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Report: Tank Captain Unaware of Baghdad Media HotelMon Apr 21,10:28 AM ETPARIS (Reuters) - The commander of a U.S. tank unit that hit a Baghdad hotel, killing two cameramen during the battle for the Iraqi capital, says he was unaware the building was packed with journalists, according to a French magazine. Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for Spanish channel Tele 5, were killed when a tank shell hit the 15th floor of the Palestine Hotel. Three other members of the Reuters team were wounded. Capt. Philip Wolford, who led the Abrams tanks defending a bridge near...