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To: Kathy in Alaska
 
A soldier scans the perimeter Wednesday from the site where a cement truck packed with explosives detonated Tuesday at the United Nations’ headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 20 people.
 
 
 
A soldier keeps watch by a damaged truck after a roadside bomb exploded near Baqouba, Iraq, on Tuesday, wounding four soldiers.
 
 
 
A soldier inspects a damaged truck Tuesday after a roadside bomb exploded near Baqoubaon.
 
 
 
An injured man is carried from the United Nations headquarters after a bombing Tuesday.
 
 
 
Troops inspect damage at the United Nations headquarters after Tuesday’s explosion. A suicide attacker set off a truck bomb, killing at least 20 people, including the chief United Nations official, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
 
 
 
A soldier walks through the dust Wednesday as a destroyed vehicle is removed from the United Nations’ headquarters in Baghdad.
 
 
 
Soldiers take a break Wednesday after working all night to rescue trapped victims at the site of the U.N. headquarters bombing.
 
 
 
A Los Angeles firefighter looks at the ‘United In Memory’ quilt made by more than 3,600 volunteers to honor those lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
 
 
US soldiers and UN compound workers evacuate victims at the United Nations headquarters at the Canal hotel in eastern Baghdad after a huge explosion rocked the building leaving several people dead.
 
 
 
US soldiers clear debris at Canal Hotel, the United Nations headquarters in eastern Baghdad.
 
 
 
U.S. soldiers inspect the bombed Canal Hotel housing the United Nations headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.

187 posted on 08/20/2003 1:23:28 PM PDT by Radix (It is Wednesday, and it is Pancakes, naturally.)
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To: Radix
I'm speechless, Radix. Great pictures today. Do you think the UN will finally get the message that there are those who DO NOT WANT PEACE, PERIOD? I don't think so. I heard a UN creep say on the radio that the US wasn't providing enough security. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! Worthless UN!!
204 posted on 08/20/2003 2:06:50 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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