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Follow-up: Bomber Was Probably In GI Tent
A suicide bomber was the likely cause of the deadliest single attack on American troops in Iraq — an explosion at a U.S. base that killed 22 people, the Pentagon's top general, Richard Myers, said Wednesday. Myers said the attack was likely the work of a suicide bomber who somehow got into the mess tent with the explosives. Earlier, officials had described it as a rocket attack. Myers isn't saying whether authorities think the bomber worked at the base, or breached security. He describes the cause of the deadly blast as an "improvised explosive device worn by an attacker." CBS News Correspondent Kimberly Dozier reports FBI investigators believe they have found the remains of a suicide bomber's torso and a harness device within the mess tent wreckage. ...Posted by: .com 2004-12-23 |
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