Mortar attacks fuel worries that Green Zone now unsafe - Strikes mark a second day of bloodshed

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http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070517/NEWS/705170381/-1/State

Baghdad | Mortar rounds hammered the U.S.-controlled Green Zone for a second day Wednesday, killing at least two people, wounding about 10 more and raising new fears for the safety of workers at the nerve center of the American mission in Iraq.

About a dozen shells crashed into the 3.5-square-mile area of central Baghdad about 4 p.m., sending terrified pedestrians racing for the safety of concrete bunkers.

Motorists abandoned their cars and sprinted for cover. Sirens wailed and loudspeakers warned people to seek safety.

No American casualties were reported, and the two dead as well as most of the wounded were Iraqis, U.S. Embassy spokesman Lou Fintor said.

An Iraqi security officer said one of the dead was a driver for the staff of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whose office is in the Green Zone.

[Philosoraptor]

1. Where will our generals get their Starbucks coffee?

Time for another little mc cain evening stroll?

[tanyev]

2. In other breaking news, scientist have just proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that water is wet.

[genie_weenie]

3. Damn it! Kick out the traitorous MSM

why are they reporting bad news from Iraq?

Oh that's right, there isn't any other kind of "news" from Iraq.

[shain from kane]

4. Tet Offensive.

[dogday]

5. So is this their benchmark?

to just be able to protect one tiny little spot of Iraq and even that is not happening..

[Philosoraptor]

6. I'm sure everything will be rosy around September.

[Phredicles]

7. Now what roofs will the helicopters be able to evacuate people from?

Another "I don't think anyone anticpated..." moment in the works.:eyes::banghead: