Kabul rocked by two blasts near U.S. embassy; Taliban reportedly claims responsibility

http://twitter.com/#!/Pressistan/status/415709670112641024 http://twitter.com/#!/AhMukhtar/status/415706693230936064

Reports streamed in across Twitter late on Christmas Eve that two blasts had shaken Kabul, Afghanistan not far from the U.S. Embassy.

http://twitter.com/#!/PressTV/status/415739438635835392 http://twitter.com/#!/BashirChoudhary/status/415741140957396992 http://twitter.com/#!/AfPak_Journo/status/415734219172614144

According to one local journo, there’s been one arrest.

http://twitter.com/#!/EsmatKohsar/status/415707950721015808 http://twitter.com/#!/pineappleskip/status/415678536700407808 http://twitter.com/#!/fykkhorshid/status/415675793311014912 http://twitter.com/#!/MrShirinaqa/status/415704913352474624 http://twitter.com/#!/NasirAzizi1/status/415676304051027968

The New York Times reports that the Taliban quickly claimed responsibility.

http://twitter.com/#!/nytimes/status/415742698247950336

But will Susan Rice play the YouTube video blame game again?

http://twitter.com/#!/kickbackattack/status/415741788079804416

An ABC News foreign editor in Kabul tweets that Afghanistan’s deputy interior minister for security has confirmed at least one rocket attack.

http://twitter.com/#!/WilliamsJon/status/415686759633403904

Keep our troops and civilian personnel in Kabul in your Christmas prayers this morning.

http://twitter.com/#!/Brando_Baum/status/415690390323228673 http://twitter.com/#!/tinastullracing/status/415677569615142913

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/12/25/kabul-rocked-by-two-blasts-near-u-s-embassy-taliban-claims-responsibility/

Gird your loins, america: @BarackObama isn’t finished ruining Christmas yet

http://twitter.com/#!/eriContrarian/status/411566209159553024

Simply which comprehended OFA have-been teeming with wordsmiths?

http://twitter.com/#!/BarackObama/status/411563262233157633

Gross. This current a-year, we’re should barf buckets for getaway pauses are.

http://twitter.com/#!/MelissaTweets/status/411563424544325632 http://twitter.com/#!/lachlan/status/411564914608590848 http://twitter.com/#!/RaheemJKassam/status/411564407194263552 http://twitter.com/#!/shawnhutch68/status/411564232220483584 http://twitter.com/#!/sstrella/status/411564506620260352 http://twitter.com/#!/conkc2/status/411566526882271232

Appears above reasonable to american.

http://twitter.com/#!/HelloKansas/status/411563563233198080

Pathetic.

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Have significantly more information: http://twitchy.com/2013/12/13/gird-your-loins-america-barackobama-isnt-finished-ruining-christmas-yet/