Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Scene From Hell
A bomb blast destroyed the Mount Lebanon
Hotel today in downtown Baghdad. At this point there's 27 dead, 41 injured, some of the dead include children.
The hotel is known to be used by businnes people, and is located near the Palestine Hotel, which is ued by foreign journalists. The surrounding area is made up of Kurds, Shiites and Sunni Muslims.
Iraqi police and coalition soldiers cordoned off the area. U.S. soldiers from the nearby "Green Zone" attempted to go into the area to rescue victims but were driven back by angry Iraqis.
The Hotel is obviously a soft target, but not known to be used mainly by American or Coalition members. The Hussein/Al Qaeda sympathizers are either getting desperate or just want to kill as many Iraqis as possible, to provoke more Anti-American anger. Perhaps with Spain planning to withdraw it's troops in June, the terrorists think any terror there may be enough to get some other coalition members to remove their troops.
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Hotel today in downtown Baghdad. At this point there's 27 dead, 41 injured, some of the dead include children.
The hotel is known to be used by businnes people, and is located near the Palestine Hotel, which is ued by foreign journalists. The surrounding area is made up of Kurds, Shiites and Sunni Muslims.
Iraqi police and coalition soldiers cordoned off the area. U.S. soldiers from the nearby "Green Zone" attempted to go into the area to rescue victims but were driven back by angry Iraqis.
The Hotel is obviously a soft target, but not known to be used mainly by American or Coalition members. The Hussein/Al Qaeda sympathizers are either getting desperate or just want to kill as many Iraqis as possible, to provoke more Anti-American anger. Perhaps with Spain planning to withdraw it's troops in June, the terrorists think any terror there may be enough to get some other coalition members to remove their troops.
