Today's outrages in Iraq

Revolt · Jan 22, 2007

Attackers who killed five U.S. troops at a government building in Karbala posed as U.S. military officials to get past Iraqi guards, a Karbala police spokesman said.
The attack happened Saturday as the U.S. military convened a meeting to discuss security for Ashura, the upcoming Shiite pilgrimage to Karbala.
According to police spokesman Abdul Rahman al-Mishawi, about 30 gunmen traveling in a convoy of at least seven SUVs with tinted windows -- similar to the vehicles used by top U.S. military officials -- drove up to the Karbala Provincial Joint Coordination Center wearing uniforms similar to those worn by the U.S. military.
About a dozen U.S. troops were inside the compound at the time, al-Mishawi said.
Around 5:45 p.m., the gunmen cleared an Iraqi police checkpoint outside the center by flashing fake identification badges and speaking some English, al-Mishawi said.
Al-Mishawi said it is standard procedure for U.S. troops not to jointly man the checkpoint. He said U.S. personnel insist on passing without going through a security screening.
The attackers went through three checkpoints to enter the center, he said.
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Two car bombs ripped through a busy commercial area of central Baghdad on Monday, killing 65 people and wounding 110, the Interior Ministry said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/22/iraq.karbala/index.html
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/art...K-IRAQ.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsLanding-C1-Headline-2

MNAFETSC · Jan 22, 2007

My jaw dropped when CNN reported those Iraqis posing as Americans made it through all those checkpoints.

Claymore · Jan 22, 2007

Well I'm sure an increase in troop levels (actually a return to previous troop levels) would have prevented this.

I hate living in the reality-based community sometimes.