Posted on 02/24/2007 1:06:41 PM PST by HAL9000
American bombardments in the south-east of Baghdad
BAGHDAD - American forces bombarded Saturday evening a sector of the south-east of aiming Baghdad at the time of operations of the “terrorist objectives”, one indicated official military source, while inhabitants evoked heavy artillery shootings.
“Of the American air raids are in hand in the south-east of Baghdad aiming of the terrorist sites”, declared the spokesman of the command of the plan of safety of the capital, Qassim Al-Moussawi.
It specified that these objectives had been given in co-operation with the Iraqi forces, within the framework of the plan of safety aiming at pacifying the capital.
About thirty powerful explosions were heard, coming from the south-east of the capital, starting from 22H00 (19h00 GMT).
Little time after, a cut of electricity struck part of the city, where a curfew is imposed every evening starting from 20h00, but one was unaware of if the two events were dependent.
Inhabitants of the sector for their his part declared in AFP that rebels had apparently drawn from the mortar shells, receiving in response of the heavy artillery shootings.
Strike known as “precision” aiming a building punctually where were located rebels, whereas troops on the ground rake a district, are frequent in the capital.
According to a source with the ministry for the Interior, these bombardments aimed at rebellious bastions in the district of Bo' aitha (south-eastern), located almost at the periphery of the vast capital.
This zone, less urbanized than of other parts of the city and where one finds in particular farms, is famous for its insurrectionists, who install false stoppings there.
The plan of security of Baghdad, which counts six million inhabitants, was officially launched on February 14 and since the beginning of February the operations of raking and controls had multiplied there.
Stoppings were installed a little everywhere, like several advanced stations irako-American.
The city was divided into ten zones which are squared by some 90.000 men, Americans and Iraqis.
Attacks however continued to occur there and Saturday, at least 20 people perished in various attacks.
The American army was not immediately reachable Saturday evening to comment on this information.
Interesting news
Ok then..
Shhhh!!! Don't tell the MSM!! It'll ruin their Anna Nichole Smith coverage.
Praying our aim was better than the translator's.
HAL9000, great post!! If you have any "updates" later, please fill us in!!
BTTT !!!
don't worry they'll ignore it
Seems like the best plan.
Checked my AP source I watch...nothing there on this event.
They have a new celeb to jump on...Britney is making the news out here.
Well, it was a little hard to interpret, but it sounds like some bad guys are permanently sleeping under a pile of rubble right now.
"The American army was not immediately reachable Saturday evening to comment on this information."
Proably because they couldn't understand it either.
Translation stinks.
I was thinking more along this line: Lots of fresh fertilizer Barrels of fossil fuel will be compounded for their flower beds added to the world oil reserves, the way things look. Ok, ok!
Sounds good to me. But at this point petroleum chemist are certain oil did not come from decaying animals. But what the heck. Your sentiments are echoed here.
Heh heh. Go for it. Your points where well taken.
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