must live in fear like they do Afghanistan and Iraq as a matter of fact pretty much like most Nations in the Middle East and increasingly so in Asia. Focusing highly on the Korean issues heating up steadily again. It is the American dream to do what we want, when we want, and how we want. However, as each terrorist attack comes and goes here in America we all may say we continue on as always, but truth being we all look a little harder every time we pass someone with darker skin than ours. We look a little harder every time we see a box setting where it shouldn’t be. I hate discrimination, however it has been embedded in our thoughts. Look the first people grabbed in Boston on the day of the bombings was a man with dark colored skin. I will point out he was not the one. It is a shame that we must live in fear of all, because the ignorance of this group of so very few. How do we overcome this feeling inside? As much as I like to say I’m not afraid, when I set back and analyze, and lay it out on the table, I realize that I’m very much afraid. In all this I would like to ask what is congress doing to help make sure we are all a little safer? Is the Furloughs that the government has initiated safe. They have cut back on security in airports once again, and almost allowed small weapons to be carried on flights again. This is crazy in a time of terror lets allow cuts that make people feel a little safer go into affect. Another thing is we pay great amounts of money obviously for the CIA and FBI how much terrorism do they actually stop. I don’t see in the news where CIA stopped major bombing of planes today. It always seems to be something similar to what happened last week in Boston, which to sum it all up was re-active not pro-active. I read an article where Russia questioned the USA one year ago about the eldest brothers travels to Russia? What was done then? I’m through with my government bashing now. I started this blog to get opinions on things I could pass to our local congress people. So out of this I would like to know in majority would you rather see your money spent visually at air ports and train stations? Or, would you rather keep throwing unknown amounts of money into a CIA an FBI which you never hear of stopping a problem only reacting to one. Question in short where should government cutbacks really be? Where do we get our bang for our buck so to speak? I am very proud of the Canadians who seem to have counteracted a major attack even though it took them 8 months of investigating they still stopped it and then publicized that they did so. I’m going to post several related article links and a video link to things that occurred in Canada today. I’m also attaching a link with CIA analyst recruitment with there starting salaries listed. I do find it rather embarrassing that someone looking to stop a terrorist attack working for the CIA makes less than most fast food managers. I hate to contradict myself in the same article but wow that astonishes me and maybe we do need those furloughs in the airports because those poor CIA analyst may need a raise. I will credit the FBI however for its roll in helping Canada today Great Job. For those of you that don’t understand the difference between the FBI and CIA there is also a link for that.

CIA job posting and pay grade link https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/analytical/counterterrorism-analyst.html

Canadian Terror Attack spoiled link http://abcnews.go.com/US/al-qaeda-backed-terror-plot-derail-toronto-train/story?id=19017037

CIA or FBI what the difference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge:_The_Secret_War_between_the_FBI_and_CIA