McClatchy : Mortars hit Green Zone on near-daily basis

[babylonsister]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/17183.html

Mortars hit Green Zone on near-daily basis
By Mike Drummond | McClatchy Newspapers



BAGHDAD – Nearly a dozen mortars or rockets exploded inside the fortified Green Zone at about 10 a.m. Thursday, in what’s become a near-daily demonstration of the limitations of the U.S.-led security crackdown and the militants’ resolve to rain terror on even the most protected area of Baghdad.

Scores of civilians and military personnel scurried for cover inside box-like concrete bunkers stationed near the Green Zone’s checkpoints. There were no casualties.

At least one shell or rocket reportedly struck a parking lot used by Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki and his security detail.

U.S. officials declined to say where the explosions struck or if they were mortars or rockets. Smoke plumes visible for miles rose from the compound, while U.S. military helicopters chopped the sky in an apparent effort to locate firing positions.

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[tanyev]

1. It sure is a mystery why Condi can't find enough State Dept employees for Iraq.

[babylonsister]

3. Yea, where's their curiosity about an exotic country? nt

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. That's impossible.

There was just a story on CNN about how well the war in Iraq is going.