Sad deal, and the point to bring up in this story, is booby trapping IED’s with remote detonation of that IED. In Iraq and elsewhere, it is very common to have an attack, followed up with an attack. The point is to draw in the QRF or emergency folks, or draw in folks who think the bomb is defused, and then initiate the secondary bomb. It is very difficult to defend against, and a common tactic of the bomber. Rest in peace, and my heart goes out to the families of the deceased and injured. –Matt
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Afghan blast kills two US nationals
February 8, 2009
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — A bomb killed four people, including two US nationals, in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand Sunday, a police commander said, in an attack claimed by the Taliban.
The explosion was in the dangerous Nad Ali district, one of Afghanistan’s main opium-growing areas, where Taliban insurgents are said to earn money by protecting the lucrative crop from US-backed efforts to eliminate it.
The US and NATO-led military forces confirmed the blast but not the casualties.
The group had been checking an improvised explosive device that they believed had been defused, Helmand deputy police chief Kamalodin Khan told AFP.