Posted on 03/27/2008 4:18:27 PM PDT by maquiladora
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has instructed all personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad not to leave reinforced structures due to incoming insurgent rocket fire that has killed two American government workers this week.
In a memo sent Thursday to embassy staff and obtained by The Associated Press, the department says employees are required to wear helmets, body armor and other protective gear if they must venture outside and strongly advises them to sleep in blast-resistant locations instead of the less secure trailers that most occupy.
"Due to the continuing threat of indirect fire in the International Zone, all personnel are advised to remain under hard cover at all times," it says. "Personnel should only move outside of hard cover for essential reasons."
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U.S. military officials said that among the weapons used in recent attacks are 107mm rockets made in Iran. One official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information, said they have included rockets stamped with 2007 Iranian manufacture dates.
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Gosh, I hope Hillary doesn’t go. We’d never hear the end of it!
but but but.....iran would NEVER Do that...(rolls eyes)
day after 9-11 the middle east shoulda have been a sheet of glowing green glass.
The fire is burning hot and bright and will burn out all the quicker.
So ends the green zone. can’t the Iraq people around the zone help protect it. Maybe its time to go after all the French only helped us start this nation for 5 years and went home and we became the greatest nation in history. Maybe its time for us to let them live to their destiny.
We built a giant bulls-eye in the middle of a war. A big Embassy is for a stable country.
Exactly. The government avoided a direct confrontation with Sadr until they knew they were strong enough to win it. This is the battle that was always going to happen, but it’s happening at the time and place of the Iraqi government’s choosing.
“We built a giant bulls-eye in the middle of a war. A big Embassy is for a stable country.”
Your aseessment is chilling..unfortunately you are probsbly right.
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