Loud Explosion Heard in Baghdad (late Tuesday)

Barrett808

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Tue Jan-20-04 01:44 PM
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Loud Explosion Heard in Baghdad (late Tuesday)

Edited on Tue Jan-20-04 01:45 PM by Barrett808

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A loud explosion was heard late Tuesday in central Baghdad, but the cause was not immediately known.

The explosion occurred at about 9.30 p.m., startling residents and soldiers guarding checkpoints.

A suicide bomb attack on Sunday morning outside the headquarters of the U.S.-led coalition authorities in central Baghdad killed at least 31 people and injured more than 120.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_explosion&cid=540&ncid=1480

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HereSince1628

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Tue Jan-20-04 01:48 PM
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1. Becoming routine rather than news...

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Zero Gravitas

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Tue Jan-20-04 01:55 PM
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3. yup

Does a loud explosion over night in Baghdad really count as "news" let alone LATEST BREAKING NEWS?

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StClone

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Tue Jan-20-04 01:48 PM
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2. Two Apaches just flew right over My house!

I thought they were elsewhere in the world...quiet, fast... wow and low!

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Poiuyt

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Tue Jan-20-04 02:03 PM
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4. Do you live in Baghdad?

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StClone

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Tue Jan-20-04 02:21 PM
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5. Why yes

But I am not the famous Baghdad Blogger.

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dixielib

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Tue Jan-20-04 02:42 PM
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6. 31 dead from Sunday's bomb?

I didn't realize the death toll had risen to 31...terrible! Anything further on this explosion?

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lebkuchen

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Tue Jan-20-04 03:27 PM
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7. Impossible. Saddam has been captured.

All this explosion stuff is supposed to go away now. Bush said so.

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spinbaby

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Tue Jan-20-04 03:54 PM
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8. Any word on what this was?

Or are they just going to pretend it didn't happen?

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hippiechick

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Tue Jan-20-04 04:01 PM
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9. We were being welcomed again ...

:eyes:

:hippie:

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leftchick

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Tue Jan-20-04 04:55 PM
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10. 2 bombs lobbed into Green Zone...

side note on MSRNC, no injuries, no problem....move along...

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spinbaby

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Tue Jan-20-04 05:08 PM
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11. Remember when this sort of thing was big news?

Why, as recently as October, a bomb in the Green Zone would lead to hours of breathless reporting from correspondents in Baghdad.

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leftchick

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Tue Jan-20-04 06:25 PM
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12. Well we do have the SOTU tonite.....

Remember, things are fucking SWELL in Iraq, Do NOT go off message...:eyes:

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