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what would the torpedoes be doing in an ammo dump in Baghdad, rather than someplace closer to the Gulf, like Basra or the port of Umm Qasr?

Good question.

This article was obviously written by an idiot. He says, the ordnance "exploded." What kind of reporting is that? Did it explode spontaneously, was it blown up by the coalition forces controlling the base, or was it blown up by a Saddamite who snuck into the base?

Also, how come the blast killed several people in some houses, but no one at the base?

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Central Command also said a U.S. soldier was wounded in a firefight with "an unknown number of individuals" who attacked the forces guarding the dump and fired an "unknown incendiary device" into it, causing the explosion.

Oops, I overlooked this sentence. Still, it's just stupid to only say "exploded" in the first paragraph, and only give the cause of the explosion later. I can't help believing that the intent is to make readers think that the ordnance was blown up by coalition troops on purpose. Typical biased CNN reporting.

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Also, how come the blast killed several people in some houses, but no one at the base?

And the houses were " about 500 meters from our area."?

The article implies that it was our forces who hauled the explosives in and piled them up in one place. However, I'll bet that the truth about "a coalition-controlled military base in southern Baghdad" is that it was a former Iraqi base, and that it was the Ba'athist Iraqui government who stored the explasoves in a neighberhood -- just as they did in dozens of schools.

"Coalition-controlled military base in southern Baghdad"? Sounds like CNN still hates to accept or admit that we control the whole country!

The Communist N ews N etwork...I'll wait for someone else to publish the real truth, thank you!