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  • Officials Revise Hotel Death Toll Downward

    03/18/2004 10:36:44 AM PST · by Calpernia · 8 replies · 183+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | March 18, 2004 | Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA
    Coalition officials said today that the March 17 bombing of Baghdad's Mount Lebanon Hotel killed only seven people, not 27 as previously believed. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy operations director for Combined Joint Task Force 7, briefed reporters on the bombing at a Baghdad news conference. Kimmitt said a suicide bomber triggered the device inside a vehicle and died in the explosion. "The bomb was estimated to consist of approximately 1,000 pounds of explosives and artillery shells," he said. The bomb caused structural damage to the hotel and a number of nearby buildings. Kimmitt said that Iraqi Police service...