Baghdad bomb targets US occupation convoy.

[tedzbear]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2907CE78-DADA-45B7-AAAB-E28F184EFAC0.htm

Up to 12 Marines may have been killed. Huge bomb in booby trapped, chemical warehouse.

edit for sp.

[bluestateguy]

1. Watch the Pentagon water this one down

I don't know what to say anymore. I marched against the war three times. It seems like little changes by me bitching over DU about the war.

[tedzbear]

2. Me too.

I try to make it to my local anti-war demo every Friday night.

[still_one]

6. Nothing ever changes

no one ever learns until enough of their children's blood has been shed, and by that time it will be too late.

I am trying to mentally prepare myself for a bush win, since I am convienced that the mainstream press will not report Kerry's position with any depth.

To me it smells similar to what they did to Gore in 2000. They presented how boring, awkward, and other negative things Gore was, and only spun positive elements for bush.

Hell, they are still perpetuating the WMD, and 9/11 connection with Iraq. They do not even discuss how we removed most of our resources from Afganistan, and sent them to Iraq.

[KansDem]

45. In 2000, the media lied about Gore and never told the truth about Bush

I began to sense something was wrong with the way the media covered the two candidates. They had two very different approaches to how Gore & Bush were portrayed: Bush was represented in sound bites from speeches followed by thunderous applause; Gore was represented through 3rd party sources (usually someone with his campaign) telling us what Gore believes.

Even a chimp sounds "presidential" when his image is reduced to "feel-good" sound bites followed by thunderous applause, and his opposition is represented with nothing more than third-party "testimonies."

Compare--
Bush: "...I will put FOOD ON YOUR FAMILY...!!!" (Wild cheering and applause...)

Gore campaign worker: "Mr. Gore believes a fiscal policy akin to President Clinton's is advisable at this time..."

[saigon68]

17. "ITS foreign FIGHTERS" --- KILLER KIMMITT

Youths stand on one of four military vehicles destroyed by a blast in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad April 26, 2004. An explosion ripped through a chemical storehouse, setting four U.S. military vehicles ablaze and inflicting American and Iraqi casualties, witnesses said. Troops appeared to have included members of the Iraq (news - web sites) Survey Group (ISG) hunting for weapons of mass destruction, according to identification cards found at the scene. REUTERS/Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

[leftchick]

20. they must all be al-qaida...

cuz my government told me so... :eyes:

[saigon68]

26. NEW ARMOR ON HUMVEE DOORS

Doesn't work to repell a molotov cocktail

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

34. Unimaginable.

Called to account on the issue during a Feb. 10 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, the Army's chief of Staff, Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, acknowledged that the Army never envisioned having to armor its Humvees "until this kind of situation that we have today.
http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/wood021804.html


Who could have imagined that someone would fire at a humvee? :shrug:

Are we sure that Rice isn't the SOD?

[NickB79]

50. Bastards didn't learn a thing from Somalia

I recall they were picking off soldiers driving in Humvee's there too, A DECADE AGO!!! Over 10 yrs and they didn't get around to armoring those things? Ah well, in their minds a soldier is cheaper than a few armored doors, I bet.

[Zhade]

64. God, look at that picture! Akin to Nazi propaganda.

It takes brave, tough soldiers (who know how to pose for the Imperial photgraphers) to "liberate" the Iraqis and "spread democracy", Citizen!

[bluestateguy]

3. I don't see this story being repeated elsewhere

The big 3 cable news channels are also covering other stories right now.

[maddezmom]

12. just woke up to it on CNNI

And in Fallujah, Marines had intense firefight for about 3 hours, believe the marines were greatly outnumbered. 4 seriously wounded, 6 have shrapnel wounds. Attack helicopters were called in, jdams(sp) and 500 lbs bombs used. :(

[0007]

36. Oh yeah, this is big entertainment.

Like a fast food restaurant having a big sale.

[AnnitaR]

4. How many soldiers have died this month?

I keep hearing conflicting totals.

The sad thing is that for every soldier that is killed there are hundreds of innocent Iraqis killed.

[Crunchy Frog]

8. According to the figures at Lunaville

http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx, which are pretty accurate the current number stands at 117 U.S. military for this month so far.

[AnnitaR]

10. Thanks. will bookmark that link. n/t

[leftchick]

5. Here is another link...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040426/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_baghdad_blast&cid=1514&ncid=1480

.BAGHDAD (AFP) - Two people were killed and four wounded in a powerful blast that blew up four US military Humvees and caused a house to collapse in Baghdad, an AFP photographer at the scene said.

Shortly after the explosion, US troops could be seen removing two bodies in body bags.

Four civilians, including two children were wounded in the blast, the photographer said.

An Abrams tank and a Bradley armoured vehicle were also at the scene as fire trucks rushed to the area where several chemical plants are located.

[demoman123]

13. Here's a pic of the building and the humvees

[saigon68]

15. Wonder which 1 of those 4 this is?

An Iraqi man throws petrol onto a burning U.S. Army Humvee in the northern part of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, April 26 April 2004. An explosion leveled a building in northern Baghdad on Monday, setting four U.S. Humvees nearby on fire. At least one U.S. soldier and several Iraqis were wounded. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed

[RoyGBiv]

18. Ummm

If that's petrol that guy's throwing, he likely isn't feeling real well right now. He's basically got a liquid fuse out in front of him and a fire already creeping towards his legs.

[saigon68]

19. ITS LEON SPINKS !!!!!!!!

An Iraqi man cheers after one of four military vehicles destroyed by a blast in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad was pushed to a nearby intersection and set ablaze April 26, 2004. An explosion ripped through a chemical storehouse, setting four U.S. military vehicles ablaze and inflicting American and Iraqi casualties, witnesses said. Troops appeared to have included members of the Iraq (news - web sites) Survey Group (ISG) hunting for weapons of mass destruction, according to identification cards found at the scene. REUTERS/Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

[0rganism]

24. That's not petrol, it's FLOWERS! They're throwing FLOWERS!

The Iraqis are so happy to see us they're throwing flowers all over our burning vehicles. :crazy:

[jmcgowanjm]

44. The 4 were backed up to exploded bldg. this is separate

[leftchick]

7. another witness account, omg this is BAD......

from the link I posted.....

<An Iraqi policeman, who refused to give his name, said he saw "three US soldiers wounded or killed in each vehicle." >



The official US version will keep this covered up for days if they can. :(

[saigon68]

9. Morning LC--- What happened? We were winning last night?

when I left here !!!

[leftchick]

11. morning saigon....

Another fucked up day in Iraq. I just read the AP version of this story, it was all neat and tidy, one US soldier and a few Iraqis wounded! It does not explain the bodybag the soldiers are carrying in the AFP photo. I will not even bother to link it. So it goes....

[saigon68]

14. Saw that too

It keeps getting more and more sanitized

[saigon68]

16. Wonder who was wearing these?

Iraqi boys fight for burnt US army helmets looted from destroyed US Humvees attacked in Baghdad. Two people were killed and four wounded in a powerful blast that blew up four US military vehicles(AFP/Marwan Naamani)

[leftchick]

32. That AFP photographer...

has basicly told this story today from the start. Brave guy...

[demoman123]

59. The US is now admitting that two GI's were killed.

Earlier they said one. Stay tuned.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Iraq

[rooboy]

21. Apparently Weapons Inspectors amongst victims... link here...

US troops who were at a chemical storehouse that exploded in Baghdad on Monday appear to have included members of the Iraq Survey Group (ISG) hunting for weapons of mass destruction.

Residents have shown a Reuters reporter at the scene identity cards belonging to members of the ISG.

The residents say they found the cards after US soldiers evacuated their casualties.

The reason for the blast is not immediately clear but witnesses say it happened when about 12 US soldiers tried to break into the building.

The structure was destroyed in the explosion and at least one unidentified body and four wounded Iraqis have been evacuated.

That's the whole story. Link provided to verify below

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1095169.htm

[saigon68]

22. "TRIED TO BREAK INTO THE BUILDING" ??????

Burned out U.S. Army military vehicles seen at the scene of a blast in the northern part of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Monday, April 26 April 2004. An explosion leveled a building in northern Baghdad on Monday, setting four U.S. Humvees nearby on fire. At least one U.S. soldier and several Iraqis were wounded. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

[Media_Lies_Daily]

29. Booby-trapped, big-time.

[leftchick]

30. Looking for WMD in a perfume factory?

I read one account where an Iraqi said it was a perfume factory.

[saigon68]

23. Test your photo interpretation skils

Which of these photos were taken first?

How much time elapsed between them?

PHOTO 1




PHOTO 2

[0rganism]

25. I'm guessing about 1/2 hour elapsed time

based on how much the sun shadow under the leftmost two humvees has moved. Also, is that a red star on the ground between the two, or a bloodstain? Looks weird. Had to be enough time for the third humvee from the left to burn, but not enough for the lighting to change much.

[saigon68]

27. Pretty good guess

I think a little longer

US troops search---abandon scene

Iraqis then burn vehicles



Fire Dept puts out fire

then pic 2 taken

from same place as pic 1


those are orange highway cones







They were left there when US abandoned scene

[Media_Lies_Daily]

31. Based on the other photos in this thread, the red object is...

...actually a couple of traffic cones, one laying on the ground. There is a truck with the hood up in one photo which is missing in the other photo.

[0rganism]

35. Good observation. Didn't think of traffic cones.

But they're clearly visible in some of the other photos. I wonder who put them out, and when? Was it before the bomb went off? Heck, at least someone was trying to be polite.

Speaking of traffic, I notice in the background of both photos some cars driving by. Life goes on. I can't imagine how the hell it does, but someone had somewhere to go and a car to get there.

[dArKeR]

60. What I can't understand is that these areas of attack look like they're

immediately abandoned by the US. They don't do an immediate investigation, look for witnesses, take reports... It's just my impression from ALL the attacks we see published in the media over the last year. It's my feeling that the attack occurs and our soldiers are lucky to get out of the area alive. There isn't any type of law and order the soldiers are able to impose in these situations even after the crime.

What kind of mission has Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Lott, Hastert, Delay, Gingrich... sent our children on?

[saigon68]

61. What kind of mission ??

An untenable one !!!

[Frederic Bastiat]

48. You can tell that this was not a combat unit

First the way the humvees are parked in a line adjacent to each other is a big no-no. All the "insurgents" have to do is take out the one's on the end and you have the soldiers trapped backs to the wall taking fire from all sides.

Second, in a country where RPG are so common, the last place I would want to park my humvee is next to a huge brick wall due to ricochet and shrapnel as a result of RPG fire. The humvees would have faired better in a herringbone formation away from the wall.

[benburch]

28. My god

This is spinning out of control faster than I imagined was possible.

We have got to stop sending in lightly armed patrols. We need to move only with armor from here on out. Or better, we need to move towards Kuwait, and home.

[saigon68]

33. This is a Fifth HumVee

Iraqi Shiite Muslims hail radical Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr as they stones at a US Humvee following an explosion in Baghdad. Two people were killed and four wounded in a powerful blast that blew up four US military Humvees and caused a house to collapse in Baghdad.(AFP/Marwan Naamani

[Capt_Nemo]

37. feel the love for the liberators!

that's a heavy flower bouquet in that guy's hand!

[soup]

42. Or is this the 4th Humvee?

"The blast leveled the front part of the two-story building, in the Waziriya district, and set four Humvees outside on fire. Later Iraqis dragged one of the Humvees away, looted material off it, poured fuel on it and set it on fire again."

From Judilyn's post, #38 below.

It's very confusing.

But, the Humvee in your top photo doesn't appear fire damaged - so maybe it isn't the one they set on fire again. I don't know. Could be a 5th vehicle.

-----

Another thing I find odd is that the Humvees were backed up to the building. It may just be me, but I'm thinking if I'm going to storm a place, I'm not going to take the time to back in.

Does that make any sense? None of it does. It never did.

[jmcgowanjm]

46. Yes, US was comfortable going into building

Almost reminds me of State Troopers
around a troop station or coffee shop.

[Judi Lynn]

38. New Guardian article, around 38 minutes old:

Blast Destroys Iraq Building, Injures GI

Monday April 26, 2004 12:01 PM


By BASSEM MROUE

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An explosion leveled part of a building as U.S. troops were raiding it in northern Baghdad on Monday, wrecking four U.S. Humvees and wounding at least one soldier and several Iraqis.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. Witnesses said it came after U.S troops broke into a shop on the ground floor to search the building, which residents said housed a weapons repair shop.

The blast leveled the front part of the two-story building, in the Waziriya district, and set four Humvees outside on fire. Later Iraqis dragged one of the Humvees away, looted material off it, poured fuel on it and set it on fire again.

The condition of the American and the Iraqis was not immediately known, nor was the total number of casualties.
(snip/...)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4021790,00.html

[davhill]

39. Search for WMD

Bush is so desperate for WMD that all the enemy has to do to lead them to a booby-trap is drop a hint of WMD and soldiers will swarm there like flys.

[maddezmom]

53. CNNI - reporting: searching for chemicals used to make explosives

that the coalition says were being supplied to "insurgents"
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.main/

[catmandu57]

40. I get the feeling that it's going to be

a very bad week coming up. It get's worse everyday, I'm sitting here waiting for the moron chimp* to get froggy enough to order troops into Fallujah and Najaf.
My stomach is doing flip flops faster than the chimp* on near beer waiting, because I know we're going to take a hell of a beating when it starts.
I've got to wonder when it all becomes too much, when do we don't have another humvee to get destroyed, or when the constant use degrades equipment to the point that it is unusable,
I mean it's like oil, there is a finite point to be reached, when does all of this take it's toll?

[jmcgowanjm]

47. losses of 10 % bring force disintegration

Akhbar al-Khalij also reported that the US aggressor
forces, under direct orders from US President Bush,
recently tried to carry out a plan code named “The Last
Strike” that involved sending thousands of Marine
troops, commandos, and tanks to storm al-Fallujah from
the west. The plan failed miserably, however, when
Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed infiltrating US troops. A
force of 2,500 American aggressors coming in from the
west found themselves surrounded by Resistance gunfire
that left dozens of them dead and compelled them to
retreat.

[leftchick]

55. thank you freddie....

"My stomach is doing flip flops faster than the chimp* on near beer"

.... during all of this disturbing news you gave me a chuckle! :)

[LizW]

41. Seems to be a news blackout on this

CNN is reporting very little.

THe thing is, someone drove those humvees up to that building. Where are the men? Where were they when the blast happened?

[74dodgedart]

43. "This just shows how desperate the insurgents have become"

Just some "dead-enders" move along, nothing to see here.

[David__77]

49. Booby traps.

I think that if there is an all-out confrontation with the insurgents then you'll see quite a bit more booby-trapping and suicide bombings.

[dArKeR]

51. 2 GIs Die Hunting 'Chemical' Arms - CBS

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml

Look at the first and last AP pic. These people don't even care to hide their faces from the cameras!!!!!! Shows you how lawless and in total chaos Iraq is under Bush's leadership.

[saigon68]

52. SOMETHING VERY NASTY HAPPENED HERE

The Press blackout is on.

I have read the local citizens found ID Cards, Satellite and Aerial images and maps marked SECRET

This story has LEGS

STAY TUNED

[leftchick]

56. You mean they actually mark maps sercet?

like this ...

[saigon68]

58. Good One LC

lol
http://story.news.yahoo.com/newstmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=10&u=/nm/20040426/ts_nm/iraq_blast_dc_1


Residents showed a Reuters reporters two ISG identity cards and a document, marked secret and bearing the ISG logo. It was attached to two aerial photographs of the building and the surrounding area and showed 32 Americans were involved in the operation.


"Several Americans, at least one of them dressed in a chemical warfare suit, arrived in Humvees and parked outside the building," said Amir al-Taee, who lives next door.

[leftchick]

62. Saigon, I believe they have edited their article yet again...

I saw no sign of the snippet you posted. I did find this nifty quote though...

"This is for the madman Bush, for the madman Bremer!" said one youth as he waved a rifle, referring to President Bush and the top American administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer.

[leftchick]

63. out of curiosity, since I am such a young thing....

Did this shit happen in Vietnam?

[saigon68]

66. Nothing like this photo above

More like this one



General in '68 Vietnam execution dies
-----------------------------------------

1968 AP PHOTO: Nguyen Ngoc Loan, whose execution of a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon became one of the most chilling images of the Vietnam War, dies at age 67. Eddie Adams, whose photo of the execution won a Pulitzer Prize for The Associated Press, said the man Loan shot had been seen killing others and that the execution was justified

[Algorem]

54. WMD-planting accident.Oopsy-doodle.

[Zhade]

65. I was wondering if maybe that's true.

Perhaps the Iraq Survey Group should more appropriately be called the Iraq Supply Group...?

[dArKeR]

57. Eight die in Fallujah as chemical blast kills two - MG

Eight Iraqi rebels were killed and at least four United States marines wounded in fierce fighting in the besieged city of Fallujah on Monday while a powerful blast at a Baghdad chemical plant claimed two lives.

Vital oil exports from Iraq's main southern terminals resumed after a brief halt caused by foiled suicide boat raids at the weekend, which saw crude prices spike higher on the London market.

And radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, holed up in the holy city of Najaf, again warned the US military its troops would feel the "fires of hell" if they carried out their threat to kill or capture him.

http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=58792