2 die in attack on U.S. embassy in Baghdad

[Newsjock]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6874656/
Updated: 1:07 p.m. ET Jan. 29, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A rocket hit the U.S. embassy inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on Saturday, killing two people and wounding at least six, a diplomatic source said. NBC News reported that the embassy is in lockdown.

The rocket struck after dark on the eve of Iraq’s elections. An explosion could be heard across the city center and sirens sounded in the Green Zone shortly after the blast. A U.S. embassy official confirmed the blast.

[RockStar]

2. It's ok we invited them "Bring it On" they are taking us up on the offer

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

3. They knew this was going to happen and still couldn't stop it.

Even sadder is they will continue with this madness until they control the ME swath of Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq.

[Just Me]

10. Everyone loses. Everyone except the neoCONimperialists,...

,...who are reaping profits no matter how much destruction to everyone else.

:mad: :cry: The poor children.

[TacticalPeek]

4. MSNBC sez rocket?

Cable news (CNN?) was just now saying it was a mortar.

Which means it was probably a suicide bomber.

[Sparkly]

11. AP says rocket

Rocket Hits U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

2 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A rocket hit the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Saturday, the eve of Iraq (news - web sites)'s landmark elections, officials said. An embassy spokesman said there appeared to be casualties.

The U.S. military said an explosion at the site was being investigated. A senior State Department official said a rocket hit the embassy, which is located in the heavily fortified Green Zone area of the capital.

Embassy spokesman Bob Callahan confirmed the embassy had been hit in an attack, but could give no details.

"There appear to be some casualties, but we don't know yet. We're looking into it," he said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20050129/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_embassy_attack

[Neecy]

15. huh?

"There appear to be some casualties, but we don't know yet. We're looking into it," he said.

We're "looking into it"???? Could he be any more casual about it?

[Sparkly]

19. It's updated now

Embassy spokesman Bob Callahan confirmed the embassy had been hit in an attack and said there appeared to have been casualties, but could give no details.

The second official then confirmed that two had been killed and four injured.

I guess Callahan's still looking into it.

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. The embassy is in lockdown!

I can see the election is going exactly has planned.

[bemildred]

6. Missed Negroponte, I suppose. It's a big target area. nt

[rodeodance]

12. naughty naughty;-)

[bemildred]

25. Yeah, I know, I feel bad about it.

:-)

[piece sine]

66. people died today

so I'm not OK with your smiley-face reaction to it. Some people might construe that I am over-sensitive, but I'm concerned your point of view might be confused with actual liberalism.

[bemildred]

67. Where did you get the silly idea that I would care what you think?

Who appointed you to tell us all how solemn we are supposed to be and when?

[Newsjock]

7. CBC reports 1 dead U.S. servicemember, 1 dead U.S. civilian

No other information.

[Boswells_Johnson]

21. Now they're saying 4 killed 4 wounded

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/01/29/iraq050129.html

[MADem]

49. The servicemember was NAVY, per MSNBC

Perhaps assigned to the attache's office...if you know what I mean.

[alexisfree]

8. freaking CNN....

said..."is part of life arround here"!:grr:

[leftchick]

9. In Case of Attack go to the Basement!

U.S. Army soldiers set up a banner giving instructions how to react in case of an attack in the heavily guarded Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. Iraqi troops intensified their deployment on Baghdad streets from the early hours of Saturday, just one day away from the national elections on Jan. 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)



yeah that'll help. :eyes:

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[catmandu57]

27. Negroponte is probably

hiding in the deepest hole in the greenzone. If he didn't quietly slip out of the country entirely.

[diamond14]

33. negroponte left BEFORE they closed the airport...he's done this kind

of work before, very experienced in massacres.....negroponte KNOWS that HE needs to leave BEFORE they close the airport...

[TrustingDog]

50. Death Squad Johnny looks after himself well. n/t

[underpants]

29. Hey! STOP THAT

per DU rules as well as simple decorum oh yeah and the law.

I don't like the guy but I don't wish ill will on him or anyone else, okay Bin Laden-he's an exception.

[Sparkly]

14. "violence may hinder turnout, Allawi says"

Gee, ya think? :eyes:

[rodeodance]

16. well, a statement was made in the "heavily guarded" zone

How many times does Cnn have to say this?

[coreystone]

17. Sounds like Rumsfeld and Bush have the situation "completely"...

under control.....at least for their "competancy level".

SSHHHH!

Don't let on to the American people know that this could have been avoided by diplomatic channels previous to the "pre-emptive" strike in 2003, there are still too many with their heads in the sand trying to figure out the manufacturing process for making the glass more rigid.

[against all enemies]

18. Fox News (I know) kept saying how it was a "lucky" hit. And then keep

trying to blame al Qaeda. Hey Fox, it wasn't lucky and it probably wasn't al Qaeda. These assholes just can't admit the extent of the hatred of us and the insurgent's ability to attack.

[coreystone]

22. Did FOX give a "fair and balanced" report that we should have taken..

care of Bin Laden in Afghanistan and Al Qaeda first? I do beleive that that were no conncetions!!!!

[rodeodance]

26. fox takes every opportunity possible to spew nonsense

[tridim]

35. That's what BushCo pays them for.

[underpants]

30. Given a 2% margin of error

[0007]

31. I love it! (We've achieved clarity) Yeah, we're not wanted!

[against all enemies]

57. He's a uniter, without a doubt. Thanks.

[lebkuchen]

68. a "lucky hit" on the eve of the election

You have to think the freedom fighters can hit the embassy whenever they want. They chose election eve as a warning to voters that the Iraqis control the country, not the US--don't vote or beware.

[shadowknows69]

20. the night is young n/t

[rodeodance]

23. msnbe reporter missed the point of the question-She was asked

Do you think Iraqi people will be more scared now to go out and vote?


She responded that people inside the zone have felt less vulnerable than people outside this 'heavily fortified area"

I think that this blast did indeed make a big statment--they can attack this "heavily fortified zone"--then they can attack anywhere --and people outside this zone know it!!

[leftchick]

24. 4 Dead 4 wounded, all Americans....

BAGHDAD - A rocket has struck the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, killing four people and wounding four others, U.S. officials said Saturday.


All of the victims were Americans, according to media reports.

The embassy is located inside the heavily fortified Green Zone in the centre of the Iraqi capital.


http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/01/29/iraq050129.html

[librarycard]

40. Nothing's perfect

You can't expect instant peace. Even if only a few people vote, the election will still be a success.

Talk about a WH in denial....

[coreystone]

28. Sounds like a "civil war" with the Americans intruding between .

the factions. I am sure we are not "into" Nation Building, regardless of what the interests of PNAC happen to be.

Nice job on the letter Joe and Madeleine!!

[underpants]

34. CNN's Anderson Cooper "This is an everyday event....

this is life in Baghdad"

Oh so now it is nothing new which should be forgotten tomorrow when they try their damndest to tell us how great things are going.

[Sparkly]

I noticed that too

I thought it was a Big Deal anytime they attack within the green zone, and always a Big Deal when an embassy is attacked. But Anderson and Gen. Sheppard said it's No Big Deal... I believe they even used the word "routine." :shrug:

[DoYouEverWonder]

36. No Andy

4 Americans don't normally get killed inside the green zone every day.

What a twit.

[Neecy]

39. Does Anderson "I'm too sexy for my shirt" Cooper mention...

That a prime reason for this heavy weaponry being employed against Americans and Iraqis alike is our failure to secure ANY weapons dumps when we stormed across the border? Does he mention that our rush to surround the Oil Ministry and engage in sham PR stunts like tearing down statues kept us from securing the very weapons that allow these attacks to become so 'routine' and 'everyday'?

No, because that would be oh, so critical of our incompetent leadership. Nothing here to see - just death.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

61. The Rumsfeld doctorine at work

[TahitiNut]

32. (self delete)

duplicate

[reprobate]

37. A rocket here, a mortar there. Pretty soon there won't BE an embassy.

Anyone want to bet that the american embassy in Bagdad will be effectively destroyed before this fiasco is over?.

Every mortar shot and every rocket launch gives them another point in their aiming for the embassy. One wonders if they actually do have the range now.

[hippiechick]

38. Of course, and Halliburton will get the rebuilding contract ...

:evilfrown:

[librarycard]

42. It's starting to look like Saigon

Don't count on a succesful helicopter rescue...

[norml]

41. A "Fox News Exclusive" reports that those who fired the rocket

were immediately captured. No one else is reporting that anyone has been captured in connection with this incident.

[pippin]

43. U.S. Embassy struck on eve of Iraq vote

Deadly attacks mark countdown to elections

Two die in rocket attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

'A rocket attack hit the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone today, killing a U.S. military member and a civilian, U.S. sources said. The embassy attack followed two earlier bombings that killed at least eight people at a U.S.-Iraqi military center. Iraqi officials said that voting in Sunday's elections will foil the terrorists."
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.html

[MADem]

44. Violence will deter many Iraqis (US embassy attacked)

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4218629.stm

....But violence continued, even in the heavily fortfied centre of Baghdad where two Americans died in a rocket attack on the US embassy compound.

At least four people were wounded in the Saturday night attack, inside the so-called Green Zone.

"It hit near the embassy building," spokesman Bob Callahan said. "There are two dead and four who are wounded... all Americans."

It is not clear if the casualties were embassy employees.

[Robbien]

Geraldo Rivera: Iraqis Need Backbone So They Can Die For Their Country

Just read this on NewsHounds. Rivera believes any Iraqi who does not vote is a wimp, or so he said on FoxNews.

[oasis]

"Make my president look good, even if it kills ya"

[no_to_war_economy]

the election is a shame, it needs to be stopped

this is such a freakin mess

[SodoffBush]

45. Very smart on the freedom fighters' part

How can the US protect voters if it can't even protect its own embassy?

I'd be surprised if they have a 5% voter turnout.

[MADem]

The PNAC has given BushCo marching orders--MORE FODDER

http://www.newamericancentury.org/defense-20050128.htm

They want Congress to increase end strength for the military services. The money quote: Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution places the power and the duty to raise and support the military forces of the United States in the hands of the Congress. That is why we, the undersigned, a bipartisan group with diverse policy views, have come together to call upon you to act. You will be serving your country well if you insist on providing the military manpower we need to meet America's obligations, and to help ensure success in carrying out our foreign policy objectives in a dangerous, but also hopeful, world.

Diverse policy views, my ass!!! Not to dumb this down, but what it means is A DRAFT. See, you can increase end strength all you want, but at the end of the day, if the all-volunteer force fails to find volunteers (and you know that will be problematic, even if they start giving them Halliburtonesque bonuses), the next step is further stop losses, recall of all retirees under the age of sixty five, shifting of assets between services, with retraining (so you get a bunch of desk jockeys from the USAF, who are sent to learn how to shoot and go on patrol, and who are seconded, as a unit, to the Army or the USMC--too bad if that isn't what you signed up to do, oh, well!!!), and when that fails to plug the holes (as it will), here comes the "targeted draft."

I'd start with the NRA Youth membership list, myself.....

[Clark2008]

Why the hell did McCaffrey sign this POS?

I very much respect Gen. Barry McCaffrey and it concerns me that the PNAC has roped this honorable man into signing this.
I surely hope his reasons are pure - like the protection of our troops by building up their numbers, but it disturbs me to see his signature there, among all those corporate whoring assholes.

Sorry if I'm late on this. I hadn't read the entire letter, just the reports on it.

[MADem]

51. He has always been a Republican

He did the war on drugs nonsense for Clinton because he needed an "in" after his retirement. And Clinton was no fool--he carefully selected moderate GOP types for jobs to insulate himself (eg Bill Cohen of Maine, married to Janet The Democrat Langhart). He came to the public consciousness in a big way under a Democrat, but make no mistake, he hasn't changed at all. I am not surprised at all by his association with this nonsense.

[grasswire]

53. WHY do you respect McCaffrey?

Have you not read anything about the horrific massacre of Iraqis in the Gulf War under his command?

You can begin your reading here. http://www.zpub.com/un/un-bm.html

[Clark2008]

I was just getting ready to post this very comment

Of course, no one in the cWHOREporate media has brought this up, have they?
And, 51 percent of the sheeple out there probably would never think of it themselves.
Excellent observation.

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[peacebird]

63. "elections"? where no one has any information on the delegates?

my! How "democratic".

The delegates are to scared to put names and policies out in public, and the people are somehow expected to make real choices and vote?

Get a grip "sweetbutterfly" - the occupation has not freed anyone except those we killed. Otherwise we have Saddams playbook covered - rape rooms for men, women and children. Torture, secret arrest, being held without charges. Hmmmm - and think - Saddam at least was able to give physical security, electricity, and the basic services unlike the US today.

"freedom" - do you really believe THAT is what we have wrought with our shock and awe in Iraq?

:puke:

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[peacebird]

69. nice try sweetie, but the best description for those attempting

to overthrow an illegal occupation by a foreign government which advocates torture and "disappears" civilians into gulags outside of any pretense of legal oversight - by definition these citizens of Iraq ARE Freedom Fighters.

Saddam was a bastard, but by and large more people are suffering under bush & company than did under Saddam. Saddam didn't flatten the city of mosques. He didn't bomb large sections of his own country with depleted uranium and leave bomblettes lying around to rip apart children who see the bright yellow balls as "toys" to pick up.

[Wright Patman]

46. They will report

a high turnout and everyone will declare it a great success.

"Mission accomplished' ... again.

But the "multinational forces" will be asked to stay on for the rest of this century or whenever the oil runs out, whichever comes last.

[Sydnie]

1. They will just stuff the ballot boxes

No need to let them go to waste and they have to do something while they are waiting for the non-existant voters to show up in their "undisclosed locations" polling places.

It will be a big sucess for blivet** and his crew. They should just declare the winner now and stop the bloodshed.

[davhill]

52. Fox is already reporting

A high turnout.

[Lizzie Borden]

60. Exactly!

[oasis]

47. Earlier this week Bush commended those brave enough to vote. It'll be

such a shame if he's disappointed by a poor turnout.

Bush stands ready to praise those who would die in bringing his vision into reality.

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[NNN0LHI]

55. I have heard reports of missiles hitting the Green Zone...

...which had been fired from several miles away. I am glad I don't live in or around the Green Zone.

Don

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[rodeodance]

58. Cooper on Cnn saying it was a 'lucky" shoot and it is being played

up too much on the news (as he broadcasts from Bagdad)

[98geoduck]

62. Cooper is almost comical... when is CNN merging with FOX?

Definition of a TWIT!

[sweetbutterfly]

59. they may have caught some of the "freedom fighters"

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,145783,00.html

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

64. Wasn't the US emabassy in Saigon attacked during the Tet offensive?

[saigon68]

70. It was today Jan 30, 1968

37 years ago