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To: ChefKeith
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: TexKat

G-d Bless our fallen troops and those fighting.

This is an early Christmas present from the terrorists to their propaganda machine (MSM) and all the communists and America haters worldwide.


107 posted on 12/21/2004 6:52:15 AM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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