Prince Harry was target in Taliban attack on US base

Reynaldo Santos Jr

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A week after the Taliban revealed plans to kill Prince Harry, Afghan insurgents dressed up in US army uniforms carried out an attack on the NATO base Camp Bastion in Afghanistan where Britain’s 3rd in line is stationed. Two US marines were killed and 9 others wounded during the attack which took place Friday, September 14. Six fighter jets were also destroyed. 15 insurgents, split into groups of 3, were able to penetrate the perimeter fence of the base. Fourteen of these rebels were killed while another was wounded and captured. A Taliban spokesperson pointed out their royal target, saying, “There are many other foreign bases…but we stormed this one because Harry was there.” A spokesperson for the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Prince Harry, “was in no way in any danger” during the attack.

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