Large Explosion Heard in Central Baghdad (Thursday)

[spinbaby]

This is getting to be preposterous--every day there are huge explosions in Baghdad and no one ever knows what they are:

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A large blast was heard in central Baghdad on Thursday, witnesses said.

There was no immediate word on the cause of the explosion.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6636799

[lil-petunia]

1. Let me play Ashcroft here

Enough with this shit. I don't want to hear it. It interferes with my idea of Mission Accomplished.


Question: Why do we have to go to Reuters to get this news? Where are CCS, NBC, ABC, CNN, Faux, MSNBC etc?

[durablend]

3. "Explosion? What explosion?"

"I don't hear any explosions. Things couldn't be better here"

"BTW, vote Bush"

:mad:

[maddezmom]

2. just the initial report...then nuthin

cuz if the press can't see it from their balconey, we'll never know about it.

[goodboy]

4. it's all those phantom explosives that were never at the QaQaa

site...or, a really giant flower tossed at our troops....

[truthpusher]

5. Those are fireworks...Celebrating Freedom & Liberation!

[Maeve]

6. Thank you for putting the day in the title

It's like the old MASH episode with "Five O'Clock Charlie" and his regular bomb run--only with much deadlier consequences.

[notadmblnd]

7. Ask yourself this philosophical question...

If a bomb goes off in Baghdad....does it make a sound in the US?

[spinbaby]

8. What gets me

Only a year ago, whenever something blew up in Baghdad, there would be breathless live coverage with reporters standing in the dark speculating about what might have just blown up. Nowadays, explosions are just a footnote to the news.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

9. Just some of those missing explosvies turning up...

in the damnedest place.

[Judi Lynn]

10. In what appears to be a different explosion, on Thursday

in Southern Baghdad:Elsewhere, an explosion caused by a suspected car-bomb has killed at least one US soldier and an Iraqi national in southern Baghdad, the US military said.

Two US soldiers were wounded by the blast, which targeted a patrol as it was crossing a bridge.
(snip)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3961225.stm

OR

3 US soldiers wounded in car bomb blast in Baghdad


BAGHDAD, Oct. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Three US soldiers were injured when a car bomb exploded in southern Baghdad on Thursday, the US military said.

The attack took place at about 7:30 am (0430 GMT) when an explosive-laden vehicle hit a US military convoy under the flyover of the main road in southern Baghdad, it said.

One US military vehicle was ablaze as US and Iraqi National Guards cordoned off the area, according to witnesses
(snip/)

www.chinaview.cn 2004-10-28 15:20:21

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Here's more on the CENTRAL BAGHDAD explosion today:

Baghdad Bombs Kill 3 Iraqis, One Estonian Soldier (Update2))
Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Three Iraqi civilians and an Estonian soldier were killed by two blasts in Baghdad, the U.S. military said in e-mailed statements from the Iraqi capital. The attacks come two days after 49 Iraqi Army recruits were massacred north of the capital.

The Iraqis died when a car bomb exploded at 8 a.m. in central Baghdad, also injuring six civilians and two soldiers from the U.S.-led multinational forces, the military said. A coalition soldier was killed and five others wounded when a roadside bomb detonated at 11:15 a.m. in western Baghdad, the U.S. said.

The Iraqi army recruits were killed near Baqubah as they returned to southern Iraq from a training course, Agence France- Presse said. A group led by the wanted Jordanian Abu Musab al- Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the killings in a statement posted on the internet.

The Iraqi capital has been the scene of numerous blasts targeting the U.S. military, Iraq's security forces and foreign nationals. The Iraq war and subsequent insurgency there are issues in the Nov. 2 U.S. elections, and U.S. President George W. Bush and interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi have said they plan to regain control of rebel-held areas of Iraq before that country's elections slated for January.
(snip/...)

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aM21yKeaCpfE&refer=top_world_news

[Julien Sorel]

11. The Iraqis are merely celebrating their George Bush - given freedom.

Think "Fourth of July," only celebrated every day.