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I recall (imperfectly) that back in the 1960's there was a mortar attack on the UN Headquarters building. I seem to recall that someone set up a mortar in Brooklyn and fired into the UN Headquarters building in Manhattan. Am I alone im my recollection f this event, or can some freeper help me? With all the attendant finger pointing regarding a mortar attack on a mess tent in Iraq, with the obligaroty hand wringing and witch hunt for the "responsible party", I would be interested to recall who the "responsible party" was when the UN was attacked all those...

Dec. 16, 2004 23:53 IAF hits target in south Gaza By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH An IAF helicopter fired a missile at a building in the Tel Sultan neighborhood in Rafah. IDF said the building belongs to Hamas and was used to store mortar shells. Dec. 16, 2004 21:37 | Updated Dec. 17, 2004 0:02 11 soldiers wounded in mortar attack By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH Eleven soldiers of the Givati Brigade were lightly wounded when a salvo of three mortar shells exploded next to the Narkiss outpost near Atzmona in Gush Katif on Thursday evening. As soldiers returned fire, the wounded were evacuated...

Dec. 14, 2004 16:57 | Updated Dec. 14, 2004 20:49 Thai worker killed, 2 wounded in Gush Katif mortar attack By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH A mortar shell hit a greenhouse in the Ganei Tal settlement in the Gaza Strip, killing one woman and injuring two more. Photo: AP Two mortar shells fell on agricultural hothouses in the Ganei Tal settlement in Gush Katif early Tuesday evening killing a female Thai worker. Two other Thai workers were lightly wounded in the attack. The workers were evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. Shortly after the mortars landed, Palestinians fired another mortar shell...

UPDATE 1-Loud blast shakes Baghdad centre UPDATE 1-Loud blast shakes Baghdad centre (Updates with details) BAGHDAD, July 9 (Reuters) - A loud blast shook central Baghdad on Friday, sending a plume of white smoke into the air, and a U.S. security contractor said a mortar bomb had landed near a hotel housing Americans. "We had a mortar attack," the contractor told Reuters near the Al-Sadeer hotel as ambulances and police cars, sirens wailing, rushed to the scene. Witnesses said there were several injuries. A Reuters correspondent said the blast appeared to have occurred near the hotel, although this could not...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents hit a U.S. base in central Iraq (news - web sites) with mortar shells, killing one American soldier and wounding two others, the military said Saturday. In a separate attack, rebels set off a bomb and opened fire on a U.S. convoy in Baghdad, killing two soldiers and wounding three. The mortar shells struck a base of the Army's 4th Infantry Division on Friday night in Balad, north of Baghdad, Sgt. Robert Cargie said. One shell exploded near a trailer used as a bedroom by some troops, and a soldier standing in its doorway was killed,...

Here are some of the latest headlines about Palestinians terrorist attacks, many against civillians, that are happening today alone. If no Israelis were killed it wasn't because the Palestinians weren't trying. Firebomb & Rock Attacks Continue on Gush Etzion-Hevron Road 20:43 Oct 27, '03 / 1 Cheshvan 5764 (IsraelNN.com) Motorists traveling on the Gush Etzion – Hevron road during the evening rush hour were targeted in a firebomb attack near Beit Omar and rock-throwing attacks near el-Aroub. There were no reports of injuries. Oslo War Running in the Background 15:44 Oct 27, '03 / 1 Cheshvan 5764 Arab gunmen opened...

BAGHDAD, Sept 26 (Reuters) - A mortar attack on a market in the restive town of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, killed eight Iraqis, the U.S. military said on Friday. A U.S. Army spokesman said it was not known who mounted the attack on Thursday evening. Baquba lies in the "Sunni triangle" region, a focal point for attacks on U.S. forces and support for ousted leader Saddam Hussein. The spokesman said no U.S. soldiers were hurt in the attack. Since May 1, 79 U.S. soldiers have been killed in guerrilla attacks in Iraq. The mortar bombing was the latest in...

Mortars Kill 2 U.S. Soldiers, Wound 13 in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and 13 were wounded in a mortar attack on a U.S.-run prison west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a military spokeswoman said on Sunday. The death of the troops, from the 800th Military Police Brigade, brings to 78 the number of U.S. soldiers killed by hostile fire since major combat in Iraq was officially declared over on May 1 following the war that ousted Saddam Hussein. Two mortar rounds struck the prison compound at 9:54 p.m. on Saturday evening, the spokeswoman said. "There...

(IsraelNN.com) The southern Gush Katif community of N’vei Dekalim was targeted in a mortar shell attack late Saturday night. There were no injuries.

<p>News reports the shelling (with mortars) of the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia. Since an embassy is considered sovereign territory of the government it represents, isn't this the same as someone shelling Washington, D.C.? I guess we quit defending our embassies and interests in Tehran, in 1979. It's time to blow SOMEBODY to kindgom come!</p>

<p>Heavy fighting engulfed the Liberian capital Monday, killing at least 60 people as mortars pounded the city in an all-out battle between rebels and forces of President Charles Taylor.</p> <p>Enraged Liberians lined up at least 18 bloodied, mangled bodies in the street outside the U.S. Embassy compound, after a shell hit an American diplomatic compound across the street, where at least 10,000 refugees have taken refuge.</p>

MONROVIA (Reuters) - A mortar bomb smashed into a building in the U.S. embassy compound in Liberia's capital Monrovia on Monday, a U.S. Navy (news - web sites) spokesman said. "The U.S. embassy did incur one hit on the general store," U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Terrence Dudley told Reuters, adding that no one was injured.

U.S. Army Under Mortar, Grenade Attacks in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guerrillas in Iraq (news - web sites) fired mortars or rocket-propelled grenades at U.S. occupation forces overnight in four towns, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. A U.S. military spokesman said on Thursday three mortar attacks took place in Ramadi. Rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the U.S. 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit, the home town of former president Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). A mortar was launched at a U.S. logistics base near Balad, the spokesman said. Gunmen have recently resorted to heavier weapons in...

Mortars Injure 10 U.S. Troops in Iraq .c The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Mortar rounds slammed into a U.S. base north of Baghdad, wounding at least 10 American soldiers, the U.S. military said Friday. Meanwhile, an American soldier was killed in an attack on his convoy in the capital late Thursday, U.S. military spokesman Cpl. Todd Pruden said. News of the attacks was a somber start to American Independence Day activities for the 150,000 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. Several explosions rocked the base near Balad, 55 miles north of the capital, late Thursday, Pruden told The Associated...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A mortar shell hit a coalition office in the city of Samarra north of Baghdad, killing one Iraqi and injuring 12, a U.S. military statement said Thursday. The 82 mm mortar round crashed into the Civil Military Operations center, an office that coordinates military and civilian humanitarian aid, on Wednesday. U.S. soldiers said they contacted local police after hearing three explosions. Police arrived at the scene and found the dead and wounded, the statement said. "Soldiers were unable to respond or find the perpetrators," said the statement, from U.S. Central Command. "This is one of numerous incidents...

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Around a dozen mortar shells landed Sunday in the Saadun area in the heart of Baghdad while rocket fire was heard downtown for the first time in the war, AFP reporters said. There was no immediate indication who fired the mortars or whether there were casualties from the shelling, which hit the busy commercial area near a hotel where most foreign journalists are staying. The bombardment came at around the same time multiple rocket fire was heard in the Iraqi capital for the first time since US and British forces attacked Iraq on March 20 and...