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To: lurqer who wrote (25774)	8/19/2003 11:39:42 AM
From: techguerrilla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

CNN lower scroll today--seriously! PRES. BUSH CUTS SHORT GOLF GAME; NO REASON WHY Seriously! Was this a sneaky humor shot by CNN? It's obvious he cut it short because of the blast at the UN building in Baghdad. /john

To: lurqer who wrote (25774)	8/19/2003 11:40:20 AM
From: Rick Faurot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

U.N. Iraq Chief Badly Hurt in Baghdad Bomb Tue August 19, 2003 10:03 AM ET BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.N. Special Representative in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, was among many people badly wounded when a bomb shattered the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad on Tuesday, a U.N. official told the BBC. Salim Lone said by telephone from the scene that rescue workers were struggling to free Vieira de Mello from the wreckage of his office, which was close to the main explosion. "All this happened right below the window of Sergio Vieira de Mello. I guess it was targeted for that," Lone said. "It was a pretty huge bomb. His office and those around it no longer exist, it's all rubble." Lone said the 55-year-old Brazilian career diplomat was trapped under the rubble and was being given water as rescuers tried to free him. "He is among the wounded and we are in the process of trying to remove him from the wreckage," Lone said. "We are giving him water and we are very hopeful that he'll be okay." Lone said some 300 people normally worked inside the U.N. headquarters. He did not know exactly how many people were inside when the bomb struck. Witnesses said a whole side of the building had been ripped apart by the blast and ambulances and U.S. military helicopters had been ferrying wounded from the scene while U.S. troops worked to seal off the area.