Prince Harry was target in impregnable Afghan attack: Taliban

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for attempting to attack Prince Harry in Britains impregnable headquarters in Afghanistan. The attack comes just days after the Taliban announced it was launching Harry Operations aimed at killing or wounding the Prince.

According to the Telegraph,19 Taliban attackers armed with rocket-propelled grenades,mortars and automatic weapons crossed the perimeter of Camp Bastion in a well-planned raid,which shocked senior officers. Two American Marines were killed and five aircrafts damaged or destroyed five aircrafts before Western soldiers led by British troops killed 18 of the attackers and arrested one. The attack was carried out at around 10.00 pm on Friday night. The Taliban rushed to claim a propaganda victory,saying that Prince Harry,who is an Apache helicopter pilot based at Bastion,was the intended victim of the attack. According to the report,they also said they had been inspired to attack the camp,home to 28,000 personnel,by an American-made film which insulted the prophet Mohammed. We attacked that base because Prince Harry was also on it and so they can know our anger. Thousands more suicide attackers are ready to give up their lives for the sake of the Prophet, Qari Youssef Ahmadi,the Talibans spokesman,said. But the statement was dismissed by the Ministry of Defence who said it was entirely predictable that the Taliban would claim that the Prince was the primary target even though he was no where near the point of attack. This was a determined attack which achieve its aim of getting global press coverage. They are masters of propaganda. But they are deluded if they really think they can storm Camp Bastion and kill or seriously injured Prince Harry. The attack was never going to succeed but in reality that was never really its aim, a senior Army officer said. A major security review is now under way into how such an assault could be launched on a base which is surrounded by state of the art fortifications and defences.

Prince Harry was just 400 yards away when Taliban attacked UK Afghan military ase

Prince Harry was just 400 yards away when the Taliban attacked the UKs military base in Afghanistan,but was rushed to safety. As the insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades stormed Camp Bastion in Helmand province,Prince Harry was rushed to safety by his armed bodyguards to a protected area. But despite being so close to the intense three-hour fire-fight,which left two American Marines dead,four British airmen seriously wounded and several aircraft ablaze,the Prince told his commanding officers he was staying put.

According to the Daily Mail,he told his superiors that he was fine and was determined to carry out his duties as an Apache helicopter pilot. As well as apparently targeting the Prince,a Taliban spokesman also indicated the raid was a response to an anti-Muslim film made in the United States,which has caused outbreaks of violence across the Middle East. Military sources said the attack must have been planned days,if not weeks,in advance in order to gain access to the heavily fortified base and get to within 400 yards of Harry. The insurgents are believed to have studied Camp Bastion beforehand and passed unnoticed through vehicle checkpoints before recovering a cache of weapons hidden in the desert,the rpeort said.

According to the report,at about 10 p.m. on Friday,16 fighters dug beneath a perimeter fence on the camps eastern side and ran towards the airfield,where they were challenged by U.S. Marines. They fired rocket-propelled grenades and rifles,killing the two Marines and destroying aircraft,including Harrier jets and Cobra helicopters,the report said. According to NATO coalition chiefs,15 Taliban insurgents were shot dead. The remaining insurgent was wounded and taken to hospital at Camp Bastion where he remains under armed guard.