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Iraq
Iraqi soldier wounded in missile strike on Iraqi army headquarters
2006-07-23
(KUNA) -- An Iraqi solider was wounded on Saturday when a Katyusha missile hit an Iraqi army headquarters south of Mosul, northern Iraq. An Iraqi Police source in Mosul told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the attack took place this afternoon in the area of Tanak, noting that a corporal was wounded in the attack, while windows of nearby buildings were shattered due to the blast.

In a separate incident, unknown gunmen shot dead an Iraqi citizen in central Mosul. The source also said that a booby-trapped car blew up targeting a joint US-Iraqi military patrol in Oraibi neighborhood in western Mosul. The source did not report any losses.
Posted by:Fred

#2  More like "not recently". You saw reports of this sort of thing from time to time in 2004 and early 2005. I think they went away after the Marines cleared out the ratlines in the Euphrates valley last fall.

May be a suggestion that Iran's starting to smuggle 'em into the country again; on the other hand, it would be a bit of a trick to get them to Mosul across Kurdish territory. Hope the ratlines from the Syrian border aren't operating again.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2006-07-23 15:35  

#1  I haven't heard fo Katusha attacks before in Iraq. I wonder if this is the hand of Iran at work... Another good reason to make some sand into radioactive glass in that a$$hole country.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-07-23 14:49  

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