Why is NO US Media talking about Cheney's suicide bomber?

[Tigress DEM]

http://www.alaskareport.com/z45362.htm

Cheney target of bombing in Afghanistan
February 27, 2007

Afghanistan - At least nine people have died in a suicide bombing at the main US base in Afghanistan during US Vice-President Dick Cheney's stay.

Cheney, who was unharmed, was staying at the Bagram base near Kabul.

The US military said the bomber was also killed. Some reports say 14 people died - more than 20 others were hurt.

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paraphrased

Taliban took credit.
Base security was so tight the "direct attack" on the base failed.
They missed Cheney big time so took it out on citizens of Afghan.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/28/wafghan28.xml



Cheney escapes Taliban suicide attack on base
Last Updated: 2:34am GMT 28/02/2007



Video: Dick Cheney at Bagram air base

Dick Cheney was rushed to the safety of a bomb shelter by Secret Service agents yesterday when a suicide bomber attacked an American base in Afghanistan, killing as many as 21 people. The Taliban claimed that it was an assassination attempt on the US vice president.


US vice president Dick Cheney and Afghan president Hamid Karzai inspect a guard of honour at the presidential palace in Kabul


Mr Cheney had spent the night at Bagram air base and breakfasted with American troops before the bomber detonated his explosives at a security checkpoint outside the camp, 40 miles north of the capital Kabul.

The bomber had mingled with Afghan labourers waiting to begin work inside the sprawling base. He detonated a device strapped to his body when challenged at the first of several checkpoints.


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http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSSP120423._CH_.2400

<snip>
By Caren Bohan

MUSCAT, Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was whisked into a bomb shelter immediately after a Taliban suicide bomber struck the main American military base he was visiting in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

Up to 14 people were killed, including one U.S. and one South Korean soldier, in the Bagram Airbase attack which rebels said was aimed at Cheney.

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"At 10 a.m. I heard a loud boom," Cheney said.
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NATO's death toll in the attack was four, officials said. A Reuters photographer at the scene saw an additional 10 bodies, putting the total at 14.

A U.S. government contractor, whose nationality was unknown, was among those killed and 27 people were wounded, NATO said.

"We wanted to target ... Cheney," Taliban spokesman Mullah Hayat Khan told Reuters by phone from an undisclosed location.

[aquart]

1. Because the damn fool missed?

[Tigress DEM]

5. You may have a point.

At least CNN and the Newspapers are picking it up online.

Have you seen it anywhere else, like on a TV News Report or heard it on the radio or cable news?

It just feels weird like when I knew about DSM and no one knew what I was talking about.

[LSdemocrat]

2. CNN Headline "News" mentioned it 3 times in 45 minutes when I had lunch

That was all the corporate media coverage I watched today.

[Tigress DEM]

6. Yeah, I saw it on CNN online early this morning...

Expected to see some mention on local TV News. Nothing but Britney, snow storm here in MN & local blah blah blah..

[Demobrat]

3. Because it might give somebody ideas.

And we wouldn't want that.

[Tigress DEM]

9. Well, they might have put the hush on cause Cheney had ...

a meeting in Kabul that he intended to keep.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-cheney0227,0,3030835.story?page=2&coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

<snip>
Cheney later flew by plane to Kabul, 30 miles south of Bagram, to meet Karzai after a planned meeting on Monday was canceled because of bad weather that prevented the vice president making the trip to the capital.

Cheney was met by guards with guns drawn on the tarmac and was rushed by ground convoy to the presidential palace, where he and Karzai walked a long receiving line and past oriental rugs laid out on the wet, stone pavement.

Cheney and Karzai met privately for an hour and spoke about the "problems coming from Pakistan," said an Afghan government official, a reference to cross-border infiltration by militants who launch attacks in Afghanistan

[robinlynne]

4. exactly. he missed.

[Tigress DEM]

13. Sigh.

You know, *ush said that it would be easier to run a dictatorship as long as he was in charge.

On the other side of that equation is that our life would be easier if these crooked politicians met their karma and let the rest of us get on with cleaning up their mess.

But whereas *ushco actively pursues making the executive a dictator in all ways except on paper, all we can do is hope these bozos meet their maker sooner rather than later.

Wouldn't you love to be able to listen in on *ush's conversation?


*ush... "But I thought I was doing your will. Every night before I went to sleep you would tell me exactly what to do."

God... "Little Dickey, get out here and explain it to him, NOW!"

dick.. "It wouldn't make any difference."

God.. "You're right. To Hell with both of you."

[Stardust]

14. Funny.

:rofl:

[hlthe2b]

7. Wall Streeters lost big today...

Where's you priorities? :sarcasm:

[Tigress DEM]

10. Yeah, heard that too.

You don't think there's any connection?

I mean with *ushie running the country into the ground Wall Street has to tank sometime, but if the whispers about people thinking Cheney is really in charge are believed by Wall Street, today's news may have had them crapping in their corn flakes.

[redirish28]

8. Bushco is trying to spin it so it helps them and haven't given the media

talking points yet...


I believe it has been a VERY long time since the last Bomb went off near that military base. So why this day after sooo long nothing?

My wife is wondering if it wasn't somewhat stage...

[Tigress DEM]

11. Cheney had to stop there because of weather delay on way to Kabul.

Even as an unannounced visit, he's the first high level US official to stay overnight in the region.

Taliban took credit for the hit and said the Veep was the intended target. When the bomber couldn't get past a checkpoint he just blew himself up there.

[guitar man]

12. because of

Anna Nicole and Britney news? That's the way it seemed on MSNBC today. It was like "The Vice President is unharmed after being targeted by suicide bomber. Now, back to breaking Anna Nicole coverage."

I swear that's not too far off from what they did.

[Tigress DEM]

15. I believe it.

Even the BBC didn't have it going on the scroll.

[guitar man]

16. I actually thought it was pretty funny

someone tries to blow up crashcart and nobody gives a shit :rofl:

[razors edge]

20. Didn't BBC

announce it yesterday and then loose the tape?

[Nevernose]

17. It was all that was on between 6 and 7 this morning

Practically.

Maybe the reason we didn't hear about much beyond that is that it's not news?

Really, how're you going to sell that to people?
Breaking news, or whatever, ho hum (yawn): yet another guy sets off yet another suicide bomb in yet another (yawn) foreign -- probably mideast - hellhole. The VP happened to be within a few hundred yards, but was not in any remote danger. Whatever.

Meanwhile, an attractive young woman with breast implants is getting a divorce! AND she's acting like a psycho! A psycho with big breasts!

[rodeodance]

18. yeah----just another Bomb----One more US troop Dead

--Afgans dead, one SK soldier dead.
just another day in the war.

[Nevernose]

19. Just in case I wasn't clear in my post:

I was being facetious.

What the hell is wrong with people? Doesn't anybody care about what's actually going on in the world?

Does it ALL have to be either good news or pseudo news (i.e., related to tits)?

Are we so afraid of being saddened that we might actually have to DO something about all the bad news?

I'll go feel bitter and angry now -- but, hey, tomorrow's a new day, right? Another chance that if things aren't better, then it's another chance that we can change things.