Friday, September 14, 2012

2 more US Marines killed in Southern Afghanistan, more blood on Obama's hands, Updated

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Updated: 9/15/12, "Taliban say attack on Nato's Camp Bastion is revenge for film," BBC

9/14/12, "2 Marines Killed in Attack in Southern Afghanistan," AP via ABC News

"Heavily armed insurgents attacked a British air base in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing two U.S. Marines and wounding several other troops, U.S. officials said.

Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is stationed at the base on a four-month combat tour. There was no immediate word on his whereabouts at the time of the attack.

U.S. officials said the attack at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province involved a range of insurgent weaponry, possibly including mortars, rockets or rocket-propelled grenades, as well as small arms fire.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because U.S. military authorities in Afghanistan had not yet announced the battle.

Camp Bastion is a British air base and is adjacent to Camp Leatherneck, the main base for U.S. Marines in Helmand.

A number of aircraft at the base also were hit by insurgent fire, the official said."...


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