Truck Blast Hits Baghdad After Rumsfeld Visit
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › December 25, 2004
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A gas tanker truck wired with explosives blew up in a west Baghdad neighborhood Friday, killing one person, wounding 19 and lighting up the night sky with a fireball, just hours after Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld left the capital.
There were no members of the multinational forces among the casualties, said Capt. Brian Lucas, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad.See the full content of this document
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Truck Blast Hits Baghdad After Rumsfeld Visit
The butane truck was parked near the Libyan Embassy in the Mansour district, an upscale district where many foreigners live and embassies are located, police said. Residents said they could hear small-arms fire immediately after the blast.
Most of the wounded suffered severe burns, said a doctor a...See the full content of this document
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