Iraq mortar fire hits US (Embassy) mission

Nambe

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Thu Aug-19-04 01:28 PM
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Iraq mortar fire hits US (Embassy) mission

BBC News

A mortar shell has hit the roof of the US embassy in Baghdad, wounding at least one employee, an embassy spokesman has said. ..

US Ambassador John Negroponte is not believed to have been in Iraq at the time of the attack.

The embassy in the high-security Green Zone which has often been the target of insurgents opposed to the US-led presence in Iraq.

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aint_no_life_nowhere

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Thu Aug-19-04 01:30 PM
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1. Has Negroponte even been to Iraq yet?

I haven't heard much of anything about Negroponte since he replaced Bremer and I don't think I recall ever seeing him on TV giving updates on the so-called "progress" in Iraq.

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AlCzervik

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Thu Aug-19-04 01:36 PM
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2. He's busy...takes awhile to get the "Squads" together

if ya know what i mean.

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tlcandie

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Thu Aug-19-04 01:42 PM
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3. There will be hell to pay by the Iraqis for damaging this US icon eom

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Geo55

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Thu Aug-19-04 01:48 PM
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4. Sad

This will remain a shitbucket till they roll over and just let us run the OIL biz , and the strategic OIL strike bases.

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