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| Iraq |
| Clouds of smoke over US embassy in green zone |
| 2008-03-28 |
| (KUNA) -- Clouds of smoke hang in the air near the US embassy in the green zone after attacks by mortar shells in various parts of Baghdad, while other mortar shells hit residential areas in the Iraqi capital. KUNA's correspondent saw columns of smoke rising from a building near the US embassy following the attack on the green zone. Toll of casualties has not been determined yet and it is still not clear whether the building on fire belonged to the US embassy or not, but workers in the green zone said mortar shells hit an oil pipeline near the embassy which led to the fire. A mortar shell landed near Kamal Al-Samarae Hospital in Al-Andalus Square in Baghdad, wounding four civilians. Eyewitnesses said two mortar shells hit civilian houses near one of the headquarters of Vice President Adel Al-Mehdi in Al-Karada area and reports said six civilians were injured. The attacks on Baghdad have spread fear among the civilians, as most of the mortar shells are hitting residential areas, killing and wounding many people. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 it suggests the launches are from 'safe zones' - like schools, hospitals, mosques etc. Not that it would be an outrageous violation of the Geneva Convention. Media storm in 10, 9, 8, oh, wait, never mind. /sarcasm off. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-03-28 09:36 |
| #1 Counterbattery radars should have identified the launch sites - either we are not hearing about the counterbattery fire or there isn't any (or much). If there isn't much, it suggests the launches are from 'safe zones' - like schools, hospitals, mosques etc. where the political cost of retaliatory fire is greater than the physical cost of damage and casualties in the IZ. |
| Posted by: Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-03-28 08:11 |