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  1. detonate
    cause to burst with a violent release of energy
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    The attack, which was similar to one carried out at Bagram Air Base in May, began at 7:30 a.m. when a suicide bomber driving a car detonated his explosives at the eastern gate of the base.
  2. perimeter
    a line enclosing a plane area
    The NATO spokeswoman at the base said that the base’s perimeter had not been not breached and that the attack had been repulsed easily.
  3. disrupted
    marked by breaks or gaps
    Although the insurgents did not enter the main air base, which is set back substantially from the main road, the firefight disrupted traffic for several hours on the road, the main route to the Pakistan border crossing at Torkham.
  4. insurgent
    in opposition to a civil authority or government
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    KABUL, Afghanistan — Eight Taliban insurgents were killed on Wednesday after they attacked the NATO air base in Jalalabad using a suicide car bomb and rocket-propelled grenades in a failed attempt to breach the gate.
  5. substantially
    to a great extent or degree
    Although the insurgents did not enter the main air base, which is set back substantially from the main road, the firefight disrupted traffic for several hours on the road, the main route to the Pakistan border crossing at Torkham.
  6. coalition
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
    “The combination of our Afghan and coalition forces are always prepared to deal with attacks on this facility shared by Afghans and ISAF, and the response this morning was immediate,” said the spokeswoman, Maj. Mary Constantino, referring to NATO’s International Security Assistance Force.
  7. compound
    a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
    There is an outer cordon of Afghan soldiers at the base who are supported by American soldiers deeper in the compound.
Created on Wed Jun 30 12:31:14 EDT 2010

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