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Posted by helpforhomeschoolers (Member # 15) on :

Thursday, September 05, 2002

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai survived an assassination attempt Thursday when a security guard fired at his car as it was leaving the governor's mansion here, witnesses said.

The governor, Gul Agha Sherzai, was injured and three people were killed in the melee when the president's American bodyguards opened fire.

In Washington, a White House spokesman said Karzai was not hurt in the attack.

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Reuters reported that Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah would be giving a briefing shortly.

Three bullet-riddled bodies, one in an Afghan military uniform, could be seen outside the mansion grounds lying in a pool of blood.

"I was just outside the gate when I heard the gunshots," Sherzai's security chief Dur Mohammed said. "The Americans opened fire on three people and they were killed."

The incident occurred shortly after a car bomb killed and wounded scores of people in the Afghan capital Kabul, 300 miles to the northeast. It was unclear if the incidents were related.

President Bush was informed of the attempt and expressed relief that Karzai was unhurt, said White House spokesman Sean McCormack.

Bush looks forward to meeting with Karzai next week during the special session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, McCormack said.

There was no immediate information about the assailant, the spokesman said.

Karzai was in Kandahar, the former spiritual headquarters of the Taliban, to attend a wedding celebration for his youngest brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai.

Witnesses said Karzai was leaving the governor's house in his motorcade when shots were fired in his direction. U.S. Special Forces guarding him screamed for him to take cover and the convoy sped away.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Posted by Ntercesser (Member # 332) on :

so what's that mean? Was the Americans that were trying to kill him, were they under oredrs from the U.S gov or independant? I don't understand if we (U.S. gov) sent them or someone else or what? with the U.S. Spec Forces helping. [help]

Posted by helpforhomeschoolers (Member # 15) on :

It was his own security people that tried to assasinate him and the american body guards that saved him.

Posted by Ntercesser (Member # 332) on :

k, thnx