In Afghanistan, an American general’s aircraft was fired at with rockets. NATO: Lucky Shot
In Afghanistan, the militants fired two missiles at the plane of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Martin Dempsey, Reuters reported, citing the press service of NATO.The incident occurred at the Bagram air base north of Kabul, it was there that the plane was on the ground, on which Dempsey arrived on Monday, August 20, in Afghanistan. As a result of the shelling, two servicemen, the base workers, were slightly injured. Also damaged were the C-17 aircraft intended for the general and a helicopter nearby.
The general himself at the time of the attack was far from his aircraft. “He wasn’t close to the plane. We think it was a good shot,” commented the senior NATO spokesman, Colonel Thomas Collins.
However, the shelling still made some adjustments to the Dempsey schedule: because of the damaged aircraft, he was unable to fly along the intended route. As expected, in the middle of the day, the chairman of the committee of chiefs of staff will leave the territory of the Islamic Republic on another plane, RIA "News".
Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan on Monday to consult with the commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) John Allen during the military campaign in the country, and to discuss with the Afghan leadership the situation of the death of the American military at the hands of the Afghan security forces. Recently, the cases of attacks on soldiers and officers of NATO and the United States.
So, last Sunday in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, an Afghan policeman killed an American soldier. And only in 2012 a year, American troops lost 40 to their soldiers and officers from the "friendly fire" of the Afghan police and military.
It is also worth noting that this is not the first attempt by militants to deal with high-ranking US officials arriving at Afghan military bases. Another similar incident occurred in mid-March, when an Afghan tried to break through a hijacked jeep to the plane of US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Having overcome all the protective cordons, he set off at high speed onto the runway of the British Camp Bastion base at the moment when Panetta arrived there. However, suddenly the car slid into a ditch and caught fire as a result of the blow.
It was not clear whether the actions of the criminal were directed against the US Secretary of Defense. As Lieutenant General Curtis Scaparotti noted, the Afghan worked as a simple translator at the base and could hardly have known about the arrival of Panetta, who was kept secret. However, British media, quoting intelligence officers, argued that the Afghan was trying to make an attempt on the head of the Pentagon.
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