"Rocket attack kills 2 in Green Zone; Earlier, strike hits US compound in Baghdad" by Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times | November 30, 2008
BAGHDAD - A rocket slammed into a compound near the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone yesterday, killing two people in an attack that seemed likely to reflect the anger of Shi'ite militias over a new US-Iraqi security pact.
Late Friday, a rocket hit Camp Victory, the main US military compound in Baghdad, the military announced. Both rocket strikes bore the hallmarks of Shi'ite militia attacks, and the one that targeted the Green Zone was the first reported there in more than a month....
Anytime I see the Zionist MSM using the term "hallmarks" my sniffer starts smelling s***!!!!!
Although Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has held his militia to a cease-fire since August 2007 and said he is focusing its activities on social and educational activities, Sadr also says his "Promised Day Brigade" has the right to attack Americans if they do not leave Iraq....
Not that I want to get picky or anything, but the guy is right!!! When battling an ILLEGAL and WAR CRIMINAL OCCUPATION, the native peoples have a RIGHT to use WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY to EXPEL the INVADERS!
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The Green Zone was pummeled by mortar shells and rockets in March and April during fighting that pitted Iraqi and US forces against Shi'ite militiamen. The barrages stopped after Sadr called for a cease-fire.
Notice how the retrospective of the spring doesn't mention all the dead women and children from America and its "ally" government?
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The US military said Iranian-made rockets had been used in both of the recent attacks, although it gave no details.
Yeah, yeah, I covered that yesterday: Occupation Iraq: Iran Attacks Over Security Pact
A UN spokeswoman said the rocket that hit near the compound struck about 6:15 a.m., killing two and injuring 15. All were workers for a catering company supporting the UN staff in Iraq, and none was Iraqi, she said. She did not give their nationalities.
In what could be read as a show of support for people wary of the security pact, a statement from the office of Iraq's most influential Shi'ite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, said yesterday that there was "concern toward the security pact." Sistani does not involve himself in politics, but his opinions carry great weight because of his religious standing.
If Sistani voices doubts, that "pact" is finito!!!!
The statement said the pact lacked national consensus and was vague on some issues. It said the final judgment on the pact would come from Iraqis, who are to vote on it in a referendum to be held by July 30. If they reject the deal, Iraq's government would be obliged to cancel it or to seek amendments.
Strange how IRAQIS VOTES MATTER while AMERICA'S VOTERS do not, 'eh, American? You voted OUT of this thing YEARS AGO, and we are in deeper than ever!!!!
Sistani's comments are expected to put pressure on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led government to sell the deal to the public before the referendum.
Talk about a FOOL'S ERRAND!!!!
