US - Cheney unhurt in blast outside Afghan base

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Cheney unhurt in blast outside Afghan base

POSTED: 11:19 a.m. EST, February 27, 2007

 

Story Highlights• Afghan officials put death toll at 23; U.S. expects to update its figure• Cheney describes " loud boom; " says bombing " shouldn't affect our behavior "

• Taliban claims responsibility for blast at Bagram base, says Cheney was target• Officials say Cheney is fine, was not near site of the explosion

 

 

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber attacked the entrance to the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan Tuesday during a visit by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, killing up to 23 people and wounding 20 more.

The Taliban claimed responsibility and said Cheney was the target. Cheney was unhurt in the attack.

About two hours after the blast, Cheney left on a military flight for Kabul to meet with President Hamid Karzai and other officials, then left Afghanistan. (

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The vice president had spent the night at the sprawling Bagram Air Base. He ate breakfast with the troops, and met with Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

He was preparing to leave for the meeting with Karzai when the suicide bomber struck about 10 a.m. (12:30 a.m. ET), sending up a plume of smoke visible to reporters accompanying him. U.S. military officials declared a " red alert " at the base.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/27/cheney.afghanistan.ap/index.html

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