Blasts rock Baghdad

CNN ^ | November 4, 2003 | CNN

[ejdrapes]

Explosions rock Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- For a second night, three loud explosions shook central Baghdad on Tuesday after an apparent rocket attack on a coalition compound.

An Iraqi guard told CNN's John Raedler that one projectile exploded on the grounds of the former palace of Saddam Hussein. The palace is being used as headquarters of the Coalition Provisional Authority.

Witnesses said that smoke could be seen rising from inside the compound.

There have been no reports of casualties, and it is unclear if there was any damage in the compound -- which CNN's Baghdad Bureau Chief Jane Arraf said was the size of a small city.

The explosions rocked several nearby buildings, including the Palestine Hotel, where many journalists stay, said CNN's Matthew Chance.

[Principled]

Looks like we may need to do some of the same things we've been telling the Israelis not to do.

Hmmmmm

[RiflemanSharpe]

Field test Moab!

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[SolutionsOnly]

I wish the media would get an iota of perspective. It's incredibly easy to fire a mortar or set off a bomb - and every time it does the media starts running around in circles like a bunch of chicken littles. And the worst thing is that they aren't even the least bit ashamed of broadcasting their own cowardice to the entire world. "Lions! and tigers! and bears! Oh My!"

[MEG33]

They scury out of their hotels and back to safety like cockroaches,manning their laptops,says a newly returned soldier on R and R who is not pleased with the lack of reporting on the successes in Iraq.!

[huck von finn]

But in this case, they are firing (successfully) at the very heart of our operations in Iraq. You might take that lightly, but I for one do not.

[upcountryhorseman]

That's CNN for you; their whole Iraq coverage is slanted
toward this being another Viet Nam.

[SolutionsOnly]

More people will be murdered in Chicago tonight than die in Iraq - Right smack in the heart of America. Therefore it must follow that Chicago is more dangerous than Iraq. You must have a very, very heavy heart.