Afghan bomb near U.S. base kills 23 during Cheney visit

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- In what the Taliban claimed was an assassination attempt, a suicide bomber attacked the main gate of a U.S. military base Tuesday within earshot of Vice President Dick Cheney. The explosion killed 23 people, including two Americans.

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