在イラク伊大使館に迫撃砲弾 首都バグダッド Explosions rattle Italian embassy in Iraq
マルティーノ伊国防相は9日、バグダッドにある在イラク伊大使館付近で、数発の迫撃砲弾が炸裂したことを明らかにした。 同国防相によれば、迫撃砲の砲弾数発が、大使館から50メートルくらいの所に着弾し炸裂したが、イタリア人に死傷者はいないという。 「今回は被害は無かったが、大使館が攻撃される可能性があることは、以前から我が国の情報機関から聞いていた」と語った。 イタリアは、南部ナシリヤを中心に約3000名の部隊をイラクに駐留させている。 A number of mortar shells have exploded near the Italian embassy in Baghdad, Defence Minister Antonio Martino said. "Several mortar shells fell about 50 metres from the embassy but there were no Italian victims," he said in Rome on Thursday. Martino added: "Our intelligence services have for some time been passing us information that an attack against the embassy may be possible. This time there was no harm done." Italy has 3000 military personnel in Iraq based in the area around the southern town of Nasiriya.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday said a plane carrying a bipartisan group of senators who were leaving Iraq had to take evasive action after an apparent surface-to-air missile was fired at it.
In the Name of Allah, the Benificent, the Merciful
The praise of a supporter Allah is its soldiers, and a consoler its sheikhs, and the prayer and the greeting on the good of its creature and on its family and its friends ; as for after :
... In this today the blessed he carried out the Al-Qaeda Network lions in Mesopotamia with bombardment of the site of the fifth section in Alkazmia ... And also, your brothers on they go through the battles against the crusaders all over Mesopotamia and write by their blood the most wonderful epics ...... And Allah is the greatest ... And to the honour Allah and to its messenger and to the militants.
Billiard hall death in Iraq From correspondents in Samarra, Iraq December 11, 2004
INSURGENTS killed a police captain at a checkpoint and gunned down an Iraqi National Guard officer in a billiard hall in scattered violence against US forces and their allies in northern Iraq today.
Islamic Army in Iraq Warns Against Iraq Elections Source: Islamic Army of Iraq | 10:00:11 AM An ominous statement released by the Islamic Army in Iraq warns against the coming Iraq elections. They seem to ask Muslims to stay away from all the voting centers as for sure they will become targets of well executed attacks. http://trackingterrorism.com/Default.asp?foobar=906&dismode=article&artid=1141
US Army plagued by desertion and plunging morale Elaine Monaghan Washington, December 10, 2004 - WHILE insurgents draw on deep wells of fury to expand their ranks in Iraq, the US military is fighting desertion, recruitment shortfalls and legal challenges from its own troops. http://www.uruknet.info/?colonna=m&p=8014&l=x&size=1&hd=0
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) _ An officer from Fort Riley was killed this week by small arms fire as he patrolled the streets of Baghdad. The announced was made by the Pentagon late yesterday. The victim was 30-year-old Captain Mark Stubenhofer of Springfield, Virginia, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company of First Battalion, 41st Infantry, First Armored Division. http://www.nbcactionnews.com/kshb/nw_local_news/article/0,1925,KSHB_9424_3389779,00.html
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) _ An officer from Fort Riley was killed this week by small arms fire as he patrolled the streets of Baghdad. The announced was made by the Pentagon late yesterday. The victim was 30-year-old Captain Mark Stubenhofer of Springfield, Virginia, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company of First Battalion, 41st Infantry, First Armored Division. http://www.nbcactionnews.com/kshb/nw_local_news/article/0,1925,KSHB_9424_3389779,00.html
US Army plagued by desertion and plunging morale Elaine Monaghan Washington, December 10, 2004 - WHILE insurgents draw on deep wells of fury to expand their ranks in Iraq, the US military is fighting desertion, recruitment shortfalls and legal challenges from its own troops. http://www.uruknet.info/?colonna=m&p=8014&l=x&size=1&hd=0