Green Zone under Attack Again; Three Troops Killed

by: Brandon Friedman

Sun Apr 06, 2008 at 17:57:53 PM EDT


The Green Zone was hit again today, this time to a more deadly effect than what we've seen recently:

Rockets or mortars slammed into the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a military base elsewhere in Baghdad on Sunday, killing three American soldiers and wounding 31, an official said.

The attacks occurred as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled Shiite militants in Sadr City in some of the fiercest fighting since radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered a cease-fire a week ago. At least 16 Iraqi civilians were killed in the fighting, according to hospital officials.

A military official said two U.S. troops died and 17 were wounded in the attack on the Green Zone, which houses the U.S. Embassy and the Iraqi government headquarters in central Baghdad.

Another American service member was killed and 14 were wounded in the attack on a base in the southeastern Baghdad area of Rustamiyah, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information.

The U.S. military said separately that an American soldier was killed Sunday in a roadside bombing in the volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad.
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Just to clarify (0.00 / 0)
31 US soldiers were wounded?  

"No U.S. soldier ever dies in vain because they're carrying out the missions of their commander in chief. And we honor all the service that they've provided." - Barack Obama
It's unclear. (0.00 / 0)
I've heard both versions. . .that it was 31 "other people" and that it was actually 31 other troops.  If Nixon's around, maybe he can clarify.
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It was troops...(n/t) (0.00 / 0)

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Damn. (n/t) (4.00 / 1)

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Im guessing (0.00 / 0)
that they do not know who did this? It would appear as if it were the militias, but I wouldnt be surprised if it were AQI. In fact, AQI would actually make sense here as the culprit.
uhhh, don't you guys realize . . . (0.00 / 0)
this means we're winning?

Can't wait to hear how Petreaus spins into a "sign of progress"

He and Crocker can try to spin it anyway they like... (0.00 / 0)
...when they report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee next week. But, you can be sure that they won't be allowed to get away with it...and THAT will be very fun to watch...depending on ones concept of fun, of course!
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CNN report tonight (4.00 / 1)
Sometimes, incredibly, cable news delivers solid information.  Tonight CNN aired a report by Nic Robertson, who was in Sadr City (or at least the outskirts) with an Army unit.  Their mission was to persuade Iraqi soldiers, who were taking a long lunch break, to move up and engage some Mahdi Army fighters near a mosque.

Robertson delivered this jaw-dropping revelation: 80 percent of Sadr City has been ruled off-limits to US forces exception with permission of the Iraqi government, which is rarely given.  He said that it is, in effect, a militia safe haven.

Meanwhile, 107 mm rockets and mortar shells are landing in the Green Zone and there isn't much anyone can do to stop it.  Robertson actually described it as the "allegedly secure Green Zone."

Sadr city... (0.00 / 0)
...has been pretty much off limits for US forces for awhile.  It's about time ground forces have been allowed to move on this district, which has been a safe haven for militia thugs for too long.  That's my opinion.  Of course I may be a little biased since I'm at the receiving end of some of these rocket attacks.  Makes the "Support the Troops" take on a whole new meaning for me, haha.
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To add to this. (0.00 / 0)

Found this buried in a story about Sadr.

The U.S. military, meanwhile, said two more soldiers died in roadside bombings Sunday, raising the day's American death toll to at least five. The announcement comes a day before the two top U.S. officials in Iraq are scheduled to brief Congress on prospects for the eventual withdrawal of American troops.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200...

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