MSNBC BREAKING: Loud Explosions In Baghdad

[matcom]

breaking....

[matcom]

1. area of the US Admin headquarters

developing

[La_Serpiente]

2. Analyzing

:-)

[buff2]

9. Bombs away!!!!!!!!!!!................

While Lord knows who is being slaughtered while that worthless mental midget is on his way to another big $$$$$$$$ fundraiser in Vegas. How the military can support him.....or anyone else for that matter, is a mystery to me. What a lowlife, cold hearted ,uncaring SOB! :argh:

[matcom]

3. Loudspeaker announcement to workers: "we are under attack"

[NoKingGeorge]

26. loudspeaker?

Matcom, are you there? How many explosions.
Takecare.

[markses]

4. Just the nightly shelling of the compund, no doubt

This is the last you'll hear of it. No casualties will be *reported.*

Operation Iron Hammer continues apace, denying the enemy valuable resources and cover. Like the Captain of the Titanic: No need to worry; we're only stopping here to take on a little ice...

(Thanks to Michael Herr for that line)

[matcom]

6. no i think the US is under attack this time

explosions seem to be coming from the US ADMINISTRATION COMPLEX

[markses]

8. Unless they mined under the fucking thing

Like the British at Ypres, they're "only" mortar rounds, and you'll hear no more of it. Popped off in the parking lot, you see, leaving a minor dent in the concrete. All's going quite swimmingly.

[underpants]

5. More "success"

:grr:

[leftchick]

7. When bremer opened his big ol piehole this AM.....

Bragging about the attacks decreasing 50% against the coalition, he put a big old target on his stupid, fucking head......

[Aidoneus]

10. I could just see that..

some Iraqi resistance unit hanging out in Baghdad, watching Fox News or the propaganda channel the CPA set up (which Iraqis seem to think is no different than when Saddam or his duckspeakers stunk up the airwaves), Bremer comes on.. "He said what?! The fucker! We'll show him."

Since Talabani and IGC/CPA thugs harassed al-Arabiyya into shutting up for "incitement", will he do the same to Bremer now?

[La_Serpiente]

11. I think I know why he is doing that

the UN cannot be brought in until the violence stops. I think they are fluffing up the numbers so they can get foreign aid.

[prolesunited]

12. What did he say this morning?

I missed it. Do you have a link?

[leftchick]

19. Here is a link to dimbulb's comments....

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_insurgents&cid=540&ncid=716

my favorite part...

<"They have failed to intimidate the coalition," Bremer said. "They have now begun a pattern of trying to intimidate innocent Iraqis. They will not succeed...If Saddam taught the Iraqis nothing else, it was how to endure the depredations of thugs." >

....I beleive the Iraqis know who the "thugs" are. The guy is a fucking Moran...

[54anickel]

23. Arrrrgh! Someone please define coalition!!!

My dictionary states:
An alliance, especially a temporary one, of people, factions, parties, or nations.
A combination into one body; a union.

Are not the "Iraqi police" and other Iraqis being attacked because they ARE part of the coalition?

Anything to keep the numbers down. They don't keep the casualty counts on Iraqis. They keep all the numbers separated, some they count, some they don't. Creative accounting to keep the true cost of lives of this fiasco hidden from the World!

Coalition = US troops then there are
Italian troops
UK troops
Hungarian troops
Whoever elses troops are there (I'm too pissed off to think clearly of them all right now!)
Then add
Foreign Aid/humanitarian groups
Lastly a big bin they through the rest in that they don't bother to keep count of - IRAQIS

<snip>
Abizaid agreed that the number of daily attacks on coalition forces were down by about half over the last two weeks. He gave no figures but U.S. officials said at the time that U.S. forces were being attacked on average of 30-35 times a day.

"In the past two weeks, these attacks have gone down, attacks against coalition forces, but unfortunately we find that attacks against Iraqis have increased," Abizaid said. He said the attacks had increased not only in numbers but in severity.

[prolesunited]

29. Thanks!

Interesting to note that they've backed off significantly on the foreign fighters. Pay particular note to the fact that he said there were no Iranians. Will be interesting to see if this changes.

Abizaid said some of the foreigners believed fighting with the insurgents included Syrians, Saudis and Yemenis among others. Significantly, he said no Iranians had been found so far with the insurgents.

"Foreign fighters are coming in and it is not correct to say that there are floods of foreign fighters coming in or thousands. The number is small," he said.

The "main problem" facing the coalition, he added, was not with foreigners but with "agents of the former regime."

[54anickel]

30. There were articles recently about Hezbollah in Iraq, but not active

I found this link in a quick search, you may want to dig deeper.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/11/25/2003077202

Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shiite group, has established a significant presence in Iraq, but is not taking part in attacks on US forces inside the country, according to current and former US officials and Arabs familiar with the organization.

Iran is believed to be restraining Hezbollah from attacking US troops, and that is prompting a debate within the Bush administration about Iran's objectives, administration officials said.

[bushisanidiot]

13. More Saddam Statues Being Toppled?

bah..

What a WEAK and useless "president".

[leftchick]

14. Here is a Yahoo link...

not much yet... <Following the blast, which occurred after 8 p.m., sirens could be heard briefly from the west bank of the Tigris River, where the green zone is located. Sporadic small arms fire could also be heard from the same area. >


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20031125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_blast

[aquart]

17. What good does small arms fire do after an explosion?

Shoot the survivors?

[Superfly]

18. It could be an ongoing firefight...

this is still a developing story.

[underpants]

21. As a military strategy you usually strike with your biggest weapon first

It creates the most casualties and adds to the confusion. That's what they taught us at killin' school.

[CaptainClark23]

24. DSF

Donkey Suppression Fire

[Superfly]

25. Or, it could be SEAD

Suppression of Enemy Asses and Donkeys....

(Suppression of Enemy Air Defense)

[Code_Name_D]

28. Wish we has some of them War Asses in the Democratic party nt

:P

[maddezmom]

15. from CNN international

"sporadic gunfire reported" and "siren in the area of US green zone"

[bemildred]

16. "Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark.

Now they learn why they fear the night."

-- Thulsa Doom

[jus_the_facts]

20. NO REMORSE...NO REPENT...WE DON'T CARE.....WHAT IT MEANT!!!

.....ANOTHER DAY....ANOTHER DEATH....ANOTHER SORROW..ANOTHER BREATH....WAR WITHOUT END!!!!!!!!!!!*metallica~kill 'em all*

....I've said it once and I'll say it again....GET THOSE TROOPS OUTTA THERE ONCE AND FOR ALL!!! *dreams on....* :evilfrown:

[proud patriot]

33. I wish Metallica would look at the world again and find their past rage

cause that song kicks ass .

[jus_the_facts]

35. kicked major ass live too.....and I agree with ya....

....that whole album is awesome...and they sure should! :hi:

[CaptainClark23]

22. One O'Clock Charlie

Right on schedule.

[maddezmom]

27. Cnn Reporter

said attack was on Iraqi police station. hmmmm

[54anickel]

31. Won't hear anymore now. (see post 23) Just Iraqis, nothing to see here

:grr:

[maddezmom]

36. you are so right

once it's Iraqi's it's like a news blackout. :(

[54anickel]

39. Not a blackout, they don't care. And it may confuse those that are

simple minded bigots. I hate to have to say that, but some folks are just plain nasty. Think about it -

"Ya-hoo another 80 of dem-dar Irokee towel-heads wiped out! Way to go!
Huh, what's that you say, they were killed by the "other" Irokee towel-heads? Wait now, are those dem terrast or dem-dar inserjents that lefties call resistence. Which towel heads were the good guys again? Can't be dem-dar terrast! Go lefties guyses"

It would become a game of who's on first.

[bif]

32. Hey, they're 10 minutes late!

What's the deal?

[DS1]

34. as opposed to Quiet Explosions?

:evilgrin:

[Tatiana]

37. We're WINNING!

According to Dumbya...

They hate us for our freedoms.

Things are GREAT in Iraq!

Schools are open.

Lights are on.

Only one problem... the oil ain't flowin'

Hmmmm......

Someone wake me from this nightmare :(

[BlackFrancis]

40. That's what Bush said...

He said they were becoming desperate because schools were opening and things were going so great for the Iraqi people.

I guess in a few years, Iraq will be a flowering country with a burgeoning middle class that dodges missles every day from the even more desperate evil-doers while they carry on shopping and working :eyes:

[trapper914]

44. The next time...

...he says schools are opening, I wish someone would point out they opened on there own, after May 1st, when the "major combat" ended. To my knowledge, the US "coalition" has had nothing to do with schools opening. And just in case shrub brings it up, hospitals NEVER closed.

[leftchick]

38. Residents say Rocket Attacks.....

From Aljazeera....

<According to Reuters, residents of a neighbourhood near the headquarters said at least two rockets had landed nearby. A large crater had been blown in the middle of one road, but there were no signs anybody had been wounded.

The headquarters is situated at one of Saddam Hussein's former palace complexes on the west bank of the Tigris river in central Baghdad.>

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9B5CA2E1-51E4-4FE7-AEE4-33BD53CF1CA1.htm

[NickB79]

43. Time to start bombing the donkeys

We can start calling farms that raise and sell donkeys "weapons labs", and people who help breed the donkeys "mobile weapons labs." That way the American sheeple won't get too confused.

[Judi Lynn]

41. Reuters story

Guerrillas Fire Rockets Into the Heart of Baghdad
Tue November 25, 2003 02:14 PM ET


By Andrew Marshall
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guerrillas fired rockets at the headquarters of the U.S.-led administration in central Baghdad Tuesday and loudspeakers ordered personnel in the compound to take cover as explosions echoed across the Iraqi capital.

"Attack. Take cover. This is not a test," warned loudspeakers at the compound in one of Saddam Hussein's former palace complexes. Sirens wailed, flares lit up the night sky and U.S. helicopters clattered overhead.

A spokesman for the U.S. 1st Armored Division which patrols Baghdad said at least two rockets had been fired. One crashed through the roof of an empty apartment building near the coalition compound and another landed near a bus station.

"There are no reports of U.S. soldiers being injured, or of civilian casualties" the spokesman said.

But he said two Iraqi police were wounded in a rocket-propelled grenade attack near a Baghdad petrol station. (snip/...)

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3890435

[Barrett808]

42. 3 Hurt In Attack Near US Compound In Baghdad -Fox News

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- One U.S. soldier and two Iraqi civilians were injured Tuesday evening in central Baghdad after multiple explosions were reported, Fox News reported.

Two explosions were possibly the result of a rocket attack near an administrative office for the coalition, Fox reported.

The U.S. soldier, who was not identified, is a member of the First Armored Division, Fox reported. There was no information on the extent of the injuries.

However, CNN reported Tuesday that only one Iraqi citizen was slightly injured when a shell exploded in the back yard of his home in Baghdad. The nearest U.S. troops were about a quarter to a third of a mile away from where the explosions - possibly two - occurred, CNN reported.

The explosions were near the former Iraqi ministry of information, CNN reported. Sirens around the city sounded after the explosions, warning of an attack.

http://news.nasdaq.com/news/newsStory.aspx?&cpath=20031125\ACQDJON200311251323DOWJONESDJONLINE001026.htm