FRAG-mentary Article

It's just a quick, five paragraph summary--but this Reuters piece raised my eyebrows:

Captain Phillip Esposito and 1st Lieutenant Louis Allen were killed on Tuesday in an explosion at Forward Operating Base Danger near Saddam Hussein's hometown, Tikrit.

"The initial investigation by responders and military police indicated that a mortar round struck the window on the side of the building where Esposito and Allen were located at the time," the statement said.

"Upon further examination of the scene by explosive ordnance personnel, it was determined the blast pattern was inconsistent with a mortar attack."

The military said the soldiers killed were New York National Guard troops assigned to the Headquarters Company of the 42nd Infantry Division. Esposito was company commander and Allen was an operations officer.

Well, if it WASN'T an enemy mortar, then I guess it could be a case where somehow an insurgent managed to somehow penetrate the perimeter, toss a grenade, and flee--although I'd give better odds on Jonah Goldberg actually enlisting. The other possibility is, well, a fragging...which, sadly, wouldn't surprise me, tensions being what they are.

Between this and the contractor snafu, it's looking like tempers are being pushed to the breaking point.