Posted on 04/18/2009 10:31:31 PM PDT by Steelfish
Shells hit Baghdad’s protected Green Zone Back-to-back strikes are the first in more than three months
BAGHDAD - Suspected militants shelled Baghdad's protected Green Zone on Saturday in the first such bombardment in more than three months.
The back-to-back strikes reverberated across the Tigris River to a popular promenade, sending families packing up from fish restaurants and abruptly halting a party at a club.
Violence across Iraq remains sharply down compared with past years, but attacks and bloodshed have edged up in recent weeks and brought worries that it could slow the return of nightlife and commerce to parts of Baghdad.
The U.S. military said the Green Zone was hit by two "indirect fire" rounds — which typically means either rockets or mortars — but there were no casualties or damage reported.
A police official says the rounds were fired from predominantly Shiite eastern Baghdad. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media.
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This is going to slowly go to hell in a handcart.
The sad part is, in 2012 they will be using the fall of Iraq as an example of “failed Republican policies”. GD liberals.
Has nothing to do with the big “KICK ME” sign on Obama’s derriere. Nothing at all!
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