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Explosion Shakes Central Baghdad
Times Daily ^
| April 9, 2004
| Associated Press
Posted on 04/09/2004 8:04:17 AM PDT by yonif
A large explosion shook central Baghdad on Friday, and smoke was seen rising from near the Sheraton Hotel beside Firdos Square.
The cause of the explosion was not immediately known.
U.S. troops warned earlier in the day that followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr were planning possible bomb attacks near Firdos Square. Troops had imposed a curfew in the area.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdad; iraq
Israeli media reports these were mortar shells that were fired, landing next to the hotel. Reuters reports no injuries.
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posted on
04/09/2004 8:04:17 AM PDT
by
yonif
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posted on
04/09/2004 8:06:57 AM PDT
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To: yonif
Im with Bob Bevelaqua on this one. He says the media should ignore these non events. They're clearly an attempt by terrorists to grab headlines.
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posted on
04/09/2004 8:10:19 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
To: All
It never ends with Democrats and their hallucinations of grandeur. Remember this?
Now it's this: Click a pic
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posted on
04/09/2004 8:13:16 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra.)
To: cripplecreek
Did you hear David Lee Miller translate his producer's description of a "man size" hole to a "giant" hole? I just sent Fox an email and told them DLM is a drama queen who has lost all credibility. I also admonished them for continuing to report on this after Bob told them it was playing right into the terrorists hands.
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posted on
04/09/2004 8:15:30 AM PDT
by
hobson
To: cripplecreek
Bob Bevelaqua? Isn't he the guy who remodels old homes and pitches power tools?
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posted on
04/09/2004 8:17:54 AM PDT
by
The Brush
To: yonif
This wench on FoxNews, just said "Huge Explosion". She should be fired. Major Bob was just on FoxNews explaining it was just a mortar round. There is a big difference between a "Huge Explosion" and a mortar round. This plays right into the objectives of terrorists.
Now Fox is showing a hole in the ground - 3' x 3' - that is HUGE. Oh, no, someone might fall into it and twist their ankle. We better get out of Iraq now. (sarcasm off)
To: hobson
Did you hear David Lee Miller translate his producer's description of a "man size" hole to a "giant" hole? Yes, I did...I thought I was the only one that caught that. When they went to the live feed of the 'hole', the reporter in the NY studio, Patti Ann Brown, seemed surprised that the hole they were showing was what all the fuss was about. She even questioned whether that they were showing the right 'hole'! FOX does seem to be making this seem much worse than it is. Having said that, thank God no one was injured.
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posted on
04/09/2004 8:23:02 AM PDT
by
tsmith130
To: tsmith130
Harrassment mortar shot.
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posted on
04/09/2004 8:24:40 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: The Brush
Yeah if you like remodeling with explosives or well placed rounds.
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posted on
04/09/2004 8:26:39 AM PDT
by
dts32041
("Give me a break. I'm a male, my ESP doesn't work." 05 APR 04 Mondoman)
To: The Brush
Bob Bevelaqua? Isn't he the guy who remodels old homes and pitches power tools?
Bob Bevelaqua Blues Brother reject
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posted on
04/09/2004 8:26:51 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
("We wanted to kill the people inside," said Lieutenant Colonel Brennan Byrne on bombing of mosque)
To: PattonReincarnated
Now Fox is showing a hole in the ground - 3' x 3' - that is HUGE. Oh, no, someone might fall into it and twist their ankle. We better get out of Iraq now. (sarcasm off)Breaking News: Update!!! Upon closer inspection given a zoom-in on the suspected hole in the ground, the hole measures 3'2" x 3'3 1/4". This is almost as big as the hole in the ground that family lived in when I was a child.
To: PattonReincarnated
A man size hole in the ground maybe its a new place for some iraqi like saddam to hide in
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posted on
04/09/2004 9:36:35 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hope I don't get into trouble for this)
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