CBS News: All non-essential movement of personnel within the Green Zone has been restricted

[sabra]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/27/iraq/main3971693.shtml#ccmm

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An official at the U.S. Embassy told CBS News that a building inside the embassy complex had caught on fire as the result of a rocket landing nearby, but that no injuries were reported and the fire had been put out. Thursday was the fourth day in a row to see rockets and mortars land inside the highly-fortified Green Zone.

CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan reports the Green Zone, not long ago one of the safest areas of Baghdad, has become in recent days one of the deadliest.

In a visit to one of the foreign embassies inside the area, Logan says she and her crew had to quickly move into protective bunkers four times within one hour due to the relentless rocket fire. She says all non-essential movement of personnel within the Green Zone has been restricted.

[fasttense]

1. Cause we are winning an imaginary war? n/t

[SpiralHawk]

2. Da republicon-mandated SURGE gettin stuffed

Nothing surprising about this, considering we have an AWOL Connecticut Preppy cocaine-sniffer pretending to be Commander in Chief, backed up by a republicon chickenhawk VP with FIVE freaking military deferment.

Our sons and daughters in uniform deserve far better leadership than these WMD-lying republicon chickenhawk war profiteers.

[Zynx]

8. King Abdullah being pro-Israel? HAHAHAHAHAHA!

That's pretty good. That picture was okay up to that point.

[NJmaverick]

3. McCain says he doesn't care what anyone says

We are winning the war in Iraq!

[lebkuchen]

23. I hear there's a big sale going on in Baghdad markets right now

McCain will surely want a piece of that action!

[Supersedeas]

25. Lindsey and Holy Joe have a rug sale -- any State Dept volunteers want a bargain?

[leftchick]

4. they pulled Lara off camera pretty quick!

I saw her report on The Morning show and damn if they didn't cut her off. It was like the shortest report ever from one of the most violent days in Iraq.

[L. Coyote]

5. Good Morning SIAGON! n/t

[Mountainman]

9. I remember that morning. We just got back to our bunks and someone turned on a television.

They were showing marines fighting in the embassy compound. We couldn't believe it. Hello Tet!

[GardeningGal]

6. But.....they told us the surge was working. n/t

[kentuck]

7. They are surrounded.

Hmmmm..mm

[underpants]

16. "inside the wire" is what first came to mind

You know, if they weren't there... oh never mind

this is scary

[lovuian]

10. Bush & Cheney are FAILING and think they can sit on the

phone and run a war... its not happening

[magellan]

11. If they had the balls to admit they were wrong

...they could still save lives there! But it's as if BushCo WANT the Green Zone and everyone in it to be destroyed so they have an excuse to ramp up the war, maybe even go after Iran....

This is a senseless waste of life.

[bdamomma]

12. oh god, this is so bad.

that Green Zone is not going to last to much longer, they want us out.

[tblue37]

19. Do the buildings have places for the helicopters to land to take on

our personnel as they flee?

[DemoTex]

13. The tubes are adjusted on ground zero: Emerald City.

Waiting for them to really "fire-for-effect."

:scared:

[formercia]

14. The Crusaders learned a long time ago:

Castles attract sieges.

[Solly Mack]

15. When gated communities become a prison

[Postman]

17. Isn't this more proof "the surge" is working?

and if more Americans are killed, isn't that even MORE proof "the surge" is working?

....all of the above logic, or lack thereof, is in accordance with Bush's latest propaganda.

[RedEarth]

18. Mission accomplished

[lebkuchen]

20. Although I can't wait for 20 Jan 09,

I'm glad Bush is around to see what a failure he is.

[Supersedeas]

21. Major Combat operations are over -- the surge is working

[lpbk2713]

22. So how's that 'surge' goin' Smirky?

Mission Accomplished yet?

[malaise]

24. Two Americans were killed n/t