Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Quiet Quake in Afghanistan

One wonders if all the booms-booms of the missiles had an impact.

Related
: Earthquake in Pashtunistan

Once is an accident, twice....


"Police arrest 9 in plot to strike Kabul; Security forces seize weapons, bombs from cell" by Rahim Faiez, Associated Press | April 20, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the mountains north of Afghanistan’s capital, killing at least seven people and injuring 30, officials said.

The quake hit in Samangan province, about halfway between Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to the province’s deputy governor, Kulam Sakhi Baghlani. Roads and communications are sparse in the area, and casualty reports take time to reach authorities. The quake was felt in Kabul as well as the neighboring countries of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

Baghlani said three districts of scattered mud-walled villages were affected, with more than 300 homes damaged and dozens of head of livestock killed. Landslides sparked by the quake had blocked roads, making even more arduous what was already an eight-hour drive along winding mountain trails from the provincial capital of Aybak....

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Not only an earthquake, look at what else they got
:

Lightning pierced the skies of the Afghanistan’s southern province,   Kandahar, illuminating a coalition forces armored vehicle.

Lightning pierced the skies of the Afghanistan’s southern province, Kandahar, illuminating a coalition forces armored vehicle. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)

C'mon. The cosmos are saying something, readers.

Also see: God's Angry Ash Cloud

War-making, agenda-pushing pukes running the planet still don't get it, do they?