Smoke billows across Baghdad after report of explosion. BBC ticker

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

1. Something tells me Bremer's estimated time of departure will be bumped up

even further.

[saigon68]

2. What next?

wait and see

[Spazito]

3. A reporter in Baghdad from CTV (Canadian station) says that a bomb..

goes off every hour there. It is very bad. He talked about how surreal it is, some businesses carrying on like nothing is happening and said that there is an undercurrent of anger there (no surprise there, imo.

[Ripley]

4. Would that be US military bombs or terrorist bombs?

Or is it the "ordinance" I heard the soldiers regularly destroy when they find them?

[Spazito]

5. From what he reported, it didn't seem to be US ordinance...

but he didn't specify which it was. From his tone, I took it as attacks.

[Wednesdays]

6. Ordinance...

Or is it the "ordinance" I heard the soldiers regularly destroy when they find them?

Yeah, right...the soldiers regularly destroy bombs in the middle of Baghdad during rush hour.

[Ripley]

7. Actually that's what I heard Christiane Amanpour say awhile back.

That was in late summer. But yes, I even saw a video one or two days ago where they remotely destroyed a small improvised bomb in the middle of a 4 lane street in a city (not sure if it was Baghdad). They just blew it up where they found it.

Who said anything about rush hour?

[Wednesdays]

8. Okay, my bad...

nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

[Spazito]

9. There is no question that they are responsible for some of the...

explosions to destroy dumps but, remember, the troops are being attacked on average 30 - 35 times a day. There is no question that some of these attacks are happening in Baghdad.

[Ripley]

10. We definitely need some outside video of this.

If there are bombings every hour, I hope you Canadians and other countries can put it on the internet...cause we ain't seeing it here.