In a recent article by Graham Bowely in the NY Times entitled "10 Afghan Girls Killed in Old Mine Blast; Car Bomb Kills One in Kabul" Bowely tells how A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives targeted the compound of a private military contractor on the eastern outskirts of Kabul on Monday. Bowely informs his readers on two main ideas, 1. The devastation of these car bombings. 2.The amount of these explosions in this area.
The car bomb itself was targeted for a company called "Contrack International." With one dead and at least 15 injured, this car bombing caused havoc in the town of Kabul. The vehicle exploded in a small alley between the Contrack company and a carton factory, destroying walls on each side and defacing a two story building. When something like a car bomb, or a road side bomb happens, it leaves a scar on the community and it's surroundings, making it a very nervous place to be.
Among those of the wounded; the company country director, five Americans, and five Africans. The fact that innocent civilians, including the country director, were wounded just goes to show that something like this does not only affect the planned person, yet many random people can get hurt in the same manner. Officials say the company was American owned, but the company could not be reached to confirm this or other details about this attack.
The compound was close to a NATO base, Camp Phoenix, and other NATO installations. There were no coalition forces injured yet why wasn't support brought from these compounds with troops? Could this bombing have been prevented with tighter security? i believe so due to the fact that many have been prevented or stopped in the past. Security in an area like this would be a top priority for most companies and probably was for this one. Yet an explosion is very unpredictable epically from a side alley.
An event like this closely relates to me, for my uncle served in Iraq and had the constant fear or burden of car bombings, or road side bombings when traveling. When we talked he could not go in to specific detail, but there were many occurrences of bombings, shootings, and things of this sort.
Therefore, bombings affect more then one person, individually or as a group. The thoughts that go through someones mind that plans this must be horrible to even come up with such an idea as killing innocent people just for their radical beliefs.
