Vice President Dick Cheney Possible Target of Taliban Suicide Bombing At Main U.S. Military Base In Afghanistan

A Taliban suicide bomber killed up to 12 people at the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday in an attack the rebels said was aimed at Dick Cheney, but the visiting U.S. vice president was not hurt... An American and South Korea soldier were killed, as well as a U.S. government contractor whose nationality was unknown, NATO and Korean officials said. NATO said 27 people were wounded...
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Radio Free Afghanistan has this short report...
Suicide Car Bomber Strikes At U.S. Air Base In Afghanistan During Cheney Visit

About Photo: Doctors and nurses at Task Force Med, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, struggle to save the life of an Afghan civilian caught in the blast of a suicide bomber's attack February 27th. The suicide bomber self-detonated outside a Bagram entry control point.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher, USAF

FoxNews.com has this story by AP. It starts out like this... A homicide bomber attacked the entrance to the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, killing up to 23 people and wounding 20. Cheney was unhurt in the attack, which was claimed by the Taliban and was the closest that militants have come to a top U.S. official visiting Afghanistan...
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Cheney Safe After Homicide Bombing at U.S. Base in Afghanistan, 23 Killed
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DoD has this report...
Suicide Bomber Attacks U.S. Base in Afghanistan During Cheney Visit

Update: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Bostom.com has come out with a report this morning that I am sure you will want to read. It starts out like this... U.S. and Afghan officials are investigating whether Taliban fighters who claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at Bagram Air Force Base were tipped off that Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting the US military headquarters...
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Possible tip to Taliban probed in blast

The good news is Mr. Cheney was not harmed. The bad news is that so many of the innocent had to get killed this way by the acts of a terrorist...
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