U.S. government's office in Iraq attacked

Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | November 11, 2006

[HAL9000]

Excerpt -

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. government's office in central Iraq came under mortar fire early Saturday, an attack that touched off a blaze in part of the complex, Iraqi police said. There was no immediate word on damage or casualties.

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The mortar attack was at least the second reported in recent weeks against the U.S. office in Hillah, which oversees government and diplomatic interests in the central Euphrates region, about 60 miles south of Baghdad.

Nine of the 10 mortar bombs fired landed inside the complex, police Capt. Muthanna Khalid Ali said.

He said U.S. and Iraqi forces sealed off the area and there was no word on damage or injuries.

U.S. diplomats usually refuse to comment on such reports to avoid releasing sensitive information to insurgents. Calls and e-mail seeking confirmation were not immediately returned by U.S. Embassy spokesmen in Baghdad.

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[Dallas59]

Democrats are celebrating victory..

[madconserv]

Democrats win, terrorists are emboldened.

[M. Espinola]

How many of these terrorist bombings can be directly traced back to Tehran and Damascus? Iran and Syria continue exporting trained killers to murder our boys.

Bush must take this war to the enemy behind the enemy - before the damn Dems throw up further roadblocks after taking control of the Congress.

Iraqis firemen extinguish fire on cars following an explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006. Car bombs exploded among shoppers in downtown Baghdad killing at least eight people, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

U.S. Army Spc. Henry Pondolfino (left) and Cpl. Christopher Jensen provide security during a presence patrol in Hasawah, Iraq, on Nov. 4, 2006. Pondolfino, Jensen and their fellow soldiers from Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, are patrolling through Hasawah. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley, U.S. Army. (Released)

For Iran & Syria:

11/03/06 - U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) 1st Class Christopher Courtney assist fellow EOD team members aboard an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter during special purpose insertion extraction training from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Nov. 3, 2006. Eisenhower is under way in the Red Sea.