15/09/2012 BBC Weekend News


15/09/2012

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Good afternoon. The Taliban have attacked a base in

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Afghanistan, where Prince Harry is stationed, killing two US Marines.

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He was unharmed in the incident. Insurgents say that they targeted

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Bastion in a revenge for an American film deemed insulting to

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Islam. We have this report from Kabul.

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This video released by the Taliban, claiming to show the aftermath of

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the attack. They say that the smoke is rising from what is supposed to

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be one of the most heavily defended and secure military bases in

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Afghanistan. Bastion, where thousands of US and British troops

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are based. Bastion is now also home to Prince Harry, who arrived here

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one week ago as an Apache helicopter pilot. Unlike the last

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time he was in Helmand province in 2008, this time, the Ministry of

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Defence has made public his presence. The Taliban have said

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that they would target him, but NATO insists he has never been in

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danger. The question now is how the insurgents were able to penetrate,

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what is supposed to be a secure military base and airfield? Bastion

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is situated in the desert, surrounded by a fence with

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surveillance equipment and guards. It was said that the insurgents

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launched the attack last night under the cover of darkness. A

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suicide bomber used to breach the Bastion's perimeter wall. Taliban

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opened fire with machine guns and rocket-propelled. Two US Marines

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were killed, buildings and aircraft have been damaged.

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We are always concerned about the security. That is why we always

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assess the security measures and adopt different measures if

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required. From what I can see now in this attack we killed 18

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insurgent, captured one. So we are still having to draw on the lesson

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that has been learned, but this is part of the investigation.

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The Taliban say that this attack, which appears to have been planned

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and coordinated was revenge for the film that has sparked protest

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across the Muslim world. They are also warning of further retaliation.

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We can talk to Jonathan live from Kabul. What do you make of the

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claims by the Taliban, that they were targeting Prince Harry? Well,

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the Taliban, even when the protests started, made clear that they were

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seeking revenge for the film that caused offence to the Muslim world.

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Indeed that is what they said was the motive for this attack. That

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said, why they targeted Bastion, they are now claiming it was to do

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with Prince Harry. You must remember that the Taliban are

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trying to get as much propaganda out much the attack as they can.

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They want the world's attention with the name of Prince Harry. The

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bottom line is that Prince Harry, according to NATO was never in

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danger. He was about a kilometre away from where the attack happened

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on the US side of the base. The bottom line is also, that he is not

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to change his deployment, he will stay here. That is the message

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coming from the Ministry of Defence. I think some of the claims that the

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Taliban are trying to use here are seen as propaganda.

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In a separate attack in Afghanistan, a soldier from 1st Battalion

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Grenadier Guards has been killed it was said that the soldier struck a

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roadside bomb yesterday in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand

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province. His family has been informed.

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Egyptian security forces have cleared away demonstrators in

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central Chiropractic Association. They have been protesting against

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the film that they say insults Islam. They have been protesting

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for five days and also from nearby Tahrir Square. A number of arrests

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were made. An Italy magazine say it is plans to publish fovs of the

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Duchess of Cambridge sun -- photographs of the Duchess of

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Cambridge next week. The Royal Family are planning on suing a

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French magazine which has already published the pictures.

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The very dire to the Royal tour continues as William and Kate,

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angered by the photos now take action, it is being pursued in the

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courts, while they continue to represent the Queen abroad.

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On their travels, they meet with people who sympathise.

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They don't have a choice as to who they are, but the rest of the

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people, we have a choice. When we take a picture of somebody else,

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how do you use that. Why would you want to embarrass anyone?

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intrusion, they have called grotesque and unjustifiable has

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taken its toll. The royal couple's focus is on to ensure it does not

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happen again. So on Monday in another continent and another

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capital city, the lawyers of the Royal Family are to ask a

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injunction to ban anyone else from publishing photos of this future

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Queen. Speed is the essence for the couple whose latest stop is this

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part of Borneo, a rainforest. The jungle offers respite for Kate and

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William, Diana's son who, is desperate to prevent history from

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repeating itself. A 53-year-old woman is due in court

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after an 11-month-old child was give an bottle thought to contain

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bleach. Elaine Joyner is faced with administering a noxious substance

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with the attempt to endanger life. The baby was taken to hospital, but

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has been discharged. The Pope Benedict XVI has called

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for the fundamental right of religious freedom in the Middle

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