Sounds like we are Sending Artillery Rounds into Baghdad Neighborhoods. Dense Neighborhoods.

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Can you imagine artillery rounds hitting your neighborhood?

Nothing on the news websites, just heard it on NPR

I predict absolutely zero civilian casualties:sarcasm:

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1. Oh, but I'm sure they're 'smart' artillery rounds that only kill insurgents!

Although the definition of 'insurgent' seems to be "somebody killed by the US Military"...

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2. Crap. I need links to send to people. Damn ChimpCo to hell. nt

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3. sorry, haven't found any. will do when found.

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6. I'm looking, too. Nada. Was it part of their news program? nt

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4. Reuters is reporting the US & Iraqi troops are about to sweep Sadr City

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/YAT157113.htm

BAGHDAD, March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi troops will soon launch a major sweep in the Shi'ite militia bastion of Sadr City, military officials said on Thursday, a pivotal moment for the make-or-break security crackdown in Baghdad.

American-led forces have conducted targeted raids in the Mehdi Army militia stronghold of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr aimed at death squad leaders, but have so far held off from a concerted push into the teeming slum.

In the new campaign, U.S. and Iraqi troops will set up joint checkpoints in Sadr City and conduct large-scale door-to-door operations on houses and buildings, a significant escalation in a plan regarded as the last chance to avert sectarian civil war.

Washington calls the Mehdi Army the greatest threat to peace in Iraq. Sadr is a key political ally of Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the raids could test Maliki's pledge to target all militants regardless of sectarian affiliation.
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Could the US be shelling Mehdi army positions in Sadr City?

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5. very little at all on Iraq on the intranets. it's all pakistan & afghanistan- mission accomplished

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7. ANS and Brittney is the only news from Abrams crew