Mortars Target Green Zone

[unhappycamper]

Mortars Target Green Zone
Associated Press | March 23, 2008

BAGHDAD - Suspected Shiite extremists fired two barrages Sunday at the U.S. protected Green Zone, and a suicide bomber stuck an Iraqi army position in northern Iraq, killing 10 Iraqi soldiers and wounding 50 others.

The widely separate attacks occurred as many Christians marked Easter and underscore the fragile security situation in Iraq despite a decline in violence over the past year.

About 10 detonations were heard starting shortly before 6 a.m in the sprawling Green Zone area in central Baghdad, which houses the U.S. and British embassies and the Iraqi government headquarters. Several other mortars or rockets slammed into the area about four hours later.

There were no reports of casualties inside the Green Zone, located on the west bank of the Tigris River that bisects the city. But one round fell short and exploded in a major traffic circle on the east side of the river, injuring two bystanders, police said.

The U.S. public address system in the Green Zone warned people to "duck and cover" and to stay away from windows following the first attack.


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[Breeze54]

1. But the escalation is working!!!!

:sarcasm:

:(