Rockets directed at Pokka Prison, not Kuwait

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: The head of the security commission in Basra said today that the rockets launched yesterday were not directed against the Kuwaiti Mobarak Terminal, but Pokka prison, charging that it is an attempt to destroy the Iraqi economy.   Ali al-Maliki told IraqiNews.com that “the rockets were launched against Pokka prison, 2 km west of Um Qasr port, 60 km west of Basra city, which is the center of the Iraqi naval forces and foreign companies.   The rockets were newly designed rockets with a range of one kilometer.   Maliki charged that the organizers are “trying to destroy national economy. It is the same group that tried to attack an oil installation in Zubair fields.”  RM (TP)/SR 648