Fri Sep 14, 2012, 07:28 PM

Base where Prince Harry is stationed stormed by heavily armed insurgents, two Marines killed

Source: National Post

WASHINGTON — Heavily armed insurgents attacked a British air base in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing two U.S. Marines and wounding several other troops, U.S. officials said.

Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is stationed at the base on a four-month combat tour in Afghanistan. There was no immediate word on his whereabouts at the time of the attack.

U.S. officials said the attack at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan’s Helmand province involved a range of insurgent weaponry, possibly including mortars, rockets or rocket-propelled grenades, as well as small arms fire.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because U.S. military authorities in Afghanistan had not yet announced the battle.

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Base where Prince Harry is stationed stormed by heavily armed insurgents, two Marines killed (Original post)	Lucy Goosey	Sep 2012	OP
Probably soon to be the base where Prince Harry used to be stationed...	47of74	Sep 2012	#1
yup	Liberal_in_LA	Sep 2012	#20
No doubt	XemaSab	Sep 2012	#24
Certainly hope so!	Myrina	Sep 2012	#39
hopefully along with every other soldier posted there	maxsolomon	Sep 2012	#2
Is this related to all the other turmoil going on	Kindly Refrain	Sep 2012	#3
Probably not; chunks of Afghanistan have been pretty hot for awhile. (nt)	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#5
No. I posted an AP article that cited the taliban	xchrom	Sep 2012	#7
When the shit hits the fan it really hits the fan	Kindly Refrain	Sep 2012	#14
Probably not	Lucy Goosey	Sep 2012	#9
Aside from the film trumoil that's going on	Kindly Refrain	Sep 2012	#17
I don't buy that for a moment - unit rotations are rarely on that kind of notice.	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#22
Yes - it was reported as that, just before the photos came out	muriel_volestrangler	Sep 2012	#44
Very responsible of you to post something like that, National Post. Oy. (nt)	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#4
MSNBC aired it minutes later, too.	Lucy Goosey	Sep 2012	#16
I simply do not understand why the defensive forces in the bases, embassies and consulates being	spayneuter	Sep 2012	#6
The real world is a teeeeeensy bit more complex than that. (nt)	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#8
No, it is not. There are insane religious thugs who want to kill people over an insipid 'insult'	spayneuter	Sep 2012	#12
... I'm gonna guess your warfare-related knowledge comes from television or something. (nt)	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#21
Or the Prince Joffrey School of Crowd Calming	wickerwoman	Sep 2012	#40
If you bum-rush the cops then you should be prepared to get shot	XemaSab	Sep 2012	#25
And that showed things are little more complex than this guy's suggesting too, didn't it?	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#28
Shooting unarmed civilians is always bad for PR, even if they are pissed and storming your facility.	slackmaster	Sep 2012	#10
And shooting at armed not-civilians presents its own unique challenges, too. (nt)	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#11
Who gives a fuck about PR?? I sure don't. Why should we subsume OUR human rights to a bunch	spayneuter	Sep 2012	#13
That didn't really work for Gadaffi or Mubarak.	CJCRANE	Sep 2012	#23
This message was self-deleted by its author	CJCRANE	Sep 2012	#19
I used to ask myself that same question	WooWooWoo	Sep 2012	#27
Destroy Pakistani military capabilities	cosmicone	Sep 2012	#15
Why the hell should it? US spends millions to kill one "insurgent".	TheMadMonk	Sep 2012	#41
The Iraq war was a mistake.	cosmicone	Sep 2012	#47
Horribly sad. More killings. Someone is certainly destabilizing things in the ME this week..	progressivebydesign	Sep 2012	#18
Bremer, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz - the Four Horse's Asses of the Apocalypse	LiberalEsto	Sep 2012	#37
Earlier this week there were threats against him	flamingdem	Sep 2012	#26
Say what you want about Harry, but he's in combat.	no_hypocrisy	Sep 2012	#29
We're . . turning the corner ???? n/t	Strelnikov_	Sep 2012	#30
I thought he was stationed in Las Vegas.	olddad56	Sep 2012	#31
There's light . . at the . . end of the tunnel ? n/t	Strelnikov_	Sep 2012	#32
Is probably	christx30	Sep 2012	#43
Time to get with the program?	Strelnikov_	Sep 2012	#33
The Prince is bait.	bluedigger	Sep 2012	#34
I'm so naive, that hadn't even occurred to me.	Lucy Goosey	Sep 2012	#36
Well, with his knowledge at least.	bluedigger	Sep 2012	#38
He's there as bait	pscot	Sep 2012	#35
I'm sure he distinguished himself relative to his class.	grahamhgreen	Sep 2012	#42
Romney silent	WallaceRitchie	Sep 2012	#45
My kid is at Camp Bastion	lanlady	Sep 2012	#46

Response to Lucy Goosey (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2012, 07:30 PM

47of74 (6,724 posts)

1. Probably soon to be the base where Prince Harry used to be stationed...

The CO's probably making arrangements to get him out of there now.

Base where Prince Harry is stationed stormed by heavily armed insurgents, two Marines killed

1. Probably soon to be the base where Prince Harry used to be stationed...

20. yup

24. No doubt

39. Certainly hope so!

2. hopefully along with every other soldier posted there

3. Is this related to all the other turmoil going on

5. Probably not; chunks of Afghanistan have been pretty hot for awhile. (nt)

7. No. I posted an AP article that cited the taliban

14. When the shit hits the fan it really hits the fan

9. Probably not

17. Aside from the film trumoil that's going on

22. I don't buy that for a moment - unit rotations are rarely on that kind of notice.

44. Yes - it was reported as that, just before the photos came out

4. Very responsible of you to post something like that, National Post. Oy. (nt)

16. MSNBC aired it minutes later, too.

6. I simply do not understand why the defensive forces in the bases, embassies and consulates being

8. The real world is a teeeeeensy bit more complex than that. (nt)

12. No, it is not. There are insane religious thugs who want to kill people over an insipid 'insult'

21. ... I'm gonna guess your warfare-related knowledge comes from television or something. (nt)

40. Or the Prince Joffrey School of Crowd Calming

25. If you bum-rush the cops then you should be prepared to get shot

28. And that showed things are little more complex than this guy's suggesting too, didn't it?

10. Shooting unarmed civilians is always bad for PR, even if they are pissed and storming your facility.

11. And shooting at armed not-civilians presents its own unique challenges, too. (nt)

13. Who gives a fuck about PR?? I sure don't. Why should we subsume OUR human rights to a bunch

23. That didn't really work for Gadaffi or Mubarak.

27. I used to ask myself that same question

15. Destroy Pakistani military capabilities

41. Why the hell should it? US spends millions to kill one "insurgent".

47. The Iraq war was a mistake.

18. Horribly sad. More killings. Someone is certainly destabilizing things in the ME this week..

37. Bremer, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz - the Four Horse's Asses of the Apocalypse

26. Earlier this week there were threats against him

29. Say what you want about Harry, but he's in combat.

30. We're . . turning the corner ???? n/t

31. I thought he was stationed in Las Vegas.

32. There's light . . at the . . end of the tunnel ? n/t

43. Is probably

33. Time to get with the program?

34. The Prince is bait.

36. I'm so naive, that hadn't even occurred to me.

38. Well, with his knowledge at least.

35. He's there as bait

42. I'm sure he distinguished himself relative to his class.

45. Romney silent

46. My kid is at Camp Bastion