BREAKING: Explosion Baghdad, Cheney hustled to shelter

[doxieone]

Source: CNN

No link yet.

Just reported there was an explosion in the green zone. Everyone hustled to shelter including reporters traveling with Cheney.

ADDENDUM: Single mortar explosion. No injuries. (CNN 11:00 a.m. EST)

11:10 A.M. LIVE press briefing in Baghdad with Cheney. (Just to prove he is alive?)

HA. SIGNAL lost, and then regained. (Remember, there is a history of losing visual signal with Cheney's TV moments.)

No link yet.

[Solly Mack]

1. I sure hope the reporters are OK

[bdamomma]

5. me too.

[xultar]

8. Me too.

[Name removed]

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[riverdale]

43. Is that the black version of the e-surance girl?

Girls with pink hair are hot

[goclark]

85. Please be safe reporters ~ Is Christina there?"

Prayers for the reporters.

[tridim]

9. Ouch!

But of course I agree with your sentimenT.

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[liberal N proud]

51. How cruel

forcing those reporters to travel with that stinking pos

[Nimrod2005]

101. ROFLMAO.......Brilliant

[Marnieworld]

2. In the green zone? With an unannounced visit?

Sure things are progressing. Just give it more time.

Total Fubar Chaos.

[Name removed]

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[rodeodance]

26. "This little piggy went to the market.....This.........."

[badgerpup]

76. Last time a US politician went 'shopping' downtown...

...over 20 people were killed the next day in retaliation for participating.

[bdamomma]

4. well well well, the Green Zone is not immuned.

haven't seen a link yet.

[tularetom]

6. Hope the dick wore brown pants

[bdamomma]

13. you think Dick will get the message the same thing happened

in Afghanistan they want us to GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MGD]

52. To match his shirt or his shit?

[HereSince1628]

7. Oh God. Cheney in residence at THE BUNKER, check him for cyanide

We don't want any repeats of the fall of Berlin.

[aquart]

59. Nah. That'd be fine.

[Canuckistanian]

64. Cheney distributes the cyanide

He's not a user.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. we've turned the corner? things are going well?

serves you right, you shit

[lligrd]

Cheney Endangering The Troops

Again.

[sabra]

16. and Iraqis... last visit to Afghanistan there were several civilian casualties

because of his visit.

[Solly Mack]

24. Yep...that's all he does when he "visits" - endangers people

[rodeodance]

30. can you imagine the massive amt of troops and resourses it takes!

[sinkingfeeling]

12. "One, two, three strikes and you're out." That's two!

[no_hypocrisy]

14. Karma blowback.

He who troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind.

[Lint Head]

15. This happened the last time Prick Chainey was in the green zone.

He endangers US troops just by showing up.

[ryanmuegge]

107. Merely a coincidence, of course. Both times. These attacks aren't a response to his presence..

There is no connection.

Or, at least what that's what they say on TV!

[peekaloo]

17. Exploding flowers and candy!

Welcome Dick!

[Proud2BAmurkin]

109. LOL

[maddezmom]

18. seems like they are happening everyday and unless someone is injured

they don't report it on MSM. Here's CNN's link:
Green Zone blast reported on day Cheney is in Iraq
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Iraq's Interior Ministry is reporting an explosion in or near Baghdad's Green Zone.

The cause of the sound is not yet known.

Attacks on the heavily fortified area, the seat of U.S. and Iraqi government power in the country, are common,.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/09/wednesda...

[skipos]

19. SOunds like an Indiana market to me. nt

[Arugula Latte]

20. No big deal. It's the Last Throes.

It should all be sunshine and rainbows soon.

[Botany]

21. Inside the green zone?

[stellanoir]

22. It's definitive, and official. . .

That was conclusively THE last throe.

[thunder35]

23. I see he looked like he was wearing a bullet proof vest on tv pictures

[underpants]

32. it was one helluva throe

[stellanoir]

77. "it was one helluva throe"

Yes it truly was a throe not to be outdone or replicated.

It was astonishing and enthralling in it's excessive throe-ishness and could never, ever, ever possibly be over throe-n.

So let us all join together, put our hands on our screens and praise Jesus for the very, very, very, very, very last throe.

Amen

[IChing]

25. Pulling Cheney out of Iraq now would send the wrong message to the terrorist

"Pulling the Vice President out of Iraq now would send the wrong message
and allow the terrorists there to follow the Vice President here,"

Steve Young.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

66. Best post of the day!

[boot@9]

67. this has to

be one of the most best(funny,witty) replies i have read.

[flyarm]

69. i she spending the night?? maybe he will be pulled out....

you know those evil terrorists ...you never know what those little booggers will do!!

wanna bet Cheney wants to sleep in Saddam's bed??????

fly

[jobycom]

83. Deserves a toast and a round of applause.

[goclark]

86. Amerika would never want to send the wrong message! nt

[donkeyotay]

95. Good point. He's gotta stay now.

[Tight_rope]

118. LMBAO....You are so damn Right. Stay the course Cheney!

We are sending the wrong message to the terrorist. Stay the course Cheney!

[sickinohio]

27. Does that mean

Uncle Dick is ok? Shux.

[eleny]

28. Well, that certainly will put the kabosh on any spin he intended

[alcibiades_mystery]

29. See Dick Run

Don't be a Dick...

[PurityOfEssence]

60. Still avoiding combat after all these years...

Gotta admire the consistency.

He'll just have to take it out on another 400 or so farm-raised little birds.

[DemBones DemBones]

81. . . .

[DemBones DemBones]

82. . . .

[Grandrose]

31. No problem according to Cheney.....

"My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators." --March 16, 2003

[lonestarnot]

112. Heh

Funny.

[endarkenment]

33. Good. I hope he got the shit scared out of him.

Everyone of these asshats should get a taste of what they have done.

[cascadiance]

44. Even testing his heart muscle might have worked for them!...

[nevergiveup]

34. Is there a quail season

in the green zone? Shotguns do make explosive sounds, you know.

[maddezmom]

35. CNNI not even covering the blast in the Green Zone

[alcibiades_mystery]

36. By hustling to a shelter, Cheney is emboldening the terrorists

They will now believe that all subsequent mortar attacks on the Green Zone will cause people to hustle to shelters! Why is Dick Cheney giving aid and support to terrorists by emboldening their Green Zone shelling activities? He needs to stand firm, out in the open, declaring that it is now, officially, four plus years later, fucking GAME TIME you dirty Haji's, and you can mortar the area all your like, but one Richard Goddamn Cheney is not going to be moved (though he is still in the running towards becoming America's Next Top Model). Caaaa-mon, your filthy Haji freaks! Dick Cheney will blow your fucking house down, you filthy Haji fuckers! Stand your ground, Mr. Vice President! For Sweet Baby Jesus' sake don't show the filthy Haji's any fucking weakness!

[Na Gael]

42. Thanks

...For making me choke on my coffee.

[rosesaylavee]

56. Yah, Bring it On!

[The Count]

37. Dang! Another photo op ruined! Them Iraqis shoo' are un ungrateful bunch!

[alcibiades_mystery]

39. Dey gib de wrinkles in mah brain a process, sho nuf...

[psychopomp]

47. Were you wearing blackface when you typed that?

Just asking.

[alcibiades_mystery]

63. Why not the same question for the poster I was responding to?

Just asking?

[youngdem]

108. If you think only black people speak like that, you're mistaken.

[psychopomp]

111. Black people don't talk that way

[Xipe Totec]

40. My, my, what a warm welcome

I wonder if they're laying the red carpet for him right now...

[meldroc]

41. Dammit, they missed again! n/t

[glitch]

45. I am surprised they hustled him to shelter, everybody knows you can't kill zombies.

Maybe they just went to the shelter and like a typical zombie he followed, that makes more sense.

[cal04]

46. link:Explosion in Baghdad while Cheney visits

NEW: Interior Ministry: Explosion in Green Zone as vice president visits
• Dick Cheney in Baghdad to say: "We've got to get this work done"
• AP: Top military commander Petraeus briefs vice president
• Cheney's agenda: Urge Iraqi Parliament not to break for two months

A mortar round landed in Baghdad's Green Zone while Vice President Dick Cheney was meeting with government officials, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.

The U.S. Embassy press office in Baghdad, however, said an explosion was heard, but it could not verify whether it was inside or outside the zone.

There are no reports of any casualties.



http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/09/iraq.main/ind...

[xchrom]

103. while i hate the destruction on the one hand --

that explosion is a great telling subtext to cheney's visit.

just who is zooming who here?

[Gregorian]

48. Can you hear me now?

I just got up and my eyes are blurred. I read that as "Cheney hurled". I will say I'm disappointed with what it really said.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

49. The flypaper strategy is working.

We're fighting him there so we don't have to fight him here.

[happygoluckytoyou]

50. DICK CUT SHORT - FINDS HIMSELF IN THE BROWN ZONE

Not too sad losing the visual on the Dick.

AT LAST!!! The Dick can pin a medal on himself for valor in leading the charge into the bunker. Another medal for being wounded in battle, a little republican rewording can fix the requirements to having shat himself.

See Dick. See Omar. See Omar shoot at Dick. Run Dick Run.
See Condi. Condi likes George's Dick.
See Laura. See Laura scratch Condi's eyes out.

Tune in next week when Hop On Pop goes to Iraq.

[liberal N proud]

53. Progress?

[firefox_fan]

54. That's gonna upset his blood clot in the leg!

[Eurobabe]

72. move sucker!!!

[deutsey]

55. It was just Iraqis setting off celebratory fireworks to welcome him

[Gelliebeans]

57. Sounds like someone threw

a fifty-five pound box of chocolates through a plate glass window to show Dickie-boy some luv.

[EnviroBat]

58. But but but, I thought McCain said it was safe there?

Did he fucking LIE? Send all of these assholes over to the "Green Zone".

[tanyev]

106. And Saxby Chambliss just said the progress in Iraq has been truly amazing.

[Cha]

115. saxby chamliss is a

shameless, repuke professional liar, aided and abetted by the corporatemediawhores of America.

[rawstory]

61. HERE'S A LINK...

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Network_Explosion_near_Gr...

[daleo]

62. This is just an announcement for a carpet sale

McCain's visit was so successful that the carpet salesmen want Cheney to partake of some bargains too.

Advertising is different in Iraq, that's all.

[Eugene]

65. (CBS/AP) Cheney: Iraq remains a dangerous place

Source: CBS/AP

Cheney: Iraq remains a dangerous place
Strong Explosion Strikes Baghdad During Vice President's Visit

BAGHDAD, May 9, 2007

(CBS/AP) Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that Iraq remains
a dangerous place, a point underscored by a thunderous explosion that
rattled windows in the U.S. embassy where he spent most of the day.

-snip-

Cheney spoke less than an hour after an explosion could be heard in
the U.S. embassy where he spent most of the day. Windows rattled
and reporters covering the vice president were briefly moved to a more
secure area.

Said Cheney spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride: "His meeting was not
disturbed and he was not moved."

-snip-

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/09/iraq/main2777...

[pcboss49]

68. Just backfire from one of the Indy cars....

oops, this is Iraq, not an Indiana market.... my bad....

[tinfoilinfor2005]

70. I'm glad he's safe.

Can you imagine the hoopla circus that the republicks would put on if he were killed? They would have a funeral to beat Reagan's, with horse and the boots and planes and the dignitaries, all in an effort to get the public's sympathy. Now that I think about it, I wonder who did the bombing? Could be that old unckle dick might have been more useful dead than alive. Oh dear, time for me to remove my aluminum foil cap...everything seems like a conspiracy lately.

[pcboss49]

74. and don't forget the 21 shotgun salute

[TankLV]

114. but why would all the guns be pointing AT the casket instead of in the air?!

[ClayZ]

71. Bet he wishes he was HUNTING! K and R

[doxieone]

73. "Kick the press out" (blog report)

Cheney overheard in Iraq: ‘Kick the press out.’“Once safely ensconced in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, however, Cheney appeared to reserve his toughest language for his normal target — the press. Cheney held a lot of photo ops with key Iraqi leaders like Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, but was adamant about not taking questions. At one point, Cheney emphasized to the assembled journalists that ‘this is just a photo spray.’ Later in the day, as reporters filed into an embassy conference room for another photo of Cheney they overheard him tell his staff ‘then we kick the press out.’”

UPDATE: From a pool report: “Around 5:20 p.m. (local) there was a distant explosion that rattled windows at the building where the VP and the press corps are working today.”

thinkprogress blog

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/09/cheney-overheard-in...

[deucemagnet]

75. Well, maybe having a mortar fired in his direction will make him...

...more sensitive to the realities of war. Then again, maybe he'll just haul ass back to an undisclosed location and keep warmongering.

[BigDDem]

78. Was the explosion

before or after the dancing in the streets?

[mile18blister]

79. Cheney will be fine. You can't kill the undead. nt

[Vinca]

80. What's he doing in the Green Zone anyway??

I thought it was safe enough to go shopping . . . like McCain and Huckleberry Graham did. Good news, Dick. Good news. You're forgetting your own spin.

[jobycom]

84. Loud flowers. nt

[auburngrad82]

87. Update- It was a lightning bolt from God

followed by a big booming "damn, missed again!"

[ChiciB1]

88. I Was Just Going To Say,,, HE MISSED!!!! n/t

[KansDem]

90. And how do we know it was a bolt from God?

... a booming voice yelled "I dammit!"

[KansDem]

91. self delete

multiple posts...

[KansDem]

93. self delete

multiple posts...

[firefox_fan]

94. BLAM!

Oops...

[KansDem]

89. What's wrong, Dick? Surge got you down...

...in another undisclosed bunker?

[E-Z-B]

92. I bet that couldn't have been good for his heart.

Assuming he has one, of course.

[E-Z-B]

96. I bet that couldn't have been good for his heart.

Assuming he has one, of course.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

97. These visits to prove how well things are going are deadly for the people who live there

Sure it makes for good press coverage, but it should not be worth the risk they are taking with people's lives.

[CreekDog]

98. Better hope he is okay or we will escalate and never leave

Pray for his health and safety.

[sakabatou]

99. Which politician said it was as safe as walking in a street

in the US? Cause he has failed.

[superconnected]

100. Now if we could get W over there too.

Talk them into staying awhile... until the war ends.

[Parche]

102. YAY ,THE SURGE IS WORKING

[Doubtful Optimist]

104. It almost wants to make me break out in song.

My apologies to Monty Python.


Bravely Bold Dick Cheney rode forth into Baghdad.
He was not afraid to die, oh Brave Dick Cheney.
He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways.
Brave, brave, brave, brave Dick Cheney!

He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp.
Or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken.
To have his kneecaps split and his body burned away
And his limbs all hacked and mangled, Brave Dick Cheney.

His head smashed in
And his heart cut out
And his liver removed
And his bowels unplugged
And his nostrils raped
And his bottom burnt off
And his penis split

Brave Dick Cheney ran away.
Bravely ran away, away.
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Dick Cheney turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Dick Cheney!

He is packing it in,
And packing it up,
And sneaking away,
And buggering off,
And chickening out,
And pissing off home,
Yes, bravely he is throwing in the sponge.


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[Penndems]

105. Wasn't there also an explosion when he was in Kabul, Afghanistan?

One would think he'd learn by now.

But, then again, maybe not. This is Dick Cheney we're talking about.

[Honeycombe8]

110. Hurry up and HIDE, you yellow-bellied wuss! n/t

[Laurab]

113. Oh, that damn "one bombing a day"

that keeps us from hearing about all the wonderful things happening in Iraq. And poor Darth just happened to be there this time....

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[lanlady]

117. maybe it was Cheney's old hunting buddy

-- arranging a bit of payback for shooting him in the face?