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| Fdubya247 |
...Faust ain't got nothin' on Tricky Dick...:
"Cheney unhurt in blast at U.S. base in Afghanistan" :gf:
19 minutes ago
A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in an attack on Tuesday on the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan where Vice President Dick Cheney had spent the night after an unannounced visit.
U.S. officials said Cheney was not hurt in the blast -- which took place outside a security gate at the sprawling Bagram Airbase, around 60 km (40 miles) from Kabul.
"The vice president is fine," Cheney's spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, told reporters.
The former Afghan rulers, the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the blast.
Cheney's secrecy-shrouded visit comes as Washington warned that al Qaeda and its Taliban allies were regrouping on Pakistan and Afghan soil.
The United States has about 27,000 soldiers in Afghanistan, where it says defeating the Taliban is vital for its own security.
Conflicting reports from outside the airbase put the death toll at between 10 and 20 people, with several injuries.
U.S. officials said some foreign soldiers had been injured.
"It was a suicide attack. I can see 10 bodies scattered outside the base," said Haji Khawani, a police officer at the scene.
He said the suicide bomber had detonated a device while he was mingling with laborers queuing for daily jobs at the base.
The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press agency, quoting other police sources, said 20 people had been killed.
U.S. officials have imposed strict conditions on journalists traveling with Cheney, but a presidential palace official said Cheney was expected in Kabul on Tuesday afternoon for talks with President Hamid Karzai.
Cheney arrived in Afghanistan on Monday from Pakistan, where he pressed President Pervez Musharraf to do more about Taliban and other militants using its territory for shelter and training.
Citing U.S. officials, ABC News reported that CIA deputy director Stephen Kappes had also shown Musharraf "compelling" CIA evidence of al Qaeda's resurgence on Pakistani soil.
The CIA evidence was said to include surveillance satellite photos pinpointing the locations of several new al Qaeda camps in the Pakistani border province of Waziristan, ABC reported.
The Afghan government, its foreign allies and the insurgents all warn of a bloody spring offensive as the snows melt within weeks. Some 4,000 people were killed in fighting last year in the bloodiest period since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.
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| Crazytree |
the world mourns that headline.
but can you imagine if he actually died in a combat zone? might be the greatest irony of all time.
but of course fucks news would probably dedicate a whole month profiling this "brave warrior who courageously gave his life to protect us because the liberals won't".
can you imagine how fucking scared he must have been when that shell went off? too bad his pacemaker didn't short circuit. :D |
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| Fdubya247 |
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....Mr. Vice-President, your boxer-shorts are back from the cleaners... :shit:
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| Ass Boil |
Quote: Originally posted by Fdubya247
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....Mr. Vice-President, your boxer-shorts are back from the cleaners... :shit:
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:jj: :jj: :jj: :jj: :jj: |
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| Ass Boil |
Can you imagine being stuck in a situation like that with a coward like Bush or Cheney?
I'm suprised he didn't order everyone around him to create a pile of bodies so the shrapnel would hit them first.
Bush would be the worst, though. All that coke abuse has probably turned him into one of those nervous tweakers who won't shut the fuck up. |
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| otherone4life |
| I think he's submitting another deferral form ... |
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| Ass Boil |
Quote: Originally posted by otherone4life
I think he's submitting another deferral form ... |
Hey otherone, I'm always curious how aware our troops are of that kind of thing. I know you are politically aware, but how about the others in your unit? Does it even get talked about? Are they aware of Bush and Cheney's history? |
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| Billyfromsphily |
| The bomb was detonated at the front gate. I doubt that Cheney even heard it from the bunker he was in! |
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| Beetisbadascan |
Quote: Originally posted by Billyfromsphily
The bomb was detonated at the front gate. I doubt that Cheney even heard it from the bunker he was in! |
Yep, 19 people died and they damn near woke Cheney up. We need to get these bastards...oh yeah, it was a suicide bomber. |
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| FatesWebb |
| I wonder who put the suicide bomber up to this? |
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| SCUM |
| better luck next time |
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| Fdubya247 |
Quote: Originally posted by FatesWebb
I wonder who put the suicide bomber up to this? |
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...Mrs. Cheney...? |
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| angrychink |
you wonder if the motorcade that cheney is traveling in will get some additional armor
while the troops these fucks send in get none |
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| Fdubya247 |
(more...)
BBC NEWS
Taleban attack during Cheney trip
At least nine people have died in a suicide bombing at the main US base in Afghanistan during US Vice-President Dick Cheney's stay, US officials say.
Mr Cheney, who was unharmed, was staying at the Bagram base near Kabul.
The US military said the bomber was also killed. Some reports say 14 people died - more than 20 others were hurt.
The Taleban said they carried out the attack and that the attacker was trying to get to Mr Cheney, who was on an unannounced visit to the region.
A US spokesman described it as a "direct attack" on the base, which was put on red alert for a while.
Mr Cheney was said to be safely inside the compound at the time. He described hearing a "loud boom" and told reporters he had been briefly moved to a bomb shelter.
One US and one South Korean soldier were among the dead as well as a US government contractor who was a US national.
The others killed were Afghan civilians, many of whose distraught relatives gathered later outside the base.
Base operations commander Lt Col James Bonner said the bomber could not have got inside the base, 60km (40 miles) from Kabul.
"Our security measures were in place and the killer never had access to the base," he said in a statement.
"When he realised he would not be able to get onto the base he attacked the local population."
Talks delayed
Mr Cheney had breakfast with troops at the base and left about 90 minutes after the blast.
He held talks with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on the deteriorating security situation before flying out of the country. It was "never an option" to scrap the talks, he said.
Shortly before the Bagram blast, there was another suicide bomb in the southern city of Kandahar, killing at least one person.
Elsewhere, Nato said it had killed three civilians in clashes in the south.
One person was shot dead by Nato troops in "self defence" near Kandahar on Tuesday, while two others had been hit by mortar fire in Helmand province a day earlier, a statement said.
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kabul says Bagram is one of the most heavily guarded sites in Afghanistan and such incidents there are extremely rare.
The surrounding territory is heavily mined and people, including children, have frequently been injured by such devices.
Officials said the explosion occurred between the outside security gate and an inner gate guarded by US troops, some distance from living quarters at the base.
A trader in a market outside the base described the explosion as "huge", saying it shook market stalls.
Tough message
Mr Cheney's visit came amid increasing concern about insurgent activity in several areas of Afghanistan.
There are fears of a spring offensive by the Taleban and its allies as the snows clear.
There are 27,000 US troops in Afghanistan, the highest number since the invasion of 2001, to combat any offensive.
Mr Cheney arrived in Afghanistan on Monday after holding talks with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf during a brief stop in Islamabad.
He urged Pakistan to do more to combat the Taleban near the Afghan border, but also praised its role in the "war on terror".
His visit comes as the US seeks to send a tough message to Pakistan that aid to the country could be cut unless efforts to catch militants are stepped up.
Afghanistan and Pakistan share a 1,400-mile (2,250km) border, and many Taleban fighters operate from bases on the Pakistani side.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/...sia/6399527.stm
Published: 2007/02/27 15:23:11 GMT
© BBC MMVII |
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| Turd_Cutter |
| Next time try holy water, sunlight or a wooden stake. |
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| Halcyon |
I don't think Cheney refinanced his soul.....
I think he's more like that evil wizard dude in Harry Potter..... he has different items scattered along the earth that each possess a part of his soul so he never truly dies. |
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| SDVT-2 |
Quote: Originally posted by Halcyon
I think he's more like that evil wizard dude in Harry Potter..... he has different items scattered along the earth that each possess a part of his soul so he never truly dies. |
I am sure thats it............... :rolleyes: |
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| Halcyon |
Quote: Originally posted by SDVT-2
I am sure thats it............... :rolleyes: |
:rolleyes: Lied about serving with the Armed Forces :rolleyes:
I am sure thats it..... |
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| angrychink |
i'm more surprised
when dick found out he was going near pakistan
that he didn't ask for another deferral |
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| Billyfromsphily |
Quote: Originally posted by FatesWebb
I wonder who put the suicide bomber up to this? |
Mary Cheney's ex girlfriends! |
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| Fdubya247 |
Quote: Originally posted by Turd_Cutter
Next time try holy water, sunlight or a wooden stake. |
...what about a garlic enema...? |
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| JTProcess |
| Dick Cheney has a soul? |
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| Billyfromsphily |
| Watch him award himself a medal for bravery under fire! |
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| sternowitz |
| A lot of big stuff going on, yesterday the vice president of Iraq almost got assassinated, today Cheney and a few days the president of iraq fell extremely ill. |
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| angrychink |
Quote: Originally posted by sternowitz
A lot of big stuff going on, yesterday the vice president of Iraq almost got assassinated, today Cheney and a few days the president of iraq fell extremely ill. |
why were they eating haliburton food?
(you know, the spoiled shit they been feeding the soldiers, while overbilling by 300%?) |
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| Crazytree |
what percentage of the world do you think would like to see Dick Cheney dead... 99%?
pretty much everyone but the Bushbots.
attn FBI internet surveillance spiders: this thread was made for comedic purposes only. we all actually love dick cheney and hope he lives in immortality. |
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| Halcyon |
Quote: Originally posted by Crazytree
what percentage of the world do you think would like to see Dick Cheney dead... 99%?
pretty much everyone but the Bushbots.
attn FBI internet surveillance spiders: this thread was made for comedic purposes only. we all actually love dick cheney and hope he lives in immortality. |
Please stay at your house... we will have people arriving shortly.
Thanks for your co-operation. |
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| Monster_Zero |
| I don't really wanna see Cheney dead... incarcerated for the remainder of his life, perhaps... but dead isn't necessary. He'll be dead soon enough naturally, and then Satan can have him. :) |
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| Reed Rothchild |
Quote: Originally posted by Monster_Zero
I don't really wanna see Cheney dead... incarcerated for the remainder of his life, perhaps... but dead isn't necessary. He'll be dead soon enough naturally, and then Satan can have him. :) |
Personally, I could care less either way. Though I would imagine any Al Qaeda or Taliban Commander responsible for taking out Cheney would soon find himself on the way to Paradise. I mean, Cheney has to be almost tied for number one recruiting tool for Islamic terrorists all over the world, the last thing they would want is this guy out of the picture. |
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| Crazytree |
good point.
maybe this was a sham to give Cheney some "street cred". |
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| lydia |
Quote: Originally posted by FatesWebb
I wonder who put the suicide bomber up to this? |
Chaney. |
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