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| Baghdad Hotel Boomed - At least 10 dead |
| 2004-03-17 |
| A massive explosion shook the Mount Lebanon Hotel in the Karada district of Baghdad Wednesday night. Iraqi police said there were "several dead." A coalition military official said he believed the blast was caused by a car bomb. TV footage showed raging fire, a destroyed chunk of a building, and people in the rubble being carried away. "It’s a scene from hell here," CNN Baghdad Bureau Chief Jane Arraf said. "People are crying and screaming and debris is everywhere." Bystanders worked frantically to pull victims from the rubble, digging with their bare hands as fires raged in the background. U.S. troops, who arrived shortly after the blast, urged people to move away from the area because of concerns that there could be additional explosives. The explosion occurred near Firdos Square, where the large statue of Saddam Hussein was pulled down in early April. |
| Posted by:True German Ally |
| #19 Ah. The peace of the grave. As the 20th century should have taught us, that is what the "peace" movement really works toward. Wow - that's good. If I smoked dope, I'd have to say that's reeaally heavy, man. But then, if I smoked dope, I'd be like John and couldn't make the connection. |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-17 9:48:59 PM |
| #18 I'm in shock. I turned on CNN expecting the usual carping, whining, sky is falling crap, and I got report filled with praise for the bravery and dedication of the (newly recruited) Iraqi fire fighters at the hotel blast. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-3-17 8:21:34 PM |
| #17 I'd like to, but I don't know if it would be cool. I'm not sure if the guy who I was talking to was supposed to be talking about it. Anyway, I spilled on McCain today (see on Rantburg: Biden endorses a fusion ticket). Maybe that's enough for one day. Committed liberals actually are quite vicious and not at all opposed to demolishing your life/career if they can. That I know from first-hand experience. But I'll think about it, okay, DPA? |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-3-17 6:26:54 PM |
| #16 ex-lib, forget John... we'd all like to know about the WMDs ;) |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-3-17 6:06:04 PM |
| #15 John, I happen to know that there are WMD's in Iraq. But I'm not going to tell you any more than that. You wouldn't believe it anyway. Besides, do you have any idea what a frustrated "devout" terrorist Muslim is? Some idiot that wants to hump virgins 24/7 for eternity and is willing to blow up innocent people to score the deal. See, they have a complex in that direction. But I'm not going to educate you about that either. Do your own research, and be prepared to face facts that will rock your liberal world to the core. To everyone else: I think Allah IS going to reward his terrorist servants with the promise of 72 virgins--really, really, really ugly, smelly, nasty, icky virgins . . . it just makes sense somehow. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-3-17 5:34:17 PM |
| #14 Leave Iraq behind and all will be peace again. Ah. The peace of the grave. As the 20th century should have taught us, that is what the "peace" movement really works toward. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-17 4:09:09 PM |
| #13 Death toll up to 28. Col. Ralph Baker sez it was a 1000 pound car bomb, PE4 explosives packed with artillery shells, driven by a suicide bomber. Search and recovery duties being handled largely by ICDF, and Iraqi fire & police departments. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-3-17 3:47:17 PM |
| #12 "All we got for our troubles were very angry, devout muslims who have taken out their frustrations on Madrid, Istanbul, Bali..." hey john, Bali happened Oct 12 2002. Iraq liberation start from March 2003. I know its hard, but do try to keep up... |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-3-17 3:38:22 PM |
| #11 john, you couldn't be more wrong. If we were to leave Iraq, it would be "Duck and cover" here in the US 24/7. There *were* WMDs in Iraq--where they are now, who knows. But everyone--every nation's intelligence that worth a bucket of warm spit--affirmed that the WMDs were there before we invaded. What we got for our troubles was millions of delighted Iraqis to whom we had brought liberation from Saddam's misery and oppression. Iran is beggin for us to go there next. So is Syria and I dare say eastern SA. You Lefties are something else: you maintain that there are no links between Saddam and Al Queda, yet that the Madrid blasts, if done by Al Queda, were payback for Spain being part of our Iraq Coaliton. If Al Queda isn't in Iraq, why should they care about the Spanish fighting in Iraq? Get your talking points focused! We are winning the WOT, so STFU. |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-3-17 3:16:25 PM |
| #10 I seem to remember that we have been attacked several times before we invaded Iraq (or Afghanistan for that matter). Where is your head John? Is it dark there? How's Teresa? |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-3-17 3:12:22 PM |
| #9 Have a cookie john. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-17 3:11:15 PM |
| #8 The US invasion of Iraq was a mistake. There were no WMDs. All we got for our troubles were very angry, devout muslims who have taken out their frustrations on Madrid, Istanbul, Bali... The Iraq bombings will continue as long as that linkage is useful. Leave Iraq behind and all will be peace again. |
| Posted by: john 2004-3-17 3:08:59 PM |
| #7 Nah, that's called "preemptive journalism"! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-3-17 2:33:23 PM |
| #6 I dunno, any blast near an Al'Jazeera office has to be looked at as a "work accident" until proven otherwise. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-17 2:10:08 PM |
| #5 Al Jazeera reports: "Aljazeera's bureau, located behind the hotel, was also badly damaged in the explosion on Wednesday evening." I'd have a question for the next press conference: WHEN exactly did Al Jazeera staff leave the office? |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-3-17 1:33:34 PM |
| #4 Waiting for Kerry's campaign to blame this on "Bush's failure to..." countdown 10, 9, 8 |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-3-17 1:29:03 PM |
| #3 TGA - as long as the major news media calls them [romantic] 'resistance fighters' and not 'terrorists'.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-3-17 1:07:40 PM |
| #2 TGA, I think we're well passed that point. The Iraqis are on our side. Now these blasts are just depressing, there is no positive way to look at them. |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-3-17 1:06:29 PM |
| #1 Call me an optimist, but as terrible as this sounds: These indiscriminate bombing shows that terrorists are losing public support and lash out desperately. How long will people still confuse "resistance" with bloody terrorism? |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-3-17 1:01:18 PM |