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| Afghanistan |
| Mortar attack near Bagram kills 1 |
| 2006-04-06 |
| KABUL - A mortar exploded close to the US air base in Bagram, north of the capital, Kabul, on Thursday and killed one Afghan civilian and wounded at least two others, a police official said. Gen. Abdul Rahman Sayedkhail, chief of Parwan province, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) north of Kabul, said the mortar landed about 1 kilometer (0.60 miles) from the main gate of the Bagram base and destroyed a truck delivering food to US military personnel there. There were no US casualties, but one Afghan national was killed and at least two wounded, Sayedkhail said. Police detained two Afghan males at the scene of the explosion for questioning, he added. The Bagram base is the largest US military facility in Afghanistan, where militants loyal to the toppled Taliban government have launched a stepped up campaign of violence targeting coalition and Afghan forces. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 the day when cheap practical systems to shoot down these peky morters couln't come sooner really. What happened in the Green Zone in Bagdad didnt they use/set up a modified Phalanx close in ship defensive gatling gun to blast the incoming rounds from the sky, any one know if it worked or did it just cause problems raining shells down on the city, seemed like a good solution at the time till a laser weapon is practical to use but that shouldnt be more then a decade away from the clips on the net we've seen of incoming arty rounds getting vaporized by the THEL. |
| Posted by: ShepUK 2006-04-06 12:21 |