So Much for Bush & McCain's Dumbass Surge - US "Green Zone" under Heavy Fire
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Republican presidential nominee John McCain says he had 'no confidence' in the current US president up until he ordered the Iraq surge.
"I said that the Secretary of Defense of my own party, and my own President, I had no confidence in. That's how far I went in advocating the new strategy that is succeeding," said McCain.
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MATTHEW LEE | March 27, 2008 08:13 PM EST |?
WASHINGTON ? The State Department has instructed all personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad not to leave reinforced structures due to incoming insurgent rocket fire that has killed two American government workers this week.
In a memo sent Thursday to embassy staff and obtained by The Associated Press, the department says employees are required to wear helmets, body armor and other protective gear if they must venture outside and strongly advises them to sleep in blast-resistant locations instead of the less secure trailers that most occupy.
"Due to the continuing threat of indirect fire in the International Zone, all personnel are advised to remain under hard cover at all times," it says. "Personnel should only move outside of hard cover for essential reasons."
"Essential outdoor movements should be sharply limited in duration," the memo says, adding that personal protective equipment "is mandatory for all outside movements."
I guess that means no more strolling through the market for McCain.
"We strongly recommend personnel do not sleep in their trailers," it goes on to say, offering space inside the Saddam Hussein-era palace that is the embassy's temporary home as well as room at an as-yet uncompleted new embassy compound and a limited supply of cots.
In a separate public notice to American citizens in Iraq, the embassy said the restrictions would remain in place "until further notice."
The staff memo says all personnel under the authority of the chief of mission "are required to wear body armor, helmet and protective eyewear any time they are outside of building structures in the International Zone. In addition, chief of mission personnel in the International Zone have been advised to remain inside of hardened structures at all times, except for mission essential movements."
The memo and warden notice were sent after a second American citizen was killed by a rocket attack in the Green Zone on Thursday. A U.S. citizen military contractor died of his wounds on Monday after being severely injured with four others in an attack.
One explosion from a rocket launched by suspected Shiite militiamen on Thursday ignited a fire in the central area of the zone that sent a massive column of thick, black smoke drifting over the Tigris River.
U.S. military officials said that among the weapons used in recent attacks are 107mm rockets made in Iran. One official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information, said they have included rockets stamped with 2007 Iranian manufacture dates.
Now, we know who's behind it - MOSSAD!
Military and diplomatic officials would not say what had been hit inside the Green Zone. A U.S. military statement said one civilian was killed and 14 wounded "in the vicinity" of the protected district.
The first wave of rockets this week came on Easter Sunday. The Green Zone _ and areas nearby _ have barely had a breather since.
On Sunday, at least 12 Iraqis were killed that day outside the Green Zone, apparently by salvos that went astray.
So much for their dumb-ass surge.
Time to pack up the troops and get the f*ck out before mossad drags US into war with Iran.
Except that story faded rather quickly when it was discovered that the U.S. was the world's #1 manufacturer and seller of 81mm rounds.
This time, the story's the same, but the rounds are now 107mm rockets with English labeling that shows they came from Iran.
Several countries make this type of rocket, including Israel's ally, Turkey.
Are people supposed to believe that Iran is intelligent to make weapons grade plutonium--the Bushco story--but too dumb not to remove country of origin labeling from the 107mm rockets?
Check out the reports in the TIMES on the dismal Basra situation.
It is very possible that supply lines from Kuwait will fall soon, leaving an evacuation thru Turkey as the only retreat.
As if they would label their weaponry in English in the first place. Perhaps the axis of illegal invasions don't understand that the language spoken and written in Iran is Persian. They are even dumber than first thought if they think that slapping a 'MADE IN IRAN' sticker on the rockets will fool all but the most gullible.
Sources in the Bush White House today would not comment on the fact that several yarmulkes and three copies of the Hebrew holy book, the Talmud, were found at the rockets launch site.
Moshe Greedberg, the WH spokesman, said that finding the yarmulkes and Talmuds at the launch site meant nothing, since our friends in the Israeli MOSSAD said to not pay any attention to those finds.
Greedberg added "This was a setup to point the finger of blame at the Iranians, and not our dear and trusted ME ally, Israel. Anyone who thinks otherwise will spend eternity in a boiling pit of feces, along with their god awful creation, Jesus Christ."
Bush IS jewish. I can only suggest to anyone who disagrees to do your research.
McCAIN? A stupid, ugly pig, and longtime member in high-standing of the 'zionist' mishpucka: that's all I'll say for now.
i think the elites are some kind of monotreme raptors who bow to shait; and thus they are.