Earlier this year, Hamza turned 20 years old, and without a job or family where he lived in Pakistan, he confided to a friend that he was considering suicide. His friend had a suggestion: Kill himself along with some American soldiers across the border in Afghanistan.
Friday, August 01, 2008
That's what friends are for!
Alan Cullison has an interesting report from Afghanistan in today's Wall Street Journal: "Suicide Bombers Tip Afghan War", August 1, 2008. The opening paragraph caught me off guard and made it harder to concentrate on the rest of the article. Here it is:
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