Posted on 04/21/2008 9:58:35 AM PDT by norcal joe
BAGHDAD, April 21 (Reuters) - A missile struck the central Baghdad headquarters of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council on Monday, said an official for the party, which is the main rival of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr for control of Shi'ite areas.
The official, whose party is the biggest Shi'ite group in the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, was unable to give any details on possible casualties.
Sadr's Mehdi Army fighters have launched missile and mortar strikes across Baghdad since Maliki ordered a crackdown on them a month ago.
Many of those missiles and mortar bombs have struck the Green Zone fortified government and diplomatic compound on the west bank of the Tigris river.
The Council's office is in the Karrada neighbourhood in the centre on the opposite bank
Rockets, ROCKETS, not missiles. Rockets are unguided, missiles are guided. Jeezus.
The diaperheads do not have missiles, they have ROCKETS.
This was likely the Mahdi militia, and it’s likely to have huge consequences for the Mahdi militia since they a minority party and militia.
Holy Shi-ite.
Yes, and they have a freakin' lot of them. They've even launched 240s into the IZ. Those suckers are loud and shake the livin' cr@p out of everything in the vicinity.
Courtesy of the scum to the east, Iran.
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