Blast Heard in Baghdad, Smoke Near US Compound [View All]

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031115/ts_nm/iraq_blast_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480

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The blast happened at around 4:35 p.m. (8:35 a.m. EST) and shook doors and windows in the center of the city.

A cloud of black smoke hung briefly in the air after the blast. Two U.S. helicopters circled the area near the compound, site of one of ousted leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s sprawling palaces.

A spokesman for the U.S. 1st Armored Division, which is responsible for security in the Iraqi capital, said its units had fired mortars at insurgents around the same time as the explosion was heard.


"We fired mortars approximately 20 minutes ago, but not near the compound," said the spokesman.

He said he was not aware of the blast.


.....Hmmm, seems this happened at the same time the IGC (puppets) were giving their press conference....