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Rocket attack in Kabul

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Tension is running high in Afghanistan after two rockets were fired at a base housing international soldiers, including 300 Canadians. There have been no reports of damages or injuries.

CTV‘s Matt McClure is stationed at the main Canadian base, Camp Julien, near the capital of Kabul. He reports that an explosion was also heard at that camp, which houses the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

"So far no one is claiming responsibility, but clearly the suspicion has to lay with al Qaeda or Taliban militants. Things have been relatively quiet here since the Canadians arrived but there have been numerous threats," McClure said.

He said soldiers at Camp Julien were ordered to put on their protective gear and stay in their tents as they were placed on "the highest state of alert" for several hours.

McClure said that one of two rockets fired at Camp Warehouse landed inside the compound.

Canadian Brig.-Gen. Peter Devlin, commander of the Kabul multinational brigade, is among those stationed at Camp Warehouse. The base is located on the northern side of Kabul, while Camp Julien is in the southwestern sector of the capital.

Patrols have been dispatched to determine whether the blast at Camp Julien was another rocket.

"In an incident like this, they have a rapid-response team that heads out right away to try to ascertain what happened and put a stop to it," Shane Diaczuk, a spokesman for Defence Minister John McCallum, said in Ottawa.

"Certainly the appropriate security measures are being taken now to ensure the safety through the night and then they‘ll take a look at it."

The attacks come one day after Germany and the United States asked NATO to expand its mandate beyond Kabul to help reconstruction teams outside the capital.

Nearly 2,000 Canadian soldiers are leading the international security mission in Afghanistan. The soldiers are patrolling the outskirts of Kabul and have been searching nearby mountains for signs of rebel fighters.

More than 100 Taliban fighters were recently killed during clashes with American forces in southeastern Afghanistan.

Earlier this week, Taliban rebels ambushed and executed four Afghan aid workers in the southeastern province of Ghazni.

American and Afghan troops have been trying to bring security to the region, but attacks by rebels have slowed reconstruction efforts. Some analysts believe gains in the war against terror are being lost.

"Observers say there‘s a real risk Afghanistan could once again become a failed state, a refuge for terrorists to mastermind another attack. They say an extension of NATO‘s mandate to bring security outside of Kabul is essential if the next generation in this country is to know peace instead of war," terror expert **** Clarke said.

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is believed to be hiding in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan -- an area that the American military has yet to penetrate.

"The majority of people in that region like bin Laden and they are going to be enforcers and they‘re going to be protecting him and his organization," Clarke said.

About two dozen soldiers from the 5,000-strong ISAF have been killed in hostile action since early 2002.

With reports from CTV‘s Matt McClure and The Canadian Press
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And don‘t believe everything you read. But it‘s what there is.
 
Now they are going to have fun.....
:soldier:
Nothing like a little adrenaline to keep you going.
:gunner:
:mg:
:sniper:
:cam:
:akimbo:
Hope those that went over "just for the money" don‘t need a new shipment of clean underwear...
 
Did the guys with three or four tours in the Balkans even wake up? :boring:
 
They did probaly just to pull the vest over them before going back to sleep....
 
Ye the night we were shelled in Visoko. Most of us slept through it. Been there. No big deal. :evil: :tank:
 
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