US bombards southeast Baghdad

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD (AFP) - US forces bombarded parts of southeast Baghdad after dark on Saturday, while a truck bomb attack outside a Sunni mosque in western Iraq killed at least 40 people.

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"American aircraft are bombarding terrorist targets that have been chosen by US and Iraqi forces, as part of our Baghdad security plan," said Brigadier General Qasim al-Mussawi, spokesman for the operation.

But a resident of the area told AFP that insurgents had fired mortar shells and that US troops appeared to have responded with artillery.

US spokesmen were not immediately willing to comment, but AFP reporters in downtown Baghdad heard the rumble of more than three dozen powerful blasts in rapid succession at around 10:00pm (1900 GMT).

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070224/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_070224224021


More than 20 loud blasts rock southern Baghdad
24 Feb 2007 19:45:54 GMT
BAGHDAD, Feb 24 (Reuters) - More than 20 loud explosions in quick succession rocked southern Baghdad on Saturday evening, Reuters witnesses said.

"The cause of the explosions ... earlier came from indirect fire landing into the red zone. At the moment we do not know where it is coming from," the U.S. military said in a statement, referring to the area outside the international Green Zone where most U.S. officials and Iraqi government offices are based.

Indirect fire is a term used by the U.S. military for mortar rounds, rockets and artillery.

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"The explosions are a result of military operations by Iraqi and multinational forces against terrorist hideouts," he said.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Ah yes spreading love and winning heargts and minds

:sarcasm:

[ixion]

2. yep... another taste of air-raid democracy for the Iraqis...

how very diplomatic of us.

[saigon68]

3. impressing the natives

[muryan]

4. the natives are doing a much better job

of impressing themselves.