Readers, they are bringing the problems on themselves with their obfuscating and lying Zionist propaganda!
Yeah, Iraq is great, Times!
Pfffffft!
"4 US soldiers killed by rocket fire in Iraq"
"by Ernesto Londono and Amit R. Paley, Washington Post | April 29, 2008
BAGHDAD - Four US soldiers were killed in two rocket attacks in Baghdad yesterday as clashes between US-backed Iraqi forces and Shi'ite militiamen intensified, the military said.
Three soldiers were killed about 1 p.m. in eastern Baghdad, where fighters loyal to anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have battled US and Iraqi troops. The fourth American soldier was killed at 4:15 p.m. in the western part of the capital, a US military spokesman said. The military provided few other details about the attacks.
The deaths marked one of the deadliest days for US troops in Iraq since Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launched an offensive against Shi'ite militias in the southern city of Basra in late March, prompting retaliation there and in the vast Shi'ite district of Sadr City in Baghdad. Forty-four US troops have died in Iraq in April, according to iCasualties.org, which tracks military fatalities, more than any month since September.
Also yesterday, militiamen launched a mortar and rocket attack against a combat outpost in Sadr City shortly after several top military officials, including Brigadier General William F. Grimsley, had visited. Fifteen US soldiers were injured in the attack, none seriously, said Lieutenant Colonel Steve Stover, a US military spokesman.
"We will continue fighting to get a safe environment and neighborhood for the citizens of Sadr City," Grimsley told reporters during his visit to the outpost.
Elsewhere, US soldiers aboard helicopters and an Abrams tank killed at least seven people in eastern Baghdad yesterday, the US military said.
US soldiers came under small-arms attack shortly after 3 p.m. and responded by firing a Hellfire missile, which killed at least four people, and a round from an Abrams tank that killed three additional people, the military said.
"I don't know what's going through the enemy's mind when they're firing at Abrams tanks," Stover said. "The soldiers have a right to protect themselves."
US officials say they are fighting bands of Iranian-backed militias that are ignoring a cease-fire order issued by Sadr last year. The cleric has in recent weeks issued statements saying his followers are being indiscriminately targeted by US-backed Iraqi forces. He has threatened to wage an "open war" and assailed the presence of US troops in Iraq, but has stopped short of lifting the cease-fire outright.
I'm not commenting on any of the journalism because I don't have to anymore, readers.
The pro-Zionist bias and anti-Muslim agenda-pushing just permeates the piece!
Meanwhile, rockets continued to strike the Green Zone yesterday, a day after the fortified enclave that houses US diplomats and Iraqi government officials was shrouded by a heavy dust storm that grounded US military helicopters, which fighters with rocket launchers exploited.
Leslie Phillips, a spokeswoman at the US Embassy in Baghdad, said the Green Zone was struck by an undisclosed amount of rocket or mortar fire yesterday. She said she had no reports of embassy personnel being killed or wounded in the attacks.
Also yesterday, US soldiers said they killed 10 suspected Sunni insurgents in five operations near Baghdad, the military said in a statement.
The clashes in Sadr City, which is home to nearly 3 million people, have exposed residents to nearly daily fighting, sharply limited their mobility and made food and medical supplies scarce, according to aid organizations.
President Jalal Talabani met yesterday with the speaker of the Iraqi parliament and political leaders of Sadr's movement to discuss the situation, the president's office said in a statement. The politicians are trying to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Sadr City, where hundreds of people have been killed in recent months, the statement said.
Politicians trying to alleviate a crisis they created?
Pffffttt!
And it has been hundreds killed in WEEKS, not months!
There they go again!
On Sunday clashes in the densely populated part of the capital killed at least 38 people, the military said. US troops used Abrams tanks Sunday to fend off at least three attacks, the military said yesterday.
You know, despite the crap journalism, this is BAD!!
Readers, if we are defending ourselves by firing of tank rounds, well, WE ARE LOSING IRAQ!!!!
The MSM won't tell you that, but THAT'S WHAT IS ALL OVER THIS ARTICLE!!!!
One clash started after 6 p.m. in northeastern Baghdad when Iraqi soldiers manning a checkpoint came under small-arms fire, the US military said.
US soldiers on Abrams tanks fired back with 120mm rounds and rifles, killing at least 22 people, the military said.
Shortly before that confrontation, soldiers on foot in northeastern Baghdad were attacked with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Seven of the suspected attackers were killed when US soldiers struck back from a tank, the military said."WTF?!
The U.S. was being ATTACKED ALL OVER the PLACE, and was FIRING OFF TANK ROUNDS EVERYWHERE?
They sound just like the fucking god-damned Israelis!
Support the mass-murdering troops?
Naw, FUCK the TROOPS because this is a MASS-MURDERING OCCUPATION based on LIES!!!!
And FUCK the New York Times, too!
