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| Residents Says Blast at Iraq Ammo Dump Kills 30 |
| 2003-06-30 |
| At least 30 Iraqis were killed and scores injured Saturday when an ammunition dump they were looting blew up, local residents said Monday. I hate it when that happens. They said U.S. forces arrested several looters after the blast at the ammunition dump in a desert area north of the town of Haditha, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, and handed them to Iraqi police in the town. There was no comment from the U.S. military. No comment that you can print, anyway. The residents said looters had been at the abandoned Iraqi army depot to seize casings of artillery shells that they could sell. It was not known what caused the blast. Remember that gremlin in the Bugs Bunny cartoon? The one wacking the nose of the shell with the big hammer? He dunit. "These people ... don't know anything about weapons. Their only concern is making illegitimate earnings," Ibrahim Hussein, a Haditha resident, told Reuters in Baghdad by telephone. Darwin at work. |
| Posted by:Steve |