Posted on 12/26/2003 2:42:54 AM PST by sopwith
The 1st Armoured Division has captured five men suspected of firing rockets at the main United States headquarters in Baghdad on Christmas night, the US military said on Friday.
"Taskforce First Armoured Division soldiers captured five men suspected of firing rockets at the Coalition Provisional Authority's (CPA) headquarters December 25," it said in a statement.
Two rockets hit a parking lot near the fortress-like complex of the US-led CPA compound at 11:15pm (local time) on Thursday, the military said.
"Aircraft observed the launch point and reported the location," it said.
No one was wounded in the attack, which came just hours after rebels sped around Baghdad, lobbing rockets and mortars at more than a half dozen sites around the city, including hotels, home to foreigners, and three embassies.
The US military conducted on Thursday its third night of Operation Iron Grip, in which the 1st Armoured Division has rounded up Saddam Hussein loyalists and pounded suspected insurgent locations with artillery and aircraft cannon fire.
This AFP article includes the CJTF7 report: TF 1 AD soldiers capture suspected rocket launchers.
1st Armored Division, ping!
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