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Baghdad Green Zone hit by rockets
AFP ^

Posted on 03/25/2008 7:56:43 AM PDT by maquiladora

BAGHDAD (AFP) — Insurgents on Tuesday slammed at least four rockets into the heavily-fortified Baghdad Green Zone, the seat of the Iraqi government and the US embassy, Iraqi and US officials said.

At least four Katyusha rockets struck the Green Zone, an Iraqi security official said.

The latest assault comes just two days after insurgents fired four waves of rockets and mortars into the area, which once served as Saddam Hussein's presidential compound, injuring six people and damaging buildings.

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The top US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, blamed neighbouring Iran for the weekend attacks, saying they were "Iranian-provided, Iranian-made rockets".

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: greenzone; iran; iraq; rockets; usembassy

1 posted on 03/25/2008 7:56:44 AM PDT by maquiladora
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To: maquiladora

I wonder if the reporting will change now that the journalists are being attacked.


2 posted on 03/25/2008 7:59:03 AM PDT by Loud Mime (If Muslims love death, why do they have hospitals?)
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To: Loud Mime

Dream On!


3 posted on 03/25/2008 8:01:22 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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To: maquiladora

Mookie’s guys are now on the move again. This is part of their orchestrated strategy to get Petraeus to back off. The US has been taking down Mookie cells and leadership all over the place.

Iran has told Mookie it’s now time to push back or he will loose any control of his illiterate mob.


4 posted on 03/25/2008 8:07:27 AM PDT by romanesq
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To: maquiladora
I bet it also has to do with them trying to play to their favorite fans, the US MSM, now that we have reached 4000 deaths.
5 posted on 03/25/2008 8:23:31 AM PDT by Gator101 (Don't tase me, Bro!)
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