https://freerepublic.com/tag/whoknewinadvance/ en-us Sun, 30 Oct 2005 05:17:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1511906/posts Jack Kelly: Reservation for terror The media missed the story on the Baghdad hotel attack Sunday, October 30, 2005 Al-Qaida has claimed credit for a large, sophisticated attack Monday on the two hotels in Baghdad where most foreign journalists and many defense contractors stay.           The attack failed, but it was a near-run thing. The Palestine and Sheraton hotels are across a short street from each other, adjacent to Firdous Square, a traffic roundabout where the statue of Saddam Hussein was torn down on April 9, 2003. The attack involved three suicide bombers and an unknown... The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1511906/posts#comment Sun, 30 Oct 2005 05:17:43 GMT