"3 US soldiers killed on base in Iraq" by Timothy Williams, New York Times | July 18, 2009
BAGHDAD - Three American soldiers were killed after insurgents fired mortar rounds into a US military base in southern Iraq, an area of the country that has been largely free of the violence that continues to plague the northern part of the country.
The incident occurred Thursday evening, but the US military did not report it until yesterday. Though American combat forces withdrew from Iraq’s cities on June 30, thousands of troops remain stationed at bases outside urban areas.
The base struck by mortar rounds on Thursday, Contingency Operating Base Basra, is about 20 miles outside Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city. Basra Province, at the heart of Iraq’s oil industry, was controlled by British troops until this spring, when they turned over their bases to American soldiers.
Southern Iraq has been perhaps the most peaceful part of the country for the past year and a half, after Iraqi troops carried out a military campaign against Shi’ite militias there in 2008.
Notice how they leave IRAN'S ROLE of BROKERING a PEACE OUT!?
Thanks, Jew York Times, for the bullshit and obfuscations.
Also yesterday, the house of Bahjat Sada’a Khwam, an Awakening Council leader in the western city of Fallujah, was bombed, killing two children and badly injuring Khwam and 10 family members, Iraqi officials said.
--more--""Iraq: Suspect arrested in attack on US base" by Hamid Ahmed, Associated Press Writer | July 18, 2009
Iraqi police stand guard over two men who are alleged to have links to an attack on a U.S. military base that killed three soldiers in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 18, 2009. (AP Photo/ Nabil Jurani)
Showing that man hooded is a violation of the Geneva Conventions.
BAGHDAD --Iraqi authorities have arrested a member of an Iranian-backed militia suspected in an attack that killed three U.S. soldiers in southern Iraq, police said Saturday.
Pffft! And CUI BONO, 'eh?
Meanwhile, to the west of Baghdad, bombs killed five people, including two children and the son of a tribal leader. Maj. Gen. Adil Daham, chief of the Basra provincial police, said the militiaman confessed early Saturday to the attack on a U.S. base near the airport.
Before or after the torture?
The soldiers were killed Thursday night in a rocket attack, the U.S. military said, in a rare assault on troops in the comparatively quiet south. During a search of the house where the suspect and an aide were arrested, Iraqi officials say they seized four Iranian-made rockets and documents listing names of officials to be targeted.
I simply do NOT BELIEVE this PSYOPS s***, sorry -- especially since it is being reported by the lying, war-promoting, AmeriKan press.
U.S. military commanders believe some Shiite militias have received funds and training from Iran, which denies the charge. On Saturday, a bomb struck the vehicle of Sheik Naeim Salih al-Halbosi, a Sunni tribal leader, as he was leaving his house near Fallujah, a former insurgent stronghold west of the capital, police said.
Al-Halbosi survived with shrapnel wounds, but his son and two bodyguards were killed, an officer said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Please see Tortured Logic and follow the links for who is REALLY RESPONSIBLE for VIOLENCE in IRAQ!
Al-Halbosi is a member of a tribal council cooperating with the Shiite-led government on security in the Fallujah region that has helped dramatically reduce insurgent activity in the area.
In another area near Fallujah, a bomb hidden beneath a heap of straw exploded next to a goal post as children were putting on sports clothes to play football. Two children died and eight others were injured, police and hospital officials said.
That ABSOLUTELY REEKS of a FALSE FLAG!!!!!!!!
In Baghdad, vast numbers of pilgrims ended several days of commemorations for a Shiite saint in what was seen as a security test for Iraqi forces. The event was a relative success, despite bombings that killed several people and injured dozens....
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