Troubling from Iraq
Over at Juan Cole's this morning I read that the "indirect fire" on the Green Zone (mortars, rockets) is getting more and more accurate.
There are only two ways this happens, rooftop spotters with binoculars right outside the Green Zone or insurgent spies reporting back from inside the Green Zone.
Also: Two different reports of the Mahdi Army "returning to the streets".
(Iraqslogger) "Clashes erupted in the holy Shi'a city of Najaf between the Mahdi Army and local security forces on Friday.... During the clash, the Mahdi Army, wielding light arms and RPGs, took the remarkable action of detaining members of the security forces, and disarming the convoys of other leaders in the area."
(DailyStar) Clashes between Mahdi and Badr in Sadr City.
The Mahdi appears to be just beneath the surface ready to go.
And, (AP) "A senior U-S commander has been wounded by small arms fire while inspecting a security wall being built around a Sunni enclave in Baghdad." (No word yet on who.)
There are only two ways this happens, rooftop spotters with binoculars right outside the Green Zone or insurgent spies reporting back from inside the Green Zone.
Also: Two different reports of the Mahdi Army "returning to the streets".
(Iraqslogger) "Clashes erupted in the holy Shi'a city of Najaf between the Mahdi Army and local security forces on Friday.... During the clash, the Mahdi Army, wielding light arms and RPGs, took the remarkable action of detaining members of the security forces, and disarming the convoys of other leaders in the area."
(DailyStar) Clashes between Mahdi and Badr in Sadr City.
The Mahdi appears to be just beneath the surface ready to go.
And, (AP) "A senior U-S commander has been wounded by small arms fire while inspecting a security wall being built around a Sunni enclave in Baghdad." (No word yet on who.)
posted by mikevotes at
12:03 PM
2 Comments:
I thought we gave up the idea of building walls after the Iraqis protested. We back to that act of desperation again?
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Anonymous, at 2:12 PM
No, We never actually stopped. The Iraqis complained, Maliki complained, but the US kept right on building the Adhamiyah wall.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 2:16 PM
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