Blast hits U.S. base in Kabul

[Newsjock]

Source: Reuters

An explosion hit one of the main U.S. military bases in Kabul early on Friday, the military said.

Sergeant First Class Kevin Bell, a spokesman for U.S. and NATO-led forces, said the blast struck at Camp Phoenix, a giant base near the airport in the Afghan capital, used mainly by U.S. troops and also some from other NATO allies.

He gave no further details.

An Afghan police source said the blast was caused by a suicide bomber. The area had been sealed off by Western forces, and he believed there were casualties, he said.

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[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R...

More good news from Afghanistan... x(

[DJ13]

2. These attacks at critical times

Like when the President may be signaling a possibility of a phased withdrawal......... always leave me with the impression they are designed to try and force us to stay.

Which would seem to be the complete opposite of what you would think a group like the Taliban would want.

[loudsue]

9. Exactly. Like Bush formerly issued an "orange" terrorist alert near election time.

The corporatists are so stupid they think we won't catch on. They're way late. We caught on 8 years ago.

[rwheeler31]

3. Will these poor people ever have an effective government ?

[FarLeftFist]

4. Alright, that's it time to pack our shit and go.

I doubt when these soldiers enlisted they figured they would spend a decade fighting a war 4,5,6,7 times. How about we let them come home and go to college and raise a family.

[FarLeftFist]

6. Is saving Karzai the fraud worth U.S. lives?

Sorry people, we'll leave you some machine guns and some rounds but other than that your on your own from here. You can thank us for giving it our best shot but were gonna hit the road, this place is a giant clusterfuck. Clusterfuckistan.

[TheLastMohican]

10. Well the best shot was

to never sponsor radical islam ala Bzezinski and his cohorts.
It is just one of so many closet daemons that US helped to create and sponsored until they became strong and powerful on their own and started to threaten its masters.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. We are paying for & supporting some shit place called "Camp Phoenix"

in Afghanistan. For what purpose? Because the Pakistanis have Nukes, that's why.

[alfredo]

12. Here's what I think will happen. The US and Pakistan will agree to allow

US troops to guard Pakistani nukes. That will remove the threat of the Taliban or al Qaeda gaining access. That will also give us a presence in the region. From there we can do surgical strikes on any perceived threat in Afghanistan without having bases in Afghanistan.

[David Zephyr]

7. Get out.

.

[EFerrari]

8. It's time to get OUT of Afghanistan.

[bemildred]

11. Afghanistan Suicide Attack Wounds More Than 20

Afghan officials say more than 20 people have been wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of vehicles near a U.S.-run NATO military base in Kabul.

NATO says nine of its soldiers and 10 civilian contractors were among those wounded. It says the rest of the casualties were bystanders, including several Afghans.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing Friday outside Camp Phoenix.

Several attacks have targeted international operations in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in recent months, including attacks on a U.N. guesthouse and the Indian embassy.


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