15/09/2012

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:00:23. > :00:27.Good afternoon. The Taliban have attacked a base in

:00:27. > :00:34.Afghanistan, where Prince Harry is stationed, killing two US Marines.

:00:34. > :00:39.He was unharmed in the incident. Insurgents say that they targeted

:00:40. > :00:42.Bastion in a revenge for an American film deemed insulting to

:00:43. > :00:48.Islam. We have this report from Kabul.

:00:48. > :00:51.This video released by the Taliban, claiming to show the aftermath of

:00:52. > :00:57.the attack. They say that the smoke is rising from what is supposed to

:00:57. > :01:00.be one of the most heavily defended and secure military bases in

:01:00. > :01:05.Afghanistan. Bastion, where thousands of US and British troops

:01:05. > :01:09.are based. Bastion is now also home to Prince Harry, who arrived here

:01:09. > :01:14.one week ago as an Apache helicopter pilot. Unlike the last

:01:14. > :01:17.time he was in Helmand province in 2008, this time, the Ministry of

:01:17. > :01:23.Defence has made public his presence. The Taliban have said

:01:23. > :01:26.that they would target him, but NATO insists he has never been in

:01:26. > :01:32.danger. The question now is how the insurgents were able to penetrate,

:01:32. > :01:38.what is supposed to be a secure military base and airfield? Bastion

:01:38. > :01:42.is situated in the desert, surrounded by a fence with

:01:42. > :01:46.surveillance equipment and guards. It was said that the insurgents

:01:46. > :01:52.launched the attack last night under the cover of darkness. A

:01:52. > :01:56.suicide bomber used to breach the Bastion's perimeter wall. Taliban

:01:56. > :01:59.opened fire with machine guns and rocket-propelled. Two US Marines

:01:59. > :02:04.were killed, buildings and aircraft have been damaged.

:02:04. > :02:08.We are always concerned about the security. That is why we always

:02:08. > :02:13.assess the security measures and adopt different measures if

:02:13. > :02:19.required. From what I can see now in this attack we killed 18

:02:19. > :02:22.insurgent, captured one. So we are still having to draw on the lesson

:02:22. > :02:27.that has been learned, but this is part of the investigation.

:02:27. > :02:31.The Taliban say that this attack, which appears to have been planned

:02:31. > :02:36.and coordinated was revenge for the film that has sparked protest

:02:36. > :02:41.across the Muslim world. They are also warning of further retaliation.

:02:41. > :02:48.We can talk to Jonathan live from Kabul. What do you make of the

:02:48. > :02:52.claims by the Taliban, that they were targeting Prince Harry? Well,

:02:52. > :02:57.the Taliban, even when the protests started, made clear that they were

:02:57. > :03:01.seeking revenge for the film that caused offence to the Muslim world.

:03:01. > :03:06.Indeed that is what they said was the motive for this attack. That

:03:06. > :03:09.said, why they targeted Bastion, they are now claiming it was to do

:03:09. > :03:13.with Prince Harry. You must remember that the Taliban are

:03:13. > :03:17.trying to get as much propaganda out much the attack as they can.

:03:17. > :03:21.They want the world's attention with the name of Prince Harry. The

:03:21. > :03:25.bottom line is that Prince Harry, according to NATO was never in

:03:25. > :03:30.danger. He was about a kilometre away from where the attack happened

:03:30. > :03:34.on the US side of the base. The bottom line is also, that he is not

:03:34. > :03:37.to change his deployment, he will stay here. That is the message

:03:37. > :03:41.coming from the Ministry of Defence. I think some of the claims that the

:03:41. > :03:47.Taliban are trying to use here are seen as propaganda.

:03:47. > :03:52.In a separate attack in Afghanistan, a soldier from 1st Battalion

:03:52. > :03:56.Grenadier Guards has been killed it was said that the soldier struck a

:03:56. > :03:59.roadside bomb yesterday in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand

:03:59. > :04:03.province. His family has been informed.

:04:03. > :04:06.Egyptian security forces have cleared away demonstrators in

:04:06. > :04:10.central Chiropractic Association. They have been protesting against

:04:10. > :04:15.the film that they say insults Islam. They have been protesting

:04:15. > :04:21.for five days and also from nearby Tahrir Square. A number of arrests

:04:21. > :04:26.were made. An Italy magazine say it is plans to publish fovs of the

:04:26. > :04:30.Duchess of Cambridge sun -- photographs of the Duchess of

:04:30. > :04:38.Cambridge next week. The Royal Family are planning on suing a

:04:38. > :04:45.French magazine which has already published the pictures.

:04:45. > :04:49.The very dire to the Royal tour continues as William and Kate,

:04:50. > :04:57.angered by the photos now take action, it is being pursued in the

:04:57. > :05:01.courts, while they continue to represent the Queen abroad.

:05:01. > :05:05.On their travels, they meet with people who sympathise.

:05:05. > :05:09.They don't have a choice as to who they are, but the rest of the

:05:09. > :05:14.people, we have a choice. When we take a picture of somebody else,

:05:14. > :05:18.how do you use that. Why would you want to embarrass anyone?

:05:18. > :05:25.intrusion, they have called grotesque and unjustifiable has

:05:25. > :05:29.taken its toll. The royal couple's focus is on to ensure it does not

:05:29. > :05:36.happen again. So on Monday in another continent and another

:05:36. > :05:40.capital city, the lawyers of the Royal Family are to ask a

:05:40. > :05:46.injunction to ban anyone else from publishing photos of this future

:05:46. > :05:52.Queen. Speed is the essence for the couple whose latest stop is this

:05:52. > :05:56.part of Borneo, a rainforest. The jungle offers respite for Kate and

:05:56. > :06:02.William, Diana's son who, is desperate to prevent history from

:06:02. > :06:08.repeating itself. A 53-year-old woman is due in court

:06:08. > :06:13.after an 11-month-old child was give an bottle thought to contain

:06:13. > :06:17.bleach. Elaine Joyner is faced with administering a noxious substance

:06:17. > :06:21.with the attempt to endanger life. The baby was taken to hospital, but

:06:21. > :06:24.has been discharged. The Pope Benedict XVI has called

:06:24. > :06:28.for the fundamental right of religious freedom in the Middle