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2004-04-26 Iraq-Jordan
Two US soldiers killed in chemical lab blast in Baghdad
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Posted by TS (vice girl) 2004-04-26 12:00:22 PM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Gas. At least, that's what those two words mean to me.
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-04-26 2:21:12 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com]  2004-04-26 2:21:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I thought there were no chemical weapons plants.
I thought there were only pesticide manufacturers, pharmaceutical labs, and, "baby milk plants".
Nooo this would make GWB look good, and the oil-for-bribes folks at the UN look bad. We can't have that can we?
Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-26 2:27:59 PM||   2004-04-26 2:27:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Trap.
Posted by Patrick Phillips 2004-04-26 2:33:12 PM||   2004-04-26 2:33:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The BBC is reporting that jubilant Iraqis were dancing a burned out Humvee later, and that one of them was waving a tattered and bloody American uniform.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-04-26 2:38:01 PM||   2004-04-26 2:38:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Can the term ’chemical munitions’also be used to describe certain propellants?
Posted by chinditz  2004-04-26 2:39:08 PM|| [http://srv.fotopages.com/?o=935389&t=2]  2004-04-26 2:39:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Dancing AROUND a burned out Humvee....
Aarrgghh!
Incidentally, the Beeb did not report the incident itself, just the celebratory aftermath with the comment that the mob obviously saw it as evidence of a victory against the occupiers. Further description would certainly have undermined the credibility of this impression. Go figure.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-04-26 2:46:33 PM||   2004-04-26 2:46:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Chinditz, that is not the usual meaning of the phrase.
Posted by rkb  2004-04-26 3:00:35 PM||   2004-04-26 3:00:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 It was probably a meth lab. It is the only way these poor, oppressed Iraqis can make a living anymore.
(/BBC)
(see also: Steyn article elsewhere on Rantburg today)
Posted by eLarson 2004-04-26 3:34:24 PM||   2004-04-26 3:34:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I am getting tired of these situations. The commander of the Tikrit area (Steve I believe) seemed to know what he was doing. It was his belief to NEVER ALLOW ANYBODY TO DANCE ON HIS EQUIPMENT. When a vehicle was destroyed it was guarded until it could be towed away. It appears many commanders just abandon their equipment and run back to base. It leaves me with the thoughts that we have some commanders that have no clue on how to handle a occupation. This same issue is hitting us up North where the Marines are finding out that the 82nd apparently let things get out of control in their area of operations.
Posted by Patrick 2004-04-26 4:44:27 PM||   2004-04-26 4:44:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 FWIW, the Beeb has now reversed itself with a detailed report on the Baghdad incident from one of its non-asshats, Colin Reeves.

Reeves described the explosion incident in some detail from the scene, spoke with some Iraqis, then went on to refute two of the claims he had heard from the mob: that there were no Iraqi casualties (he saw bodies being pulled from the wreckage) and that there had been heavy American losses (he pointedly mentioned that there was no evidence for this).
He also suggested that the tattered uniform the ghoul was brandishing had been cut off a wounded American by American medics and left at the scene.
He even spoke to a couple of bystanders who condemned the insurgents as no better than Saddam.
Quite an amazing display, and evidence that the terror-apologist take-over of the Beeb is not quite complete.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-04-26 6:21:42 PM||   2004-04-26 6:21:42 PM|| Front Page Top

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