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To: TexKat

Charles McCord reading the news during the 5:30 early edition of the Imus program with video of the damaged US outpost. One of the suicide bombers was the driver of a fuel truck and the main building was close to being totally destroyed. AQ is claiming responsibility.

Shades of the attack on the Marine Barracks in Beirut.


34 posted on 02/20/2007 2:37:48 AM PST by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny
I have been unsettled about this outpost strategy ever since I heard about it. Too much of a risk if you ask me!

I do not like it one bit.

38 posted on 02/20/2007 5:55:30 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: leadpenny

An Iraqi boy removes debris from the site where a chlorine gas tanker exploded in the town of Taji, north of Baghdad, killing six people. In total, at least 14 people have been killed and dozens wounded in attacks in Iraq as the bloodshed showed no signs of a let-up despite a massive security plan.(AFP/Wisam Sami)

An Iraqi boy inspects the damage at the site where a chlorine gas tanker exploded in the town of Taji, north of Baghdad. Supected Sunni militants have killed at least 14 people in attacks in and around the capital, including six people that died as a result of the chlorine gas tanker explosion.(AFP/Wisam Sami)

Children stand amid debris in front of a car parts shop after a fuel truck exploded in Taji, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007. One person died and more than 100 people were hospitalized complaining of breathing problems after a truck carrying fuel tanks exploded in Taji, police and medical officials said. The reason for the vehicle exploding was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)

39 posted on 02/20/2007 6:08:51 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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