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Fire at Baghdad's Sheraton Hotel (Update: Sheraton fire out, Palestine Hotel also hit)
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| 10/7/2004
Posted on 10/07/2004 9:08:04 AM PDT by steveegg
3 explosions were heard in Baghdad, and the Baghdad Sheraton is on fire. CNN showed some tracer fire flying past their hotel window.
TOPICS: Breaking News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdadsheraton; explosion; iraq
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:08:05 AM PDT
by
steveegg
To: steveegg
Is that hotel in the Green Zone?
To: steveegg; Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; ...
Sounds like you beat me & Dog by mere seconds...
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:13:04 AM PDT
by
mhking
("I was there at the dawn of the third age of mankind. It began in September of 2001...")
To: steveegg; mhking
You beat mhking and me by 20 seconds......lol!
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:13:11 AM PDT
by
Dog
To: OneTimeLurker
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:14:14 AM PDT
by
MHak
(The only thing part time about the Reserves is the pay!)
To: mhking
You beat me by 11 seconds.....don't mind me I'm spaced out on cold medicine.
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:14:25 AM PDT
by
Dog
To: OneTimeLurker
It's outside the Green Zone (per CNN).
More info; both CNN and FoxNews report a missile (probably an RPG) went past the Palestine and into the Sheraton. Fire appears to be out on the live shots just shown on MSNBC.
FoxNews reporting gunfire in the Sheraton lobby
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:14:37 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(John F'em Ke(rr)y - I am for & against a lot of things, but I was always for higher taxes.)
To: steveegg
The Sheraton isn't on fire, at least not on FNC's coverage. What's burning is a palm tree.
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:15:02 AM PDT
by
mikegi
To: steveegg
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:15:16 AM PDT
by
Gucho
To: Dog; mhking
You beat mhking and me by 20 seconds......lol! Lucky, I guess (at least until I check my pings :-)
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:15:29 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(John F'em Ke(rr)y - I am for & against a lot of things, but I was always for higher taxes.)
CNN has some good video of tracer fire flying past their reporter's window.
I hope no one was hurt or killed. Has anyone heard anything about injuries or deaths?
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:15:54 AM PDT
by
Miztiki
(Living in Hoooston and getting lost on a regular basis!)
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To: OneTimeLurker
The Terrorists are likely to throw the best bunches they can muster this month. Anything to see Bush defeated. They don’t want to face Bush for four more years. Most of these terrorists will be dead six months from now.
To: steveegg
The Sheraton - isn't that where the 'reporters' live?
Maybe the Free Iraqis have gotten tired of CNN & Friends so-called reporting.
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:16:38 AM PDT
by
Semper Vigilantis
(Every night I smile when thinking that the hippie wacko lefties are one day closer to extinction.)
To: mikegi
Good thing for palm trees. The initial video looked like the Sheraton itself was hit. FoxNews also reporting gunfire inside the lobby.
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:17:19 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(John F'em Ke(rr)y - I am for & against a lot of things, but I was always for higher taxes.)
To: Kristian
...we can only hope.....(sorry)
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:17:32 AM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(Become a monthly donor....come on all you newbies.)
To: steveegg; Cannoneer No. 4; TEXOKIE; xzins; Alamo-Girl; blackie; SandRat; Calpernia; SAMWolf; ...
FoxNews:
Three explosions heard in Baghdad, two from the Sheraton Hotel.
Fire at Sheraton Hotel. Gunfire in the lobby heard before the fire.
Hotel where media is hanging out, foreign journalists and contractors.
Live footage from FoxNews.
Word now that rockets hit the hotel.
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:17:58 AM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("The proper response to difficulty is not to retreat -- it is to prevail."- Pres. Bush, CinC, 9/21)
To: steveegg
FOX reporting that 2 rockets have hit the Sheraton Hotel.
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:18:20 AM PDT
by
Miztiki
(Living in Hoooston and getting lost on a regular basis!)
To: Kristian; Semper Vigilantis
Don't know which hotel the CNN crew stays at now (I know it used to bhe the Palestine), but most of the media is at the Sheraton.
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:18:50 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(John F'em Ke(rr)y - I am for & against a lot of things, but I was always for higher taxes.)
To: steveegg
Also, it looks like the tracer fire is coming from above the reporter's window. I assume it was from our guys???
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:19:22 AM PDT
by
mikegi
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