"mushroom cloud" over Bagdhad (pic)

[tocqueville]

Mushroom like cloud is seen over Baghdad as huge explosions rocked the Iraqi capital early Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006. A fire broke out at an ammunition depot at a U.S. base in southern Baghdad on Tuesday night, setting off a series of explosions from detonating tank and artillery shells that shook buildings miles away. The U.S. military said there were no immediate reports of casualties. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

[Rex]

1. Dam. Tank and artillery shells are serious.

It's not small arms ammo. This is bad.

[formercia]

7. Especially all of the DU being thrown in the air

DU burns in a fire. The dust will contaminate a very large area.

[Rex]

8. Ya that is what I was wondering

Hopefully those are not DU ordinance.

[MidwestTransplant]

10. I wonder if most of the in theater ammo is DU seeing as we

aren't going up against armor anymore.

[formercia]

13. Even if the tanks were carrying mostly non-DU ammo

there would surely be some in storage. It would have to be a pretty hot fire, but it will burn to the Oxide. That will get blown around.
I hope i'm wrong.

[solara]

16. Sorry for being dense but

What is "DU"?

:dunce:

[RC]

17. Depleted Uranium

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium

[sce56]

18. Depleted Uranium the miracle rounds used by the US military!

See http://www.policestate21.com/beyondtreason.html

[loves_dulcinea]

19. depleted uranium.

[SpiralHawk]

2. Nice work, commander AWOL (smarmcasm)

Everything you touch turns to crap (except the Massive Oil & Munitions Profits for you and your corrupt republicon cronies.

[leftchick]

3. I would hope

that the soldier's quarters are WAAAAAAAAAAY far away from the depot.

[AzDar]

4. Damn, those 'last throes' are impressive......

We need our Troops HOME NOW!!!

[arcane1]

15. more impressive than all previous throes combined n/t

[Xipe Totec]

5. Ordnance cooking off

what an unmitigated cluster fuck.

They're stepping where it hurts; our long logistics tail.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. and, prey tell, where is Condi's smoking gun?

mission accomplished.

[HannibalBarca]

9. I knew it......

...Dubya was right all along, you dam Libruls, see a mushroom cloud, just like Condi said a WMD!!!!

:)

[JFN1]

11. CBS Evening News

just said the depot caught fire due to an attack on the base by insurgents. Anyone else hear this?

[brettdale]

12. explosions are still happening

Just seen the live pictures on tv.

[pooja]

14. No, immediate casualties... it will take time for the cancer to set in

and the mutations to take effect on you to be born children... Oh, by the way there's a great sale left...only a few weeks left until christmas.