Taliban Attempt Cheney Assassination

   It appears that the Taliban made an attempt to assassinate  Vice President Cheney during a visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday. This happened outside a U.S. military base north of the Afghan capitol.

   It was the usual suicide bomber attack but this time no one is sure how many of those nearby were actually killed. NATO says only 3 were killed but Provincial Gov. Abdul Jabar Taqwa says that 20 were killed.

   One Major at the military base says that it appears that the bomber was not after Cheney since he was already deep inside the base when the bomber struck. However,Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman said that they knew Cheney was at the base and that the bomber was trying to reach Cheney.

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    If you are really into reading something with alot of common sense in it, then read this by Richard Cobbold at the Guardian Unlimited on the British troop re-deployment from Iraq to Afghanistan.

 

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