US officials in Baghdad said they were unaware of any explosions...

[NNN0LHI]

...which residents described as "deafening."

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA3D3Z5CMD.html

Car Bomb Kills at Least Four in Fallujah; Eight New Blasts Heard in City After Sundown

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded Tuesday near a police station on a major street in the tense city of Fallujah, killing at least four people, police said. The attack came a day after a series of suicide bombings in Baghdad left about three dozen dead.

Later Tuesday, eight massive explosions were heard after sundown in Fallujah, coming from the southern area of the city. U.S. officials in Baghdad said they were unaware of the explosions, which residents described as "deafening." Hmmm.

[ixion]

1. the palace walls must be thick

or the CPA is thick-headed... yeah, that's the ticket.

They're taking Bush's example, and just out-and-out lying. :grr:

[The Magistrate]

2. Perhaps That Deafening Quality, My Friend

Is why they did not hear them....

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[mmonk]

3. U.S. officials were unaware because

the party line is "see no evil", "speak no evil", and "hear no evil" as it relates to their "progress" in Iraq.