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Posted on 10/13/2003 11:31:59 AM PDT by knighthawk
US spokesman says several people have been arrested in connection with Sunday's bomb blast at a central Baghdad hotel. At least six people were killed in the suicide car bombing outside the Baghdad Hotel, where a number of US officials and Iraqi Governing Council members live. The American forces also say the toppled Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, was recently in hiding in his home town of Tikrit. A spokesman said Saddam continues to exert strong influence in the region. Meanwhile another American soldier has died in a mine explosion in northern Iraq. And a failed attempt to assassinate a regional governor with a roadside bomb blast wounded two bodyguards and a civilian.
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Some missing detail that changes the perspective of this story from a tragedy for the Coalition to a loss for the enemy, and a greater tragedy prevented by our capable military:
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Soldiers responded quickly to the chaotic aftermath of a double-car bombing Sunday afternoon that killed at least six Iraqis and wounded dozens of others outside the Baghdad Hotel.
As smoke filled the air, the soldiers set up a perimeter and provided security for fire trucks, ambulances and crime scene investigators.
According to Col. Peter Mansoor, commander of the 1st Armored Division’s 1st Brigade, three American soldiers were slightly injured in the bombing, which occurred around 12:45 p.m.
One soldier was treated on the scene and returned to full duty a short time later.
A handful of soldiers provide security at the hotel with local Iraqi police and federal protective service personnel. They also guard the nearby Palestine and Sheraton hotels.
The blasts were heard as far away as the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment base, Camp Muleskinner, about 10 miles south of the hotel.
Mansoor told reporters that a car traveling down one of the main north-south travel routes on Baghdad’s eastern side tried to negotiate the cement barriers at a hotel entrance. The Associated Press later reported that two cars were involved. Both were fired upon by U.S. and Iraqi guards before both explosives were detonated.
There was no damage to the hotel, but nearby shops and apartments took the brunt of the explosions.
Within minutes of the attack, 2nd ACR Kiowa helicopters were circling the scene.
Within a half-hour, soldiers from the 1st Armored Division’s 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 2nd ACR and various military police units, including the 204th, 812th and 233rd MP Companies, set up a perimeter about a block in radius from the blast.
Turn him in and be $25 million American richer.
Now that's an attractive proposition.
His hair turned white from the blast! Even I did not know him!
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