Iran Linked To Camp Victory Attack
ABC News:
U.S. military officials in Iraq tell ABC News that a rocket used in an attack on coalition headquarters at Camp Victory Tuesday was made in Iran. Officials say the rocket, which narrowly missed its target, was fired from an area of Baghdad controlled by Shia militia leader Moqtada al Sadr.
Officials say it landed so close that it shook the windows of the al Faw Palace, which houses the operational headquarters of U.S. forces in Iraq. The top two American military officials in Iraq — Gen. David Petraeus and Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno — both have offices in the building. A video teleconference of senior officers was abruptly halted as officials rushed outside to see what was hit.
The attack wounded 11 coalition troops and killed one foreign worker.
Officials say Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, the spokesman for U.S. forces in Iraq, will display fragments of the 240mm rocket — complete with Iranian markings — at a press conference in Baghdad Thursday.
“We want to show the link between the Iranian weapons and the damage they are doing,” said a senior U.S. military official in Baghdad.
The official said the rocket was fired from Baghdad’s West Rashid neighborhood. The area is controlled by Sadr, who is known to have ties to Iran.
The rocket traveled more than two miles, triggering the air defense system at Camp Victory, which tracked the rocket shortly after it was fired but did not respond quickly enough to stop it.
On Aug. 29, Sadr made a pledge that his Mahdi army would suspend offensive operations against coalition forces. The official said the rocket attack shows that the Mahdi army “is not honoring Moqtada al Sadr’s pledge of honor” to suspend offensive operations.
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Can we bomb Iran yet!? Enough is enough!
September 12th, 2007 at 5:13 pm[…] Iran Linked To Camp Victory Attack […]
September 12th, 2007 at 5:24 pmThe connection has been made between Iran and attacks on US Troops ad nauseum. Let’s get at it. Kill them motherfuckers.
September 12th, 2007 at 5:25 pmGO GET SOME!!!
September 12th, 2007 at 5:38 pmLet’s fucking go let’s roll
I have had it and I am sitting safe in NC, not like my son who is in Camp Victory.
Fuck them hell bound goat fuckers, no mercy. That is how we beat down the japs and nazis. We have to do it again.
September 12th, 2007 at 5:45 pm“On Aug. 29, Sadr made a pledge that his Mahdi army would suspend offensive operations against coalition forces.”
May be because the fat ass has to resupply? How about we pledge to make fat ass a non issue
September 12th, 2007 at 5:47 pmI heard we are starting plans to bombard Iran with planes-can any vets or soldiers confirm this, and tell me what they think.
September 12th, 2007 at 6:26 pmIt’s going to happen. It is only a matter of time. Iran is making the same miscalculations that Saddam did and look what it got him.
September 12th, 2007 at 6:30 pmI wonder…if Gen. Petraeus himself had been killed by an Iranian rocket would people still call him a liar? Rhetorical question I know…
September 12th, 2007 at 7:01 pmmaybe instead of complaining and expecting our soldiers to go on forever, you could work on convincing our people to join our armed forces. everyone wants freedom but, no one will fight for it. Everyone expects the same people to keep fighting and sacrificing. Well, folks my son will be out of iraq and the army in a little over a yr and who will take his place? So who will take the place of all the fighters when there service is over? Wake up and don’t complain if your not going to be part of the solution!
September 13th, 2007 at 10:03 amTHIS IS GETTING OLD. MORE SHOCK AND AWE IS WHAT IS NEEDED!!! WE NEED TO BLOW THEM ALL TO HELL!! I WAS ALWAYS TOLD DONT START NO SHIT AND THERE WONT BE ANY. THE WAY I LOOK AT IT THEY STARTED IT 9/11 AND THEY JUST WANNA KEEP ON. WELL LETS GIVE IT TO THEM. EVERYONE WANTS TO TALK SHIT ABOUT BUSH. BUT AT LEAST HES GOT THE GUTS TO GO AFTER THESE S O BS
September 13th, 2007 at 6:53 pm