Missile hits headquarters of Iraq Shi'ite party

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Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, April 21 (Reuters) - A missile struck the central Baghdad headquarters of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council on Monday, said an official for the party, which is the main rival of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr for control of Shi'ite areas.

The official, whose party is the biggest Shi'ite group in the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, later said that no-one was reported hurt.

Sadr's Mehdi Army fighters have launched missile and mortar strikes across Baghdad since Maliki ordered a crackdown on them a month ago.

Many of those missiles and mortar bombs have struck the Green Zone fortified government and diplomatic compound on the west bank of the Tigris river.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21630748.htm

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1. Was that in response to bring-it-on Condi? nt

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2. But, everything's going great in Iraq! The pResident said so.

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3. No one ever gets hurt in this stuff. I'm just amazed!

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4. Iraq Shi'ite party says no mortar hit headquarters

BAGHDAD, April 21 (Reuters) - A senior official at the Baghdad headquarters of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council on Monday denied that a missile or mortar struck the compound.

The Council is the biggest Shi'ite group in the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

Earlier, a party official said a rocket struck the compound in the central Karrada neighbourhood, hurting no one. But Haitham al-Husseini, an adviser to the Council's leader, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, said no missile or mortar had hit the party's headquarters.

He told Reuters there had been a mortar strike in the area, but that nothing landed near the Council.

more:http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/YAT168138.htm

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5. Our psyops dollars at work fighting al Qaeda! nt