Wolfowitz survives rocket attack

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Numerous rockets have slammed into the Baghdad hotel where U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying, injuring several people, coalition officials have told CNN.

As many as eight rockets were fired at the Al Rasheed Hotel -- used by many coalition officials -- at 6.10 a.m. local time Sunday morning (0610 GMT), officials said.

There were reports of serious injuries, including limb amputations, but Wolfowitz escaped unharmed and was led away from the scene by security forces, said U.S. officials.

Speaking at a press conference after the attack, Wolfowitz said one American may have been killed in the rocket attack on the hotel.
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/10/26/sprj.irq.hotel/

4-6 rockets hit Baghdad hotel...

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

1. Other links...

Sky News: http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-12877588,00.html

India: http://www.deepikaglobal.com/latestnews.asp?ncode=8324

Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3310375,00.html

[Whoa_Nelly]

44. US knew the attack was coming

US warns of bomb threat to Baghdad hotel used by westerners


WASHINGTON, US: The United States on Saturday warned that Islamic extremists are plotting an attack, possibly a suicide car bombing, against a hotel in a specific Baghdad neighborhood that is frequented by westerners.

In a notice to Americans now in Iraq, a State Department consular officer in Baghdad said the US military had become aware of the threat recently but could not pinpoint the targetted hotel.

"The US military has indicated that Islamic extremists intend to carry out a bomb attack against a hotel in the Karada area of Baghdad," said the notice, a copy of which was provided to AFP in Washington by the State Department.

more...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/54102/1/.html

[lebkuchen]

2. Kind of amusing...while the media was keying in on a bridge being opened

Wolfie was getting goosed by an RPG.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. Really having to bite my tongue on this one.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

15. Isn't that the fucking truth!

Iraq's oil to Wolfie... " HOW YA LIKE ME NOW???"

[NNN0LHI]

30. The guys with the RPG's probably used that bridge to get to the hotel n/t

[Zhade]

3. ...This Time"

This is definitely not the last time anyone associated with the Traitor Cabal will be targeted. Call it a hunch.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

5. What was that move that had the snippit, "And This Time It's Personal?"

[Supply Side Jesus]

6. Jaws 5??

lol...i swear it did!!

[Minstrel Boy]

11. Not wishing him dead, but it would have been poetic justice.

And better poetic justice than PNAC's frontier justice.

[Scimmio]

14. bet he steers clear of Rumsfeld...

considering he was one of the four Memo recipients and this has happened, the guess would be that he avoids his buddy Rummy for a bit...and if he didn't leak the memo, maybe there's a plan to 'sanction' all four of the original recipients just to get the one turncoat...

[PartyPooper]

7. Junior slams the 'librul' media again, "Damn those fuckers!"

"All they report is bad news!"

:crazy:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

8. Proper reporting: Baghdad Hotel Uder Direction of Wolfie destroys Iraqi

Munitions.

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. Pathetic Clown in Blue Oxford Button Down

He has been pretending that going to Baghdad is like a business outing to Dayton Ohio.
I have a feeling he won't be seen around those parts anymore.

There appears to be a rather marked increase in activity over there.

One must conclude that when the US pulls out, our puppet ruling "authority" will all be murdered in very short order.

[NNN0LHI]

32. Chalabi and his goons will be on the first helo out when Baghdad falls

You watch and see.

Don

[benfranklin1776]

41. Yes I noticed he mixed and matched that Oxford with a camo kevlar vest.

And he was surrounded by a phalanx of US soldiers (would have loved to hear what they were thinking) as he walked among the Chalabists, er I mean "adoring throngs." However things have now gone quite awry and quite off the stage managed script. Time for a rewrite. I suppose the next chapter will be the usual assurances to the American preople that this was actually a sign of progress and we will hear pronouncements that "Iraq and the world are a better place now that those rockets are no longer a threat to the Iraqi people and the world."

[truthisfreedom]

10. "BRING 'EM ON!"

n/m

[wndycty]

12. Unbelievable

:kick:

[smallprint]

13. CNN update

They are saying the rockets were fired automatically (or by remote control) from a trailer on the edge of the barricaded area around the hotel... sounds pretty sophisticated...

Wolfowitz was staying on the 12th floor...

on edit:
"A Reuters photographer saw five impact holes on the west side of the brown hotel at roughly the 7th, 9th and 10th floors. He said three of the rockets appeared to have gone through the wall, the others through windows. "
http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/26/content_275634.htm

[hussar]

38. Yup these guy's are gettin clever

reminds me if my times spent in good old N Ireland, very clever

[SoCalDem]

16. ..Wake up call for Mr. Wolfowitz..

:eyes:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

17. Flowers, rockets.... Theyre close.

[Judi Lynn]

34. Too bad more PNAC'ers couldn't be there to share the moment

of watching the simple-minded, backward natives gamboling and leaping with the joy of knowing they'd been freed.

[jab105]

18. Maybe flowers were attached to the rockets??

just a guess...

[chenGOD]

35. damn that made me laugh...

thanks for that.

[Timefortruth]

19. If he had died, would they have shown his remains

being returned in a flag draped coffin? Would Chimp have attended the funeral? Or would that have been more obsessive bad news reporting?

[LunaC]

20. Well, ain't that karma!

A little taste of his own medicine!

How long will Wolfie be in Iraq and how many more tries do they get?

[jonoboy]

21. check out immediately

if you see anyone of the Neocons arriving at your hotel

[DoYouEverWonder]

22. Feel the love Wolfie

Funny thing is he had just left Tikrit right before they downed, oh excuse me, crash landed that Black Hawk yestereday. Seems like maybe some folks wanted to show him what Iraq is really like.

[hedda_foil]

23. Could the Blackhawk Down have been an attempt on Wolfie?

<snip>

Blackhawk attacked

Wolfowitz had visited Tikrit on Saturday, hours before the crew of a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter was attacked after it landed east of that city, an official at the Coalition Press Information Center told CNN.

The official would not say exactly how many hours before the attack on the Blackhawk Wolfowitz was there, but said the deputy defense minister left the area by helicopter.

[DoYouEverWonder]

25. If it was

then was it an inside job or just a coincidence. How would the average Iraqi resistance fighter know Wolfie's schedule?

[RamboLiberal]

24. Faux is reporting a US Soldier died in the attack

What a shame.

On edit found MSNBC report:

In a daring dawn strike from point-blank range, anti-American forces unleashed a barrage of rockets Sunday against the Al Rasheed Hotel, a symbol of the U.S. presence, killing at least one American soldier and delivering another message of resistance to the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.

“ONE U.S. soldier assigned to the CPA (Coalition Provisional Authority) was killed and 15 (people) were wounded,” a military spokeswoman said.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/870749.asp?0cv=CA00

[leetrisck]

26. Wolfowitz causes soldier's death

as far I am concerned - he's just over there trying to justify the Admin's actions and this is what happens

[Padraig18]

27. Iraq to Wolfowitz: "Can you hear me now?" n/t

[jumptheshadow]

28. Wolfowitz appeared "shaken"

~ snip ~

Visiting Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, who appeared shaken as he addressed reporters shortly after the 6:10 a.m. attack, promised the attack would not deter the United States in its mission to transform Iraq (news - web sites).

~ snip ~

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031026/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716

Will somebody tell this guy that he lucked out? Will somebody shout that the Iraqi people went through the terrors of "shock and awe," and that this is what the Iraqis and the soldiers go through every day?

[fshrink]

29. Sure a change from his Pentagon office

Reminds me of this scene in Patriot Game I think, where the little jerk in the Operation Room gloats "That's a kill" watching the IR images of the raid on the training camp.
Perhaps even Iraq becomes like the Russian front for the Nazis: you go there when we wouldn't be too sad that you take one...

[DoYouEverWonder]

31. Either that

or he's a walking heart attack waiting to happen.

I can't stand the guy but he really needs to see a doctor soon. His palour and heavy breathing between each sentence are classic symptoms of someone with a bad heart. Oh I forgot, he doesn't have a heart.

[Flubadubya]

33. "Appeared shaken"...

It doesn't take much to "shake" a chicken hawk, now does it? Born cowards just don't have the stomach for this sort of thing. Betcha he won't be going back.

Note how he "promised that the attack would not deter the United States in its misssion to transform Iraq." I'm sure it won't change the PNAC agenda one iota Mr. W. (you are expendable, just as all those brave soldiers who die every day). You'll just be keeping your sorry, yellow ass out of there from now on, that's all. :puke:

[mbperrin]

43. Appeared "shaken"? Or

"shittin'" his pants!!!

The soldier who died is another notch on Wolfie's account.

Hope karma is as strong as claimed!

[Aidoneus]

48. let the bastard squirm

he's one of the fathers behind this baby, it is good that his heart races from it.

[Iverson]

36. Were there flowers on those rockets?

One wonders.

[mhr]

37. I Guess This Proves The Power Of Prayer Does Not work!

eom

[catmandu57]

39. He's not gone yet

didn't I hear about a large number of shoulder fired anti aircraft missles being around?

[The Backlash Cometh]

40. So, let me see if I got this straight...

1) They send one of the main neo-cons to Baghdad; and

2) They put him in a hotel that is KNOWN to hold coalition leaders.

3) The hotel is attacked.

My only question: Who is responsible for security planning? This was a stupid idea to put Wolfowitz in a high profile hotel. I have no doubt that the decision needlessly endangered lives.

[young_at_heart]

46. I hope there is an investigation

What on earth possessed them to put him there?

[suegeo]

49. An investigation? OMG!

They are really considering an investigation of this? Does this mean there was consenual adult sex occurring when the blasts happened? Someone would really want to give Wolfowitz a blowjob? If this is the case, I hope they set aside some $70 million to get to the bottom of this.

Oh my! Thanks be to God that the adults are in charge now. Honor and dignity have been restored!

[kodi]

42. Wolfowitz to the troops, "I'm outta' here, boys, you're on your own."

"and IF you do make it back, vote for bush."

[VolcanoJen]

45. UPDATE: U.S. Colonel Killed in Iraq Hotel Strike

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031026/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716

The slain American was a colonel, Wolfowitz said, without identifying him. That would be one of the highest ranking U.S. military officers killed in the Iraqi insurgency. Since President Bush declared an end to major combat in Iraq on May 1, 109 U.S. soldiers have been killed by hostile fire.

[TankLV]

47. That's horrible!

I mean, that he survived.

Piece of scum that he is.