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Thread ID: 15026 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2004-09-16
2004-09-16 20:32 | User Profile
[COLOR=DarkRed][I]"So our mission in Afghanistan and Iraq is clear: We will help new leaders to train their armies, and move toward elections, and get on the path of stability and democracy as quickly as possible. And then our troops will return home with the honor they have earned".- George W Bush, Republican Convention Speech, Sept 2, 2004.[/I][/COLOR]
[B][SIZE=4]Rocket fired at Afghan leader's helicopter[/SIZE][/B]
[B]Second apparent assassination attempt on Karzai The Associated Press[/B]
Updated: 7:13 a.m. ET Sept. 16, 2004KABUL, Afghanistan - An apparent attempt to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai failed Thursday when a rocket that was fired at his helicopter missed by 300 yards, the U.S. military said.
The American military helicopter was preparing to land in Gardez, 60 miles south of Kabul, when the rocket was fired. The aircraft immediately turned around and returned to Kabul, U.S. military spokesman Maj. Mark McCann said.
"The president was not in any imminent danger," McCann said.
[U]It was at least the second apparent attempt on the U.S.-backed interim leader's life since he took office in 2001, and the most ominous incident yet in the run-up to next month's landmark election. [/U]
[url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6017339/]Rest of story[/url]
2004-09-17 14:13 | User Profile
[QUOTE=xmetalhead]An apparent attempt to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai failed Thursday when a rocket that was fired at his helicopter missed by 300 yards, the U.S. military said. [/QUOTE] Afghan President? Karzai is little more than the mayor of Kabul.
2004-09-17 14:51 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Quantrill]Afghan President? Karzai is little more than the mayor of Kabul.[/QUOTE]