Cheney's Traveling Party Body Searched Outside Karzai's Palace

After arriving at the US base in a C-130, taking a chopper, then an SUV into Kabal...

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Security forces surrounded the Cheneys' vehicle and walked along as it moved with their hands on the side of the vehicle. A gun-toting Afghan soldier dressed in fatigues pushed the rest of Cheney's entourage against an outside wall until the gates to the parliament building closed behind them.

Afghan security forces insisted on searching all the bags carried by members of Cheney's staff and the press who were left outside. Secret Service agents objected, saying they had already been checked. A White House advance staffer already on site came out and angrily demanded that the Afghans admit military aides carrying the briefcase that contains the U.S. government's nuclear weapon codes.

"I'm telling you to open the gates now," the White House staffer said. "These are the vice president's military aides."

The Afghans allowed Cheney's military aides through but insisted on doing complete body searches of the rest of his traveling party. Men were searched outside in a dusty courtyard, while women were taken in a small room and searched completely by hand by Afghan women.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121900109.html

kicksies :kick:

sounds like everything is just ducky, over there...

peace

He's not the president. Is a just in case reason, or is he really running the country?

He gets to carry the codes.