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US blames Iran for Green Zone bomb
Herald Sun ^
| 25 March 2008
Posted on 03/24/2008 8:33:20 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
THE top US commander in Iraq blamed neighbouring Iran for rocket attacks over the weekend on the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, in an interview with the BBC.
General David Petraeus said that the rockets "were Iranian-provided, Iranian-made rockets" and added that Iran's actions were "in complete violation of promises made by President (Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad and the other most senior Iranian leaders to their Iraqi counterparts".
Each of the four attacks on the Green Zone on Sunday, which in total injured at least four people and damaged buildings, sent staff of the US embassy scurrying for the shelter of nearby bunkers, witnesses said.
The attacks in the Green Zone, the seat of the Iraqi government and the US embassy, occurred around 6.30 am (0330 GMT), 10.30 am, 4.30 pm and 8.30 pm, US embassy officials said.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bomb; greenzone; iran; iraq; us
Should this surprise anyone?
To: Aussie Dasher
No surprise, now if our illustrious C-in-C would get off his dead ass and DO something about those SOBs in Tehran!
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posted on
03/24/2008 8:35:56 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(This year's presidential choices: "Speak No Evil, See No Evil, and Evil")
To: Aussie Dasher
Do the UN, Euroweenies and blinded leftists still think that Iran will use nuclear power just for peaceful purposes? Can’t trust conniving mad liars of Persia.
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posted on
03/24/2008 8:37:29 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyranny)
To: Aussie Dasher
Oh, well, our Navy chiefs, related by blood to import interests, will order fuel-wasting entertainment sorties to cruise back and forth over North Korea without really doing anything in retaliation for not allowing Secretary Rice's planned victory piano concerto in Pyongyang.
"Don't worry, they'll row for a month before they figure out I'm fakin' it." --Deacon character in the "Waterworld" movie
Mr. President, please appoint a General Patton and order what needs to be done in Iran!
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posted on
03/24/2008 8:46:30 PM PDT
by
familyop
To: familyop
They are probing our resolve. I think it is time we showed them they already stepped over the line.
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posted on
03/24/2008 8:50:55 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(Not liking my choices in this election!)
To: mkjessup
I think we should make a few buildings explode when the mindless midget is near them. We’ve been letting this little runt get away with too much and it’s making us look weak.
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posted on
03/24/2008 9:04:49 PM PDT
by
peeps36
(OUTLAWED WORDS--INSURGENT,GLOBAL WARMING,UNDOCUMENTED WORKER,PALESTINIAN,TERMINATED PREGNANCY)
To: Aussie Dasher
Oh, my. What should we do?
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posted on
03/24/2008 9:17:49 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: onedoug
Oh, my. What should we do?
I know. Let's dither. Group dither. In unison.
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posted on
03/24/2008 9:29:44 PM PDT
by
RobinOfKingston
(Man, that's stupid ... even by congressional standards.)
To: familyop
Mr. President, please appoint a General Patton and order what needs to be done in Iran!
Too late, el Presidente already let the Senate 'Rats throw General Peter Pace under the bus, instead of fighting for him to continue as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
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posted on
03/25/2008 12:05:28 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(This year's presidential choices: "Speak No Evil, See No Evil, and Evil")
To: peeps36
We’ve been letting this little runt get away with too much
Carter made the same mistake with the Ayatollah Khomeini.
HELLO GEORGE?!? Here is your CLUE!!!
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posted on
03/25/2008 12:10:02 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(This year's presidential choices: "Speak No Evil, See No Evil, and Evil")
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