Two schoolgirls blinded in acid attack in Afghanistan

[babylonsister]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/afghanistan.acid.attack/index.html?eref=rss_world


Two schoolgirls blinded in acid attack in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two men on a motorcycle used water pistols to spray acid on girls walking to school Wednesday in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, blinding at least two of them, military spokesmen said.


An Afghan schoolgirl sits in a hospital Wednesday after being sprayed with acid in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

U.S. Col. Greg Julian said Afghanistan's National Military Command Center told him that four girls were hurt in the incident. Two were blinded and remain hospitalized, and two were treated and released, he said.

The men escaped after the attack, and no one claimed responsibility for it, but Arab-language network Al-Jazeera said Taliban militants were suspected to be responsible.

The incident occurred about 8 a.m. near Mirwais Nika Girls High School in the Meir Weis Mena district.

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[IDemo]

1. The acid a person must have in their heart and mind to do such a thing,

or to stone to death a 13 year old rape victim, is far more corrosive than whatever was in the attackers' squirt guns. And, unfortunately, it seems to be in plentiful supply in this world as well.

[babylonsister]

2. Sigh. You are right. There's too much hate and ignorance in this world. nt

[dana_b]

3. the cruelty in this world

never ceases to amaze me.

[enki23]

4. the product of fucking "faith"

those poor girls.

[babylonsister]

5. And the bigger question, why are we there? Can we 'cure' them

of their faith? Did we cause this?