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joshfox0
10-24-2005, 10:35 AM
Two explosions near the palastine hotel in Baghdad watching pictures on BBC news 24 they say they were two mortar rounds. the explosions were rather large. If any of you didn't know th epalastine hotel is where alot of foreign media stay.
Jeremiah
10-24-2005, 10:45 AM
wow did you see the video of the explosion!!!!
Saw the video. Definitely SVBIEDs. At least two. Looked like one was a truck that rammed through a blast wall or something (maybe that gap in the wall was already there--EDIT I think this is the case) and detonated shortly after. This all occured at Firdos Square (where Saddam's statue was pulled down). CNN says '3 car bombs'.
joshfox0
10-24-2005, 10:48 AM
Saw the video. Definitely SVBIEDs. At least two. Looked like one was a truck that rammed through a blast wall or something (maybe that gap in the wall was already there--EDIT I think this is the case) and detonated shortly after.
Thats what i thought aslo when i saw the explsion i was suspecting somthing other than a mortar because after the second explosion there was alot of metal debri. Also there are reports of gunfire now around the area and the jorunalists are taking refuge in the lobby of the hotel
Argyll
10-24-2005, 11:19 AM
Yeah,the bad guys are letting everyone know they're still around and can pull of the odd spectacular......the truck was deffo a SVBIED
PeterG
10-24-2005, 12:08 PM
wow did you see the video of the explosion!!!!
Christ, the cement truck bomb..! Almost unbelievably powerful blast.
Argyll
10-24-2005, 12:29 PM
I'd guess a 1000 lbs if not Kilos in that one........serious shyt going on in the capital tonight!!
I'm expecting a Spanish judge to issue some arrest warrants for the terrorists who set off the explosion any time now...
ed316
10-24-2005, 12:48 PM
I'm expecting a Spanish judge to issue some arrest warrants for the terrorists who set off the explosion any time now...
..............LOLrofl
Upfrontreporting
10-24-2005, 01:44 PM
One big ****er..
http://eyenet.wmod.llnwd.net/a134/o1/cbsnews/2005/10/24/video967923.wmv
Argyll
10-24-2005, 01:57 PM
http://www.polfoto.dk/Polfoto/Photo/Live/watermarking/AP437504_guest.jpg.jpg
http://www.polfoto.dk/Polfoto/Photo/Live/watermarking/AP437500_guest.jpg.jpg
http://www.polfoto.dk/Polfoto/Photo/Live/watermarking/AP437495_guest.jpg.jpg
http://www.polfoto.dk/Polfoto/Photo/Live/watermarking/AP437472_guest.jpg.jpg
http://www.polfoto.dk/Polfoto/Photo/Live/watermarking/AP437494_guest.jpg.jpg
http://www.polfoto.dk/Polfoto/Photo/Live/watermarking/AP437390_guest.jpg.jpg
That's a big fcuking SVBIED!!!!
Upfrontreporting
10-24-2005, 01:59 PM
Argyll!
Didn't know you could read Danish.
****ing huge bomb.
ed316
10-24-2005, 02:11 PM
Maybe the terrorist are tired of the one-sided reporting
Argyll
10-24-2005, 02:15 PM
Maybe the terrorist are tired of the one-sided reporting
Care to elaborate on this comment?
Was it the cement truck that exploded?
yea, they saw it on mythbusters... :p
ed316
10-24-2005, 02:20 PM
Care to elaborate on this comment?
Was being sarcastic:) , but seems like everything I see on the news from any news service is bad. When I was there I saw good tings that never made to the nightly news, schools being built, some electrical grids coming on line, food wasn't scarce, but yet the media already assumes the war is lost.
ed316
10-24-2005, 02:20 PM
yea, they saw it on mythbusters... :p
I saw that one also, the last explosion was the best:)
Argyll
10-24-2005, 02:28 PM
did you also see these same electrical grids grind to a halt because the Iraqi's don't have a clue?.......food isn't scarce but petrol and deisel are,and when the power goes off for hours on end the Iraqi's have no fuel for their generators...!.....yes things are getting built,but those doing the building are getting killed.....for every bit of positive news,there's as much negative news,and what's more of a seller?
Argyll
10-24-2005, 02:32 PM
I don't get this Toad and Ed are you making light of a terrorist attack on a hotel,where more than 20 people have been killed?
ed316
10-24-2005, 02:39 PM
not making fun of any situation, my comment was not related to the incident
ed316
10-24-2005, 02:48 PM
If you watch what all the media is saying, it's seems the sky is falling
joshfox0
10-24-2005, 02:55 PM
Ed can we try and keep it on topic 'cause otherwise sticky situtations arise where it seems you are making light of events such as this.
Argylle when you say serious **** is going on are you refering to this or are there more asofyet un-reported in foreign media things going on. obviously i'd understand if you can't/ don't want to answer about it right now but i like to keep up to date on the news.
ed316
10-24-2005, 02:59 PM
did anyone claim responsibility
Argyll
10-24-2005, 04:05 PM
There's lots going on unreported.......the hit on the Palestine whilst spectacular,was no surprise,there has been a threat against both hotels for months,some even claimed they pull of a spectacular.......the insurgents/terrorists have ultimately achived their aim......maximum publicity,it lets the rest of the world know they can and will strike alsmost at will at a place of their chosing!!......Zarqawis group will claim responsibility in the next few hours..........and in a few more days there will be a flurry of SVBIED's over the country
Looks like the first SVBIED blew a hole in the blast wall; second SVBIED was apparently driven back by gunfire (or so it's claimed)--exploded away from the breach; third was the cement mixer which drove through the breach and detonated.
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