Green Zone under fire as at least five die in Mosul attack

[Breeze54]

Green Zone under fire as at least five die in Mosul attack

Posted: 23-03-2008 , 08:05 GMT

http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Iraq/224180

Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the Iraqi parliament and U.S. embassy,
was hit by a sustained barrage of rocket or mortar fire early on Sunday but there were no reports
of casualties, officials said.



A large plume of thick black smoke could be seen rising from one part of the central Baghdad
Green Zone, which houses many government ministries and diplomatic missions. Sirens could be
heard warning people to take cover. Two U.S. attack helicopters could be seen circling over
an area in the Iraqi capital's northeast soon after the attack, Reuters reported.

The barrage of about a dozen blasts, which started just before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT), came in
three separate volleys and lasted for a total of about 15 minutes.

North of Baghdad, a suicide truck bomber killed five Iraqi troops and injured 30 others in
an attack on an army building in Mosul, Nineveh province military spokesman Brigadier-General
Khali Abdul-Sattar told Reuters. "The bomber smashed the truck through barriers at the entrance
to the base and triggered the explosion," Major Mohammed Ahmed told AFP. Among the wounded
were 20 Iraqi soldiers, he said.

Iraq: At least four American troops die

http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Iraq/224155



A roadside bomb killed three American troops in Iraq on Saturday, pushing the U.S.
death toll closer to the 4,000 mark since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

The U.S. military said the three soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb blew up
near their vehicle northwest of Baghdad. Two Iraqi civilians also died in the attack,
Reuters reported.

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[Bright Eyes]

1. 100 bucks says Fox never reports any of this.

[Breeze54]

2. Of course not... all is well, surge working!!

:sarcasm:

:grr:

[countryjake]

3. And it's not just Faux, both CNN & MSNBC had embedded reporters...

talking last week, over & over again, about how the atmosphere of "imminent danger" seemed to be weakening in the markets and streets of Iraqi cities...how a certain sense of "normalcy" was returning. They all seemed to be parroting the prez's line (and McCain's surge praises). CNN's Michael Ware went so far as to say that such signs of hope could be instantly shattered if there were any sort of Coalition withdrawal at this point. The guy sounded like he was on the godammed campaign trail.

Can't wait to hear his take now on this "surge" of in-your-face, blown-to-bits-in-a-flash, dead-as-a-doornail sort of "danger".

[Breeze54]

4. I wrote a letter to the NYT for this same pro-war BS last week.

Maybe we all need to be writing them letters and telling them off?

Tell them to do their friggin' jobs and report all angles?

[pretzel4gore]

5. they're fukked....literally

the NYTimes was part of a cabal of lying liars who, back in Clinton/OJ era felt put upon: white men told to behave? HOW DARE YOU! And their rage went overboard, trying to isolate the liberals using the sordid Simpson family tragedy, and Bill Clinton's juvenile morality (the blue dress; defend that, you mom/pop liberals! hahaha) and finally the 2000 election between anglo prince george junyer and the stiff who's a little lower on the totem pole, whatsisname... albore? hahaha! All rather hohum, messy, but also profitable (write books! get a rep for the college circuit, never needa work again!)...but the mediawhores never thought junyer's corporate brain trust, capitalising on the immense power of the NSA, would blow up the bridge, and trap them THIS SIDE of 911! With junyer! And not too much choice: lie or die like a stinking rat in the bowels of Fort Leavenworth (and don't think americans wouldn't use blowtorches on the gopigs to get the fine details, if the truth ever sneaked out)
Hey, they got away with JFK, and the Gulf Tonkin, and they got away with Watergate, and they got away with the October Surprise ('Houston, we gotta problem; the ancient (reagan) you're pushing is so old he wears diapers, and stinks like a frickin shut in...) and KAL 007. Not to mention stealing trillions, literally, from the massively well armed USA!
The NYTimes will suffer enough having to hide forever the truth of what they did to their country. fukkem