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Attack on Mess Hall in Iraq 10? dead
Fox News Channel | 12/21/04 | ChefKeith

Posted on 12/21/2004 5:31:14 AM PST by ChefKeith

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,142157,00.html


21 posted on 12/21/2004 5:40:46 AM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham (Why did it take me so long to come up with a new tag-line, huh?! What's up with that?)
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To: ChefKeith

Mosul? I believe Blair was in Baghdad. Prayers going up.


22 posted on 12/21/2004 5:40:50 AM PST by Quilla
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To: ChefKeith

Let's hope its a case of the (moronic) media confusing 'casualty' with 'fatality'.


23 posted on 12/21/2004 5:41:04 AM PST by ruiner
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Iraq Blast Causes 'Multiple Casualties'

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An explosion at a U.S. base near the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday caused "multiple causalities," the U.S. military said.

The cause of the blast, which occurred around noon, was under investigation, the statement said.

A military spokesman in Mosul declined to give further details.

The U.S. Army's Task Force Olympia is based in this predominantly Sunni Muslim city.

Fox News is reporting at least 10 dead and at least 50 injured. A mix of US troops and Iraqi Guard. Casulty count could rise. Fox News reporting that it was a mortar attack, direct hit on a dining area around lunch time.

24 posted on 12/21/2004 5:41:12 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: ChefKeith
SH!T !!!

War is hell. We have got to hit these f#$kers back hard.

25 posted on 12/21/2004 5:41:23 AM PST by Deetes
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Have they said where this happened? My son is in Ramadi


26 posted on 12/21/2004 5:41:33 AM PST by boxerblues
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Yes. That's what I'm hearing... Mosul.


27 posted on 12/21/2004 5:41:36 AM PST by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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From Foxnews.com:

MOSUL, Iraq — An explosion at a U.S. base near the northern city of Mosul (search) on Tuesday caused "multiple causalities," the U.S. military said.

The cause of the blast, which occurred around noon, was under investigation, the statement said.

A military spokesman in Mosul declined to give further details.

The U.S. Army's Task Force Olympia is based in this predominantly Sunni Muslim city.


28 posted on 12/21/2004 5:42:10 AM PST by KoRn
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To: KoRn

Thanks for the update. Prayers for the families of these brave soldiers


29 posted on 12/21/2004 5:42:45 AM PST by boxerblues
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To: boxerblues

Mosul


30 posted on 12/21/2004 5:43:00 AM PST by ChefKeith ( I shoot every third sales person... and the second just left. Do you feel LUCKY?)
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To: ruiner
Let's hope its a case of the (moronic) media confusing 'casualty' with 'fatality'.

It wouldn't be the first time, would it. You'd think they'd keep that in mind before they terrify families and friends with their darn reportage.

31 posted on 12/21/2004 5:43:17 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: ChefKeith

Grief-stricken at the loss of our finest.

Angry at the cowardice of the terrorists who did this.

I hate them.

OH! how I hate them.

May God comfort the families who will receive the bad news this day and may he protect the rest of our troops.


32 posted on 12/21/2004 5:43:58 AM PST by sneakers
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To: ChefKeith

Oh no......


33 posted on 12/21/2004 5:45:53 AM PST by proud American in Canada
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It happened in Mosul boxerblues. God be with them.

Blast at U.S. Base in Mosul, Many Casualties - U.S.

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - An explosion at a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday caused many casualties, the U.S. military said in a statement.

"At 12 p.m. today an explosion occurred at a U.S. military installation in Mosul causing multiple casualties," it said, giving no details. "The cause of the explosion is under investigation."

Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hastings, a spokesman for Task Force Olympia in Mosul, said he would release no more details for the time being.

Mosul, Iraq's third biggest city, has seen incessant violence for the past few weeks since Sunni Arab insurgents routed the U.S.-trained police force in November while many U.S. forces were concentrated on storming guerrilla bases in Falluja.

Ethnic tensions have also been inflamed in a city that is home to both Arabs and Kurds.

34 posted on 12/21/2004 5:47:41 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: boxerblues

Must have been a security lapse somewhere, or an 'inside job' maybe. Very demoralizing to have a mess hall attacked.


35 posted on 12/21/2004 5:47:44 AM PST by KoRn
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To: KoRn

I was reading on Fox where there was a large demontration in Mosul, any connections?


36 posted on 12/21/2004 5:48:44 AM PST by boxerblues
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Iraq Explosion at U.S. Base in Mosul Causes Many Casualties

Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- An explosion at a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul caused ``multiple casualties,'' the U.S. military said in an e-mailed statement.

The cause of the blast, which took place at noon local time, is under investigation, according to the statement, which didn't specify how many people have been killed or wounded.

Mosul was the scene last month of a flare up in violence as insurgents took advantage of the U.S. focus on a military operation in Fallujah, west of Baghdad. The U.S. and Iraq were forced to deploy troops to Mosul on Nov. 11 after insurgents seized several of the city's police stations.

U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, making a surprise visit to Baghdad today, and his Iraqi counterpart Ayad Allawi, pledged today to hold Iraq's elections on time on Jan. 30, in the face of violence which Allawi said he expected to increase as that date draws nearer.

Since the November escalation of violence in Mosul, U.S. and Iraqi security forces have had to repel insurgent attacks on police stations there on at least six occasions, according to the military.

37 posted on 12/21/2004 5:49:06 AM PST by glock rocks (Play an accordion, go to jail. It's the law.)
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To: ChefKeith

My thoughts and prayers to those involved and with all Families now awaiting any kind of word.
I am heart broken by this news.God be with all our Military.


38 posted on 12/21/2004 5:49:35 AM PST by SilverStarWolf
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To: Types_with_Fist

My son just returned home from there.


39 posted on 12/21/2004 5:49:53 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Graybeard58

Praise God! And please tell him "thank you" for me.


40 posted on 12/21/2004 5:51:06 AM PST by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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