At least 63 killed, 182 injured in a suicide attack on a wedding reception in Kabul.
It breaks my spirit - with numbing pain - when I sense something like this is developing ... and elements are coming together that mimic past patterns of unprovoked pre-planned destruction and then ... I read the morning headlines of a horrific "Shock-in-Awe" event, beyond my worse fears, splashed all over the front pages of Yahoo and other popular controlled media ... AND the cold, unrelenting numbness - sets in all over again!
Officially, the puppets to the State of Israel - the U.S., the Pentagon and by extension, it's demolition squad "NATO", including the U.K, France and Germany - have infiltrated and occupied Afghanistan for more than 20 years. It's a completely controlled operation. Nothing happens in Afghanistan - by accident"! The name's, the faces, the location and type of manipulative destruction may change but it is all controlled by a conglomerate of occupying foreign forces. The Afghans, unfortunately, are caught in the middle and are the cannon-folder that suffers the repercussions of the various power-plays, initiated by the foreign occupying forces. This recent suicide attack, on a Wedding reception is a prime example of a power-play ... that has NOTHING to do with the victims of this horrendous crime - they are only used as "a way and means of expression" of one elite fraction, over another.
In this case, I suspect the power-play has been orchestrated by the "occupying military forces" against "an elected U.S. President" who has lawfully decreed, through his official position, as Commander-in-Chief of all U.S. Arm Forces, and by expressed order, the supervision of a timely draw-down of all American Forces in the Middle East, including Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nearly two years ago, upon Trump's official proclamation, the neo-cons have ignored and done the complete opposite. To side-step the direct order of a top Superior in Command, events have been manufactured to sway the President - to change his priorities and dove tail his actions, to conform to the Neo-con's blueprint. I often think, that some of Trump's indecisiveness "saying one thing and then changing his mind" might be to counter the effects of manipulation and to keep the Neo-con's off guard?
"War by Deception" might in this sense - have a double meaning - when an elected President has to secretly work behind the scenes and in the shadows of "a proxy corrupt governing body" that monitors his every move and conversation. It's past the time, for the scales of Justice to tip in favor of a moral and sensible judgment. How do you change a Country - that has prospered and galvanized itself - as a World leader on the backs of innocent lives and WAR? God Help Us and guide us to make the right decisions towards World Peace.
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Families grieve after Kabul wedding blast
An Afghan man mourns during the funeral of his brother after a bomb exploded at a wedding hall killing 63 people and injuring 200 others.
KABUL: Mirwais Elmi’s special night soon became a bloodbath after a suicide bomber detonated explosives in the hotel hall where his wedding ceremony was taking place, killing more than 63 people and injuring 200 others in Kabul on Sunday. Elmi and his bride, who were in separate areas of the venue, survived the blast. The explosion took place just before dinner was to be served to the nearly 1,000 guests who had gathered in the southwest of the city.
The local Daesh affiliate claimed responsibility for the attack Speaking to a private TV channel on Sunday, a shaken Elmi was unable to describe the carnage that took place.
"I am not a Groom today, my family, my friends are all in grief",who is in his early 20s and works as a tailor, said. He added that he never thought “such an incident would happen during my wedding party.”
As survivors buried victims of the attack, an infant’s milk bottle and an invitation card could be seen near one of the hotel’s walls, badly damaged by the blast.
The attack comes as the US and Taliban close in on a peace deal which would lead to the complete withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan, nearly 18 years after the Taliban were ousted. The group immediately distanced themselves from the attack and strongly condemned it.
Elmi’s father-in-law lost 14 members of his family, while another man lost three of his sons, four nephews and five of his aunt’s grandchildren, according to survivor accounts.
“My family and my bride are in shock, they cannot speak. My bride keeps fainting. I lost my brother, I lost my friends, I lost my relatives. I will never see happiness in my life again,” he said. All five members of the wedding’s music band were killed. The groom and bride’s families, like many of those attending the ceremony, belonged to poor families.
None of the guests were government officials sought by Daesh or other militant groups.
Daesh claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63; Afghan PM says Taliban also to blame
Afghan men carry the bodies of the victims during a mass funeral after a suicide bomb blast at a wedding in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2019. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)
Afghan men dig graves during a mass funeral after a suicide bomb blast at a wedding in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2019. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)
KABUL: The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul’s strain of war. Then, in a flash, he detonated his explosives-filled vest, killing dozens — and Afghanistan grieved again.
Published on Aug 18, 2019 (0:57 min.)
