Mortars hit green zone (Second day in a row)

[sabra]

Source: Voice of Iraq

Baghdad, Jan 16, (VOI) – Baghdad's heavily-fortified green zone came under attack with mortar shells on Wednesday, an interior ministry source said.

"Two rounds of mortar shells landed into the green zone on Wednesday," the source told Aswat al- Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
The source did not provide information about casualties or material damage.

Earlier, the sealed-off zone came under attack on Tuesday that coincided with the a short visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Iraq.

Read more: http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/english/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=66341&NrIssue=2&NrSection=1

[TwilightGardener]

1. Hurry, Petraeus, start writing more American taxpayer-funded checks! There's

still Iraqis who resent our presence!

[sabra]

3. 3 US Soldiers Killed in Iraq - January KIA almost matching December's total

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2698402&mesg_id=2698402

[peace13]

2. Condi brings out the best in allof us.

Get our people out of there before it is too late!

[Deny and Shred]

4. Imagine if these mortars contained chemical weapons.

Make the 'heavily-fortified' Green Zone look like Halabja, and force all survivors out into noticably unfortified areas.

[tabasco]

5. The last time Iraq had chemical weapons is when Reagan gave them to Saddam.

When they screech "he gassed his own people" they forget to mention Saint Ronnie gave him the "gas."

edit:

http://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/arming_iraq.php

This chronology of the United States' sordid involvement in the arming of Iraq can be summarized in this way: The United States used methods both legal and illegal to help build Saddam's army into the most powerful army in the Mideast outside of Israel. The US supplied chemical and biological agents and technology to Iraq when it knew Iraq was using chemical weapons against the Iranians. The US supplied the materials and technology for these weapons of mass destruction to Iraq at a time when it was know that Saddam was using this technology to kill his Kurdish citizens. The United States supplied intelligence and battle planning information to Iraq when those battle plans included the use of cyanide, mustard gas and nerve agents. The United States blocked UN censure of Iraq's use of chemical weapons. The United States did not act alone in this effort. The Soviet Union was the largest weapons supplier, but England, France and Germany were also involved in the shipment of arms and technology.

http://www.democracyrising.us/content/view/30/74/

In December 2002, Iraq 's 1200 page Weapons Declaration revealed a list of Western corporations and countries -- as well as individuals -- that exported chemical and biological materials to Iraq in the past two decades. Many American names were on the list. Alcolac International, for example, a Maryland company, transported thiodiglycol, a mustard gas precursor, to Iraq . A Tennessee manufacturer contributed large amounts of a chemical used to make sarin, a nerve gas implicated in Gulf War diseases.

[goforit]

6. I thought the war was over.... mission accomplished???