'Two large rockets hit U.S. compound in Iraq' - *Link*

[Lori Price CLG]

Blast rocks Baghdad neighborhood

Staff at coalition (occupation) headquarters instructed to enter bunkers

MSNBC News Services
Updated: 2:21 a.m. ET March 21, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An explosion occurred Sunday in a residential part of west Baghdad, damaging some cars but causing no casualties, local residents said.

Staff at the U.S.-led coalition (occupation) headquarters were instructed to enter bunkers following the explosion, a U.S. military official said. The official did not provide more details.

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[rumguy]

1. what else are they saying?

no cable here

[Lori Price CLG]

6. They just cut in on 'Beltway Boys' w. the alert, then went back...

to the insipid 'Beltway Boys.' I'll post a link as soon as it appears.
-Lori

[Corgigal]

2. Gee

didn't this happen last night? Or maybe the night before last, anyway only a matter of time before they get their high death score.

What a flipping mess we put everyone in.

[bluestateguy]

3. Disgusting

Had we on DU been listened to a year ago, this would not have happened.

[dArKeR]

4. I NEVER watch FOX. I was flicking through and caught this though.

I thought it was funny that the woman seemed to be the first line of authority telling the troops to head for their bunkers. Did you notice that? Is FOX in the American military chain of command?

[Catherine Vincent]

5. Anymore info?

I really wish this war would end. And now!

[CHIMO]

7. Suspected Rocket Blasts Heard in U.S. Baghdad HQ

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4612612§ion=news

Guerrillas have repeatedly fired rockets and mortars at the compound, but daylight attacks are rare.

[still_one]

9. Thanks for the link

[CHIMO]

16. May be Related

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3885968,00.html?=ticker


Staff at the U.S.-led coalition headquarters were instructed to enter bunkers following the explosion, a U.S. military official said. The official did not provide more details.


It is an AP report.

[still_one]

8. I cannot find this story anywhere

including my international sources...

Very strange, are you sure it is accurate?

[Lori Price CLG]

10. MSNBC updated story: Two U.S. soldiers killed in Fallujah attack

Same link with updated information.

Two U.S. soldiers killed in Fallujah attack
Separate explosion rocks neighborhood in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A rocket attack near the flashpoint Iraqi town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded seven, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

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[Safi]

11. Death toll upto 393

according to that article.

I guess these people don't friggin know how to count.

[Safi]

13. 579 according to Lunaville, without these latest figured in

Where in the FUCK are they coming up with 393?

[hang a left]

12. Uh.....excuse me?

"The attack brought to 395 the number of U.S. troops killed in action in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion a year ago."



They are a little off on their numbers, are they not?

[Safi]

14. Heh, they updated the figure of 393 I have to the 395 you have

"The death raises to 393 the number of U.S. troops killed since the United States launched the war to overthrow Saddam Hussein exactly a year ago."

Thats the cut and paste quote from the article still open in my browser.

I guess they have 5 year olds counting the dead now.

[Safi]

15. Ahh, they messed up in the article.

They state their count in two different places.

"The death raises to 393 the number of U.S. troops killed since the United States launched the war to overthrow Saddam Hussein exactly a year ago."

And here is the final sentence:

"The death raises to 393 the number of U.S. troops killed since the United States launched the war to overthrow Saddam Hussein exactly a year ago."

[pinniped]

17. Every year the death toll resets...

:crazy:

[Disturbed]

18. Insurgency

If the Occupation doesn't end after July there may be a combined Sunni and Shi'ite insurgency. If any of these insurgents know how to helipcopters the Green Zones are not going to be immune from attacks.

[Skip Intro]

19. More details: One Iraqi dead, not clear if US casualties

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040321/D81ELIHG0.html
Two mortar rounds landed in the headquarters compound of the U.S.-led coalition Sunday. A third struck nearby, killing an Iraqi civilian and wounding 10.

People at the headquarters were told to move to bunkers following the explosions but an American official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties in the compound in central Baghdad.

People in the upscale neighborhood of Mansour outside the compound said the mortar rounds damaged cars and several shops. Officials at the nearby Yarmouk Hospital said one civilian was killed and 10 others wounded, including a child and two women.

[megaplayboy]

20. all it would take is about 4 rocket trucks a few miles...

...from the Green Zone...firing 100 to 200 rockets into the coalition HQ or the barracks area. There certainly is a lot of Iraqi military hardware unaccounted for. They're a static target with a measurable firing trajectory. Sooner or later the insurgents will risk a full-scale attack, with whatever artillery they can muster, plus a few hundred guys with rifles popping up from the vast bunker/tunner network under Baghdad. They'd take horrific casualties, but probably kill several hundred GIs and civvies, and a couple thousand wounded.
That would end the occupation fast, but obviously that's what both the pro- and anti-war folks here(and elesewhere) want to avoid.

[0007]

21. Ouch!