10 Killed, up to 50 wounded in Mosul Rocket Attack
December 21st, 2004 at 9:17 am by Preston Taylor Holmes(via Fox News Alert)
At least 10 people killed and 50 possibly wounded in a rocket attack on a U.S. base in Mosul.
Senior Pentagon officials told FOX News’ Bret Baier that at least 10 people are dead and at least 50 people have been wounded. Sources said a combination of U.S. forces, Iraqi forces and U.S. contractors were at the military facility. The cause of the explosion, which happened at 12 noon local time, was under investigation.
The U.S. Army’s Task Force Olympia is based in this predominantly Sunni Muslim city.
Obviously horrible breaking news.
UPDATE:
Death toll is now up to 22. This is another example of why our service men and women need all of our constant prayers and support.
UPDATE:
First reports from the scene of the attack came from an embedded Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch reporter.
“Amid the screaming and thick smoke that followed, quick-thinking soldiers turned their lunch tables upside down, placed the wounded on them and gently carried them into the parking lot.� Soldiers shouted frantically for medics.
“Near the front entrance to the chow hall, troops tended a soldier with a gaping head wound. Within minutes, they zipped him into a black body bag. Three more bodies were in the parking lot then. …
“Sgt. Evan Byler, of the 276th, steadied himself on one of the concrete bomb shelters.
“He was eating chicken tenders and macaroni when the bomb hit. The blast knocked him out of his chair. When the smoke cleared, Byler took off his shirt and wrapped it around a seriously wounded soldier.
December 21st, 2004 at 11:57 am
Bad Afternoon for the Good Guys: 22 Dead, 50 Wounded
AP via Drudge: BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Rockets and mortar rounds struck a U.S. base in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 50, a Pentagon official said. A radical Muslim group, the…
December 21st, 2004 at 12:04 pm
22 Dead, 50 Wounded in Attack on Base Outside of Mosul
AP via Drudge: BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Rockets and mortar rounds struck a U.S. base in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 50, a Pentagon official said. A radical Muslim group, the…
December 21st, 2004 at 1:56 pm
24 Dead in Mosul Attack
AP:
An explosion ripped through a mess tent at a military base in Mosul where hundreds of U.S. soldiers had just sat down to lunch Tuesday, and officials said 24 people were killed and more than 60 wounded. A radical Muslim group, the Ansar al-Sunnah …
December 21st, 2004 at 2:34 pm
Rocket Hits U.S. Tent
- Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq – Rockets struck a mess tent at a military base in Mosul where hundreds of U.S. soldiers had just sat down to lunch Tuesday, and military officials said at least 20 people were killed and…
December 21st, 2004 at 3:19 pm
On the Mosul attack on U.S. base and Ansar al-Sunnah Army – Running Updates
Due to the ongoing reporting by Fox and other news outlets related to the rocket attackes in Mosul today, the following is a collage of information regarding the attack and also the attackers. Information will be posted here hourly and more often as av…
December 21st, 2004 at 10:59 pm
On the Mosul attack on U.S. base and Ansar al-Sunnah Army – Running Updates
The blogs have done it tonight with what is now the fourth confirming source that the attack involved a suicide bomber. Our base was infiltrated by a terrorist, most likely in an Iraqi National Guard uniform (my total guess, not even a rumor yet).