Rocket hits Baghdad Green Zone, shakes U.S. embassy

[rodeodance]

Source: Reuters



Rocket hits Baghdad Green Zone, shakes U.S. embassy

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A rocket landed in Baghdad's heavily fortified international Green Zone on Monday, rocking the U.S. embassy but causing no casualties, witnesses said.


U.S. embassy spokesman Lou Fintor would not say exactly where the rocket landed for security reasons but confirmed it had crashed into the sprawling international zone, which also houses the Iraqi government and other foreign embassies.

"Preliminary reports indicate the source of the explosion was a rocket. There were no casualties and minimal damage," he said.

A rocket landed close to a building where U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were holding a news conference in the Green Zone last week.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070326/pl_nm/iraq_usa_embassy_dc;_ylt=At5PwkckwVGcq3ed4PW1RhLMWM0F

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5 troops killed on Sunday (if you missed that note)

[AndyA]

1. Proof that Bush's "surge" is working!

As Anne Coulter says, things are "going swimmingly" over there...

:eyes:

[mr_hat]

6. Afganistan is where all things Coulter swimmingly go.

Just to remain true to my "Shark" certification from the YMCA.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. They're getting closer all the time. One day it will hit the US Embassy or the

palace where our 'great' foreign service people are located.

[bdamomma]

8. that "Green Zone" is not immuned from attacks.

they want us out of there!!

[CottonBear]

3. How long until helicopters are evacuating US personnel form the embassy?

There was a recent green zone bombing that seriously injured a high-ranking Iraqi government official and killed several other people. The green zone attacks are becoming more and more frequent and serious.
:scared:

[Rydz777]

4. 5 more dead on Sunday

Yes, I noticed that too. When they eventually build a monument to the dead (and maimed) from the Iraq debacle, they should erect a second one to commemorate the lives of American troops sacrificed for this brainless "surge."

[Doctor_J]

5. Looks like the militias we've been fighting for 4 years have gotten heavy ordnance

Shit. the writing is on the wall. Get our men & women home NOW

[maddezmom]

7. other developments: FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq,

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 26
26 Mar 2007 15:35:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
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Iraq in turmoil
More March 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1500 GMT on Monday:

* Indicates new or updated item

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed an adviser for the Sunni Endowment, an organisation which manages Sunni religious sites, along with two other employees in a drive-by shooting in Adhamiya in northern Baghdad, the Sunni Endowment said. One more employee was wounded.

* BAGHDAD - A rocket landed in Baghdad's heavily fortified international Green Zone on Monday, rocking the U.S. embassy but causing no casualties, witnesses said.

* BAGHDAD - At least four people were wounded when a rocket landed on a house in the district of Karrada in central Baghdad, police said.

* HAWIJA - Police killed a gunman and arrested another when they were trying to plant a roadside bomb in the town of Hawija, 70 km (40 miles) southwest of the northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said.

* TIKRIT - Police found the bullet-riddled body of a man in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

more;http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM621873.htm

[xchrom]

9. somebody didn't get the SURGE memo.

[bemildred]

10. US embassy under fire

AN American civilian and two other foreigners were wounded overnight when the US embassy in Baghdad came under indirect fire, a US military spokesman said.

"There was an indirect fire attack that impacted near the embassy and one US civilian and two third country nationals were wounded. They're being treated," Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Garver said.

They were hurt while in the vicinity of the embassy at the time of the attack, Lt-Col Garver said.

He could not confirm whether the American or the other two people were embassy employees.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21453600-5001028,00.html

[Straight Shooter]

11. Pardon my cynicism; I expect they'll blame this as aided and abetted by Iran. n/t