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Assaination attempt

The Taliban effort to take out VP Cheney in 2007 was closer than reported….

August 10, 2021 By jamesb

The Washington Post relates the story from an up coming book.... Part one of an excerpt from “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War.” Whitlock will discuss the book during a Washington Post Live event on Aug. 31. The suicide bomber arrived at Bagram … [Read more...] about The Taliban effort to take out VP Cheney in 2007 was closer than reported….

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