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Suicide bombing is a relatively new horror undergoing constant refinement. It was pioneered in the early '80s by Lebanon's Shi'ite Muslim extremist group Hizballah, which was inspired by Iran's use of human minesweepers during its war with Iraq. In one assault a fanatic drove a truckful of explosives into a U.S. Marine compound in Beirut, killing 241 service members. Starting in 1994, Hamas and another Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad, took up the practice. Since then, 82 Palestinian suicide bombers--their compatriots call them shahids or martyrs--have killed themselves and slaughtered 239 victims...
...which are lumped into three zones under the control of Dostum, Atta or Mohaqiq. The Hazaras catch most of the blame for the city's violence. In fact, they have most cause for revenge: when the Taliban took the city in 1998 they singled out Hazaras, who are Shi'ite Muslims (the Taliban are Sunnis) and massacred 6,000. The Hazara district in the north of the city is again a virtual no-go area for other tribes. Lootings, hijackings and robberies are commonplace. Two men were killed and five injured last week when a patrol of Atta's soldiers...
...With the ongoing military operation in neighboring Afghanistan, Iran also sees an opportunity to play a central, stabilizing role in the region. The Sunni Taliban have long been enemies of Shi'ite Iran, and Tehran reckons its influence will increase as it helps steer a (hopefully) more moderate Afghan regime back into the regional fold...
When Taliban fighters retook the city, they killed 8,000, particularly the Shi'ite Hazaras, and left corpses rotting in the streets. Now Dostum and his allies own the city again, and Pashtun are fleeing because they fear massacre...
...Germany: Ich bin ein Blair-ite...