Posted on 04/01/2007 8:49:23 AM PDT by jmc1969
Two suicide vests were found unexploded in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, a military spokesman said Sunday, less than a week after a rocket attack killed two Americans in the vast central area.
U.S. military spokesman Rear Adm. Mark Fox said the vests were found Saturday and the matter was under investigation.
"It reflects the nature of the security challenge that we're facing," he told reporters, without giving more details.
Two Americans — a contractor and a soldier — were killed in a rocket attack on the Green Zone on Tuesday.
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Pingerootus!
Tomorrow's NYTimes headline: "SEVERE CLOTHING SHORTAGE IN BAHGDAD!"
Green Zone: mean to convey a feeling of shelter and safety, instead it's simply an easily identified and located sitting duck.
One would think that 50 years of the farcical DMZ in Korea would prove the fallacy of such thinking.
I hope none were kid sized.
Ping to you
Were they monogrammed?
DO THEY HAVE FINGERPRINTS???????????????????????????????
I bet they do...although I don't envy the person taking the prints on a bomb belt.
The Surge is working. This is the best AP can do. Announce that a weapon was found in a secure area and reference deaths 5 days ago.
It's got a couple of liquor stores and some bars.
It's really not as bad as it sounds.
It's not green, though... ;-)
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