Baghdad rocked by attacks on Christmas morning

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031225/ts_afp/iraq_us&cid=1503&ncid=1480

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Rockets and mortars pounded Baghdad on Christmas morning as guerrillas launched their most serious offensive in Iraq (news - web sites) since the capture of dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites).


The city was awakened by thunderous booms and gunfire as guerrillas roamed the city, causing mayhem as they struck a major hotel and three foreign embassies. Four rockets landed in the citadel-like main US compound in the capital.


A woman was slightly wounded when a rocket tore into her family's apartment, while a policeman's hand was blown off as he attempted to defuse a roadside bomb on a busy commerical street.


After a lull, with the arrest of Saddam Hussein on December 13, violence has spiked upwards, with multiple attacks around the country.

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1. ....and a Merry Christmas to you!

[dbt]

2. Season's Greetings From 1967!

Can Tet II be far behind?

And now, a Christmas dedication to our MAN, little Georgie B. Here's a fine tune from The Pogues called "Fairytale Of New York." Dig, if you will, the part that goes:

"You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy f*****
Happy Christmas your ass,
I pray God it's our last.

The boys of the NYPD choir
Stood singin 'Galway Bay'
And the bells were ringin out
For Christmas Day."

:hippie:
dbt

[leftchick]

3. "citadel-like" main US compound?

interesting choice of words.....

[izzie]

4. From the people of the US who also helped to keep Saddam in power.

The Kurds also thank us.In the name of Christ, we all give thanks.