27 Feb 07 Breaking News! Assassination Attempt on Dick Cheney Kills 12 23.

Cheney Targeted in Assassination Attempt

A suicide bomber struck at the main entrance to Bagram air base in Afghanistan today, as Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting.

Immediately after the attack, a red alert traveled throughout the base — a red alert that we heard saying that the base was under direct attack.

At least nine people were killed, officials tell ABC News. Associated Press reporters at the scene said that they had seen the bodies of at least 12 people, and that they had been carried in black body bags and wooden coffins from near the base into a market area where hundreds of Afghans had gathered to mourn.

A Taliban spokesperson has claimed responsibility, saying the intended target was in fact Cheney. The bomber never got near Cheney.

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I don’t really know how I feel about this, but you know this is going to play up well with the “call for surge” crowd. I don’t like Dick Cheney at all, but I’m glad he wasn’t killed. Martyrdom isn’t reserved merely for the insurgents and terrorists, even involuntary martyrdom. This would have (and is) been very bad for the anti-war effort.

Violence only begets more violence. Additionally this proves one more fact, the Taliban has regained strength in Afghanistan further cementing the fact that that is where we should be focused.

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