Saturday, July 14, 2007
Another sign of success in Iraq.
From McClatchy:
The dress code at the Blue Star restaurant inside Baghdad’s Green Zone now calls for vest and hat.Does Brooks Brothers make a pin striped Kevlar pot and a button down vest?
Flak vest and Kevlar helmet, to be precise. And it’s a good thing.
At least four mortar rounds hit inside the Green Zone about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, killing two Iraqi civilians, according to a U.S. soldier who could not speak for attribution because he’s not authorized to talk to reporters.
Meanwhile, a State Department official, after initially denying that State had ordered its 1,000 Baghdad personnel to wear protective gear, said that a copy of the order obtained by McClatchy was an undiscussable security breach.
Saturday’s attack followed a barrage of up to 35 mortars and rockets that slammed into the Green Zone _ considered the safest place in Baghdad _ on Wednesday.
The embassy issued its memo later that day.
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