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| Afghanistan |
| Insurgents attack Bagram Air Field |
| 2010-05-19 |
| KABUL, Afghanistan – Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field one day after a suicide bomber struck a U.S. convoy in the capital of Kabul, killing 18 people. The Kabul dead included five American troops and a Canadian and was the deadliest attack on NATO in the Afghan capital in eight months. A U.S. statement said seven insurgents had been killed so far during the "ongoing attack" on Bagram, which included rockets, small arms and grenades. Five service members have been wounded, the statement said without specifying whether they were Americans. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on Bagram, 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Kabul. Taliban spokesman Zabaiullah Mujahid said 20 suicide attackers carried out the attack. Capt. Chris Sukach, a U.S. spokeswoman at Bagram, said a "noncritical building" had been hit in the attack, which began about 3 a.m. Another U.S. spokeswoman, Ali Bettencourt, said sporadic explosions could be still heard around the base hours after the attack. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 ...Summer Media Offensive(tm). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-05-19 08:22 |
| #1 20 suicide attackers carried out the attack , yet only 7 dead .. Hmm not so keen me thinks nor suicidal Pretty stupid move (ok so they get a little publicity) to attack Bagram summer offensive tm ? |
| Posted by: Oscar 2010-05-19 07:01 |