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| Massive Blasts at U.S. Base in Kirkuk according to witness |
| 2004-06-03 |
| Massive explosions rocked a major U.S. military base outside the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, shrouding the city in smoke, after what police said was a rocket strike on an arms store. Shells and rockets screamed into the night sky over the base at Kirkuk’s main airport and thick smoke rolled across the whole area, a Reuters reporter said from the scene. The initial blast around 10 p.m. (2 p.m. EDT) was followed by sirens on the base and mayhem that was continuing an hour and half later. "You can see rockets flying and landing all over the base," reporter Adnan Hadi said from a vantage point some 500 meters from the base perimeter. "The windows of buildings close to the base have all been shattered." Loudspeaker announcements could be heard on the base warning troops to stay under cover. U.S. military spokesmen in Baghdad said they were unaware of the incident. U.S. officials in Kirkuk could not be reached. Stay tuned... |
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