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>> reporter: james maderas is forum's gm. before anyone could understand the source of the explosion a second blom bomb blew up directly in front of the restaurant. second explosion happens. what's the first thing you remember? >> i was looking out and there's a mailbox right there and i was looking at the mailbox when it blew up. so i saw the actual -- just the orange fire. just it looked like a huge like firecracker, like an m-80 or something. and you just see it, it blossoms. as loud as the first one was, the second one i don't ever recall hearing it, to be honest with you. i just remember ...

>> before anyone could understand the nature or the source of the first explosion, the second bomb blew up directly in front of the restaurant. the second explosion happens. what's the first thing you remember? >> i was looking right out and there was a mailbox right there and i was looking at the mailbox when it blew up so i saw the orange fire. it looked like a huge firecracker like an m-80 or something. as loud as the first one was, the second one i don't recall hearing it to be honest with you. my mouth was full of grit. for some reason it was just like dirt or dust or something. my whole ...

Assistant gm. before anyone could understand the nature or the source of the first explosion, the second bomb blew up directly in front of the restaurant. second explosion happens. what's the first thing you remember? >> i was looking out and there's a mailbox right there and i was looking at the mailbox when it blew up. so i saw the actual, just the orange fire. looked like a huge firecracker like an m-80 or something. you just see it, it blossoms. as loud as the first one was, the second one i don't recall hearing it. to be honest with you. i just remember my mouth was full of grit. like all...

Pressing forward to crane their necks to look down the street at what it was. >> reporter: james maderas is forum's gm. before anyone could understand the source of the explosion a second blom bomb blew up directly in front of the restaurant. second explosion happens. what's the first thing you remember? >> i was looking out and there's a mailbox right there and i was looking at the mailbox when it blew up. so i saw the actual -- just the orange fire. just it looked like a huge like firecracker, like an m-80 or something. and you just see it, it blossoms. as loud as the first one was, the seco...

they have not independently investigated the story but they say al kwqaeda is behind the attack. yesterday a shiite militia announced it was releasing a u.s. soldier as wanted to know he was missing for nine months. holt says he was a former soldier working as a civilian contractor in iraq. u.s. officials said all missing soldiers had been accounted for. and no civilian was recently reported missing. >> in this country, gas prices go up for the ninth straight day. the average is close to $3.84 but some big cities are already seeing gas prices average more than $4 a gallon. the reco...