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Fr Nov 10 -

Baghdad:
DEADLY PACHINKO -

As far as I can tell from reading the bloggers still in Baghdad, the (Sunni) Adhamiyah neighborhood has been receiving intense mortar fire.

# 3 terrifying days in Adhamiyah

# Mortar missiles are falling on my district for about a week....at the rate of 15 mortar missile per day...lots of killed innocent people...lots of injuries from the people of the district...

# In his Nov 10th entry, ToB relates e-mail he has received from his friend Ahmed who appears to be in the (Sunni) Adhamiyah area where he has observed clashes with what he believes to be elements of the (Shiite) Mahdi Militia which is associated with Muqty al-Sadr. Ahmed seems to indicate that some US forces have tried to intervene, but notes that the American soldiers are very nervous. Ahmed also mentions "random" shooting which may help to explain why the Yanks are nervous. There's about a week's worth of this posted.
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