ABC.net.au had this short report posted on their website Thursday morning and it starts off like this… The United States has decided to withdraw its invitations to Iranian diplomats to join in the July 4 celebrations at American embassies around the world…
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The three armored Chevrolet Suburbans from the U.S. Embassy caught my eye Monday morning alongside the donkey carts and rundown Toyotas that compete for space on the muddy, bumpy highway that heads east out of Afghanistan's capital... "You should never get too close to those vehicles," I cautioned my driver as we waited at an intersection to let them pass while on our way to run errands... Moments later, a fireball ripped through the convoy, wounding five U.S. Embassy security guards and killing a 15-year-old Afghan bystander — the first Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul this year...Read Abrashi’s story in full at EditorAndPublisher.com
