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Sunday, September 16, 2012

The Taliban destroyed six NATO fighters in their attack on the base of Prince Harry


NATO's mission in Afghanistan (ISAF) acknowledged today that lost six fighters during the Taliban attack on Friday against the base of Camp Bastion , where Target and Prince Harry that killed two U.S. Marines. "Six AV-8B Harrier fighters were destroyed and two suffered significant damage. Tres fueling stations were also destroyed and six hangars suffered some damage " , the military organization said today in a statement. The ISAF said the attack began on Friday night and it was "well coordinated" , and acknowledged that the aggressors, "at least 15" , were organized into three teams and managed to penetrate the base perimeter at one point. "They were well equipped and trained. Wore U.S. Army uniforms and were armed with automatic rifles, grenade launchers and suicide vests , "ISAF said in his note. According to the official, international troops killed fourteen insurgents and wounded another who was arrested while on his side two soldiers were killed and nine others, eight soldiers and a civilian were injured. The base Camp Bastion, defended by British and U.S. military is in the Washer district, in the troubled Helmand province, a stronghold of the insurgents, who attributed the action to a "revenge" against Muhammad by video"It was an act of revenge against the anti-Islamic video made in the United States," said a spokesman Saturday insurgent militias, Mohamed Yusuf Ahmadi. The Taliban had called on Muhammad avenge the video that has generated widespread protests in the Muslim world , but YouTube blocked the Afghan government to prevent its spread and on Friday there were only small protests in the east. According to British media, at Camp Bastion is for the Prince Harry , who was unharmed, which is his second stay military in Afghanistan, which is running the process of withdrawal of international troops. The Taliban are fighting to overthrow the Afghan government and ensure the immediate withdrawal of international troops deployed in the country in order to establish an Islamic fundamentalist regime, as they did between 1996 and 2001.

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