At least two dead in attack on Marine base in Afghanistan

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Walker -- for -- -- tonight this is The Fox Report and update now on our breaking stories.

Insults on the main US marine base in southern Afghanistan defense officials telling us.

Heavily armed militants attacked two connected basis camp leather neck and -- British camp -- both of them home to thousands of troops.

These are file pictures now that basically -- an idea sources telling us the insurgents somehow reach the base perimeter.

Firing rockets and mortars and then shooting AK forty -- officials say at least two US Marines are dead.

Several more hurt and there are reports of major damage to buildings.

An aircraft.

This of course coming after the deadly attack Libya and -- anti American protests are spreading across parts of the Middle East.

But it is too soon to know if there's actually any connection to the ambush in Afghanistan.

-- -- with the latest now live inside the Afghan capital Kabul -- what are you learning.

Terrorist camp leather neck is the largest US and NATO base in Helmand Province and its notice of more than 101000 US Marines and British soldiers including.

Britain's Prince Harry who arrived just a few weeks ago to -- a four month deployment there.

Now because of its size and location -- regularly takes indirect fire that's a type of sort of one -- two rockets that landed and places like camp leather neck or even Bagram airfield which destroyed just him sorry general stands he's played just a few weeks ago -- injuring fire a couple of rockets.

Took his plane -- that happens fairly regularly.

At these places.

However according to US officials this was a much more intense attack.

That some of the fighters even got inside the perimeter fired off a barrage of rockets mortars RPG's in small arms.

It is a very brazen attack considering that the Taliban don't have night vision capabilities and this attack was launched about 10 o'clock at night.

They got into that area caused a lot of damage to US Marines were killed in this attack several others work.

-- injured as you said and but the military is not seen -- this has anything to do with the larger unrest in the Middle East.

Frankly according to military commanders here in Afghanistan -- -- they don't need a reason to attack US and coalition troops Harrison.

Well that would be for sure -- you mentioned that Britain's Prince Harry is based at camp asked CNN and back now confirmation.

That he was on base at the time of this attack.

That's right he was on days that according to US and international.

I sap spokesman here.

He is fine he was not anywhere near where the attack was happening.

-- -- Powell thank you very much an update from inside Afghanistan tonight.

Now let's go to that you staff.

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