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Car bomb at coalition HQ in Baghdad
A POWERFUL car bomb ripped the main gate to the headquarters of the US-led coalition in Iraq this morning. "We believe it was a car bomb in the vicinity of assassinâs gate," a spokesman said, using the name for the heavily-fortified entrance to the presidential palace, home to the US-run Coalition Provisional Authority. A policeman outside the arched gateway to the symbol of US power in Iraq said a car on line to enter the citadel had exploded, sending shrapnel flying and possibly killing or wounding those people waiting to enter the palace grounds. ``It was a car lining up to enter the palace that exploded,ââ a police officer said.News is still coming in, no word yet as to the corpse count ...
Followup, from al-Jizzles... Up to 25 people have been killed and 130 wounded in a powerful car bomb blast which ripped the main gate to the headquarters of the US occupation authorities in Baghdad. "At least 20 people have lost their lives and almost 60 were injured," Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, as quoted by AFP, told reporters. "We have confirmation some of those killed were US citizens, US contractors. We believe the current number is two. We are waiting for final confirmation." Another five people were reported dead and 71 wounded at Baghdad hospitals. The US military had previously identified the dead Americans as two US Defence Department employees. The military said its toll was not counting those people brought to local Iraqi hospitals. Three dead and 30 wounded were brought to Karrama hospital, while another two people were reported dead at Baghdad's Yarmuk hospital, Iraqi doctors said. There were no reported fatalities at other local hospitals, where the number of wounded was put at 41 from Karkh, Yarmuk, al-Kindi and the Neurological Surgical hospital. Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-01-18 |
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