Blasts hit Baghdad, including Green Zone

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

BAGHDAD - A series of explosions thundered in the Iraqi capital Saturday morning, police said, including one from a mortar round that hit the U.S.-controlled Green Zone.

One of the explosions was a roadside bomb that targeted a U.S. patrol in eastern Baghdad. A police officer said the blast site was sealed by American forces and there was no immediate way to detail damage or casualties. There was no immediate report of the incident from the U.S. military.

Another police officer confirmed a mortar round hit the heavily protected Green Zone. The Americans did not report damage or casualties from that incident either. Both officers spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to release the information.

On Friday, shaken by two days of deadly bombings in Mosul, the government said it would dispatch several thousand more security forces to that city in a "decisive" bid to drive al-Qaida in Iraq from its last major stronghold.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[xchrom]

1. i think these bombings show al qaeda has new major stronghold. baghdad. nt

[leftchick]

8. "al-qaeda" aka: your average Iraqi resistance fighter

that al-q meme is getting old.

[xchrom]

9. lol -- old indeed -- late, lame and tired too. nt

[wellst0nev0ter]

2. Stupid Terra-ists! Don't They Know The Surge Is Working?

:sarcasm:

[gratuitous]

13. I saw it tonight on ABC News!

They had shiny, happy Iraqis crowding around the camera, all competing for a chance to tell folks how great things were now in Baghdad. Somehow I got the feeling we weren't seeing the full story. But then, I'm so cynical.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

3. K&R

[bemildred]

4. "Good morning Vietnam!" nt

[MetaTrope]

5. So when does the surge of drafted ambassadors hit Baghdad?

Hope they've got the Baskin-Robbins ready!

[SpiralHawk]

6. "Nothing to worry about. I am (smirk) in charge." - Commander AWOL Bush

"I can promise you pathetic proles* that the SURGE will work (smirk). Right this instant my 'elite'republicon homelander cronies are surging to Massively High Profits for oil & munitions.

"And now, before I get back to the Hard Work of my record-shattering vacation effort, let me offer this official republicon homelander propaganda talking point: 'too bad about all the dead people and stuff.' SMIRK."

- Commander AWOL


* proles = formerly known as citizens of the USA

[truth2power]

7. You should put one of those "trade mark" signs

after the term "Hard Work". Everything is "hard work" with this guy; except he's never done a day's work, hard or otherwise, in his sorry life.

[Botany]

10. Why do the Terrorists hate Gen. Petraeus?

He just said the surge is working the other day .... working
so well it needs another 6 months.

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. some real news..........finally (eom)

[Olney Blue]

12. As Fox news proudly touts the "successful surge."