In past tense: estar/haber

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I'm confused in the past tense when to use haber as opposed to estar. I am writing my lesson for my next weeks spanish class, and I want to say "there was an attack." I thought I should use estar, but when I double check my resources, they are telling me to use haber. What is haber denoting that estar is not?

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FayRay1

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Wow...thanks...that really clears it up for me! - FayRay1 Nov 3
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when you use haber, you are saying 'there is/are/was/were'. The word 'there' is already in haber, so when you want to say that 'there was something' or 'there is something' you use haber

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emily8

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Hubo ataque.

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AVicente

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