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Significantly the largest casualties from a single incident of hostile fire that I can remember, especially within the green zone, from mortors. How many were fired off? They must have some knowledge of the terrain and distance towards the target in a organized fashion. I wonder, how many other stockpiled "mortor" spots there are in the city and how many others are activily attempting to target US installations, with gathering of distance etc..etc..
Fighting erupts in Baghdad after week of calm | U.S. | Reuters
- Iraqi troops backed by U.S. forces battled gunmen in Baghdad's Sadr City on Sunday, a return to heavy fighting in the capital after Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr pulled his militiamen off the streets a week ago.
Hospital sources said at least 25 Iraqis were killed in the clashes and 98 wounded.
Rocket or mortar attacks killed three U.S. soldiers and wounded 31 of them in Baghdad, among the biggest tolls of injured troops faced by the Americans in months. That included two U.S. soldiers killed and 17 wounded in a strike on the fortified Green Zone government and diplomatic compound.
A fourth U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Diyala province to the north and a fifth died in an attack in eastern Baghdad in which the military gave no further details.
Hospital sources said at least 25 Iraqis were killed in the clashes and 98 wounded.
Rocket or mortar attacks killed three U.S. soldiers and wounded 31 of them in Baghdad, among the biggest tolls of injured troops faced by the Americans in months. That included two U.S. soldiers killed and 17 wounded in a strike on the fortified Green Zone government and diplomatic compound.
A fourth U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Diyala province to the north and a fifth died in an attack in eastern Baghdad in which the military gave no further details.
Significantly the largest casualties from a single incident of hostile fire that I can remember, especially within the green zone, from mortors. How many were fired off? They must have some knowledge of the terrain and distance towards the target in a organized fashion. I wonder, how many other stockpiled "mortor" spots there are in the city and how many others are activily attempting to target US installations, with gathering of distance etc..etc..
Fighting erupts in Baghdad after week of calm | U.S. | Reuters