U.S. general: Iran-linked rocket used in attack

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BAGHDAD - A fatal attack launched two days ago against the sprawling headquarters base of the American military in Iraq was carried out with a 240 mm rocket — a type of weapon provided to Shiite extremists by Iran, a U.S. general said Thursday.

One person was killed and 11 were wounded during the “indirect fire” attack Tuesday against Camp Victory, which includes the headquarters of Multinational Forces-Iraq.

The attack was overshadowed by congressional appearances by Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker in Washington.

But such an attack with a sophisticated weapon against a nearly impregnable compound — far less vulnerable than the Green Zone in the heart of the capital — sends a strong message to the Americans that nowhere in Iraq are they safe, even in the nerve center of the U.S. mission.

Represents major confrontation
It represents a major confrontation between the U.S. and armed Shiite groups the Americans insist are supported by Iran.



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They make a bigger deal over the purported source of the weapon than they do over the actual use of the weapon. If we aren't going to pull out and leave them to their civil war, then we need to start fighting the damned war. If its not a civil war, then this is an act of war perpetrated under the Shiite government. Why do we not hold Maliki accountable for it? If bush wants to expand his war, that's where to start, not Iran! He wants to bomb Iran, killing untold numbers of civilians. Why not bomb Iraq back into the stone age? Of course I do not propose that, just challenging the rationale for diverting attention AGAIN from the imminent problem to go off tilting at yet another windwill.

[Demeter]

1. No Excuse for Another War--Nice Try, Though

These Bushbots are like cockroaches.

[LiberalEsto]

2. Another "Reichstag fire"

These creeps give new meaning to the term "trumped up."