4 troops killed in Iraq PLUS one in Afghan Protecting our VP.

[rodeodance]

It does not matter how close the dead troop was to the VP--his job was at the gate------to prevent insuregents/terrorists from entering the base.



Tue Feb-27-07 08:48 AM
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53. WP: Cheney takes refuge in bomb shelter after Afghan blast

cross posted:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Tue Feb-27-07 08:39 AM
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WP: Cheney takes refuge in bomb shelter after Afghan blast (1 US troop killed)
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20 ...

Cheney takes refuge in bomb shelter after Afghan blast

By Caren Bohan
Reuters
Tuesday, February 27, 2007; 8:56 AM

MUSCAT (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney was whisked into a bomb shelter immediately after a Taliban suicide bomber struck the main American military base he was visiting in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

Up to 14 people were killed, including one U.S. and one South Korean soldier, in the Bagram Airbase attack which rebels said was aimed at Cheney.

He had been in his room at the base where he had unexpectedly had to stay the night after bad weather forced postponement of his trip to the capital, Kabul, about 60 km (40 miles) away.

"At 10 a.m. I heard a loud boom," Cheney said.

Base authorities sounded a red alert and secret service officials told Cheney there had been a suspected suicide attack.


Tue Feb-27-07 09:45 AM
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4 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
Edited on Tue Feb-27-07 10:13 AM by maddezmom
updated:

4 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Four U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq bombings over the previous 24 hours, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

Three were killed and another was wounded Tuesday when a unit struck a roadside bomb "while conducting a route clearance mission southwest of the Iraqi capital."

One 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) soldier was killed and two were wounded in a bombing on their Humvee near Diwaniya, in Qadisiya province, in southern Iraq at approximately 10:30 p.m. Monday.

The number of U.S. military personnel killed in the Iraq war is 3,160 and the number killed in February is 77. (Posted 11:07 a.m.)



BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed and another was wounded Tuesday when a unit struck a roadside bomb "while conducting a route clearance mission southwest of the Iraqi capital," the U.S. military said. (Posted 10:30 a.m.)

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/27/tuesday/...

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. I'll bet cheney wet his pants - that's if it's possible to do with a catheter