Suicide bombers preparing for Canadian, U.S. attacks: report
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 | 1:37 AM ET
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Large teams of newly trained suicide bombers are reportedly being sent from Afghanistan to Canada, the U.S. and other countries, ABC News claims.
The U.S. media outlet reported Monday that the recruits were introduced at an al-Qaeda-Taliban training camp graduation ceremony in Afghanistan earlier this month.
According to the network, a Pakistani journalist was invited to attend and take pictures as some 300 recruits, including boys as young as 12, were supposedly sent off on their suicide missions.
There was no independent confirmation of the report.
The network has posted a video on its website, which it says shows Taliban military commander Mansoor Dadullah introducing and congratulating each team as they stood.
Dadullah's brother was killed by U.S. forces last month.
ABC quoted Dadullah as saying,"These Americans, Canadians, British and Germans come here to Afghanistan from faraway places. Why shouldn't we go after them?"
The report comes at a time when resurgent Taliban fighters are stepping up attacks on coalition and Afghan forces inside the country.
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