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A fire at a US base in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has caused a series of explosions, the military has said- The US military blamed the explosions on ammunition "cooking off" in the heat. They said they did not know what had caused the initial fire

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ekklesiawarrior
Oct. 10, 2006, 5:51 p.m.
10 October 2006, 21:42 GMT - QUOTE
The BBC's Andrew North, in Baghdad, said the explosions started at about 2300 (2100 BST) and were becoming "evermore frequent" as the fire appeared to be spreading.
"Given the number and the scale of these explosions - and this is a very large base with a large number of troops - casualties are a possibility," he said.
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MacR
Oct. 10, 2006, 6:13 p.m.
The troops were safely evacuated. Also the surounding area of the neighborhood are reporting no casulties.
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moeberg
Oct. 10, 2006, 6:15 p.m.
The US military blamed the explosions on ammunition "cooking off" in the heat. It's not the Iraqi insurgents like you think. So there.
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miklkit
Oct. 10, 2006, 6:36 p.m.
Very interesting. I wonder if a sapper got into the ammo dump.
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tchef
Oct. 10, 2006, 6:53 p.m.
I hope there are no casualties.
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jerryskid1
Oct. 10, 2006, 6:54 p.m.
It's all under control. Let's "stay the course". We're good at diplomacy, so it won't be long before the Shiites and Sunnis are getting along.
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jordan11
Oct. 10, 2006, 10 p.m.
MacR: The troops were safely evacuated. Also the surounding area of the neighborhood are reporting no casulties.>>>>>
The explosions went on for HOURS, according to eye witnesses. It's probably a bit too early to know about casualties, or causes.
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lovelytxwoman
Oct. 11, 2006, 12:33 a.m.
MILITARY TRAINS ITS TROOPS VERY WELL!
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jeanjeanie
Oct. 11, 2006, 4:25 a.m.
My Nephew is in Falcon, they have been fired upon all week. I do not know if he is OK, we have not heard from him for 5 days. Last month a mortar shell landed at his room door.
I also have a PenPal her name is Nibras, she is a modern Iraqi woman. She lives in Dora she Blogs, why not read her view on the conflict?
http://nibras-iraq.blogspot.com/
I read when they opened Falcon it was for 5000 troops.
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getreal1
Oct. 11, 2006, 11:17 a.m.
We will have to replace our AMMO and very quickly.
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Teagen
Oct. 11, 2006, 11:41 a.m.
Diogenes12: I find the report seriously flawed. They're only using deaths that were reported during Saddam's time. This does not take into account the millions killed in the Iran-Iraqwar, when they gassed their own people the Kurds or when they invaded Kuwait? It also fails to take into account those that simply disappeard in one of the hundreds of mass graves we continue to find. A report of this nature, the way it's presented is very slanted.