Remember, every rocket fired at Karzai is a rocket that isn't fired on US soil at domestic air transport. Better to fight the terrorists over there where we are strong than in our own country where we have no teeth and claws.
The flypaper is working!
Rocket misses helicopter carrying Afghan president
Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an apparent assassination attempt Thursday when a rocket was fired at his helicopter as he was about to land in a provincial capital. The attack caused no injuries or damage but forced Karzai to cancel his first trip outside Kabul since he began campaigning for presidential elections to be held Oct. 9.Officials and witnesses said the rocket flew over a crowd of several hundred people waiting to greet Karzai near the city of Gardez, about 60 miles south of Kabul in Paktia Province. The president's helicopter was about to land but instead immediately returned to Kabul.
"We couldn't see it, but we heard the sound as it went over," said Rafiullah Mojadeddi, an aide to Karzai who had already landed in a separate helicopter. "There was no danger to the president."
Karzai played down the incident after his return to Kabul, saying he wished he could have landed anyway and continued with the school-opening ceremony he was scheduled to attend.
The attack, claimed by the Taliban, seemed likely to further constrain Karzai's ability to campaign outside the capital.
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