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| Iraq |
| Mortar shell targets Iraq''s Vice President''s office in Baghdad |
| 2008-03-29 |
| (KUNA) -- A mortar shell targeted the office of Iraq's Vice President Tareq Al-Hashimi in the heavily fortified green zone in Baghdad, Iraqi security source said on Friday. The source told KUNA the mortar shell landed this afternoon on this office, injuring two bodyguards, but without causing any harm to Al-Hashimi because who was not in his office at that time. Mortar shell attacks have been hammering the green zone since the start of the Basra operation last Tuesday. Last night, the US embassy announced the demise of one its employees who was working and injuring two others as a result of a mortar shell attack. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Has their aim really improved that much or did they hit the VP's office by accident? Likely somebody did recon and came up with a firing solution. I suspect that there were quite a few targets marked in advance. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-03-29 12:21 |
| #1 Has their aim really improved that much or did they hit the VP's office by accident? Typically they've found it hard to just hit the IZ. They haven't had the luxury of being able to watch for where the first round hit, adjusting their aim, & repeating until they were lined up, and then firing a bunch - because by the second or third shot their position would be detected and they'd have to be running or dying. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-03-29 07:50 |