Gunmen attack Iraqi ministry in central Baghdad

[madokie]

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-11-23T140253Z_01_COL153081_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C1-TopStories-newsOne-2

By Ross Colvin

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guerrilla fighters attacked an Iraqi government ministry in central Baghdad on Thursday with mortars and machineguns in one of the most dramatic shows of force by militants in the capital since the U.S. invasion.

A deputy minister in the Shi'ite-run Health Ministry and a police source said about 30 unidentified gunmen were involved.

"Terrorists are attacking the building with mortars, machineguns and we can even see snipers. Any employee who leaves the building will be killed," Deputy Health Minister Hakim al-Zamily said from his office.

An Interior Ministry source said gunmen had surrounded the ministry, north of central Baghdad on the mainly Shi'ite eastern bank of the Tigris, and were clashing with Iraqi security forces.

[lonestarnot]

1. Now that demonstrates some real stability.

:sarcasm:

[madokie]

2. Peace lonestarnot, you're loved here.

[lonestarnot]

Peace madokie.

That was a very nice thing to say. :loveya: but I'd rather think tolerated. LOL

[madokie]

5. Have a great Thanksgiving,

and rest up a few days, after all the blivet is still in the whitehouse and one can't be satisfied until his sorry ass is removed, preferably in chains. methinks

[Trajan]

3. It was one thing to make the wrong choice to start this war ....

It is UNFORGIVIBLE for them to fight it to lose ....

Shinseki and the others were RIGHT: YOU wanna fight in Iraq ?, you better bring LARGE troop concentrations that can bring a semblence of order ....

You may be for OR against this war : But ALL must agree; It was poorly designed from the start, and destined to fail from the start ....

Vietnam ? .... The outcome here will be no better ....

Rumsfeld, Cheney, and the WHOLE PNAC mindfuck apparatus are a COMPLETE FAILURE ...

Dangerous fools ....

[lonestarnot]

4. Don't give a damn how it was or is "designed" as it was "designed" on lies!

Chaos for swallowed lies, death, and billions squandered, not to mention our reputation in the world and our Constitution in shambles. We need to get to piecing it back together NOW!