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inquisitive
10-10-2006, 05:01 PM
Huge explosions lighting up Baghdad sky. Southern Baghdad ammo depot. No reports of injuries yet. Could be hostile fire..cause unknown. Has been exploding for 3 hours.
Isabel de Arundel
10-10-2006, 05:02 PM
Huge explosions lighting up Baghdad sky. Southern Baghdad ammo depot. No reports of injuries yet. Could be hostile fire..cause unknown. Has been exploding for 3 hours.

Dam. My bet is that it ain't the bad guys ammo, either. :mad:
RET
10-10-2006, 05:31 PM
We have members (I'm pretty sure) that work there, unless they are home now. :(
RET
10-10-2006, 05:32 PM
FOXNews.com - Fire Breaks Out at U.S. Ammo Depot in Baghdad - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,219422,00.html)

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — A fire broke out at an ammunition depot at a U.S. base in southern Baghdad on Tuesday night, setting off a series of explosions from detonating tank and artillery shells that shook buildings miles away. The U.S. military said there were no immediate reports of casualties.
inquisitive
10-10-2006, 06:10 PM
Dam. My bet is that it ain't the bad guys ammo, either. :mad:

It is a US Military Base.
inquisitive
10-10-2006, 06:11 PM
We have members (I'm pretty sure) that work there, unless they are home now. :(

They are saying that everybody got out. I pray that is so.
inquisitive
10-10-2006, 06:26 PM
Mortar rounds were received for twenty minutes prior to the explosions which have continued for four hours.
inquisitive
10-10-2006, 07:29 PM
Emergency first responders contained the fire. Iraqi citizens were notified. No injuries have been reported. The damage to the area will not degrade the division's operational capabilities.
RET
10-11-2006, 08:42 AM
"With the help of God, the mortar and rocket squads of the Islamic Army have shelled a U.S. Army base with two rockets and three mortar shells," the group said in a statement posted on a Web site known to be used by insurgents. "The rockets and shells fell on ammunition dumps causing them to explode. Sounds of explosions were heard in Baghdad."

The authenticity of the statement could not be immediately verified, but the U.S. military did confirm that the base's ammunition depot had been hit at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday by an 82mm mortar round fired by insurgents from a nearby residential area.

"Intelligence indicates that civilians aligned with a militia organization were responsible for last night's mortar attack," base spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington said.

There were no injuries reported, and Withington said the attack had no strategic effect.

"The attack does not affect ongoing Baghdad security operations in the focus areas, and the loss of ammunition will not degrade the operational capability of the" U.S. forces in Baghdad, he said. "The base's essential services were not disrupted."

FOXNews.com - Insurgents Spark Fire at U.S. Ammo Dump, 8 Dead in Iraq Violence - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,219422,00.html)