Car Bomb Explodes Near U.S. Base in Baghdad

bluestateguy

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Mon May-17-04 01:37 AM
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Car Bomb Explodes Near U.S. Base in Baghdad

www.foxnews.com

No link yet.

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VolcanoJen

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Mon May-17-04 01:44 AM
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1. delete

Edited on Mon May-17-04 02:13 AM by VolcanoJen

When this was first reported, I thought it was just another of the daily Green Zone blasts, intended to disrupt and intimidate, but which otherwise caused little harm.

I was certainly wrong this time.

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rooboy

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Mon May-17-04 02:04 AM
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2. Deaths reported as bomb hits US Baghdad base

A car bomb exploded close to one of the entrances to the main compound of the US-led coalition in Baghdad today and there were reports of deaths, a US officer at the scene said.

Cars were set on fire and a large column of thick black smoke rose into the sky.

US troops blocked off the area, next to one of the entrances to the ``Green Zone'', a sprawling compound that used to be one of Saddam Hussein's palace complexes and is now the main coalition headquarters.

Some witnesses said the blast, which echoed across central Baghdad, had been from a suicide car bomb.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/17/1084646128839.html

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AussieInCA

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Mon May-17-04 02:12 AM
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5. Iraq governing council head killed, up to 8 killed (on cnn)

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SoCalDem

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Mon May-17-04 02:12 AM
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3. The head of the governing council was killed with 7 others

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VolcanoJen

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Mon May-17-04 02:12 AM
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4. Iraq Council Head Killed in Baghdad Car Bomb Blast

Developing... CNN International

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still_one

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Mon May-17-04 02:19 AM
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7. Why only CNN international and not CNN national

BBC, Bloomberg report it, but lets keep the people dumb as long as we can here

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SoCalDem

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Mon May-17-04 02:38 AM
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11. Because they have to show us CRAP... and RE-RUN crap, at that

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rooboy

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Mon May-17-04 02:14 AM
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6. Sergio Viera de Mello, now Iraq council head...

at least it does help explain why Nick Berg may well have wanted to find his own way out of the country. Obviously they needed to subscribe to the "Blackwater Premium Security Package". :eyes:

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bluestateguy

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Mon May-17-04 02:19 AM
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8. CNN: Maria Shriver; Fox News: Beltway Boys , MSNBC: "Ultimate Explorer"

We don't even know how to act like we are at war.

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Judi Lynn

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Mon May-17-04 03:56 AM
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20. Pathetic. I stopped at MSNBC only long enough to see a huge Anaconda

slither into a river.

Cable news stations on weekends are an even more outrageous mockery of their profession.

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pinniped

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Mon May-17-04 03:59 AM
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21. msnbc was doing a special on jerkoff chainknee...

and what you saw was it slithering back to its habitat.

I thought POS vp was a serpent.

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Judi Lynn

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Mon May-17-04 04:50 AM
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22. Probably using a secret entrance to his bunker, hidden under the water.

Creepy, huh?

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VolcanoJen

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Mon May-17-04 02:30 AM
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9. BBC Link

Baghdad Blast Kills Iraq Leader

New DU thread here, specifically about Ezzedine Salem, linking back to this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x560241

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drfemoe

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Mon May-17-04 02:36 AM
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10. Link >>

Monday, 17 May, 2004, 07:19 GMT 08:19 UK
Baghdad blast kills Iraq leader

The head of Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council has been killed in a car bomb blast near the headquarters of the US-led coalition in Baghdad.

Ezzedine Salim was killed as he was waiting to enter the compound, Iraq's deputy foreign minister told Reuters; several other people also died.

A big column of smoke rose into the sky after the blast at about 0530 GMT.

There was also fresh fighting overnight in southern Iraq, as US and Italian forces battled with Shia militiamen.
>>>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3720161.stm

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dArKeR

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Mon May-17-04 02:54 AM
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12. IMPEACHMENT and Crimes Against Humanity against Bush Adm. is

our moral and honest duty as citizens of The United States of America. It is our responsibility to God and Humanity and to the history of our great nation.

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dArKeR

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Mon May-17-04 02:55 AM
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13. Did they awake Bush from his Butcher of Bagdad dream? POLL

Edited on Mon May-17-04 02:56 AM by dArKeR

1. No
2. No

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drfemoe

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Mon May-17-04 02:57 AM
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14. Abdel-Zahraa Othman Mohammed

Posted on Thu, Oct. 23, 2003
Iraqi governing council members
Knight Ridder Newspapers

Abdel-Zahraa Othman Mohammed, head of the Islamic Dawa party in Basra. Writer, political activist. Shiite.

Mercury News

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Bluebear

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Mon May-17-04 02:57 AM
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15. Larry King reruns more vital, what's wrong with you people?

Maria Terminator on now, Trista Bachelorette interview next hour maybe?

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dArKeR

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Mon May-17-04 03:01 AM
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16. Did they awake Bush from his Butcher of Bagdad dream? POLL

1. No
2. No

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dArKeR

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Mon May-17-04 03:03 AM
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17. MSGOP - Car bomb kills head of Governing Council

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4899904/

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dArKeR

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Mon May-17-04 03:22 AM
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18. I wonder if he had CIA/Diplomat Security? I feel so sorry for our great

professional agents being assigned this task by our commander and thief, Bush.

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dArKeR

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Mon May-17-04 03:28 AM
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19. The stock market heading south?

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