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Posted on 12/21/2004 11:57:51 AM PST by anonymoussierra
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America strong person "Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's"
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BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4116487.stm
Nineteen US soldiers have been killed in an explosion at a US military base in Mosul, making it the worst single incident for the US military in Iraq.
At least three other people died and more than 60 were injured in the attack on a dining tent at noon (0900 GMT).
The US reported a single blast at Camp Merez, south-west of the city, which militants claimed as suicide attack.
US President George W Bush offered his condolences but stressed that troops had a vital mission of peace in Iraq.
He said that it was sorrowful when lives were lost at any time of year but particularly in the week before Christmas.
Speaking at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC, he said the violence should not affect elections scheduled for January.
"I'm confident democracy will prevail in Iraq," he said.
Vulnerable area
A statement attributed to the Ansar al-Sunna militant group on an Islamist website said one of its suicide bombers had carried out the attack
Lt Col Paul Hastings, a spokesman for Task Force Olympia in northern Iraq, said it was unclear whether a mortar or explosives had been used.
Witnesses said they heard several explosions and saw smoke rising from the base.
One US officer, Capt Brian Lucas, told AFP news agency that three foreign military personnel had been killed along with the 19 Americans. Casualty accounts had initially referred to a number of Iraqi civilians being killed.
The BBC's James Reynolds, who was embedded with US troops at the base last month, says the dining hall has always been seen as vulnerable.
A US army colonel had told him he feared what would happen if insurgents managed to fire rockets into it.
The hall was shielded by towering concrete walls - but it had no protected roof. The army is building a more fortified dining hall nearby, our correspondent adds.
Before Tuesday's attack, the worst single incident for the US military in Iraq was a helicopter crash in Mosul in November 2003, which killed 17 soldiers.
The two Black Hawk helicopters collided as they took action to avoid ground fire.
Spate of attacks
The Mosul attack came as UK Prime Minister Tony Blair made an unannounced visit to Baghdad, 370km (250 miles) to the south.
It was his first trip to the capital, where he held talks with interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and other officials.
In other developments:
Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq since August are freed
Gunmen assassinate a local government official in Diyala province on his way to work
An ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Monday suggest a majority of Americans now believe the war in Iraq was not worth fighting.
Mosul, Iraq's third biggest city, has experienced a spate of attacks since the middle of November, when insurgents overran police stations, looting weapons.
Much of the city centre is off limits to Iraqi security forces and US troops, who have been the target of daily attacks during the last month.
Ansar al-Sunna has claimed a string of attacks on Iraqi security forces and foreign workers, often taking hostages and murdering them.
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NEWSPAPERS???
I thought the whole country was a flaming wreck caused by the Evil Bush and his conquering army!!!
On second thought, I read that in OUR newspapers.
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Tony Blair is my all-time favorite socialist. Say what you will about his economic/political views and I'll probably agree but he's a good, honest man who's kept his word when it been very difficult to do so. If only our Democrats were as full of character.
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May God bless all the military of the coalition. Protect them and bring them back to their homes safely when the jobs is done.
For those who have fallen. May God hold them tenderly in his loving embrace, and let them enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
God bless all who serve in the military and their families.
May our military kill those heathen bastards that took so many of our people today.
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You are more pro-America than many in our own media!
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