KABUL: Six U.S. fighter jets were destroyed and two significantly damaged when insurgents stormed a heavily fortified Afghan base where Britain’s Prince Harry is deployed Friday, a NATO spokesman said.

Lieutenant Colonel Hagen Messer conceded that the scale of damage, carried out by more than a dozen attackers dressed in U.S. Army uniforms and armed with guns, rockets and suicide vests who managed to storm the airfield, was unprecedented.

Three coalition refuelling stations were also destroyed and six aircraft hangars damaged in the assault at Camp Bastion in southern Helmand province, one of the toughest battlegrounds of the war, the U.S.-led NATO force said.

In a statement, it said the attack was “well-coordinated” and carried out by around 15 insurgents, who were organized into three teams and who penetrated the perimeter fence.

“The insurgents appeared to be well equipped, trained and rehearsed,” targeting fighter jets and helicopters parked next to the runway, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in the statement released nearly 36 hours after the assault began.

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Galloway warns Bahraini prince not to enter UK

Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:52PM GMT

British MP and leader of the Respect party George Galloway has once again warned the son of the Bahraini king not to enter the UK during the 2012 Olympics.

The warning comes as Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifawas, who is known as a sadistic torturer and a human rights abuser, was invited by the British government to attend the sports event while being given privileged services during his stay in London.

Bahraini regime’s brutal crackdown against anti-regime protesters including women and children led to three prominent detainees, who testified being victims of Nasser inflicting violence and torturing them personally. Nasser has also been involved with the torture, beating and imprisonment of 150 Bahraini athletes.

On the evening program Comment, broadcasted on Press TV on July 26, Galloway said, “I’ve warned Prince Nasser that if he shows up in London, I’m going to try to arrest him and many others are too. So my last minute appeal to you Princy is don’t risk it because your life is going to be a misery and we’re going to have to hunt you down, all over London.”

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/29/253372/galloway-warns-nasser-not-to-enter-uk/