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Flagg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 02:38 PM
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Dutch Embassy in Baghdad Hit by Rocket


The Dutch Embassy in the Iraqi capital was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade late Friday, the Dutch foreign ministry said. A spokeswoman said the building was on fire.










http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040130/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_blast&cid=540&ncid=1478
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 02:41 PM
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1. Is this the blast described in the earlier Reuters story?
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 02:44 PM
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2. From the article
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<1>Dutch Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Martine de Haan also said the building was empty and no one was injured.

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The Netherlands maintains about 1,100 troops in Iraq


The building was empty. Am waiting to read/hear more to see if anyone near the building was injured or killed...
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