Battle with insurgents yields ID cards for access to Green Zone and U.S. Embassy

[jmc247]

Source: AP

Documents captured in recent fighting in Baghdad included two identity cards for access to the fortified Green Zone, which contains Iraqi government headquarters, and an ID card for access to the U.S. Embassy, the Pentagon says.

The area where the documents were captured – just west of the Green Zone – has been a stronghold of Sunni extremists linked to al-Qaeda, said Army Col. Steven Townsend, commander of 3rd Stryker Brigade that led the operation.

The list of captured materials included 12 passports – no country was specified – and five Iraqi army ID cards, including four for an Iraqi army lieutenant colonel. The U.S. military also cited what it called al-Qaeda propaganda materials, an Iranian training certificate dated January 2007, a briefcase with drawings of “remote airplanes” with flight plans around Baghdad, a map with possible locations of roadside bombs and a black box with notes on remote-controlled cars.

Read more: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20070430-1451-iraq-greenzone.html

[pretzel4gore]

1. AP should be investigated.

as should reuters, fox, cnn, nbc, abc, cbs and pbs....they all denied president bush the necessary criticisms to keep his admin. on straight and narrow- lookit how much attention the Clinton admin got! 24/7 the media was on Clinton, until they nailed him for an extra maritial affair! They kept him honest. MR bush ran harken oil into the dirt, sold out his stock just before they SEC pulled the plug, and ...the newsmedia never said a word (that reached the general public)...the Clintons LOST $65000 on Whitewater, yet $40 million was spent investigating it! Bush made millions on harken oil, not a dime was spent investigating.....Why does Clinton get gold standard when bush gets lead?

[MichiganVote]

2. Getting closer to the end.....

[MGKrebs]

3. An Iranian training certificate? Are they serious?

"You have passed the secret guerilla training program"? Does it have Ahmadinejad's name on it?

[daleo]

4. For all we know, it's a certificate from a computer school

"You have passed Level II Excel - Pivot Tables and Filters".

[Javaman]

5. they also forgot to mention the secret decoder ring that goes along with it. nt