US General Says Rocket Fired at US Base from Iran »
Posted By GrainOfSand 1 year, 3 months ago in NewsA US general has accused Teheran of sending rockets to Shi'ite groups fighting Iraq's government and US forces in Iraq. VOA's Jim Randle Reports from Baghdad.
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GrainOfSand1 year, 3 months ago
"The US military spokesman, Major General Kevin Bergner, said US experts have gathered considerable evidence a rocket that hit the American military headquarters in Iraq Tuesday came from Iranian sources. The rocket hit Camp Victory, near Baghdad's International Airport, killing one person and wounding 11. The general said the rocket was launched from an area of western Baghdad that is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army militia led by radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr."
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wallyone1 year, 3 months ago
what do you expect the bought and paid for general to say.. can anyone say ' gulf of tonkin'? how pathetic they are, just another trumped up reason to bomb iran.. wake up people there are evil forces around you..
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BronxBomber1 year, 3 months ago
It may be the work of renegades not necessarily with the blessings of Iraq in question....
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GrainOfSand1 year, 3 months ago
Exactly! They are hinting and spinning and manipulating. All this talk of Iranian military supplies making their way in. They are baiting us again for war and lying and misleading the American public!
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cloud151 year, 3 months ago
Of course Iran is supplying Iraq with weapons, no surprise here. Does that mean we should go to war with Iran? Absolutely not. It's no different than when we supplied them with weapons to fend of the Russians.
p.s. The title is a little misleading, when I first read it I though Iran themselves were bombing our base.
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jovial1 year, 3 months ago
What a crock! Like Iran is willing to get into a war with the U.S. by firing missiles into Baghdad. This story is BS propaganda.
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globalwarmer1 year, 3 months ago
The rocket was fired from Baghdad? The one city we are supposed to have control of. I guess the surge is paying off.
I mean really, theres a stronghold of the Mahdi Army in western Baghdad and what we cant take them out because their army is to powerful, what gives?
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jovial1 year, 3 months ago
But I noticed something quite shocking near the end of this story. Abu Risha was mentioned on a story that I submitted a couple of days ago. He was the guy that went to Dubai and boasted in the video of going to Anbar and killing all the AlQaeda there. If you missed the video I will give you the link so you can see it again.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/0...
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jovial1 year, 3 months ago
I noticed something shocking about this story at the bottom of the page, however, that made me realize how crazy the situation is there. A couple of days ago, I submitted a story that spoke of Abu Risha. The reporter found him in Amman and questioned him. He said he was going to Anbar, to rid the area of Al Qaeda. He was working on a 75 million dollar construction project. Well this is the same guy! Kiled by a roadside bomb! Where? In supposedly ALQaeda free Anbar province wher the surge is supposed to be working. Here's the video and transcript of the story I submitted.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/0...
Sorry for the double post. Netscape is sometimes slow to post comments.
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dunkirk1 year, 3 months ago
Here we go again. The case for the invasion of Iran and declaration of martial law in the US. Im not sure tho where Bush is going to dig up troops for that one, the military is already stretched extremely thin.
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panzerv1 year, 3 months ago
There will have to be a draft in order to put troops on the ground in Iran. Anarchy in the streets will follow. Martial law will follow that. "Papers Please"
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Sandmn1 year, 3 months ago
Honestly, so what if it was Iranian made. Since when is it illegal to manufacture and sell weapons? Isn't that our number 1 seller in this country? And we're not too particular who we sell to either. Those cluster bombs, which were outlawed a long time ago, that Israel pelted Lebanon with, were manufactured in the good ol'USA. Along with most of the other ordinance that Israel uses. Big deal. They are going to grasp at any straw to try to persuade american thinking into an attack mode against Iran to attempt to justify another illegal invasion. I really don't think americans are as stupid as these people wish we were, but who knows. Bush has cronies whispering in his ear daily that he is the king and no one can stop him, pi$$ on the little guys, we have the military on your side, let's go get em etc. This dunce believes his own press. You would think that since God speaks to him on regular basis, God would surely have told him how stupid he is, by now-or maybe God got a busy signal.
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ETproductions1 year, 3 months ago
Iraq today is awash with weapons from all over the world. Many of the arms being used to attack Americans were supplied by yours truly, the US taxpayers. You'd also be able to find in a weapons bazaar there arms from every military exporter in the world. Catch the Iranians red handed and hang them if you do. Otherwise, you've got nothing but baseless suspicions and Cheney's constant drumbeat for a war with Iran.
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arcrftmech161 year, 3 months ago
Misleading report to support world domination by the US. Since we, the US have provided many arms and weapons to these middle east countries in the past, do we blame the american military and government for bombing our troops when they are used against us? Looks like Bush is digging to the bottom of the barrel looking for excuses to invade and bomb Iran now. America is no longer in the Middle East for National Security, it's all for power and control of these countries. There are no international laws prohibiting countries from uniting to fight and defend their countries from oppressors and invaders, such as our government and military are doing in the Middle East. The US military is being forced to commit agressive acts to any and all countries defending themselves from the forced occupation of their countries by our military. Our military is not wanted there by the people so why is Bush so agressive in his demands of other nations?
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