U.N. HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ BOMBED
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James Joyner | Tuesday, August 19, 2003 |
Breaking News from MSNBC:
An explosion tore through the United Nationâs headquarters in Baghdad causing scores of casualties, U.S. military sources and witnesses said.Earlier on Tuesday, U.S. officials reported that a rocket-propelled grenade and gun attack on a U.S. convoy north of Baghdad wounded two American soldiers.
Lieutenant Colonel William MacDonald of the 4th Infantry Division said the convoy was attacked near Balad, a town in the “Sunni Triangle” north and west of Baghdad where support for fugitive dictator Saddam Hussein remains strong.
Also in the region, at least seven Iraqis were killed Monday in a blast at an ammunition dump north of Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit. MacDonald said U.S. troops investigating the explosion found one body at the scene and Iraqi police later found a further six.
The identities of those killed were not known, but soldiers said the ammunition dump had been often targeted by looters.
Alan at Command Post has some screen shots from television reports.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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