MSNBC reporting that Cheney targeted in attack at Baqram base in Afghanistan.

[Skidmore]

Just heard in Imus. Ole Chuckie McCord is stressing the not to worry part--Cheney was in no danger. Keeps repeating that. There were apparently 8 bodies seen on the site after the attack.

Edited to add that they are reporting that Cheney was on the base at the time but well away from the blast site.

[leftchick]

1. I hope he had to change his pants

at the very least.

[Skidmore]

2. My first reaction was that

the old criminal finally saw combat.

[City Lights]

18. After his colostomy bag burst, I'm thinking more than his pants needed

changing. ;-)

[livvy]

3. I'm sure this will send him scurrying back to his ultra-secret, hidely hole.

Too bad they can't cut him off from any communications with the outside world when he's hidden away in his undisclosed location. The world would be a much safer place.

[fasttense]

4. Sounds so familiar

I remember numerous, evil, greedy little men who survived frequent assassination attempts.

[ShortnFiery]

5. How pathetic our country's news outlets are when we have to depend on our

news scoops from disgusting personas such as Imus and Drudge. :puke: :(

[malaise]

12. The rest are waiting to find out how to

spin this.

[WinkyDink]

28. How? By claiming the VP was in imminent danger; that he is OH, SO BRAVE;

and that this proves both the evil nature of "The Enenmy" and the righteousness of the war(s).

[Hubert Flottz]

6. Send him a clean Deep Space Depends.

And reset the Army surplus pacemaker.

[malaise]

7. 19 dead now

I read a news report from a suspect source here yesterday saying that there was an assassination attempt on Cheney in Australia (at the airport) and three people were killed. The report said special forces.

Now my head is spinning.

delate link

[ClintonTyree]

8. Freedom is on the march.......

last throes, and all that. :eyes:

[rodeodance]

9. a paper yest. said there was 'bad weather" and trip will be re-scheduled.

[Skidmore]

10. Kinda makes you wonder if he weren't a whole lot closer

than they are letting on.

[malaise]

13. Bingo n/t

[rodeodance]

11. no Doubt cheney wanted this kept SECRET.

[rodeodance]

14. Here is the articles from LBN:

Cheney meets Afghan president after suicide blast


KABUL (AFP) - US Vice President Dick Cheney met President Hamid Karzai in the Afghan capital Tuesday, hours after a suicide blast at the US base where he had spent the night killed several people, an official said.

The leaders met at the presidential palace in Kabul, an official in the Afghan leader's office said, giving no further details.

They were due to pose for photographers after their talks.

Cheney and Karzai had been due to meet Monday but bad weather prevented the vice president from travelling to the city from Bagram Air Base, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) away, where he had arrived from Pakistan.

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070227/wl_afp/usattacksaf...

......Cheney's spokeswoman said he was not injured in the incident.

"The vice president is safe," spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride said. "The vice president is fine."

"The vice president is safe," spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride said. "The vice president is fine."

The Afghan interior ministry said earlier 18 people were killed in the attack, which took place around 10am local time while Cheney was preparing to depart the base.

"Initial reports are stating that 18 people were killed and three of them are foreign soldiers," interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told AFP.

"The 15 others are civilian Afghan workers who wanted to enter Bagram air base for their work. On injuries we do not have exact reports."

He did not specify if the dead soldiers at the base -- the largest US military facility in the strife-torn country -- were Americans..........

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2747729

[malaise]

15. I'm trying to find the link from yesterday

about the attempted assassination at Sydney Airport. The link was called suspect by a DUer and maybe it was deleted.

Add.

[notadmblnd]

25. I read it too

but I didn't comment on it.

[maddezmom]

27. here's the link

for the record I think the it's pure bunk. Google the author. :hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x293465

[Jeanette in FL]

16. Hmmmm, the other day his plane had problems

And today he is in the location of a truck bomb. If I was a suspicious person, I would wonder who would like to see him out of the picture. Ya know with the Scooter trial leading to Cheney himself, one has to wonder?

[rodeodance]

17. AP report here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070227/ap_on_re_as/afghan_explosion;_ylt=AsyK5bt76bYKN8cB6JQxjLaROrgF
Cheney OK after Afghan Blast; 14 killed

By ALISA TANG, Associated Press Writer 15 minutes ago

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber attacked the entrance to the main U.S. military base in
Afghanistan Tuesday during a visit by Vice President
Dick Cheney, killing at least 14 people and wounding a dozen more. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said Cheney was the target.


Cheney's spokeswoman said he was fine, and the vice president later met with President Hamid Karzai in the capital, Kabul, before leaving the country.

There were conflicting reports on the death toll. Provincial Gov. Abdul Jabar Taqwa said 20 people were killed, while
NATO said initial reports indicated three fatalities, including a U.S. soldier, a South Korean coalition soldier and a U.S. government contractor whose nationality wasn't immediately known. NATO said 27 people also were wounded.

It was unclear why there was such a large discrepancy in the reports.

[malaise]

19. BBC report.

Numbers changing by the minute.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6399527.stm

[Skidmore]

20. What are the odds that someone in the Afghani govt. gave a heads up

to the hinterlands that Evil Dick was on his way? That man is so secretive that you know an "ally" tried to serve him up on a platter.

[malaise]

21. I wonder more about the report about the

attempt at the Australian airport.
Someone wants the Dick of death.

BBC TV just showed him boarding his aircraft -he's getting out of town.

Another report
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/38956FF4-704F-4AD5-BCD0-85C5A1C0F844.htm

Add.

[Skidmore]

22. I was not aware of this.

Interesting.

[malaise]

23. There was a report with a link

here Sunday or yesterday but DUers called the link suspect. The link said Special forces????

[skiddlybop]

24. Why the hell do Bush, Cheney and Rice and Prince Fuckin Harry

insist on having photo-ops with their political human shields -- also known as the armed forces -- when all it does is strain resources, and as we see, put lives in danger when a big target goes there and the Islamic radicals we put in charge leak like a sieve to insurgents? Why?

[WinkyDink]

29. I think PFH is actually going to see combat, no?

[WinkyDink]

26. Attacking him there so we don't have to attack him here.

[ellie]

30. Ha!

Thanks for the early morning laugh!

[Dracos]

31. I am certain that he grabbed an M-16

and lead the troops in hot pursuit and hunted down the terrorist and killed them all!No can call him a chickhen hawk any more Dick Cheney for Prez in '08.:sarcasm:

[AlCzervik]

32. well i'm sure the taliban has access to a teevee, maybe next time th wh should

skip telling everybody where Cheney is going.

[Ganja Ninja]

33. On behalf of Mr Cheney I'd like to say we're making progress in

Afghanistan. In fact I'm sure he would predict that this will be the last attempt on his life in that country.
:sarcasm:

[Nimrod2005]

34. You see, we were going to take out the Taliban few years ago, but we attacked Iraq instead...