Car bomb hits US military convoy in western Baghdad

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BAGHDAD, Sept. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- A car bomb detonated near a US military convoy in western Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

"A car packed with explosives blew up at about 2:10 p.m. (1010GMT) near a passing US military convoy on the main road near Nafaqal-Shurta (Police Tunnel)," an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Several shops and nearby buildings were damaged by the blast,the source said, adding the car was parking on the side of the road.

It was not clear whether there was any casualty among US soldiers or Iraqi civilians, as US troops cordoned off the area to prevent people and Iraqi police from approaching the scene.

Xinhua

[Dhalgren]

1. What does this bit mean?

"US troops cordoned off the area to prevent...Iraqi police from approaching the scene."

We are the enemy of every group, club, individual, gang, and Elks Lodge over there! Now we won't even let the cops view a bomb scene! What the fuck is next!?

[Roland99]

3. Sounds like a collective "fuck you and your sovereignty" to me.

[reprobate]

4. More like they were protecting the bodies of dead American soldiers.

[darkism]

2. Was it the British? n/t

[Go Eagles]

5. 9 dead?

I don't know if it's the same one but CNN is saying 9 dead.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/20/iraq.main/index.html

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7. RIP

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9. Five soldiers, 3 mercs, and one diplomatic type (spook).

Soldiers killed in 3 separate incidents (IEDs) and the
other four in a VBIED attack (near as I can tell).

[Doctor_J]

6. They're still throwing in the towel...

and everything else they can find.

[Bob3]

8. of course this comes right after the happy happy talk of the

last few days about the drop in American losses (never mind the poor Iraqis)and the hints that we were 'winning' the war in Iraq against the insurgents. They have got to stop with the fucking happy talk - it's a lie and is an obvious lie. And we deserve better. the troops deserve better.