Triple car bombs target U.S. troops in west Iraq

[rodeodance]

No comments from the Marines --nor is there a report on causualites.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050823/ts_nm/iraq_ramadi_dc;_ylt=Ap_RfY.pKHrfJdlnQl7NTxqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
Triple car bombs target U.S. troops in west Iraq

9 minutes ago

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Three car bombs exploded in quick succession near U.S. forces in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on Tuesday in an apparently coordinated strike by insurgents, police and witnesses said.

In the first blast, a car blew up as a U.S. convoy was passing through the center of the Sunni Arab city, police said. One U.S. army vehicle was damaged in the explosion and three Iraqi bystanders were wounded, the police said.

It was not clear if any U.S. troops were wounded or killed in the attack, which came hours after Sunni Arab leaders warned of violence after the Shi'ite and Kurdish-dominated parliament was presented with a draft constitution Sunnis objected to......



Minutes later, a suicide truck bomber rammed his explosives -laden vehicle into a building frequently occupied by U.S. troops in an industrial zone on the edge of Ramadi, witnesses said. They said part of the building then collapsed......

[maddezmom]

1. the last line in the article:

Ramadi, about 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, has been a focus of militant activity over the past two years, with parts of the city said to be in guerrilla hands.

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nothing has improved :sad:

[beam me up scottie]

2. My brother's there.

[rodeodance]

4. I am to hear this--I wish you and your family well. Keep him safe.

[beam me up scottie]

6. Thanks, Rodeodance

dammit

[maddezmom]

7. keeping you and him in my thoughts

[beam me up scottie]

8. Thank you.

:hug:

[montana_hazeleyes]

9. Hope your brother is okay.

:hug:

[beam me up scottie]

10. Thank you.

:hug:

[Starfury]

3. Delayed detonation

"As U.S. troops were arriving to help those hit in the second blast, a third bomb, concealed in a car parked near a mosque, went off, a reporter for Reuters near the scene said."

This could be very bad...

[rodeodance]

5. msnbc just said that a US troop was killed "south of Bagdad"--rocket

attach is what they said was the cause.

[leftchick]

11. CNN reporting 4 marines dead...

no link yet. This has been one fuck all day for Iraqis and our troops.

:(