CNN BREAKING NEWS: SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS AT LEAST NINE AMERICANS AT US BASE IN AFGHANISTAN

U.S. casualties reported at military base in Afghanistan

From Atia Abawi, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/30/afghanistan.us.casualties/index.html

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Suicide bomber strikes forward operating base in eastern Afghanistan, military says
Attack at Forward Operating Base Chapman near the district of Khost in Khost province
Casualty toll ranges from five to nine, not known how many were killed or injured

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide bomber struck a forward operating base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, causing an unknown number of American casualties, a U.S. military official said.
A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest attacked Forward Operating Base Chapman near the district of Khost in Khost province, said the official, who asked not to be named.

There were conflicting reports as to whether the bomber walked into the dining facility or the gym at the facility, and the casualty toll ranged from five to nine people. It is not known how many were killed or injured.