{"id":19172,"date":"2010-05-19T08:02:21","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T13:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=19172"},"modified":"2010-05-19T08:02:21","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T13:02:21","slug":"brazen-attack-on-bagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=19172","title":{"rendered":"“Brazen” attack on Bagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Associated Press<\/a> is reporting that a slew of Taliban fighters attacked Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan this morning;<\/p>\n

Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field, killing an American contractor and wounding nine service members in the second Taliban strike at NATO forces in and around the capital in as many days.<\/p>\n

At least 10 insurgents were killed as Taliban suicide bombers attempted to breach the defenses of the base north of Kabul, while others fired rockets and grenades inside, according to a statement issued by U.S. forces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several US troops were wounded and a contractor killed. I figure it wasn’t as much “brazen” as it was foolhardy, desparate and almost comical if it wasn’t for the loss of one US life.<\/p>\n

An Afghan provincial police commander, Gen. Abdul Rahman Sayedkhail, said the attack began when U.S. guards spotted would-be attackers in a car just outside the Bagram base. The Americans opened fire, triggering a gunbattle in which at least one militant triggered his suicide vest. Running gunbattles broke out as U.S. troops hunted down the other attackers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So it wasn’t as much an assault as it was a goat roping exercise. Of course, the new York Times is too busy following this story to give much thought to anything else;<\/p>\n

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