Unexploded car bomb outside U.S. HQ in Iraq - Army

Reuters ^ | 1/27/04

[areafiftyone]

BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (Reuters) - An unexploded car bomb was discovered close to the coalition headquarters in Baghdad and U.S. soldiers were working to safely dispose of it, a U.S. military spokesman said on Tuesday.

Reporters on the scene said the bomb was believed to be in a vehicle in a car park used by visitors to the coalition compound in the "Green Zone", one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces which has been taken over by the U.S.-led military and civilian administration in Baghdad.

"There is an unexploded car bomb. Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division are working to dispose of it," the spokesman said.

All roads in the area were sealed off.

On January 18, a suicide car bomb blast at another entrance to the Green Zone killed at least 25 people and wounded scores.

[areafiftyone]

Nervewracking to hear them trying to dispose of it. Prayers for their safety!

[lilylangtree]

Good guys are in my prayers.

[chachacha]

Time to ship some large scales over there and start weighing every car in the country. Put a scale, camera and road block at the entrance to every cities main road entrances. All of them. Thousand pounds of expolsives in a car has to be able to be detected.

[TXnMA]

Interesting suggestion...

[Frank_Discussion]

I hope they can do some forensics on it to determine a site of origin.

Then incinerate the site.

[OXENinFLA]

I can only surmise that Koffie will see this as Iraq being 'unsafe' therefor the UN can't go back into Iraq.

[Billthedrill]

There is no way, no way in the world, that I'd want the job of Explosive Ordnance Disposal. God bless the guys who have it.

[Wumpus Hunter]

Tow it to the nearest mosque.

[chachacha]

Yes and hopefully the Pentagon would think so. Do you think they would take the any advice from this arm chair General?

I doubt it. HA,Ha.