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Title: Afghan Policeman Suspect In Killing Of U.S. Officers: Sources
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Reuters
URL Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012 ... n-korans-idUSTRE81K09T20120226
Published: Feb 26, 2012
Author: By Hamid Shalizi
Post Date: 2012-02-26 06:40:12 by Murron
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Views: 989
Comments: 4
Afghan Policeman Suspect In Killing Of U.S. Officers: Sources (Reuters) - Afghan authorities said on Sunday they believe an Afghan police intelligence officer may have been involved in the shooting deaths of two U.S. officers inside the interior ministry a day earlier, prompting NATO to recall all its staff from ministries. Abdul Saboor, 25, is the main suspect in the killing, which took place at close range well inside the heavily fortified ministry in the centre of the capital, Kabul, senior security sources told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "Abdul Saboor is at large right now. He is the main suspect for us but we can not draw any conclusions over whether or not he is the killer," one of the sources said, adding that CCTV footage shows that Saboor had access to the Command and Control Centre where the slain Americans were found. The killing of the American officers took place as rage gripped the country for a fifth straight day over the burning of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base, despite an apology from U.S. President Barack Obama. If the shootings are found to be linked to Afghan forces, new questions will arise about Taliban infiltration as well as their ability to secure Afghanistan once NATO combat forces withdraw in 2014. The Taliban took responsibility for the American deaths. Afghan President Hamid Karzai repeated his plea for calm and restraint on Sunday. "I hope people will be calm and be assured that we are seriously pursuing this matter," he said of the burning of the Korans. Riots across the country killed 29 people and wounded 200 more, Karzai said, including the shooting of two U.S. soldiers by an Afghan army officer who joined the protests earlier in the week.
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He's Still at large? No wonder Statetv has this on lockdown. In a day of violence across the country, a UN compound came under attack by thousands of demonstrators in northeastern Kunduz province, but they were driven back when police fired into the crowd, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. When will Statetv go live on the pull out from Bagram is the only question left. Let's see. To ReCap: Lost Iraq. Lost the Afghans. Lost Pakistan. But the time is ripe to attack Iran. With SEALS...;} Sounds perfect. The USSA implodes.
President Hamid Karzai issued a statement urging demonstrators and Afghan security forces to exercise restraint, Sounds like the Prez has lost control of his troops. So who has the control?...;}
And London's The DailyMail gets it. I've never seen a Headline Last a Paragraph: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/...ng-protests-continue.html
From Statetv, barely a word...;} CNN's Candy has the Ambassador looking as nervous as a cat on a hot tin.... In Search of the Lord's Way seems to be the most topical show on right now.... LMFAO...8D by John Glaser, February 25, 2012 NATO abruptly pulled all its staff from the Afghanistan’s government ministries on Saturday after two high-ranking U.S. military advisers were shot dead inside a highly secure command center at the interior ministry in Kabul by an Afghan police officer. When the USSA makes a unilateral IMMEDIATE move like this, it means they have no idea, the hole in the USSA's security is massive. Look for the Embassy to come under fire again.
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