Friday, 30 July 2004
Iraqi Attacks on Ammunition Stockpile
I found this video posted at Information Clearinghouse, which is not what I would term a reliable resource. It's interesting reading, but unless I can find the material there verified by at least one other source, I tend to doubt it's credibility.
After a bit of poking around I managed to dig up this pdf from NATO which verifies the attack:
A suspected Katyusha rocket hit the ammunition dump of the Kirkuk US Air Base at around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, starting fires and causing a chain reaction of explosions. Thick clouds of smoke covered nearly the entire city. The fires were put out at about 5 a.m. on Thursday morning.
There were no casualties on the base, but the explosions caused damage across a wide area, shattering windows and damaging cars. Some of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps garrison vehicles were damaged by flying debris about 1.5 km (1 mile) from where the ammunition was stored.
It's so rare to see unfiltered video straight from Iraq. It's gotten to the point where I've grown so used to seeing sanitized clips accompanied by the constant ramblings of morons from CNN that when I see something untouched and unedited it seems almost surreal.
(Click image to watch)
To download this video, right click here and choose "Save As".
Posted by flow Frazao on July 30, 2004 at 12:11 PM in Iraq | Permalink
It DID happen, I was there. This video appears to have been taken from Kirkuk itself. The AHA went up after a grass fire ignited some stray UEO near the bunker which then created what you see here. It was a very long night but very spectacular to witness first hand.
I and all were grateful nobody was seriously wounded by this accident.
Yes a rocket started the fire but it did not hit the bunker as the insurgets would love for you to believe.
Posted by: Bill Carrell | May 30, 2005 12:43:50 PM
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