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During a press conference in the Green Zone in Baghdad with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, a mortar attack struck within 50 yards of them, shaking the room violently. While al-Maliki remained unfazed, Ban Ki Moon appeared uneasy for the remainder of the conference. Too bad Ban didn't read this Reporter's Notebook by U.S. News correspondent Alex Kingsbury. Kingsbury notes that mortar attacks inside the Green Zone aren't uncommon but often go unreported because officials don't want to acknowledge their accuracy. As he writes: |
"American officials are reluctant to speak about mortar attacks inside the Green Zone for fear of alerting insurgents to the accuracy and effectiveness of their attacks. So many of the attacks go unreported. The summit meeting earlier this month between officials from Iran, Syria, Iraq, and the United States, held just outside the [Green Zone], was a target of one such attack."
Etc.: Keeping the Lid on Iraq, on USNews.com
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