Sunday, September 11, 2011

NEWS ALERT: TRUCK BOMB AT U.S. BASE IN AFGHANISTAN WOUNDS 77 U.S. TROOPS

A truck bomb was detonated at a U.S. base in Eastern Afghanistan on the anniversary of the 9/11 attack and 77 U.S. soldiers have been wounded---some seriously. 

Information is just coming in, but you can read the latest on the following link:

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110911/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

MSNBC REPORTING 3 U.S. TROOPS KILLED TODAY IN AFGHANISTAN

On the anniversary of 9/11, NATO and MSNBC news are reporting three U.S. troops have been killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Read more here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44462377/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/t/us-troops-killed-eastern-afghanistan/#.Tmx_juwa-yY

BREAKING NEWS: TALIBAN UNLEASH ATTACKS ON U.S. BASES IN AFGHANISTAN

The Taliban have taken the opportunity of the United States commeratoring the 9/11 attack to unleash their own attack on U.S. and coalition force bases in Afghanistan.

An unknown number of troops have been killed.  Story developing....

Read more here:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/afghanistan.troop.deaths/index.html?eref=rss_world




MARINES IN AFGHANISTAN TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE WHEN 9/11 HAPPENED



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They were schoolchildren then, but they're on the front lines now. U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's Upper Gereshk Valley talk about their memories of 9/11 and how it affected their lives. See more stories in Stars and Stripes' report on the 10th anniversary of 9/11,

AUSTRALIAN CH-47 CHINOOK HELICOPTER IS ATTACKED BY TALIBAN MISSILE



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An Australian CH47 Chinook helicopter is attacked by a Taliban missile while flying in Southern Afghanistan. Justin O'Brien