Mortars Slam Into Baghdad Neighborhoods

[tocqueville]

By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS, Associated Press Writer
16 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Violence killed at least 29 people Sunday, including three American soldiers, and mortar fire rumbled through the heart of Baghdad after sundown despite stringent security measures imposed after an explosion of sectarian violence.

A ban on driving in Baghdad and its suburbs helped prevent major attacks during daylight Sunday, but after nightfall explosions thundered through the city as mortar shells slammed into a Shiite quarter in southwestern Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 53, police said.

Mortar fire also hit a Shiite area on the capital's east side, killing three people and injuring six, police reported.

Nevertheless, officials announced they would let vehicles back on the streets at 6 a.m. Monday — in part because shops were running out of food and other basics. Gasoline stations were closed, and people were unable to go to work Sunday, a work day in this Muslim country.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060226/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

mortars at a neighborhood ? and this is not civil war ?

[benburch]

1. This will end only when we leave.

And after the shit we stirred up plays itself out.

[Jayhawk Lib]

2. This will end only

when one side decimates the other. That will not happen while we are there. We need to get out of the way and let them settle it themselves.

[Cocoa]

3. this shows we're winning

the logic is really convoluted, and I don't want to get into it right now, but this mortar fire in Baghdad shows that we are winning, trust me.

[Strelnikov_]

4. "It Can Be Attributed To The Success Of The *Chimp* Strategy"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=513406&mesg_id=513406

[stillcool]

5. very unusual....Riverbend has a new post up...

it's so unsettling because it's only been a couple of days since her last, and she usually goes a couple weeks.....
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/