Posted on 02/26/2007 10:18:07 PM PST by Gigantor
Blast near main gates - several people killed
Oh? I thought that he was in Pakistan. I must have misheard.
Looking now. Nothing nasty yet. Let's hope they can contain themselves. No matter D or R, we all should show more respect.
Check my post #20
Blast killed at least 2 Afghan civilians; VP not injured.
- FOX NEWS ALERT, 1:30AM ET
He was in Pakistan yesterday.
I, too, thought he was in Pakistan. Guess not.
I bet the flight time was about 15-20 minutes.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_2121.html
Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
This information is current as of today, Mon Feb 26 2007 22:33:09 GMT-0800.
AFGHANISTAN
June 22, 2006
Gross. I guess they can't contain themselves. Well, some reports are saying the blast wasn't aimed at the Veep, but if they weren't aimed at him then, they sure will be now that the whole world knows he's there.
I bet some of those cocky,pampered reporters traveling with the VP are changing their underwear about now.
This will be another propaganda attempt, by trying to keep our leaders from further trips out there.
-PJ
U.S. V.P Cheney "fine" after blast at Afghan base
BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan, Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was not hurt in a blast outside an airbase he was visiting in Afghanistan, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
"The vice president is fine," Lea Anne McBride said.
Oh well, thank goodness he's safe and that's all that matters.
Oh,I see; thanks!
Suicide bombing at the American base of Bagram: 2 killed Afghans
BAGRAM (Afghanistan) - Two Afghans were killed and 18 wounded in a suicide bombing perpetrated at the entry of the American base of Bagram, in the north of Kabul, during a visit of the American vice-president Dick Cheney, declared in AFP the chief of the district of Bagram, Kabir Ahmad.
“It is about a suicide bombing perpetrated in front of the principal entry kept by American soldiers”, declared Mr. Ahmad, without being able to give more explanations.
“According to first information's, two Afghans were killed and 18 wounded”, it added.
The number two American, who was inside the base, was not wounded, according to its spokesman.
I was stationed at Bagram, the base is huge so a perimeter suicide bomb would not be a threat.A jihadi set off a car bomb, at the main gate, while I was there. It sounded like many of the other blasts that occur every day from destroyed mines, demolition range etc. There are security layers there.
and another article...
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3370240,00.html
"Explosion causes casualties outside US base in Afghanistan during Cheney visit
Published: 02.27.07, 08:15 / Israel News
An explosion outside the main US military base in Afghanistan went off Tuesday as US Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting, causing an unknown number of casualties but apparently not putting the vice president in danger, officials said.
The blast happened at the first gate outside the base at Bagram, and there were an unknown number of casualties, said Kabir Ahmad, the district chief of the Bagram region. Maj. William Mitchell said it did not appear the explosion was intended as a threat to the vice president, who was "Safely inside the base" during the blast. (AP)"
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