Breaking MSNBC: Blast outside Afghan base; Cheney unhurt

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17355517/

An explosion outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan went off Tuesday as 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.

Latest update: explosion occurred inside shipping container (CNN International).

friend?

:rofl:

You beat me to it.

that is the closest that chicken hawk has ever been to combat. Bet that candy ass hits the deck when fireworks goes off any more. :spray: :rofl:
Hope he felt the love.:sarcasm:
Hi agent Mike:hi:

Always good to hear from you.

from my thoughts Agent Mike.

Hmmmmm...makes one ponder.

heart attack. (sure, the blast didn't hurt him but did the heart attack kill him?)

just wondering.

(am i being too horrible with this?)

hey dick: first the plane had mechanical trouble & now bombs are going off up your ass. you ever get the feeling god thinks you're an asshole?

eom

Please update your dictionary!

bomb chukars.

Thats a good one!
(being from Montana, I was once hunting this prized upland game bird when I got lost on a dirt road. An old rancher passed by and I asked him if he had seen any chukars...he replied,"nope, them truckers stay on the interstates mostly..."

Involves falling on one of these

to be out to get him...God must be pissed at him.

number includes wounded and killed.

BLAST AT AFGHAN BASE KILLS 18 AT GATE WHERE LABOURERS WAITING -P
http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL108882.htm

CNN International

14 dead in another article I read-that is some blast.

BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan, Feb 27 (Reuters) - 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.

~snip~

The former Afghan rulers, the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the blast.
~snip~

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.

more:http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP110507.htm

in his and W's war on the M.E. They are in their last throes. They are really desperate.

Too bad for them.Darth Vader is still VP! Seriously, why is a VP with a heart condition traveling to a war zone? Anybody?

First Deadeye Dick's plane has mechanical trouble now the Taliban almost blow the old bastard sky high. He must be getting a little nervous.

This is starting to sound like a Mafia movie except instead of "The Godfather" we have "The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight". Maybe Shrub's purging of the CIA got rid of all the guys who were pros at political assassinations?

Would the Vice President getting wasted be a good enough causus belli for war with Iran?

> Would the Vice President getting wasted be a good enough
> causus belli for war with Iran?

In the case of that particular VP, it's probably a good enough
cause to send them money!

:evilgrin:

We want to know. Oh, wrong M.E. country.

:spray:

A classic photo lol

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In fact I wish that the black hearted thug would stick around for the next 50 years so that he can see what the history books say about him, but that ain't gonna happen.

and release a video of him being forced to dance naked in front of armed insurgents.

Might get disgusting if uncensored.

Cheney makes a double-secret trip to Pakistan, delivers a message which pisses off the Pakistanis, then just hours later there's a Taliban bomber ready to blow himself up at Cheney's next double-secret destination.

Now, how'd the Taliban happen to know about that secret arrival?

Looks like someone just sent Dick a message. If it were me I'd skip today's meeting with Mr. Hand and head back for my comfy bunker in the Blue Ridge.

Then again, flying doesn't seem too safe for the VP these days, either.

...rather suspicious, isn't it?...

There ya' go again.

Anyone might think this is a conspiracy theory in the making....

(but yeah, the timing does seem highly co-incidental)

'spose the Death Star is on lock-down now...

Pervez Musharraf will be dead within 72 hours of Dick Cheney's arrival back in the United States. The military dictator who succeeds him will be either a former member of or closely associated with the ISI. For the trifecta, I'll go ahead and say it will be one of the ISI dudes who passed on the fallacious Atta-met-with-Iraqis-in-Prague story.

I may sound like a jerk to some for saying this, until one considers that I am almost never correct. So I may be doing Gen. Musharraf a favor.

Aren't those the people we threatened to bomb back into the stone age? Yeah, that's enough to make them want to off Cheney.

total non-story.

in fact, i'm not certain i've ever heard a more non-story story than this one.

An American soldier and a South Korean who was part of the U.S.-led coalition were killed, as was a U.S. government
http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP120423.htm contractor

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070227/ap_on_re_as/afghan_explosion;_ylt=AsyK5bt76bYKN8cB6JQxjLaROrgF
Cheney OK after Afghan Blast; 14 killed

By ALISA TANG, Associated Press Writer 15 minutes ago

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber attacked the entrance to the main U.S. military base in
Afghanistan Tuesday during a visit by Vice President
Dick Cheney, killing at least 14 people and wounding a dozen more. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said Cheney was the target.


Cheney's spokeswoman said he was fine, and the vice president later met with President Hamid Karzai in the capital, Kabul, before leaving the country.

There were conflicting reports on the death toll. Provincial Gov. Abdul Jabar Taqwa said 20 people were killed, while
NATO said initial reports indicated three fatalities, including a U.S. soldier, a South Korean coalition soldier and a U.S. government contractor whose nationality wasn't immediately known. NATO said 27 people also were wounded.

It was unclear why there was such a large discrepancy in the reports.

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And that message is, we can strike Americans any time, even under a security lockdown.

Of course, Cheney misses the point entirely.

sorry to joke about a tragedy, but cheney and his "we'll be greeted as liberators" still rankles.

just my guess

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber attacked the entrance to the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan Tuesday during a visit by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, killing up to 23 people and wounding 20 more.

The Taliban claimed responsibility and said Cheney was the target.

Talking to reporters later, Cheney said he heard "a loud boom" and was informed by Secret Service agents that there had been an explosion. (Watch the scene at base where bomb went off )

He was moved briefly to a bomb shelter at the Bagram base, he said, but returned to his room "as the situation settled down."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/27/cheney.afghanistan.ap/index.html

I hope he's alright

:sarcasm:

....... he's bound to be a target........

will it mean there will be a less chance of fighting the terrorists over here?

It's only fair since he was the target this time.

cross posted:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x299018

Tue Feb-27-07 08:39 AM
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WP: Cheney takes refuge in bomb shelter after Afghan blast (1 US troop killed)

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...

Cheney takes refuge in bomb shelter after Afghan blast

By Caren Bohan
Reuters
Tuesday, February 27, 2007; 8:56 AM

MUSCAT (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney was whisked into a bomb shelter immediately after a Taliban suicide bomber struck the main American military base he was visiting in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

Up to 14 people were killed, including one U.S. and one South Korean soldier, in the Bagram Airbase attack which rebels said was aimed at Cheney.

He had been in his room at the base where he had unexpectedly had to stay the night after bad weather forced postponement of his trip to the capital, Kabul, about 60 km (40 miles) away.

"At 10 a.m. I heard a loud boom," Cheney said.

Base authorities sounded a red alert and secret service officials told Cheney there had been a suspected suicide attack.

"Vice President Dick Cheney was whisked into a bomb shelter immediately after a Taliban suicide bomber struck the main American military base he was visiting in Afghanistan on Tuesday."

They'd have let him sit around for 20 minutes longer! :sarcasm:

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/25/coulter-ends-segment/

..Coulter responded, “As for catching Osama, it’s irrelevant. Things are going swimmingly in Afghanistan.” Powers blasted Coulter for her answer. Coulter then abruptly decided to end her participation in the middle of the segment, saying, “OK, well, good night! It was nice being here.” ..

:eyes:

"Chickenhawk Star for Surviving a Non-Threatening Attack, With Oil Well Clusters"

Shoot back, Dick! Aim for the face!

We need to get our people the hell out of there.

Of the large, pink-faced Orc who spits at the boulder that just missed him.

Except you know we'd never see Dick in real combat.

Those infidels probably forgot you have to annoint the carbomb with holy water first.

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do you think he ever will go back??????

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:sarcasm:

Yep, it's like the shrapnel is metal confetti.

I hope Cheney isn't hoping for any post-assassination-attempt lovin' in the polls a la Reagan, who was petering along in approvals), 'cuz I got none to give.

Actually how in teh world they are equating this to a threat on Cheney's life is mind boggling; he was in a fortified compound and no explosives were lobbied inside the structure.

Those terrorist are getting out of control...:sarcasm:

:hug:

From KO's Countdown email msnbc.

Cheney was supposed to have had a three-hour visit with Afghan President Hamid Karzai; the visit was cut to just an hour. Arriving in Kabul for the visit, the veep and the press were ushered into a heavily fortified motorcade. All passengers were instructed to buckle the seat belts, and were warned of a bumpy ride. The road was closed, but there was no apparent effort made to control people on the street, who wandered the throughway as the motorcade rolled by.

Trying to make Cheney in to a martyr?

that would solve half of our problem (maybe the biggest part of it) jmo

Oh when will this all end?

Iran and Iraq aren't threat to anyone but the corporations. Otherwise, the whole world would be with us. Not just Poland.

Up to 14 people were killed, including one U.S. and one South Korean soldier, in the Bagram air base attack which rebels said was aimed at Cheney.

He had been in his room at the base where he had unexpectedly had to stay the night after bad weather forced postponement of his trip to the capital, Kabul, about 60 km (40 miles) away.

"At 10 a.m. I heard a loud boom," Cheney said.

Base authorities sounded a red alert and secret service officials told Cheney there had been a suspected suicide attack.

"They moved me for a relatively brief period of time to one of the bomb shelters nearby," he said. "As the situation settled down and they got a better sense in terms of what was going on, then I went back to my room until it was time to leave."

NATO's death toll in the attack was four, officials said. A Reuters photographer at the scene saw an additional 10 bodies, putting the total at 14.

A U.S. government contractor, whose nationality was unknown, was among those killed and 27 people were wounded, NATO said.

"We wanted to target ... Cheney," Taliban spokesman Mullah Hayat Khan told Reuters by phone from an undisclosed location.

In Washington, the White House said it was unclear how the suicide bomber had been able to get close to the base.

"At this point, people are still investigating what happened, so we don't have a firm answer for you," White House spokesman Tony Snow told reporters.

Snow called it an "isolated attack" and declined to say whether it was a sign of Taliban strength.

"We've often said about acts of terror: An individual who wants to commit an act of violence or kill him or herself -- very difficult to stop," Snow said.

U.S.
President George W. Bush's initial reaction to the attack was concern about whether Cheney was all right, he said.

Soon after the blast, Cheney -- who officials say was never in danger from the blast at the sprawling base -- went ahead with talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the capital.

Asked if he had ever considered changing his plans to go to Kabul, Cheney said that was "never an option."


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