Two killed in attack on Baghdad's Green Zone - US

[sabra]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, May 16 (Reuters) - Two Iraqis were killed and 10 other people wounded when 10 mortar rounds slammed into the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in central Baghdad on Wednesday, a U.S. embassy spokesman said.

Few details were available about those killed in the second attack on the zone in two days, but none of the casualties were embassy employees or contractors, the spokesman said.

Of the 10 injured, eight were identified as Iraqis. The nationality of the remaining two was not clear but they were neither Americans nor Iraqis.

Insurgents have recently stepped up mortar and rocket attacks on the zone, which houses parliament, many government ministries, the U.S. embassy and other foreign missions.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16670807.htm

[wakeme2008]

1. Someday the mortars are going to take out a lot of troopers nt

[sabra]

4. they are much more frequent, and the odds are not looking good

remember last month when a mortar landed 50 feet from a press conference with al-Maliki and the new head of the UN?

[Botany]

6. I met a vet back from Iraq .....

.... the other side puts blocks of ice over the top of mortar tubes and then put
a mortar shell above the ice ..... when the ice melts the shell drops and fires ...
and they are long gone.

[wakeme2008]

15. there are always way to work around things. like the

new Synkers are being blown up with larger explosives.

[Botany]

2. So how is the Surge going?

[maddezmom]

3. no place is safe in Iraq

K&R

[Barrett808]

5. Every day is visibly worse

The situation is degenerating so rapidly you can actually see it on the time scale of days.

[jayfish]

Should It Be Called "The Green Zone" Anymore.

I have a color coded chart somewhere that says it should probably be called the Yellow Zone or even the Red Zone.

Jay

[Barrett808]

9. But the Red Zone is just outside the Green Zone, on Haifa Street

Yellow Zone works for me.

[saigon68]

7. The whole place is a large un-flushable toilet

[Massachusetts]

14. Liquid Plummer won't gonna help either.

[saigon68]

18. That's what did in falwell

he tried to use it as a laxative

[daleo]

8. How's that helicopter pad on the roof looking? n/t

[Jacobin]

10. I think it probably needs to be expanded a bit

they're gonna need a lot of helicopters

[OutNow]

11. How Do You Say Dien Bien Phu in Arabic?

If need be, look it up. There is a reason that the French did not enroll in the coalition of the willing.

Bring the troops home now!

[AlCzervik]

12. Another day in beautiful Oz. How long until it's completely breached?

[slipslidingaway]

13. Embassy update post here could use a few K&R's. This is the

the progress the Iraqi's are seeing on a piece of prime real estate.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2847935

[xchrom]

16. letting america know it's place.

have a mortar.

[stillcool]

17. There was a post yesterday...

about a Green Zone attack...which prompted me to do a search...here's what I found with little effort:

5 contractors wounded in Green Zone explosion
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday May 15, 2007 14:07:11 EDT
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/05/ap_contractors_greenzone_0705153/
BAGHDAD — At least one mortar or rocket slammed into the U.S.-controlled Green Zone on Tuesday, wounding five American Embassy contractors, a spokesman said.

The explosion occurred at 3:59 p.m. (1159 GMT), U.S. Embassy spokesman Lou Fintor said, adding the nationalities of the five embassy contractors who were wounded have “not yet been confirmed.”

Fintor said there were no deaths and property damage was minimal.

Iraqi police said earlier Tuesday that mortar rounds had struck the Green Zone, also known as the International Zone, and a central Baghdad street being reopened to the public on the other side of the Tigris River.

“At least one round of indirect fire impacted the International Zone. The nature of the indirect fire remains under investigation,” Fintor said. Indirect fire can mean a mortar or a rocket attack in military terminology. “The embassy is open and functioning normally.”

Cheney Presses Iraqi Leaders on Security
Cheney Presses Iraqi Leaders to Make More Progress As Explosion Rattles Embassy Windows
BAGHDAD May 9, 2007 (AP)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=315539...

4 Killed in Green Zone Rocket Attack
UPDATED - Thursday May 03, 2007 6:28am from our sister station WJLA-TV
http://bob.wjla.com/headlines/0507/419879.html

Police: 85 Iraqis Killed NationwideGreen Zone Hit Again by Mortar BarrageMo. to Free 2 Who Killed Abusive Mates
BAGHDAD (AP) - A rocket attack on Iraq's heavily fortified Green Zone killed four Filipino contractors working for the U.S. government, the American embassy said Thursday. It was the third straight day that extremists used rockets or mortars to hit the area where Iraq's parliament meets. The embassy said Wednesday's attack left it "with a profound sense of sadness and regret" over the loss of Filipinos who "were integral members of our embassy community.

Explosion hit Green Zone for second day in a row; no casualties reported
The Associated Press
Published: May 1, 2007
BAGHDAD: Mortar rounds slammed into the U.S.-controlled Green Zone on Tuesday, with one striking within 100 meters (yards) of the Iraqi prime minister's offices, a government official said.

No casualties were reported in the attack, which was the second against the Green Zone in 12 hours, but it underscored heightened concerns about security in the area that is home to the U.S. and British embassies and thousands of American troop
http://iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/01/africa/ME-GEN-Ira...

http://www.iraq-war.ru/article_image.php?id=126426
Baghdad's Green Zone Rocked by Explosions
Monday, April 30, 2007
BC-Iraq,1056 — A series of explosions rocked central Baghdad Monday night and witnesses reported seeing smoke rising from the heavily fortified Green Zone. The U.S. military said it had no immediate information on the blasts.

About a dozen blasts began about 10 p.m. and lasted about five minutes.

Iraqi police said several mortar shells landed in the Green Zone, which houses the U.S. and British embassies, the Iraqi government headquarters and thousands of American troops on the west bank of the Tigris River.
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/126426

Blast Kills 8 at Iraqi Parliament Building
Lawmakers Dead In Suicide Attack; Bridge Destroyed
By Karin Brulliard and Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, April 13, 2007; Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...
BAGHDAD, April 12 -- A suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives inside Iraq's parliament building Thursday, killing at least eight people in the worst-ever breach of security in the heavily guarded Green Zone.

Explosion in Green Zone at Iraq Parliament Cafe
by BBC (reposted)
Thursday Apr 12th, 2007 7:33 AM
An explosion has hit a cafeteria at the Iraqi parliament, killing at least two MPs and injuring at least 15 people, witnesses and security officials say.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/12/18396218.ph...

Explosions strike Green Zone, 3 wounded
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Mar 27, 2007 10:59:40 EDT

BAGHDAD — Two explosions struck the Green Zone in Baghdad on Monday, slightly wounding three people, according to the U.S. Embassy.

The first attack was about 2 p.m. when a rocket fell in the heavily fortified area in central Baghdad, causing the injuries, embassy spokesman Lou Fintor said. He did not provide more details about the nationalities of those injured or the exact location of the strikes, citing security concerns.

Another explosion occurred at about 4:20 p.m. and preliminary reports indicated it was a rocket as well, Fintor said. That attack caused no injuries or deaths and only minor damage, he said.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/03/ap_attack_gre... /

This story is from our news.com.au network Source: AFP
UN head ducks as explosion rocks Green Zone
March 24, 2007
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flinched visibly when an explosion rocked war-torn Baghdad's fortified Green Zone during a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,2143...

By BASSEM MROUE | Associated Press
January 25, 2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber struck a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in central Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 54, police said. The blast occurred shortly after two rockets slammed into the heavily fortified Green Zone.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/iraq/?id=1929...

Iraq: Unexploded suicide vests found in green zone
01/04/2007 - 13:05:50

Two suicide vests were found unexploded in the Green Zone area of Baghdad, less than a week after two Americans were killed by a rocket attack in the area, a US military spokesman said today.
http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/?jp=MHAUEYGBCWOJ