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Fallujah Mosque Explosion Tied to Bomb-making Class
American Forces Press Service (D.O.D.) ^
| 2 July 2003
| Gerry J. Gilmore
Posted on 07/02/2003 8:36:49 AM PDT by Stultis
Fallujah Mosque Explosion Tied to Bomb-making Class
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 2, 2003 A bomb manufacturing class being taught inside the Al Hasan Mosque in Fallujah was apparently the cause of the early July 1 explosion there, according to U.S. Central Command officials.
Coalition forces had no involvement in the incident, according to an ongoing investigation by coalition troops and local police. U.S. 3rd Infantry Division troops had responded to the incident after a U.S. aircraft had notified officials about the blast, according to CENTCOM.
In other news, one of six American troops wounded during July 1 anti-coalition attacks in Iraq has died, according to a CENTCOM news release.
Assailants attacked the soldier's convoy which was traveling through Baghdad -- with an improvised explosive device, the release noted.
The soldier -- a member of the Army's 352nd Civil Affairs Command was evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital for medical treatment, but succumbed to his wounds. Two other troops were injured in the attack.
The name of the deceased soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Three other Americans serving in Iraq were wounded July 1 in a separate incident, according to Combined Joint Task Force 7 officials.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: explosion; falluja; fallujah; iraq; iraqifreedom; mosque; war
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To: EggsAckley
Nah, just form a couple of our own "work accident teams" like the Israelis have.
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posted on
07/02/2003 9:52:06 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: DeepDish
"The explosion was caused by one student who found it more fun to rub the vaseline onto his unit rather than onto the threads of his pipe bomb."
I'm shocked (shocked!) that anyone on FreeRepublic would know about that use for vaseline. The pipe-bomb use, that is. (/sarcasm)
:)
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posted on
07/02/2003 9:54:11 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: Squantos; harpseal; wardaddy; dennisw; knighthawk
Great cartoon at 33!
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posted on
07/02/2003 9:58:59 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Aquinasfan
Thing to rememeber that to a Muslim a mosque is not a holp place as a Church is to some Christians. It is more like a community center, and a mullah is more like a lay preacher than a priest.
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posted on
07/02/2003 10:02:51 AM PDT
by
RobbyS
To: Stultis
CENTCOM needs to start sweeping mosques with RF (radio frequency). RF scans can, in a rather spectacular fashion, reveal the presence of radio controlled detonators. ;^)
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posted on
07/02/2003 10:07:52 AM PDT
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: Marysecretary
And if you get an "F", whoa, watch out.Yeah, an F can have the effect of bringing the whole class down. As we saw in the Mosque, a religious place in pieces, for a religion of Pieces.
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posted on
07/02/2003 10:11:48 AM PDT
by
BOBTHENAILER
(proud member of a fierce, warlike tribe of a fire-breathing conservative band of Internet brothers)
To: Stultis
Let me guess - an unqualified student, who gained admission to the Bomb-making school through an aggressive affirmative action program, screwed up on the lab portion of the class.
To: Stultis
Islam 101.
To: EggsAckley
I agree. Many mosues in the US are probably festering pustules of jihadists.
To: Stultis
Lethal Weapon III: Not waiting for the bomb squad, they blow up a building trying to diffuse a bomb.
Murdock - "You should have cut the red wire"
Riggs - "I did"
Murdock - "I meant the blue"
To: Aquinasfan
" Bomb making class. "House of worship." Something here just doesn't seem right..."Depends on what's being worshiped.
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posted on
07/02/2003 10:40:34 AM PDT
by
spunkets
To: Stultis
Clearly this was a public school, not a charter school.
To: BOBTHENAILER
Yeah, an F can have the effect of bringing the whole class down. But the teacher can go far - say, to several thousand feet.
To: RightWhale
French jets sound almost the same. If AFP were fair they would mention that. Nah. Doppler pattern is different. They're always running AWAY from battle...
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posted on
07/02/2003 10:48:50 AM PDT
by
DAnconia55
(Taxation is a greater threat to the family than gay sex is.)
To: BOBTHENAILER
Things could really blow up in your face, huh? Love the way they're blaming US forces for it. Another reason to scream JIHAD against us. Nice ploy. Grrrhhhhhhh!!!!
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posted on
07/02/2003 10:49:35 AM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(GOD is still in control!)
To: EggsAckley
Sorry to be yelling, but I seriously think that we should be inspecting ALL mosques and treating them as arms caches.Okay...the police have equipment that can look into your house and see activity through the walls. You go to the airport, and the screeners can give you a remote colonoscopy, looking for weapons. Doesn't our military have something that would let them see the activity, and look for explosives within the mosques?
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posted on
07/02/2003 11:01:21 AM PDT
by
SoulStorms
(That which grows in shadow, and withers in the light of day, does not belong on the vine.)
To: BlazingArizona; Marysecretary
But the teacher can go far - say, to several thousand feet.That's gonna be hard for the next class to top.
This one went out with a BANG!!!!
Islam is a religion of humor...heh, heh, heh.
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posted on
07/02/2003 11:04:30 AM PDT
by
BOBTHENAILER
(proud member of a fierce, warlike tribe of a fire-breathing conservative band of Internet brothers)
To: Puppage
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posted on
07/02/2003 11:09:58 AM PDT
by
Seeking the truth
(Hired Mercenary - Have Bullhorn - Will Shoutl for Freedom!)
To: Stultis
This article and any other like it is completely useless.
Unless a forensic study of the explosion is made and made public by a third party acceptable to American friends and foes alike.
Who that might be I'll leave for others to decide.
But this "did too!"/"did not" BS is a total waste of time.
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posted on
07/02/2003 11:33:48 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Californians are as dumm as a sack of rocks)
To: Stultis
Now, pay attention, class. I'm only going to show you this once!
BOOM
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