breaking: 3 huge blasts in baghdad

[laruemtt]

something about missiles into a sheraton hotel. more to come. cnn

[saigon68]

1. Link?

[laruemtt]

4. on cnn now

[VolcanoJen]

15. Link here...

This story makes it sound less serious... keeping my fingers crossed.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040324/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_explosion

Attackers Fire Grenade at Baghdad Hotel
14 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade early Wednesday at a hotel housing foreign contractors and journalists, security guards said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The grenade hit the 13th floor of the Sheraton hotel, hotel guards said. The lobby of the hotel was strewn with glass.

Across the Tigris river, sirens wailed briefly in the area housing the U.S.-led coalition headquarters.

[Qanisqineq]

2. Remember... these are all signs of our "success"

too bad I can't remember the prick that said that.

[Coventina]

3. I believe that was Rummy n/t

[Qanisqineq]

9. thanks n/t

[Langis]

7. It was Bush

[Qanisqineq]

ok... now I am confused!

Rummy vs. Dubya

[renegade000]

10. wolfowitz, bush, and rumsfeld

at various times...

[Qanisqineq]

12. ok, SOMEONE said it!

:-s

[benburch]

28. It was a "talking point"

They ALL said it because it was in their script.

[UpInArms]

5. wonder if it has to to with this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x440535

[54anickel]

14. I wondered why they issued that warning.

My first response was DUH.
Now I wonder if they knew the Sheraton, or some hotel frequented by "visitors" was a target.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. CNN: Sheraton Hotel hit by missle

Sheraton houses journalists & businessmen. 4:30 am Baghdad time. Hit 6th floor on the east side of the hotel. 5 ft by 5 ft hole in hotel.

[VolcanoJen]

11. OMG.

That sounds horrible.... I'm nowhere near a TV right now, please DUers, keep the updates coming in??

[Layman]

29. Sheraton =CIA

Can't remember where I read it, maybe in a le Carre novel, but the Sheraton is reputed to be the preferred haunt of Langley people.

[Eye and Monkey]

30. Special rates for gov't employees, "western" dependability.

Starwood Hotels WW, the owner of Sheraton, provides serious campaign donations as well. To both parties.

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=starwood&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&txt2000=Y&Order=N

[MikeG]

8. I have a vision of a Faux news reporter running with his ass on fire.

[DrWeird]

13. I'm having the same vision.

Only he's markedly less ambulatory.

[MikeG]

19. I'll provide sound effects. Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Owwwwww!!!!!!

[DrWeird]

20. Nah

He's also a lot more quite in my vision.

Although I may allow for escaping gasses. But they usually require several hours to build up.

[Eye and Monkey]

17. Is this photo close enough???

Attackers Fire Grenade at Baghdad Hotel
20 minutes ago


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade early Wednesday at a hotel housing foreign contractors and journalists, security guards said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The grenade hit the 13th floor of the Sheraton hotel, hotel guards said. The lobby of the hotel was strewn with glass. Across the Tigris river, sirens wailed briefly in the area housing the U.S.-led coalition headquarters.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040324/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_explosion

*the Ishtar Sheraton in Baghdad:

[KoKo]

27. Hit the "13th Floor?" Were they aiming for that one?

But, the report says glass in the "Lobby." No casualties....ohhhhkayyy.

:eyes:

[DemoTex]

16. Shock and Awe. Like we said in the 'Nam:

"Payback is a Motherfucker." Sorry it happened this way. However, some of us predicted it last year.

[Skittles]

18. ME, ME!!!!!!!!

I DID. Poking at a hornet's nest with a stick, that's Dubya for ya.

[rocktivity]

21. Some of us predicted this less than two weeks after 9/11

"We'd better put a lot of thought into how we retalitate, or else we're going to end up fighting a war that has Viet Nam's fingerprints all over it."
:headbang:
rocknation
Late September 2001

[DemoTex]

22. Well, I was in that group too.

Damn, I hate to say "I told you so." I'd rather bite off my tongue than say it to my wife over some household issue.

[LiberalTexan]

24. We said it in November 2002

didn't we, DemoTex? Standing on the streets of Dallas protesting our asses off. In that cold November rain.... it's hard not to say "I told you so", isn't it??

[DemoTex]

26. Damn right, LT! 11/03/2002, I'll never forget it.

Again, that's my dog Sirius just this side of the second concrete ball. BTW, too, this was early. We not only filled up that side of the Mockingbird Bridge, but we got closer to the Bu$h motorcade than any other group had done.

[goforit]

23. What are our tax dollars going to?.......Unbelievable.

[jenk]

25. more donkey cart launchers?

[MikeG]

31. I think the US has a donkey-cart gap.

[PassingFair]

32. Crap...this headline is getting as common...

as "Ferry (or bus) Accident in India Kills 300.

[Jack Rabbit]

33. BBC Link

From the BBC Online
Dated Wednesday March 24 03:44 GMT (Tuesday 7:44 pm PST)

Missile attack on Baghdad hotel

A rocket has hit a hotel used by Western contractors and journalists in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Smoke rose from the Sheraton hotel , after the hit on the sixth floor, but no casualties were reported.
The Sheraton and nearby Palestine hotels are surrounded by barriers and closely guarded by the US military.
The Iraqi capital has been subject to repeated missile and bomb attacks, with 17 killed a week ago when a car bomb destroyed the Mount Lebanon hotel.

Read more. The link will update automatically as events warrant.

[Sugarbleus]

34. Moderators: is it possible to put a time ZONE thingy on these

threads???? I am looking at CNN for this topic but nothing is there. EST,CST,MST,PST would appreciate it so I can tell if I'm barking up the wrong thread? :)

[rooboy]

35. Thank God they didn't strike the Baghdad 'Hooters'...

I'd hate to think that Geraldo was hurt.