loop on the investigation. people are back in their homes this morning after a scary situation in hudson, north carolina. a massive fire at a chemical plant there forced the evacuation of more than 700 homes in the area. crews fought the fire well into the night. we don t know how it got started. the plant makes chemicals to coat furniture. the epa does say the air is safe to breathe. the taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack on a top coalition general in afghanistan. the german general is one of the regional commanders for the international security force there. he s in stable condition. seven people were killed in the suicide attack that took place during a meeting between isaf and afghan military officials. the remains of seven u.s. military personnel killed overseas returned saturday to dover air force base in delaware.
never caught, that he was still on the run and managed to evade the united states for a such a very long time. what will be the reaction of all those people from pakistan to afghanistan where you are to gaza, all of these jihadists? wrt i think there are some people who regarded hip as a figurehead, perhaps a symbol of resistance against america s presence here in this region. of course, there are many ordinary pakistanis and afghans who consider him and his like an enormous problem for them getting on with their daily lives so there will be a split opinion. i do think you have to be careful in this area and across the border in pakistan for retaliation. so many of these networks have said that when bin laden dies they will take spectacular action. there have been previously in the past few days concerns about a spectacular attack here but that obviously was not publicly linked to any operation against bin laden. i spoke to isaf, nato forces and say their status hasn t changed
fought gains that isaf and afghan troopers and their colleagues have achieved over the past year. during flight back to afghanistan i will also reflect on the extraordinary leadership that secretary gates has provided over the past 4 1/2 years at the helm of the department of defense. i believe that all in uniform are deeply grateful to him but none can be more grateful to him than i am. again, mr. president, thank you very much for the opportunity, if confirmed, to continue to serve our nation. mr. president, thank you. i m deeply honored by this selection. i m grateful for the support and the leadership of secretary gates and chairman mullin. sir, i am mindful of the significance of this responsibility and i am deeply committed to the leadership of
personal motivation, attacking nato offices, perhaps a row, some dispute they had at work. i think the issue is the taliban have taken this on as a propaganda coup each time it happens. quick to claim responsibility, name the attacker often, saying he long infiltrated that base or area and really it s now, they say also, their key infiltrating the afghan forces to undermine confidence between them and nato. there have been instases of people wearing afghan police or military uniforms attacking isaf troops. this is not one of those. this was a real member of the afghan forces? as far as we know, absolutely. this morning, it does appear the defense ministry accepts he is a 50-year-old veteran of the air force. we don t know whether or not pressure was put on him to do this, long-term infiltrator, the taliban claims that s possible or this was just an argument that went completely the wrong way and ended violently.
argument. how on this base did he manage to shoot six isaf personnel. suggestions they were in a room and he entered there. the taliban have said this man was acting for them. he carried out this operation as part of a plan. although that is now the standard frankly taliban response to these instances where afghan forces appear to fire upon nato which are becoming alarmingly frequent, ali. we don t know if this was a fight or if this was a planned terrorist attack at this point? we re still unclear of that? we don t know, no. it s possible that it may be difficult to ever find that out. nato say there have been 36 nato fatalities in the past two years from these afghan soldier or police attacks against nato. investigating them, they ve investigated 16 and told me eight appears to be related as what they refer to as combat stress, the afghan soldiers, for