Friday, July 13, 2007
Largest known attack on Green Zone kills three
Security
(Al Mashriq Newspaper) - 12 JUL - The US Embassy in Baghdad announced that the Attack that occurred the day before yesterday and targeted the Green Zone in central Baghdad killed three people including one US soldier and a foreign citizen. Yesterday, a US Embassy statement said that on Tuesday, the International Green Zone was exposed to indirect fire.
The statement added that the attack killed one US soldier, an Iraqi citizen, and an unidentified third country national. The statement clarified that the attack also wounded 18 people, including five Americans, two of whom are members of the US armed forces and three contractors. On Tuesday, IPs announced that the Green Zone was attacked by 40 mortar shells. This attack is considered to be the largest attack that has targeted the Green Zone.
Labels: Green Zone, IDF, International Zone, mortar rounds, U.S. embassy
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Iraqi campaign launches campaign to expel U.S. embassy from presidential palace
Politics
(VOI) - More than 350,000 Iraqis have joined the campaign launched by the Iraqi Umma (Nation) party to expel the U.S. embassy from the presidential palace in the green area, while the party extended the campaign's deadline to May 2, an official from the Umma party said on Monday. The Umma party, headed by legislator Methal al-Alousi, called for expelling the U.S. embassy from its headquarters in the presidential palace in Baghdad for it represents a symbol of Iraq's sovereignty, and carried out a national campaign to collect signatures in support for this campaign.
"The number of Iraqis who so far have joined the campaign reached 350,000," Fareq Hadi, a party senior member, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) over the phone. The official expected that the number would exceed one million by the date set for the end of the campaign. "We will continue the campaign till the parliament recognizes our demand, as we find a wide-scale support by Iraqi citizens," the official added. "The party decided to extend the campaign's deadline, due on April 20, till Wednesday on May 2," he continued. Hadi also pointed out that the campaign faced some difficulties in Iraq's provinces as some parties opposed it. Umma party has only one seat out of the 275-member-parliament.
Labels: Green Zone, Iraqi Umma party, Methal al-Alousi, U.S. embassy
