HUGE Explosion, UN Building, Baghdad (All US Senators safe)

ABC Radio, WLS-AM, Chicago ^ | 08/19/03 | GRRRRR

[GRRRRR]

WLS-AM & ABC News, just A LARGE explosion just reported at the UN Building in Baghdad...perhaps 500lb bomb or more..

[prairiebreeze]

Pres on TV

[Eternal_Bear]

One small anecdote doesn't prove anything. The Americans crushed the Filipino Moro insurrectionists (for a little while at least) by killing thousands of them not by burying them in pigskin.

[MEG33]

Thanks for the ping..I'm way behind!

[Mo1]

He said General Ramirez was on site as well as Paul Bremer, and that recues crews were talking through a crack to two people who wree trapped.

Steve Harrigan (sp?) from FNC mentioned that Paul Bremer had tears in his eyes at what he had seen at the UN Building.

Steve has been doing a pretty good job reporting it like it is about these terrorist

FNC is airing the Video of Bush now

[Peach]

President Bush is on AGAIN. He is all over this and looks ticked which is good because he's at his best when he's not worried about what the lamestream press thinks about him. And American people typically like his straight talking.

[prairiebreeze]

I did hear a UN spokesman emphasize the coalition was responsible for security

What?!! They didn't WANT to be a secure facility, didn't WANT to "look like the Americans". This really fries my fritters. Geeze the way these twirps distort reality at every turn, it's amazing they can distinguish between day and night.

Prairie

[Peach]

Thank you Ragtime Cowgirl!

[rrrod]

attaboy gwb!!!!! CHARGE!

[veronica]

The people who did this have no love for the Iraqi people.

The people who did this are savages. They killed innocent people in Kenya, Bali, Moscow, NY etc.

Radical Islam is a DEATH CULT. We must face that undeniable reality.

[Peach]

Is this a different statement or just showing the video now?

[Ex-Dem]

He looks good, sounds resolved. Much better than his post-blackout speech.

[Peach]

I guess that is the videotape and we heard it on radio earlier. Glad they showed the tape, though.

[Peach]

Agreed (re the post-blackout speech).

[Sender]

People disappearing in the night is one of the things we went over there to prevent.

"I don't have a problem with killing, as long as the right people get killed." -Dirty Harry

[michigander]

Remarks by the President on Bombing in Baghdad

August 19, 2003

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

ON

BOMBING IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ

Bush Ranch

Crawford, TX

11:05 A.M. CDT

THE PRESIDENT: Today in Baghdad terrorists turned their violence against the United Nations. The U.N. personnel and Iraqi citizens killed in the bombing were in that country on a purely humanitarian mission. Men and women in the targeted building were working on reconstruction, medical care for Iraqis. They were there to help with the distribution of food. A number have been killed or injured. And to those who suffer, I extend the sympathy of the American people.

A short time ago I spoke with Ambassador Bremer and directed him to provide all possible assistance to the rescue and recovery effort at the United Nations headquarters. I also spoke to Secretary General Kofi Annan about the personal loss the U.N. has suffered, about the assistance my country has offered and about the vital work in Iraq that continues.

The terrorists who struck today have again shown their contempt for the innocent. They showed their fear of progress and their hatred of peace. They are the enemies of the Iraqi people. They are the enemies of every nation that seeks to help the Iraqi people. By their tactics and their targets, these murderers reveal themselves once more as enemies of the civilized world.

Every sign of progress in Iraq adds to the desperation of the terrorists and the remnants of Saddam's brutal regime. The civilized world will not be intimidated, and these killers will not determine the future of Iraq. The Iraqi people have been liberated from a dictator. Iraq is on a irreversible course toward self-government and peace. And America and our friends and the United Nations will stand with the Iraqi people as they reclaim their nation and their future.

Iraqi people face a challenge, and they face a choice. The terrorists want to return to the days of torture chambers and mass graves. The Iraqis who want peace and freedom must reject them and fight terror. And the United States and many in the world will be there to help them.

All nations of the world face a challenge and a choice. By attempting to spread chaos and fear, terrorists are testing our will. Across the world, they are finding that our will cannot be shaken. We will persevere through every hardship. We will continue this war on terror until the killers are brought to justice. And we will prevail.

May God bless the souls who have been harmed in Iraq. Thank you very much.

END 11:10 A.M. CDT

[happygrl]

No this is a wake up call for the UN that even though they have turned a blind eye to terrorist they are now a target and WE the US are trying to something about it.

Right on the mark!

Very, very well said.

[Mo1]

Is this a different statement or just showing the video now?

It's the same statement with a video

[prairiebreeze]

Where are the statements from the Arab countries? Why dont' I hear from that Saudi dweeb or an Egyptian or Jordanian official?

Prairie

[r9etb]

President Bush is on AGAIN.

This is a good move. It puts him out in front of the spin, and also puts the US in a superior position to the UN.

[txrangerette]

"...the U.N. and many nations...will
be there to help"

Good job on the quotes, except he said
the U.S.(not U.N) and others will help
(unless I'm delusional - Ha!)

Still, you were great.