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Prince Harry Safe in Terror Attack
Arutz Sheva ^ | 15/9/12 | Uzi Baruch

Posted on 09/15/2012 2:12:05 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Taliban armed with suicide vests, guns and rockets stormed a heavily fortified airfield in Afghanistan where Prince Harry is deployed, killing two U.S. Marines and attacking aircraft in a major security breach.

The militia, which is leading a 10-year insurgency against 117,000 NATO troops, said it carried out the assault to avenge a U.S.-made film deemed insulting to Islam that has sparked deadly riots across the Middle East and North Africa.

The attack on Camp Bastion in southern Helmand province, one of the toughest battlegrounds of the war, started at 10:15 pm (1745 GMT) on Friday, said U.S. Army Major Adam Wojack.

The base was cleared of enemy fighters on Saturday morning, he added.

Prince Harry was never in danger, officials confirmed. Although the Taliban have vowed to kill the third in line to the British throne, one of its spokesmen told AFP that the assault "had nothing to do with the prince".

General Sayed Malook, head of the Afghan army in the south, said a suicide bomber blew himself up, blasting a hole in the perimeter wall and allowing insurgents to storm inside with guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; attack; campbastion; princeharry
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Only now that his future subjects have been informed that the prince is well, so has the Taliban been informed that he's at Camp Bastion, which can expect more fun and games. Who releases this sort of information?
1 posted on 09/15/2012 2:12:12 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Nothing against Prince Harry, but I resent the tone of this article that implies that all is well because he is safe. I’m sure the families of the two slain Marines are not comforted by his safety.


2 posted on 09/15/2012 2:32:08 PM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Eleutheria5

We ain’t killin’ enough of these animals.

Islam has been at war with civilization for 1500 years. We are currently locked in the latest escalation of that war. And, we are under the leadership of, arguably, a kindred spirit of theirs...

Time to take off the gloves and resolve this.


3 posted on 09/15/2012 2:41:36 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
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To: generally

He’s not safe, just presently alive and well. Now they know where he is. Neither are any other troops stationed at Bastion, because now they’ll come gunning for the prince.


4 posted on 09/15/2012 2:43:12 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Eleutheria5

British royals have fought at the front line for two millenia - it’s part of their duty to our country and it’s not the first time the enemy has been islam and I doubt it will be the last. Harry calls himself the ‘Bullet Magnet’ so he’s under no misapprehensions about his role and I’m sure he can’t wait to get even next time he’s on a mission in his WAH-64.

PS - you’re a bit behind the times with the term ‘subjects’. Their haven’t been any since 1st January 1983 when the 1981 British Nationality act came into force - we’re all citizens now.


5 posted on 09/15/2012 2:58:31 PM PDT by Caulkhead
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I don’t take issue with a royal serving in a combat zone, just with the media publicizing it. While the royal might have no problem with the danger, publicizing his presence trebles it not just for the prince but for the men who serve with him, and the media should have realized that and sat on the story. They’ll be going all out to bag a royal now.

OK. You’re not subjects anymore. Good for you. My mistake.


6 posted on 09/15/2012 3:07:24 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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Harry calls himself the ‘Bullet Magnet’

He wouldn't be if he served without the fanfare of announcement of his presence in Afghanistan.

How dumb are the British to not only announce his presence in Afghanistan but also provide his location (Camp Bastion)? This not only increases his risk but also increases the risk to others around him.

I ask again, how dumb are the British?

7 posted on 09/15/2012 3:15:30 PM PDT by JohnG45
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I don’t take issue with a royal serving in a combat zone, just with the media publicizing it.>

Why are you blaming the media? What "Office" of the British government provided this information to the press?

Now we have two dead US Marines and others who may have been injured by this stupidity.

8 posted on 09/15/2012 3:20:52 PM PDT by JohnG45
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To: Eleutheria5

You can thank the British Ministry of Defense. They released the information as to when and where Prince Harry would be deployed before he ever went. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/sep/07/prince-harry-afghanistan-apache-helicopter?newsfeed=true


9 posted on 09/15/2012 3:21:04 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (If you build it, Obama wants credit!)
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You can thank the British Ministry of Defense.

If they ever make another sequel to "Dumb and Dumber", the British Ministry of Defense would be a good place to start casting.

10 posted on 09/15/2012 3:29:28 PM PDT by JohnG45
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The British government released this? It keeps getting worse.


11 posted on 09/15/2012 3:30:38 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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Oh, thank God it was only marines sacrificed at the altar of Jihad and not the special, wonderful Prince Harry bare butt of Las Vegas. Dempsey might have had to change the policy of planting jihadists on the bases had something happened to the Prince.

Dang. Where is the memory, brain and spirit of Reagan and Thachter? Don’t look in McBackstabber’s senate office; it’s not there. These liberal a$$hats are going to get us nuked. For real.


12 posted on 09/15/2012 3:32:37 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: JohnG45

Easily as dumb as the yanks and the Israelis. This is just the latest instance of British obtuseness, but it seems to be an Olympic sport, and they’re all in training.


13 posted on 09/15/2012 3:32:58 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Eleutheria5

“Prince Harry Safe in Terror Attack”: Vegas prostitutes heave sigh of relief.


14 posted on 09/15/2012 3:35:25 PM PDT by Ironfocus (O Must Go)
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To: Eleutheria5

So is Harry being punished for the naked photographs?

I hope they don’t punish Kate and send her there too.


15 posted on 09/15/2012 3:37:59 PM PDT by ladyjane
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Easily as dumb as the yanks and the Israelis.

Care to explain what that comment means?

16 posted on 09/15/2012 3:40:37 PM PDT by JohnG45
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To: JohnG45

Self-explanatory, but since you asked, the British government is no more nor less retarded than the American or the Israeli. Maybe they’re all having a contest to see who can do the most self-destructive, idiotic things on the official stationery of their respective countries. It seems so.


17 posted on 09/15/2012 3:43:35 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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Easily as dumb as the yanks and the Israelis.

Self-explanatory, but since you asked, the British government is no more nor less retarded than the American or the Israeli. Maybe they’re all having a contest to see who can do the most self-destructive, idiotic things on the official stationery of their respective countries. It seems so.

Self-explanatory? I don't think so. Care to provide some specifics?

18 posted on 09/15/2012 3:47:40 PM PDT by JohnG45
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To: Eleutheria5

I’d be very surprised if he was ever actually at Camp Bastion any longer than a photo-op and refueling - if that.

If he was/is, then the Brits really are morons.


19 posted on 09/15/2012 3:47:58 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Eleutheria5
The militia, which is leading a 10-year insurgency against 117,000 NATO troops, said it carried out the assault to avenge a U.S.-made film deemed insulting to Islam that has sparked deadly riots across the Middle East and North Africa.

Right. Thats today. Yesterday it was something else. Tomorrow, it will be something else again.

These are afghans we're dealing with, and muslim afghans at that. When you are muslim, outrage is a full time job.

...the Taliban have vowed to kill the third in line to the British throne...

They should spread the rumor that Harry was in the movie. That will give them a chance to clear out a few more of the buggers.

20 posted on 09/15/2012 3:55:56 PM PDT by marron
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