Taliban Suicide Bomber Says Farewell To His Fellow Jihadis By Accidentally Blowing Them Up

Suicide vest: $225 , 1992 Toyota pickup for attack: $4,239 , Video tape for farewell message: $3.50, Accidentally hitting the detonate button while hugging your buddies: Priceless!

Yep, it's almost too good to be true but Reuters here is reporting that a Taliban suicide bomber, all rigged up in his suicide vest, was saying goodbye to his fellow jihadi comrades and accidentally detonated himself, killing six of this fellows as well as himself. Now, if that isn't justice, what is? Here's some of the details:

(hat tip Doug at Sondrak)

A would-be suicide bomber accidentally blew himself up on Thursday, killing six other militants as he was bidding them farewell to leave for his intended target, the Interior Ministry said."The terrorist was on his way to his destination and saying good-bye to his associates and then his suicide vest exploded," a statement from the ministry said.

The incident happened in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan where mainly British troops are struggling against a growing Taliban-led insurgency.

Can't you just hear it happening? He's just about ready to get behind the wheel of the Toyota pickup to head into town and al-Blotto says, "Oh brother, just ONE MORE hug for us before you praise allah!" ....and he walks back into their welcoming arms and then, just one simple pebble catches on his flip flop, a little stumble, a misplaced flick of his right hand and KABOOM!

Imagine the savings in all of this for the American military - 7 dead Taliban and zero spent on hellfires!

Question of the day: Does a jihadist suicide bomber that screws up and kills six of his fellow jihadists actually get the 72 virgins?

Blundering Afghan suicide bomber blows up 6 militants

KABUL, March 26 (Reuters) - A would-be suicide bomber accidentally blew himself up on Thursday, killing six other militants as he was bidding them farewell to leave for his intended target, the Interior Ministry said."The terrorist was on his way to his destination and saying good-bye to his associates and then his suicide vest exploded," a statement from the ministry said.Taliban-led attacks in Afghanistan have escalated in the past year with suicide and roadside bombings insurgents' weapons of choice.The incident happened in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan where mainly British troops are struggling against a growing Taliban-led insurgency.In a separate incident in Helmand, nine policemen were killed when Taliban insurgents attacked a police post in Nari Sarraj district, the Interior Ministry said.Elsewhere, four Taliban insurgents were killed and seven policemen and two civilians wounded during a battle just outside Ghazni city, about 200 km (125 miles) southwest of the capital Kabul, a spokesman for the provincial governor said.On Friday, Washington is set to unveil a review of its strategy in Afghanistan, which is expected to emphasise the need to expand Afghan security forces and strengthen the country's heavily aid-dependent economy.