SHELLS HIT BAGHDAD'S GREEN ZONE

At least 10 rockets and mortar shells were fired into Baghdad's Green Zone on Saturday in still another example that "the surge" is a myth and violence is on the rise all across Iraq.

The Green Zone is the home of Camp Victory where many of the 160,000 U.S. military forces deployed to Iraq are stationed.

It was not immediately known if there were any casualties to American military personnel.

In other developments in Iraq, suicide bombers struck both in Baghdad and Falluja the two cities supposedly a safe haven from insurgent attacks because of "the surge."

Adding to the chaos in Iraq, the Turkish Army has crossed into Kurdistan with 10,000 troops setting up a possible confrontation with American forces in that region of Iraq.

Meanwhile, the mainstream press in the United States continues to avoid reporting on developments in Iraq and when they do report on unfolding developments in Iraq they downplay them much like FOX NEWS does by saying these are isolated instances.

Nothing could be further from the truth and any news organization that claims what is happening in the Green Zone on Saturday and with suicide bombings in Baghdad and Falluja are "isolated instances" is not a new organziation but a propaganda branch of the Bush White House.

Commentary by Bill Corcoran, editor of CORKSPHERE, the ONLY blog that dares to tell the truth about the war in Iraq and not the sloppy reporting going on by the likes of FOX NEWS.


Shells hit Baghdad's Green Zone

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Mortars or rockets rain on secure area in Iraq capital, Pentagon says
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/23/iraq.main.ap/index.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Green Zone early Saturday, the day after powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mehdi Army militia to extend its cease-fire by another six months.

Starting about 6:15 a.m., about 10 blasts could be heard in the sprawling area along the Tigris River that houses the U.S. and British embassies, the Iraqi government headquarters and thousands of American troops.

It was not immediately clear whether there were casualties.

Maj. Brad Leighton, a U.S. military spokesman, confirmed the Green Zone was hit by indirect fire -- the military's term for a rocket or mortar attack -- but could not immediately provide more details.

It was the fourth time this week that U.S. outposts in Baghdad appeared to be the targets of rocket or mortar attacks, killing at least six people and wounding both Iraqis and Americans, including at least two U.S. troops.

The flurry of attacks has followed a substantial lull in such assaults as security has increased and violence around the capital has dropped over the last half-year.

Earlier in the week, the U.S. military blamed Iranian-backed Shiite militias that have broken away from al-Sadr's block for the rocket attacks. Tehran denies that it sponsors extremists in Iraq.