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Donna Shalala, the former president of the University of Miami who was brought in to lead the Clinton Foundation this year, had a stroke shortly after the closing ceremonies of the organization’s major fall event early Tuesday evening, officials said. Ms. Shalala, 74, fell ill after departing the closing events around the Clinton Global Initiative, which was held at the Sheraton New York hotel on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, according to a statement from foundation officials.

There's a new video about a terrorist plan and attack that took place a few days ago. It shows the terrorist as they plan and then execute the bombing of two hotels in Baghdad. Can anyone find it? What's the URL?

A videotape posted Friday on the Internet claims to show how al-Qaida in Iraq carried out Oct. 24 suicide attacks on two Baghdad hotels that killed as many as 17 Iraqi pedestrians and security guards. The video purports to show the terror group rehearsing the attack, with a commander giving directions to bombers in a car. The video also shows the actual bombings, which the Internet posting says was filmed by al-Qaida. The 13-minute video is called "Badr Raid," after a famous victory by Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Its authenticity could not be verified but it appeared on an Islamic Web...

Updated: 15:44, Monday October 24, 2005 Three powerful blasts have reportedly rocked Baghdad near a hotel occupied by foreign journalists.The explosions scattered debris over a wide area near the Palestine and Sheraton hotels and sent smoke rising into the sky.More follows...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2005 – A combination of rockets and car bombs exploded near the outer walls of the Palestine and Sheraton hotels in downtown Baghdad today, military officials reported. A statement from Multinational Force Iraq said civilian casualties have yet to be determined, but that no coalition forces were injured in the attack. Iraqi security forces and coalition forces are securing the area and bringing order to the bombing site, the statement said. Reportedly, a number of Western journalists stay at the Palestine Hotel. In other Iraq news, Iraqi army troops detained two men and their stash of ordnance...

The Palestine and Sheraton hotels were the world's windows on Baghdad during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Television reporters stood on rooftops of the side-by-side hotels for their live shots, using a nearby blue-domed mosque in Firdous Square as a backdrop. Photographers took pictures of smoldering palaces from the hotels' upper floors. And Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf gained international fame for his absurd claims of Iraqi military victories - all delivered from a Palestine Hotel banquet room. The Palestine was shelled on April 8, 2003, by a U.S. tank from across the Tigris River. Soldiers said they believed...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A rocket hit the Sheraton Hotel on Wednesday, breaking windows but causing no casualties in the heavily guarded compound that houses many foreign contractors and journalists. A second rocket failed to fire and was found lying in the street outside the hotel compound. The rocket hit the 12th floor of the Sheraton, causing a loud report. Only a few windows were broken. The rocket attack occurred as U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi was holding a press conference across the Tigris River in the U.S.-led coalition headquarters, known as the "Green Zone."

The Baghdad donkey bomb was a bust, but it - and rockets fired from donkey carts - showed an increasingly "adaptive" and "ingenious enemy," a U.S. commander said. Iraq rebels fired up to three rockets from a cart early yesterday at Baghdad's Palestine Hotel - home to many journalists and U.S. civilian workers - one of which missed and hit the nearby Sheraton, said Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt. Almost simultaneously, at least seven rockets were fired from another cart at the Iraqi Oil Ministry, setting parts of it ablaze but injuring no one, he said. Two more rocket-armed carts...

I just heard on instant messaging from Baghdad. Nick Ashton, president of SSAF, is there working with the provisional government and other foreign government and commercial interests. All the glass that SSAF protected at the Sheraton survived the attack. Nick was there a short time ago to make an inspection. He only had a moment to send me a message but I think he was indicating that Russian weapons were used. That's it for now.

Rockets on donkeys hit major Baghdad sites By P. MITCHELL PROTHERO Published 11/21/2003 11:13 AM View printer-friendly version BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Rockets fired from donkey-drawn carts struck two major hotels used by foreign journalists and the Iraqi Ministry of Oil Friday in a barrage that shook downtown Baghdad. The Palestine and Sheraton Hotels, which are adjacent, were hit by a series of rockets fired by one unmanned donkey-drawn cart in the central Saydoon neighborhood of Baghdad at about 7:15 a.m. At about the same time, another series of rockets - also fired from an unmanned cart -...

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Rockets fired from donkey-drawn carts struck two major hotels used by foreign journalists and the Iraqi Ministry of Oil Friday in a barrage that shook downtown Baghdad. The Palestine and Sheraton Hotels, which are adjacent, were hit by a series of rockets fired by one unmanned donkey-drawn cart in the central Saydoon neighborhood of Baghdad at about 7:15 a.m. At about the same time, another series of rockets - also fired from an unmanned cart - hit the Oil Ministry, igniting a fire on the fifth floor of the sprawling office building, which was...

Baghdad Rocket Attacks Are 'Militarily Insignificant' By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2003 – Unconventional rocket attacks that struck the Iraqi oil ministry and two hotels in Baghdad today indicate insurgents' increasing difficulty in carrying out assaults against U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq, according to a senior U.S. military officer. Donkey-cart-launched rockets hit the Palestine and Sheraton hotels as well as the ministry building, Army Brig. Gen. Mark T. Kimmitt, deputy director for operations for Combined Joint Task Force 7 in Iraq, told reporters in Baghdad press conference. "Clearly, the enemy has been taking...