will be in order the chair lays before the house communication from the speaker the speaker's room's washington d c may fourteenth two thousand and seven i hereby appoint the honorable jim costa to act as speaker of her temporary on this day sign nancy pelosi speaker of the house of representatives pursuant to the order of the house january fourth two thousand and seven the chair will now recognize members from a list submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to thirty minutes and each member other than the majority or minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington mr mcdermott for five minutes mr speaker i rise to call for an explanation and a full accounting for the department of defense concerning that attack on camp falcon last year this much is not in dispute under cover of darkness on october tenth  thousand and six camp falcon america's largest military base in iraq which is ten miles south of baghdad was attacked by insurgents and the base was shelled with mortars and rockets and enemy rounds struck an ammunition store which triggered massive explosions and huge fire air balls that lit up the night sky in baghdad news footage and amateur video were shown on television in the middle east and a b b c reporter described the explosions as immense in the days attack the u s military officers in iraq repeatedly said that the damage would not degrade u s military capacity and that the attack did not injure or kill anyone at the base in a briefing on october twelfth two thousand and six major general william caldwell told reporters very fortunately no coalition forces or iraqi security forces were injured nor civilian casualties that anyone is aware of at this point we lost some  itions but took no personal casualties that is the official line for the military but the questions are beginning to surface as to whether the official line is the truth that was brought to my attention yesterday during a meeting in my congressional office w mohammed alleghany an independent member of the iraqi parliament he came to the u s to talk with members of congress about the realities of life in iraq at my invitation other members of congress join me in this face to face legislative exchange of information they heard what i'm about to share during our meeting i asked mr l dini if there wreck was so unstable that a terrorist attack could claim a large number of americans in one attack as many of us remember that is what happened in hundred three when a massive terrorist truck bomb struck and killed two hundred forty one u s marines in beirut i wanted to know if such an attack was possible in iraq without hesitation mr of the said such attack it already occurred he said and others are saying on line that the attack on camp falcon killed three hundred americans wounded another two hundred and killed or injured another two hundred iraqis the pentagon says there was no casualties but a member  iraqi parliament and others claim there were significant casualties which stories true satellite images aerial photographs videos and written accounts that purport to be firsthand can be found on line i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a list of some of these sites so that people can see for themselves here is one excerpt from a site written after the attack by french journalists nine big carriers marked by the red cross sign transporting the dead injured were seen by journalists silence still wraps the whole of then from the side of the american military as well as the bush administration since their remains only a few weeks before the legislative elections with the public opinion more and more against the war this happened just before the last elections and it is unclear as to what happened i don't know if these stories are credible but these reports cannot be ignored if we lost hundreds of u s soldiers and other americans in one attack congress and the american people have a right to know about it i looked at the videos and the aerial photographs of the damage appears quite extensive to buildings and military vehicles like tanks perhaps american soldiers and others miraculously escaped injury that would be very good news or perhaps we don't know what really happened on the night of october tenth two thousand and six in an insurgent attack on camp falcon the pentagon should open  of its files to independent journalists i call for a full accounting as soon as possible some are saying there's a cover up in the military i say it's time to put all the evidence out in the open you better balance of my time pursuant to clause twelve a of rural one the chair now declares the house in recess until noon today