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Succession of Blasts Heard in Baghdad
Reuters ^
| 11/12/03
Posted on 11/12/2003 10:59:46 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A succession of blasts, up to two dozen, have echoed across the Iraqi capital, Reuters witnesses report. The location of the blasts on Wednesday night was not immediately clear, but insurgents in the past 10 days have fired mortars and rockets at the sprawling compound where the U.S.-led administration has its headquarters on the west side of the Tigris River.
U.S. army officials had no immediate comment.
Iraqi residents near the heavily fortified compound which houses U.S. military bases and the headquarters of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) ruling Iraq said they had not heard any explosions from inside the area.
Night-time mortar attacks have underscored the growing boldness of guerrillas confronting U.S.-led occupation forces in Iraq, more than six months after President George W. Bush declared major combat over on May 1.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: baghdad; iraq
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Reuters spin. They know it's JDAMs, but they want to try and portray it like these are more opposition attacks, the US has lost control, etc.
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posted on
11/12/2003 11:03:11 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
("A republic, if you can keep it.")
To: thoughtomator
We haven't killed the ememy in sufficient numbers yet.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
God Bless the US Military!
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posted on
11/12/2003 11:06:44 AM PST
by
lormand
(e)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Daisy cutters today. Lots of explosions. Right outside of Bagdad. Terrorist building.
CNN reported. There were a lot of thunder boomers. I guess it's time to quit fooling around over there.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
That "other site" is asking why al jazeera is being silent about this horrable bombing.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
It looks like 3 fires burning - 3 buildings?
To: concerned about politics
CNN is covering it right now -Bradly fighting vehicles. Calling it a U.S. military operation. Buildings were used by insurgents carrying out attacks on the U.S.
New offencive started. We're bringing the fight to them. Getting tough, more aggressive.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Military - Operation considered successful.
To: concerned about politics
About damn time........fighting a PC war is stupid!
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posted on
11/12/2003 11:22:44 AM PST
by
Burlem
To: concerned about politics
Tell them that it takes time to get the right spin on it. You know, like the Dims/dumbocrats.
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posted on
11/12/2003 11:23:41 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I hope the US creates a 3-mile dead zone around that whole godforsaken pesthole "Baghdad" and kills anything crossing it without a search. It might just come down to that. Time to get serious!
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Night-time mortar attacks have underscored the growing boldness of guerrillas The numbers if infiltrators has grown and they have a thirst for violence. They will force a showdown if they keep this up, and they will lose. They intend to keep this up until all moderate Muslims are dead. The plan is that eventually no one will be left except radical, immoral, godless Islamicists. The plan will fail mightily and permanently, as it always does for the forces of Evil.
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posted on
11/12/2003 11:35:53 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Close your tag lines)
To: KellyAdmirer
a 3-mile dead zone around that whole godforsaken pesthole "Baghdad" It's an option.
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posted on
11/12/2003 11:38:34 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Close your tag lines)
To: RightWhale
Bob Arnot on MSNBC- premptive strike against the potential motar fire they expected tonight. Wow.
To: concerned about politics
Military Intelligence seems to be improving day by day. This is probably due to improving communication with the locals.
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posted on
11/12/2003 11:49:56 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Close your tag lines)
To: RightWhale
Military Intelligence seems to be improving day by day. This is probably due to improving communication with the locals. I think so. The rest of Iraq is doing great. It's just the triangle of terrorism that's stopping the nation from becomming free.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection; All
Night-time mortar attacks have underscored the growing boldness of guerrillas confronting U.S.-led occupation forces in Iraq, more than six months after President George W. Bush declared major combat over on May 1. Counter Battery fire directed by RADAR [first perfected in Korea].
Looks like those Islamofascist types haven't learned to "shoot and scoot"!
?
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posted on
11/12/2003 12:30:04 PM PST
by
Lael
(Bush to Middle Class: Send your kids to DIE in Iraq while I send your LIVELIHOODS to INDIA!)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
We're going to move before the other guy moves, and we're going to reach out and touch him at his place, not ours ..." Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Peter Schoomaker.
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posted on
11/12/2003 3:25:10 PM PST
by
getgoing
(20+ yr plan - adjust)
To: RightWhale
Improving communications with locals and better operational security. Losing the senior Warrant officer and senior NCO in the JAG was a wakeup call. Had the first blackhawk been shot down, the 2 star in charge of the JAG would have been killed.
It's time to leave crime fighting to the Iraqi police and keep the killing of Saddamites to US forces.
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