breaking news - At least 23 dead in Baghdad bombing

MikeLastort2 · Jan 18, 2004

At least 23 dead in Baghdad bombing

Sunday, January 18, 2004 Posted: 8:24 AM EST (1324 GMT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 23 people were killed -- most of them Iraqi civilians -- and more than 60 were wounded early Sunday when a suicide truck bomber detonated a half-ton of explosives near the U.S.-led coalition's headquarters, according to U.S. military sources.

"We have indications that some of those that were killed were American citizens -- U.S. contractors," said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt during a Baghdad news conference. "We believe the current number at two. We're waiting for firmer confirmation."

Earlier, U.S. military sources said that two Department of Defense workers were among the dead, but could not specify their occupations or nationalities.
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MikeLastort2 · Jan 18, 2004

And from the AP, via the Washington Post

Suicide Bomber Kills 20 in Iraq

By Sarah El Deeb
Associated Press Writer
Sunday, January 18, 2004; 8:31 AM

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide bomber detonated 1,000 pounds of explosives in a pickup truck outside the headquarters compound of the U.S.-led coalition Sunday, killing at least 18 bystanders, including two
An Iraqi Governing Council spokesman, Hamid al-Kafai, said at least 20 people were killed and more than 60 were wounded.

U.S. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said there were "indications" that some those killed were American citizens.

"We believe the current number to be at two," he said. "We are awaiting confirmation."

At least 28 people, including six Americans, were wounded by the blast, which occurred at about 8 a.m. near the "Assassin's Gate" to Saddam Hussein's former Republican Palace complex, now used by the U.S.-led occupation authority for headquarters. The gate is used by hundreds of Iraqis employed by the Coalition Provisional Authority, the formal name of the U.S.-led occupation authorities, as well as U.S. military vehicles.
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