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FNC Alert: Explosion on USS Saipan in Persian Gulf; 11 Marines injured
Fox News Channel
| 5.8.03
Posted on 05/08/2003 8:27:23 AM PDT by mhking
One Marine had to be transported to an Army field hospital, the remainder were treated on board the Saipan. No word of the cause at this point.
No links yet either...
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: casualties; marines; persiangulf; usmc; usssaipan
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:27:24 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: mhking
Apparently there has been some sort of explosion on a Navy ship in the Persian Gulf. Out looking for more information now.
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:29:29 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(California wine beats French wine in blind taste tests. Boycott French wine.)
To: mhking
Please pray for our Marines.
3
posted on
05/08/2003 8:29:40 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(without the brave, there would be no land of the free)
To: mhking
From U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs
ARABIAN GULF, Aboard USS Saipan (NNS) -- An explosion occurred May 7 in a berthing compartment aboard USS Saipan (LHA 2) injuring 11 personnel.
One of the injured has been evacuated to an Army field hospital in Kuwait with a serious arm wound and is in stable condition. The remaining injured are being treated by the ship’s medical personnel. None of the injuries are life-threatening.
The injured personnel were members of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and have been deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The explosion occurred in a trash receptacle in Marine berthing, piercing a bulkhead and injuring personnel in the adjacent compartment. The cause of the explosion is currently under investigation.
For the latest news from the fleet, visit Navy NewsStand at www.news.navy.mil.
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:32:46 AM PDT
by
Normal4me
To: SamAdams76
FNC: Explosion in trash container that blew through a bulkhead into a sleeping compartment. No life-threatening injuries; The cause is under investigation.
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:33:24 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: mhking
...trash container explosion?
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:33:25 AM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(The War is not over for me until my hubby's boots hit U.S. soil)
To: mhking
USS Saipan (LHA 2) homepage 
990821-N-1110A-503
At sea with the amphibious assault ship USS Saipan (LHA 2) Aug. 21, 1999
-- The MV-22B "Osprey" conducts testing operations on the ship's flight deck. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Tina Ackerman. (RELEASED)
To: mystery-ak
...trash container explosion?Really - do you suppose we have another case of "The Religion of Peace" being practiced by a military member?
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:36:58 AM PDT
by
trebb
To: OldFriend
God Bless the men on that ship and their families.
Ops4 God Bless America!
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:38:01 AM PDT
by
OPS4
To: Normal4me
Enemy combatant infiltrating?
To: mhking
Please tell me we didn't outsource trash pickup on naval ships to locals. Get ready to investigate the Muslims on board.
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:38:37 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
(Note left on my door by a pack of neighborhood dogs.)
To: mhking
Trash container exploded??
12
posted on
05/08/2003 8:39:42 AM PDT
by
Dog
(You are here -->.<-- ereh era uoY)
To: mhking
I has been my life experience that trash receptacles don't explode on their own - they require some assistance.
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:40:24 AM PDT
by
pbear8
( sed libera nos a malo)
To: mhking
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:40:24 AM PDT
by
ladtx
("...the very obsession of your public service must be Duty, Honor, Country." D. MacArthur)
To: mhking
OMG! Prays for our soldiers!!!
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:40:28 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. needs a good Flush!)
To: trebb
More likely someone trying to dispose of a live gernade before an inspection.
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:40:32 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
("Those who know, don't talk. Those who talk, don't know." (I'm in the 2nd group.))
To: mhking
Grenade?
17
posted on
05/08/2003 8:41:23 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: trebb
"...trash container explosion?
Really - do you suppose we have another case of "The Religion of Peace" being practiced by a military member?"
That is exactly what I'm thinking!!! I have over 20 years in the Navy and have seen and heard of some bizarre accidents (warships are dangerous places)but I'm having a hard time imagining what could have "accidently" been placed in a trash container to cause an explosion of that magnitude!!!
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:42:01 AM PDT
by
NFOShekky
(Ever Evolving)
To: trebb
I hope that is not the case. Praying for the Marines and their families.
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:42:14 AM PDT
by
cgk
(Liberal truisms are the useless children of hindsight.)
To: areafiftyone
Probably no "soldiers" on board.
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posted on
05/08/2003 8:42:20 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
("Those who know, don't talk. Those who talk, don't know." (I'm in the 2nd group.))
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