Car Bomb Explodes Near U.S. Base in Iraq

[Nambe]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)

A car bomb exploded outside an air base used by U.S. forces near Dijiel, about 25 miles north of Baghdad, the U.S. military and police said.

One American soldier and two Iraqi civilians were wounded, said Army Sgt. Robert Powell, a spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division. ..

The injured soldier was in a stable condition after being evacuated to a military hospital, while the three Iraqis were treated at the scene, Powell said.

Witnesses said a Volkswagen exploded near the base, setting fire to an American Humvee.

[rfranklin]

1. Another great day in the "Cakewalk to Democracy..."

Which Bush took on out of the goodness of his heart.

[gottaB]

2. Two or three Iraqi civilians injured?

These reports are effing surreal.

[leftchick]

3. remember as Gen. scumbag meyers likes to say...

"we don't do civilian body counts"... :puke: