I hope this is an incorrect 'first report'.....
Not what I need to hear this morning
Prayers for all involved.
Prayers for the troops and families.
Screw what old europe and the UN think-time to burn these bastards to the ground...
Let's hope its a case of the (moronic) media confusing 'casualty' with 'fatality'.
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.
War is hell. We have got to hit these f#$kers back hard.
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.
Oh no......
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.
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.
GOD BLESS ALL THE TROOPS!!!
All I heard was that there was an explosion.
Have they ruled out accidetal causes yet?
Reporting at least 22 dead now.
FNS just announced death toll at 22, mixture of US and Iraqi and contractors.
DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!
Prayers lifted for the families and friends. This is an especially rotten season to suffer the loss of a loved one.