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| Explosion Hits U.S. Embassy In Baghdad During Udall Visit | |
| 2004-09-27 | |
| A rocket exploded and another was detonated at the U.S. Embassy complex in Baghdad Sunday as Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., and four other members of Congress were visiting, Udall's spokesman confirmed. "They're fine," said Lawrence Pacheco, calling it a mortar attack but adding the group was never in any danger and later left for Jordan as scheduled. Udall, fellow Democrat Rep. Stephanie Herseth of South Dakota, Republican Reps. Tom Osborne of Nebraska, Ernest Istook of Oklahoma and Scott Garrett of New Jersey were in Iraq to learn firsthand about U.S. rebuilding efforts. Herseth told The Associated Press the delegation attended a scheduled briefing and didn't learn of the attack and explosion until after. "We were in the basement. And the rocket that was launched into the embassy complex was about 500 meters from where we were," she said. An unexploded round was detonated hours after the first explosion, Herseth said. "(Udall) did have some trepidation about going into a war zone, but he really felt that he needed to be on the ground to see our operations there," Pacheco said. "That would help inform him as he makes decisions about U.S. policy and involvement in the region."
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #25 Bullcrap: Watch your language, there is a QUAGMIRE present. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6334 2004-09-27 6:29:35 AM |
| #24 Sock Puppet: Your mummy gave you a nice haircut. Does she ever let you out of the basement? Maybe you are afraid she'd break your Star Trek toys. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6334 2004-09-27 6:20:54 AM |
| #23 THE RANTBURG PRAYER Our QUAGMIRE who art in QUAGMIRE, hallowed be thy QUAGMIRE, as it is in QUAGMIRE, and will be in QUAGMIRE. Amen. Notice how the Neo-Cunts are attacking Kerry (Pig Crap Be Upon Him) while not praising the Thief-in-Chief (Handcuffs Be Upon Him)? That's telling. Now tell us about the unnecessary $450 billion deficit, that the oil-patch dypso crackpot has piled up, to create a hornet's nest in Afghanistan and Iraq. Its time to put the Neo-Cunts out to pasture, and dust off the nukes. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6334 2004-09-27 6:17:16 AM |
| #22 Someone tried to take out little Mo? Who leaked? This country would be shattered by the loss of 2 much less 5 congresspeoplesoflove. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-27 3:50:37 PM |
| #21 I meant Boris, not you, Senor Steve-O |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-27 10:59:00 AM |
| #20 in between watching "personality and reality implant" infomercials, eh? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-27 10:56:09 AM |
| #19 Moderator wise, I'm usually "on duty" around midnight Central time. I haven't been able to check in the early am, but I suppose I can start doing that. Boris (a.k.a. "Tiny Pecker") does seem to pick his moments. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-09-27 10:54:45 AM |
| #18 Fred: a suggestion. Do not allow HTML in posts except for those parts you have defined - and switch to "bracket" tags like this [ ]. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-09-27 9:52:57 AM |
| #17 Hi BoreUs! See that your sister is having a Sale for the Albanians. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-27 9:26:05 AM |
| #16 Prickbitch, don't you feel even a little bit ashamed that your only contribution to this site is the equivalent of that 6 year old's shitting on the floor? You act like an incontinent dysfunctional retard. What would your mother think? Or was she an incontinent dysfunctional retard too? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-27 6:55:47 AM |
| #15 Boris they let you out? No wonder the LAPD wouldn't know what to do With a Serbo-Croat Bosnian child molestor (typical muslim wants to get it on with 9 year old girls.) I'll have to call the social services down in Simi valley and have them be on the look out for you. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-27 6:47:22 AM |
| #14 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Anonymous6334 TROLL 2004-09-27 6:29:35 AM |
| #13 Prickbitch: FOAD, you fuckwit lunatic. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-27 6:24:09 AM |
| #12 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Anonymous6334 TROLL 2004-09-27 6:20:54 AM |
| #11 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Anonymous6334 TROLL 2004-09-27 6:17:16 AM |
| #10 AC their power is only good so long as they can dodge bullets. I am thinking they mostly can't. I am on the left coast too and up very late usually. I am tolerant of other ideas but not this intentional crap. The dead give away is the "mossad" comment. The little time I have been here at Rantburg I know this is his trade marked comment. He uses mutiple IP addresses so banning IPs will not work. Only an active on duty troll killer will. Not allowing the hr or preformatted text might help. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-27 3:21:32 AM |
| #9 Is this lame attempt at private censorship the best you can do, Boris? Of course, for once in your life, you can feel a sense of belonging, since the global left seems committed now to tactics of disruption, sabotage, and intimidation as a substitute for the rational case they so pointedly lack in their pursuit of absolute power. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-09-27 2:53:52 AM |
| #8 I'm on the other coast too. I have some strange ideas, but I do IT well, and can fix this sort of thing. Call if interested. |
| Posted by: Asedwich 2004-09-27 2:52:13 AM |
| #7 Fred, you need a late night moderator for sequestering obviously harmful comments like Anon's (probably Boris) above? Im near the other coast. so late there isnt late here. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-09-27 2:42:24 AM |
| #6 It's freeking Boris the Simi valley troll. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-27 2:01:52 AM |
| #5 Hate to suggest it since I'm an "HTML repeat offender" myself, but maybe Fred should rip a page from LGF and disable everything except hyperlinking and basic text formatting. At the very least, kill the Horizontal Rule tag. That seems to be the current preferred weapon of mass disruption. |
| Posted by: The Caucasus Nerd 2004-09-27 1:47:51 AM |
| #4 Fred, this poster was a deliberate attempt to disrupt rantburg. Time to put an IP ban into place. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-09-27 1:47:40 AM |
| #3 Aisle #1, pest control alert! Improper use of HR tag beside the display of a massive inferiority complex. |
| Posted by: Memesis 2004-09-27 1:43:52 AM |
| #2 Mods remove Anon's post - its a "page stretcher" - artifically widens the page, designed to disruppt the readability fo the board. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-09-27 1:43:19 AM |
| #1 BFD. 1/3 of a mile miss and they were protected by walls and a basement. Though if Kerry were there, he would insist on a Purple Heart. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-09-27 1:36:08 AM |