German Base In Afghanistan Attacked

international | anti-war / imperialism | news report Tuesday August 30, 2005 00:20 by Hilaal

Defence Minister Cancels Visit

Fighters returning to Pakistan after a series of attacks on US and ISAF locations have told of a recent attack on a German Base.

A barrage of rockets and heavy gunfire raked a German military camp in northeast Afghanistan on Saturday night. The attack was carried out against the German base in Faizabad hours before the German Defense Minister Peter Struck was scheduled to visit there. Strucks Airbus A-310 of the German armed forces Bundeswehr made a sudden landing at the airport in the town of Termez, southern Uzbekistan before deciding, for security reasons, to return to Germany without completing his visit to his invading Crusader army.

Germany has about 2000 soldiers in Afghanistan as part of the 10,500 strong, NATO led, International Security Assistance Force.

Ireland too has a small number of military personnel participating in the ISAF - NATO led force that is and adjunct to the US murder/invasion operation in Afghanistan. A small number, but along with the complicity of our government in the illegal invasion of Iraq, a large enough number to make them and our country a legitimate target for an retaliatory attack.

Are Irish people prepared to pay with their lives to continue to assist in US murder ? Can we trust our pathetic “Secret Service”, even with the assistance and direction of US and British spooks, to stop any such attack? Would you bet your life on some venom faced navy officers ability to track a bomb around Ireland? Would you trust your life to any intel operation run by the Army and Willy O'Dea?