U.S. Base in Kirkuk Attacked
The U.S. base in Kirkuk was under attack for five hours yesterday. According to Reuters, "Shells and rockets screamed into the night sky after the attack on the U.S. base at an airport on the edge of the northern oil hub city of Kirkuk.
"You can see rockets flying and landing all over the base," a Reuters correspondent said from a vantage point some 500 yards from the base's perimeter, as thick black smoke poured over the city, some 150 miles north of Baghdad.
Loudspeaker announcements could be heard on the base warning troops to stay under cover but there was no sign of ambulances or firefighting vehicles in the city of 700,000, which was under curfew after dark because of regular guerrilla violence. Mortar and rocket attacks on U.S. bases are almost daily occurrences across Iraq."
Because of Andra, I track Kirkuk in particular. Across Iraq, food is being rationed (many bases are only providing two meals a day now) and violence is on the rise. It's very disconcerting. While we have known of the daily base attacks, this sustained 5-hour guerrilla attack is definitely a turn for the worse.
