Suicide Bombers Attack US Base in Afghanstan

Yahoo News ^ | 19 Aug 2008 | Rahim Faeiz

[edpc]

KABUL, Afghanistan - Suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. military base near Afghanistan-Pakistan border in a daring attack on a major American installation, officials said Tuesday. Six insurgents detonated their vests after being surrounded.

The attack came a day after a suicide bomb outside the same base killed 10 civilians and wounded 13 others. The fighting was still going on early Tuesday, said U.S. coalition spokesman 1st Lt. Nathan Perry. There have been no American deaths, he said.

The militants failed to gain entry to Camp Salerno in Khost city after launching waves of attacks just before midnight on Monday, said Arsallah Jamal, the governor of Khost. The base is just a few miles from Pakistan's border.

Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, the Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, said Afghan soldiers, aided by U.S. troops, chased and surrounded a group of insurgents, and that six militants blew themselves up when cornered. Seven other militants died in those explosions and a rolling gun battle, he said.

[edpc]

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[killjoy]

[mylife]

The religion of peas...

[Bahbah]

Six insurgents detonated their vests after being surrounded.

That had to be a very unpleasant scene.

[Jaxter]

They blowed up real good.

[primatreat]

What a way to go out.... a variation of the classic teenager “circle jerk”

[concretebob]

eh?

[Skooz]

six militants blew themselves up when cornered. Seven other militants died in those explosions and a rolling gun battle

I love a happy ending. *sniff*

[Alia]

roflmao! lolling, um, succinctly put. Not funny, but hilarious response, edpc.

[Former Proud Canadian]

13-0 is a kill ratio I can live with. I wonder how long the taliban can continue like this.

[Rummyfan]

Six insurgents detonated their vests after being surrounded.

Right out of Monty Python. See ya a**holes!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

13-0 is a kill ratio I can live with.

By definition, as long as your on the right hand side of the ratio.

[Dilbert56]

Guess it would just kill them to write: "Taliban suicide attack fails". That would be too accurate as a headline.

[Humble Servant]

“Cleanup on aisle six...”

[KC Burke]

My youngest was going to this camp and got stationed at Bagram instead. When he was home last month he said he was volunteering to do a Signal Corps rotation posting of ninety days at one of the forward FOBs to give someone there a break.

I will let you know if he was there or near the French that were hit yesterday.

[Bahbah]

Oh boy! I will wait to hear. (The word “tenterhooks” comes to mind.)

[norwaypinesavage]

"Suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. military base."

Seems to me that these "suicide bombers" were highly successful. They all succeeded. Now, if the AP were to accurately describe them as "Homicide Bombers", their statement might be a little more accurate.

[GPSkins]

nah, the AP and the rest of the MSM could care less. Always our fault. Like in the film “Obsession;” this kind of ridiculous radical Islamic hatred is always given a pass by the Left...we’re always the bad guys. So sad.