Three Australian soldiers wounded in Baghdad blast

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Three Australian soldiers wounded in Baghdad blast
At least two Iraqis were killed and three Australian soldiers wounded when a car bomb exploded near an Australian Army convoy in Baghdad.

A white vehicle was detonated by remote control as the Australian convoy passed through a residential district on its way to the heavily-fortified Green Zone, which houses Iraq's seat of Government and the US embassy, said US Major Scott Stanger, citing witnesses.

The Department of Defence confirmed that three Australian soldiers were injured in the blast which hit a convoy of three Australian armed vehicles.

One Australian soldier received facial injuries which are not life threatening, and another Australian soldier received concussion and the third minor abrasions.

An Australian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman confirmed that the blast occurred close to the Australian.

"We understand a military convoy was involved," she told AFP from Canberra.

The spokeswoman attributed the blast to a roadside bomb and was unable to give any information on any possible Australian military casualties.

Australia, along with Britain and the United States, was a founding member of the coalition that led the invasion of Iraq last year.

For his part, Maj Stanger said no diplomats had been travelling in the convoy.

"It was only a military convoy trying to get to check point 11 near the bridge," Maj Stanger said, referring to a southern entrance to the Green Zone.

An AFP reporter at the scene saw a damaged army vehicle, with its tyres flattened by the force of the blast that rocked the Karrada district of Baghdad at about 8:00am (local time).

Police Lieutenant Abbas Fadel said two people were killed in the blast, but a toll from nearby hospitals only recorded 13 wounded.

Ambulances were seen rushing to and from the blast site, ferrying away casualties as US soldiers cordoned off the area, where hundreds of local people had gathered to try to glimpse what was going on.

--AFP/ABC



Thankfully it seems that they are not seriously hurt.
 

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pav_is_god said:
Three Australian soldiers wounded in Baghdad blast
At least two Iraqis were killed and three Australian soldiers wounded when a car bomb exploded near an Australian Army convoy in Baghdad.

A white vehicle was detonated by remote control as the Australian convoy passed through a residential district on its way to the heavily-fortified Green Zone, which houses Iraq's seat of Government and the US embassy, said US Major Scott Stanger, citing witnesses.

The Department of Defence confirmed that three Australian soldiers were injured in the blast which hit a convoy of three Australian armed vehicles.

One Australian soldier received facial injuries which are not life threatening, and another Australian soldier received concussion and the third minor abrasions.

An Australian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman confirmed that the blast occurred close to the Australian.

"We understand a military convoy was involved," she told AFP from Canberra.

The spokeswoman attributed the blast to a roadside bomb and was unable to give any information on any possible Australian military casualties.

Australia, along with Britain and the United States, was a founding member of the coalition that led the invasion of Iraq last year.

For his part, Maj Stanger said no diplomats had been travelling in the convoy.

"It was only a military convoy trying to get to check point 11 near the bridge," Maj Stanger said, referring to a southern entrance to the Green Zone.

An AFP reporter at the scene saw a damaged army vehicle, with its tyres flattened by the force of the blast that rocked the Karrada district of Baghdad at about 8:00am (local time).

Police Lieutenant Abbas Fadel said two people were killed in the blast, but a toll from nearby hospitals only recorded 13 wounded.

Ambulances were seen rushing to and from the blast site, ferrying away casualties as US soldiers cordoned off the area, where hundreds of local people had gathered to try to glimpse what was going on.

--AFP/ABC



Thankfully it seems that they are not seriously hurt.
WTF at least 2 died, OH wait, they were only towel heads so they don't count. :rolleyes:
 

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Are you that thick, Iraqi's being trained by yanks, who are they going to be fighting in Iraq, Koreans. :rolleyes:
Do you mean that it's okay that they were summarily executed?

You're sick.
 

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Do you mean that it's okay that they were summarily executed?

You're sick.
You have to be careful with the word "executed" Hawkforce. An execution is a state approved act. Act of war is as good as you can get it. Slaughtered or murdered are the appropriate terms.
 
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You have to be careful with the word "executed" Hawkforce. An execution is a state approved act. Act of war is as good as you can get it. Slaughtered or murdered are the appropriate terms.
Quite correct, I suppose its all right for the Yanks and Jews to justify "collateral damage" ie the wanton killing of innocent civilians but not right when the locals fight back in their own country then they are very bad people. :eek:
 

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Quite correct, I suppose its all right for the Yanks and Jews to justify "collateral damage" ie the wanton killing of innocent civilians but not right when the locals fight back in their own country then they are very bad people. :eek:
Not as simple as that when they (iraqi resistance to coalition forces) slaughter others born and raised on Iraqi soil. Once that occurs its a civil war in this case with outside nations taking one side. Collateral damage is a poor refugee euphemism of an unargued case for war.
 

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Quite correct, I suppose its all right for the Yanks and Jews to justify "collateral damage" ie the wanton killing of innocent civilians but not right when the locals fight back in their own country then they are very bad people. :eek:
Al Zakarwi (spelling?) is from Jordan. Its not his own country. Glad to see you can draw a parallel between a bombing of alleged military targets in which civilians die and the kidnapping/beheading of aid workers, journalists, truck drivers etc.

Under your logic then I presume if the Russians were to go in and slaughter the Ingush and Chechens then that would be acceptable? Surely they are just fighting back in their own country?
 

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WTF at least 2 died, OH wait, they were only towel heads so they don't count. :rolleyes:
I think its only natural that I would be concerned firstly for my fellow Australians. Anyway, were did I intimate that the Iraqi injured didn't count? :confused:
 

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It will be very interesting to see how the Australian public react if any Australians do get killed in the future.
Actually the interest is in the American poll. Kerry seems to have gained support over night on the Iraq issue. Evidently they have reactive TV political ads. One side shows an ad and the other watches it and straight away makes the rebuttal ad. Damn sophiscated those yanks. We're a backwater.
 

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pav_is_god said:
I think its only natural that I would be concerned firstly for my fellow Australians. Anyway, were did I intimate that the Iraqi injured didn't count? :confused:
WTF are we doing there anyway?

What is their mission/job?

I'm concerned with my fellow Australians if they believe we should have a military presence in that country. Are Australians now imperialists?
 

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It will be very interesting to see how the Australian public react if any Australians do get killed in the future.
I would be sad, but accepting. What other people have to realise that when the military go to a dangerous place like Iraq or Afganistan for that matter, they are putting their lives on the line. It is part and parcel of being in the military.
 

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WTF are we doing there anyway?

What is their mission/job?

I'm concerned with my fellow Australians if they believe we should have a military presence in that country. Are Australians now imperialists?
I don't agree that they should be there either, mate! But that doesn't detract from the fact that there is nothing wrong in feeling concerned for their welfare.
 

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There have been complaints by some diggers about the ASLAVS. But the fact that it withstood an close explosion by a 100kg car bomb will quieten a few. Very impressed. An M113 or the American Bradley would have burned
 

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There have been complaints by some diggers about the ASLAVS. But the fact that it withstood an close explosion by a 100kg car bomb will quieten a few. Very impressed. An M113 or the American Bradley would have burned
Wonder how a Bushmaster would have stood up?
 
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