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Sunday, October 15, 2006

How bad was that ammo dump fire?

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On Tuesday, Monkeyfister posted a BBC story about the ammo dump fire at a forward base outside of Baghdad, and at the time it seemed pretty bad. It was confirmed that an enemy attack was the cause of this explosion. It was also confirmed that the explosions and resulting fires lasted no less than 13 straight hours, with the fires burning at least twice as long thereafter. We knew that before the blasts, this heavily protected camp and depot held more than 5,000 US troops. Since the day it happened, there have been no stories about the incident in the US media. No casualty reports, no news on how they'll replace the munitions, no damage reports on the base. Nothing. And no one in the US corporate media has even seen fit to ask about it...

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