Green Zone shelled amid sandstorm

[unhappycamper]

An Iraqi army soldier uses a flashlight to signal cars to turn off their headlights as a sandstorm envelops central Baghdad, Iraq on April 27. Militants fired a salvo of rockets or mortars at the Green Zone on Sunday, apparently were taking advantage of a sandstorm that blanketed the Iraqi capital Sunday and grounded U.S. helicopters and drones that normally track their activities.


Green Zone shelled amid sandstorm
By Kim Gamel - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Apr 28, 2008 6:05:37 EDT

BAGHDAD — Suspected Shiite extremists hammered the U.S.-protected Green Zone on Sunday in the fiercest salvo in weeks, apparently taking advantage of a sandstorm that blanketed the capital and grounded the American aircraft that normally prowl for launching teams.

Thunderous explosions resounded throughout the evening as rockets or mortar shells slammed into the heavily fortified area in central Baghdad.

Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, meanwhile, rejected terms set by the Iraqi government for lifting a crackdown against his Mahdi army militia.

Sirens wailed in the Green Zone, which houses the U.S. Embassy and much of the Iraqi government on the west side of the Tigris River. The public address system warned people to “duck and cover” and stay away from windows.

The U.S. Embassy confirmed the area was hit by indirect fire, the military’s term for rocket or mortar attacks, but said it had no immediate word on casualties.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_greenzone_042708/

[bdamomma]

1. that Green Zone is not immuned from attacks

THEY WANT US OUT!!!