Rocket hits near U.S. Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone
Source: Portland Press Herald
BAGHDAD A rocket was fired into the Iraqi capitals heavily fortified Green Zone Sunday night, landing less than a mile from the sprawling U.S. Embassy, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
The apparent attack, which Iraqs state-run news agency said did not cause any casualties, came amid heightened tensions across the Persian Gulf, after the White House ordered warships and bombers to the region earlier this month to counter an alleged, unexplained threat from Iran. The U.S. also has ordered nonessential staff out of its diplomatic posts in Iraq.
It was the first such attack since September, when three mortar shells landed in an abandoned lot inside the Green Zone.
There was no immediate comment from the State Department or the U.S. Embassy in Iraq on Sundays attack.
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Here we go
safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)a mile.
Ford_Prefect
(7,919 posts)EarthFirst
(2,904 posts)#staytuned
Ford_Prefect
(7,919 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)Let's "bring democracy" to Iran now. I think we have Saudi Arabia on our side?
JohnnyRingo
(18,641 posts)..that says "Made In Iran".
This is the downside of telling 10,000 lies. Boy cries wolf again.
George II
(67,782 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,919 posts)in the same region under W. No doubt that she has the connections in the Pentagon and elsewhere to see this kind of detail correctly pushed forward.
benld74
(9,909 posts)With its towering walls
Totally faked safety of those inside
What is happening with the rockets/mortars
was asked when the thing was built
Crickets heard then as well
sdfernando
(4,941 posts)...Oh yeah thats right....to get their oil to pay for the war we waged against them. Is that right Rummy??? Did any of that work out?