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The_Dude · 08-19-2003, 10:14 AM

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At Least 20 Die in U.N. HQ Blast in Iraq
By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide attacker set off a truck bomb Tuesday outside the hotel housing the U.N. headquarters, U.S. officials said. At least 20 U.N. workers and Iraqis were killed, including the chief U.N. official in Iraq (news - web sites), and 100 were wounded.

Sergio Vieira de Mello, a 55-year-old veteran Brazilian (news - web sites) diplomat who was only days away from the end of his four-month mission, was in his office when the explosion ripped through the building about 4:30 p.m. and was trapped in the rubble.

U.N. officials said 15 U.N. workers were killed and 100 wounded. A survey of Baghdad hospitals by The Associated Press found five other people killed.

Vieira de Mello's death was announced by U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard, and all the national flags that ring the U.N. headquarters' entrance in New York were removed from their poles. The blue and white U.N. flag was lowered to half staff.

U.N. staffers gathered in corridors, on the promenade facing the East River and around television sets as they mourned the loss of the man Eckhard called "a rising star."

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this is fucken sad. these people were there for purely humanitarian reasons and they are now targets? what the fuck do these bastards want?

Vyk · 08-19-2003, 10:45 AM

Very tragic loss. It's sad what people will do to one another. Really makes me wonder what was going through the killers minds when they planned this...why they would target people there to help them.

Nizzle · 08-19-2003, 12:31 PM

Add to this a suicide bombing on a bus in Jerusalem, killing 20 (3 children) today.

It's a big day for the loonies.

MSD · 08-19-2003, 05:36 PM

They want to be left alone so that they can continue their fundamentalist regimes. There's no way around casualties when you're dealing with them. The best we can hope for is to suppress them to the point that they can't get anything big done.

bundy · 08-20-2003, 06:49 AM

i had never heard of Sergio de Mello, but from what i´ve heard today, it is a tragic loss.

politicians from both parties cried in our parliament today while they read their pieces about what a good man he was. amazing to see.

08-19-2003, 10:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
Vyk Insane Location: Dayton, Ohio	Very tragic loss. It's sad what people will do to one another. Really makes me wonder what was going through the killers minds when they planned this...why they would target people there to help them. __________________ "Courage of the heart is very rare"

08-19-2003, 12:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
Nizzle God-Hating Liberal Location: Silicon Valley, CA	Add to this a suicide bombing on a bus in Jerusalem, killing 20 (3 children) today. It's a big day for the loonies. __________________ Nizzle

08-20-2003, 06:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	i had never heard of Sergio de Mello, but from what i´ve heard today, it is a tragic loss. politicians from both parties cried in our parliament today while they read their pieces about what a good man he was. amazing to see. __________________ Ohayo!!!

08-19-2003, 05:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	They want to be left alone so that they can continue their fundamentalist regimes. There's no way around casualties when you're dealing with them. The best we can hope for is to suppress them to the point that they can't get anything big done.