Loud explosion, fire hit central Baghdad

sabra

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Thu Jul-14-05 12:23 PM
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Loud explosion, fire hit central Baghdad

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Loud explosion, fire hit central Baghdad
14 Jul 2005 17:11:30 GMT

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, July 14 (Reuters) - A loud explosion shook central Baghdad late on Thursday, sending a pall of oily black smoke into the night sky and flames could be seen from a kilometre (half a mile) away.

One police source said an initial report indicated that it may have been caused by exploding gas canisters close to an electricity sub-station.

Reuters correspondents in the city heard gunfire coming from the nearby Karada district after the blast.

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opihimoimoi

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Thu Jul-14-05 12:26 PM
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1. Its only the LAST THROES

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Yavin4

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Thu Jul-14-05 12:26 PM
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2. That Reminds Me - What About Those Right-Wing Radio Hosts?

What happened to them? Are they reporting on all of the "good" news that's coming out of Iraq?

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Roland99

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Thu Jul-14-05 12:58 PM
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6. Yeah...good question

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still_one

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Thu Jul-14-05 12:29 PM
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3. so tell me, are those good new reporters there yet

the ones that were organizing to go to Iraq to prove to Amerika that things are going so well in Iraq

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joemurphy

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Thu Jul-14-05 12:32 PM
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4. We need to get some of those "combat capable" Iraqi army

people over to that explosion pronto!

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NNN0LHI

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Thu Jul-14-05 12:40 PM
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5. Seen it today when the CNN newsreader in Baghdad was on

Edited on Thu Jul-14-05 12:41 PM by NNN0LHI

He was listing all the positive things that happened in Iraq today and I was wondering WTF, I could barely see the CNN guy through the haze all around him. And he was only a foot or 2 from the camera. I was puzzled as to why he never mentioned anything about the all soot and smoke in the air around him?

Don

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