VOA NEWS: ROCKET EXPLOSION IN BAGHDAD KILLS AT LEAST 15
February 19, 2008
February 19, 2008
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Voice of America issued the following story:
Iraqi security officials say a series of rockets exploded as bomb disposal experts attempted to defuse them, killing at least 15 people and wounding at least 27 others in Baghdad.
Police had found the rockets earlier Tuesday in the back of a truck that was believed to have been used by insurgents to launch an attack on a nearby U.S. military base. U.S. officials confirmed that attack.
Iraqi security officials say a series of rockets exploded as bomb disposal experts attempted to defuse them, killing at least 15 people and wounding at least 27 others in Baghdad.
Police had found the rockets earlier Tuesday in the back of a truck that was believed to have been used by insurgents to launch an attack on a nearby U.S. military base. U.S. officials confirmed that attack.