Strikes on Baghdad's Green Zone on the Rise
On 6 of Past 7 Days, Rockets or Shells Have Hit Sector That Includes U.S. Embassy
By Karin Brulliard and Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, March 29, 2007; Page A15
BAGHDAD, March 29 -- Iraqi insurgents are increasingly hitting Baghdad's fortresslike Green Zone with rockets and mortar shells, officials said Wednesday.
Insurgents have struck inside the Green Zone, which includes the U.S. Embassy, on six of the past seven days, once with deadly consequences. A U.S. soldier and a U.S. government contractor were killed Tuesday night by a rocket attack that also seriously wounded a civilian, military and embassy officials said. One soldier and at least three other civilians received minor injuries, U.S. Embassy spokesman Lou Fintor said.
A U.S. helicopter flies over the Green Zone, where a rocket attack killed a U.S. soldier and a contractor Tuesday. (By Wathiq Khuzaie -- Getty Images)
The attack stunned a workforce normally blase about Baghdad's habitual wartime booms and blasts.
A State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, also said, "There are increasing attacks on the embassy
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Attacks up on the green sector, increases use of mortars and missiles and yet we still hear from the right that the surge is working? Shoot Bush is now quoting blogs to try and bolster his case....what a joke.
I say it again. If you have to send more troops then send enough to matter...if you do not have the cajones to do so then bring them all home as you're just using them as cannon fodder otherwise.
Of course, we will not see that from the rightwing as they worry more about the politcal fallout of calls for actual numbers of troops that would make a difference rather then worrying about leaving the troops without enough support to hold the lands they die for and protect the areas they already hold.