Iraq Insurgents Launch Attack on U.S. Base

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040303/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_base_attacked&cid=540&ncid=1480

<snip>TIKRIT, Iraq - Insurgents launched four mortars at the 4th Infantry Division's base in Tikrit on Wednesday, including one that landed near a dining hall during supper time. No one was hurt.


Five large explosions also rumbled through the center of Baghdad Wednesday night, and sirens sounded from the Green Zone where the headquarters of the U.S.-led occupation authority is located. The U.S. military press office said it had no information about where the blasts occurred.

In Tikrit, the 4th Division's commanding officer, Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno, told The Associated Press mortars were fired at the riverfront base from the opposite side of the Tigris River.

One of the mortars landed yards from the base's crowded dining facility but didn't explode. The other two exploded in unoccupied areas.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. OK move along people nothing to see here.......

[Barrett808]

2. More signs of "desperation" from the insurgency n/t

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[Barrett808]

3. Vote this one up - currently 1.69 with 16 votes n/t

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[redqueen]

5. Thanks for the heads-up

1.69?! WTF?!

[redqueen]

4. *sigh*

[Alpharetta]

6. some said insurgency would be bold w/ US troop move to outskirts

COMMENT
New lease on life for the insurgency
By Erich Marquardt

In an effort to reduce casualties among United States forces, the Bush administration has decided to pull US troops out of central Baghdad and place them on the outskirts of the city. This ring formation follows the administration's pattern of concern over how the US electorate will respond if US casualties continue to mount as November polls approach. Iraq's Civil Defense Corps has been charged with filling the vacuum.

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