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Truthout bericht: 'Kabul Erupts in Gunfire. By Stewart Nusbaumer.
Surrounded by gunfire in Kabul, the Truthout correspondent describes what makes a spark become a raging riot.
Kabul, Afghanistan - Today in Kabul the veneer of national progress was ripped off, leaving several Afghanis dead and many more wounded and sending this capital city into a lockdown. Four and a half years after the US-led military offensive successfully overthrew the Taliban government, which was protecting Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda, Kabul has erupted in gunfire, leaving citizens shattered and their confidence in the future shaken.
Sequestered behind the tall walls of the Le Monde Guesthouse in central Kabul, from early morning to middle afternoon - for more than five hours - I have been surrounded by the sound of gunfire, AK-47 rifles and hand guns, automatic weapons, and a few heavy explosions, probably rocket-propelled grenades. And sequestered is where I must remain, since in Kabul today foreigners - especially Americans - are not free to walk the streets.
What sparked the violence that has left 6 dead and more than 60 wounded was a vehicular accident on the outskirts of Kabul. Here are the facts, as I know them at this time: A US military convoy was traveling in the northern part of city, and at approximately 9 a.m. one of its vehicles slammed into a line of cars - some reports say as many as 12 cars - which resulted in an Afghani fatality. A large crowd quickly surrounded the military convoy and began throwing stones at the US soldiers. The troops attempted to flee by driving away, and injured several more Afghanis in the process. The police arrived, gunshots were fired, it's unclear by whom, and Afghanis lay dead on the road.
Approximately an hour later, the sound of gunfire could be heard in the city center, where I am located. At first there were only a few shots, which I mistook to be the pounding of hammers. But the pattern and the sharpness of the sounds soon alerted me that it was gunfire. Soon it was almost constant.
Two hours later, this was around 1 p.m., I heard a large crowd of demonstrators outside our compound walls chanting "Down with America." Nearby, black smoke billowed into the light blue sky. The gunfire became more intense, and then, evidently, the protesters quickly dispersed.
The Afghani media reported that protesters had blocked several major streets, and there were gun battles between Afghani army troops and police and the protesters. What I was hearing certainly sounded like gun battles in the streets.
I was informed by a French banker several blocks away that demonstrators were throwing large stones through his bank windows. Many were also whirling large sticks. Shops on his street were being looted, and some protesters were clearly armed with pistols and rifles.' Lees verder:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052906Y.shtml