international airport. i've got off the phone from the interior minister as i called him, he said to me we're in the middle of a major operation here. now he says that the base had been attacked by militants, he said there were three explosions, there are some sources saying perhaps the explosions may be as many as five, he said ta that a plane was on fire and militants were actually inside the base. there have also been reports of gunfire being heard. the minister told me he was marshalling the commandos, all the commandos at his disposal in that area and moving them into the base to try to route out the militants. in fact, that would fit with the images we are seeing, the vision being broadcast on local television here, showing jeeps and truck loads full of armed soldiers pouring into that base and obviously an emergency under way there right now. this is the navel base, a logistic and support base, a navel base in karachi, a huge