Base where Prince Harry is stationed stormed by heavily armed insurgents, two Marines killed
Source: National Post
WASHINGTON 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 in Afghanistan. There was no immediate word on his whereabouts at the time of the attack.
U.S. officials said the attack at Camp Bastion in Afghanistans 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.
Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/09/14/prince-harry-afghanistan/
47of74
(18,470 posts)The CO's probably making arrangements to get him out of there now.
n/t
Myrina
(12,296 posts)n/t
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)but i doubt it.
Kindly Refrain
(423 posts)in relation to the anti-Muslim film?
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)As saying they would try to kidnap or kill the prince.
What should alarm people is that the Taliban still seem to be able to strike where they want - in spite of the occupation, money spent & lives lost.
Kindly Refrain
(423 posts)doesn't it.
Lucy Goosey
(2,940 posts)From the article linked in the OP:
Kindly Refrain
(423 posts)the circumstances surrounding the Prince are strange as well, I've heard it suggested that he was sent to Afghanistan to divert attention form the nude Vegas photos. What a crazy, strange, weird world we live in.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Much more likely that the Vegas thing was a pre-deployment party instead.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Lucy Goosey
(2,940 posts)Perhaps there's some official confirmation, now?
spayneuter
(134 posts)attacked by thugs don't just shoot the bastards dead and keep on killing them until they quit. What the hell is the point in keeping guards that can't keep a fundamentalist mob from coming in and murdering people?
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)spayneuter
(134 posts)and they need to be sent off the planet ASAP. This is not rocket science or even political science, it's thugs against people who didn't do anything wrong.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)XemaSab
(60,212 posts)At the very least we should have flash-bang grenades, sonic weapons, and rubber bullets.
You know, like we use on protesters in OAKLAND.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Keep in mind he also thinks the solution in Afghanistan is "keep killing them until they stop," so he also thinks open warfare is simply that easy too.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)spayneuter
(134 posts)of illiterate fundamentalist psychopaths? I would say the same thing if they were Christains or any other gang operating under the umbrella of Religion.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)Eventually they come back in bigger numbers and with more weapons.
Wise leaders de-escalate conflicts.
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WooWooWoo
(454 posts)when I was ducking incoming mortar rounds and small arms fire.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)with a few airstrikes on critical assets and all this BS will stop.
TheMadMonk
(6,187 posts)They spend a small company of insurgents and a couple of thousand dollars of their own to kill one US soldier, you spend/expend tens of millions chasing the wind and building up ill will by taking revenge on women and children.
And when presented with opportunity, just ONE of them all too often manages to take out several of our own boys, with a weapon we put in his hands for "training purposes".
The United States has already beggared itself pursuing the wars it already has and you want to double down?
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)There is no Afghan war. Afghanis by and large support the US and its Afghan allies.
The REAL war is in Pakistan. You silence Pakistan and Afghans will be free.
The cost of a few airstrikes to destroy Pakistani military and intelligence capabilities will be the difference between winning the Afghan war and losing it so badly that as soon as we leave, terrorist elements take over and repeat something like 9/11.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)always curious who is pulling what strings, as it seem the Bremer, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz, have suddenly appeared en scene this past week starting on 9/11 when the coordinated attacks on the President's ability to handle the ME. Curious...
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Why won't they go back to their undisclosed locations and STAY there?
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)So this is probably about that - not necessarily connected
no_hypocrisy
(46,182 posts)Mitt and Paul could never make the same claim.
Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)an oncoming train.
Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)Jump on the team and come on in for the big win?
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)The problem with fighting a guerrilla insurgency is getting the enemy to mass their forces on a field of your choosing where you can bring superior firepower to bear. Harry is catnip to the Taliban and they are taking advantage of it. They will probably move him to a remote base and keep it a poorly guarded secret.
Lucy Goosey
(2,940 posts)This would be done with (Prince) Captain Wales's consent, I presume?
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)He's no better than third in line to the throne, I think, and as soon as he's an uncle, pretty expendable in a geopolitical sense.
Call it the dues he has to pay for a long future life of aristocratic privilege.
pscot
(21,024 posts)He's the cheese.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)WallaceRitchie
(242 posts)No press release or news conference has been scheduled by the Romney/Ryan campaign regarding this attack. Lack of any possible political gain has been cited.
lanlady
(7,135 posts)Unharmed, thank goodness, after the attack. Harry's presence there is not very helpful.