BAGHDAD BLOGGER’S CAR BOMB PIC

Back to Iraq’s Chris Allbritton has only been in Baghdad for a few days. And he’s already in the thick of it.
He e-​​mails friends to say:
“Nasty car bomb today at about 8:15 a.m. Maybe 100 m from my hotel. Im fine, but I was in the Internet caf and every wall and win­dow shook. People poured out of hotels. Too much to do now, but Im fine. Speculation that the car, a blue VW, was car­ry­ing wired artillery or mor­tar shells, based on shrap­nel in the street and com­plete absence of the car. (All that was left of it was the hood which landed about 100 m away, and the engine block, which landed near the hotel.) A win­dow in my kitchen was bro­ken.
The bomb went off right in front of the al-​​Karma hotel, which makes the black jokes obvi­ous. 5 peo­ple injured. Two crit­i­cally, includ­ing a boy 10–11 years old.
Later, Chris sent on a slew of pic­tures from the scene. Here’s one.
THERE’S MORE: Chris’ heart-​​breaking full report is now up.

May 26th, 2004 | War Update | Comments Off Both comments and pings are currently closed.