Seriously what happened at that Ammo depot

[malaise]

in Bagdad. The silence is killing me.

[Ian David]

1. The latest word is that it was Clinton's fault.

Create an email alert
http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en&q=falcon+ammo+depot

[Warpy]

2. Rocket or mortar attack, depot go boom

I haven't heard any word on US and Iraqi casualties. Have any of you?

[lonestarnot]

4. Nope nothing! Astounding isn't it. Silence kills.

[Hugin]

5. Not until after the election...

Everything is political with this bunch.

EVERYTHING!

[malaise]

9. I suspect you're right

Time to write your Reps to demand answers

Sp.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. I wrote MSNBC, CNN and my local stations.

also dropped a line to Juan Cole. He tends to ferret out things others miss.

[malaise]

12. Great

Hope we hear something before November 7.

[rodeodance]

6. no, it is off the radar screen.

[Solo_in_MD]

3. I saw at least one report it was enemy mortar fire that set it off

Insensitive Munitions issues are a real problem, esp with the older and simpler stuff that is the backbone of Army munitions (shells and bullets). Navy has taken a very hard line on it ever since the fire aboard the Forestal. Ordinance needs to be treated with care.

Some horror stories here:

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv59-forrestal/forrestal-fire.html

and

http://www.ordnance.org/mishaps.htm

[maddezmom]

7. here are a few links, what are you looking for?

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2552744&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=5524357&nav=menu34_9_4_12

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061011/wl_afp/iraqblastus_061011141521

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2006/October/focusoniraq_October60.xml§ion=focusoniraq

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15726342.htm

[malaise]

8. I want to know how many innocent

young American and Iraqis were killed. The longer the silence, the more suspicious I become about casualties. I also want to know if depleted uranium was kept at the depot.

[TomInTib]

13. There had to have been some horrific results to that incident.

Ammo dumps in populated areas are just invitations to carnage.

Shit flying everywhere.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

10. not one word after 10/11/06. Not one word.

that is the worst part about this issue

[malaise]

14. Here's one from 11th October

http://news.softpedia.com/news/American-Ammunition-Depot-in-Iraq-Catches-Fire-37626.shtml
<snip>
The official statement mentioned the fact that the military possessed no information with regard to any casualties’ toll.


In addition to this, the report did not provide additional details with regard to whether or not the military base had been the object of a militant terrorist attack or not. According to Lt. Col. Cristopher C. Garver, an investigation into the matter is pending, in order to shed more light on the exact causes of the fire.

Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington, one of the spokesmen of the operating base, located the initial explosion to have occurred in an area where the ammunition was stored temporarily, before being transported to other units. “There is a lot of ammunition there, but it's not a full storage depot. This does not degrade our operational ability at all”, he declared. At the time of the explosion, there were three battalions in the area but their actual number is not yet known.

[Hangingon]

15. Report from in theater

http://www.mnci.centcom.mil/Releases/MNCI-PR_2006-10-11-03_fire-update.pdf

Sorry I coulddn't make it copy. It says no casualties reported. MNC had no later stories nor did defenselink.