Taliban link Afghanistan attack to anti-Islam film

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KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack on a base which U.S. officials said killed two American Marines, saying it was in response to a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad. Camp Bastion, in southern Helmand province, came under mortar, rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire late on Friday in an attack in which several servicemen were wounded. "The aim of this attack was revenge against Americans for the anti-Prophet movie," said Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf. U.S. ...

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