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April 08, 2003
Palestine Hotel Hit
Sky News reports the Palestine Hotel was just hit by a tank. This is the hotel where all the reporters are staying and where the webcams are placed. Injuries are reported, and the reporters are now all out on the lawn on the East side. I heard the explosion, and it was very loud - the muezzin at the nearby mosque stopped in mid muezzining. MSNBC's analyst Jonathan Alter speculates that the Iraqi's hit the hotel as a propaganda trick. [UPDATE: Al Jazeera just showed an injured individual being carried from the hotel into a vehicle.] [UPDATE: Two reporters were injured on an upper floor. MSNBC's military analysts do not believe any US tanks are in range of the hotel. I disagree - hotel is about 3km from the bridge south of it and 2km from the one north of it. One of those is being used for US tanks to cross the river. The M1A1 has an accurate range of at least 4km] [UPDATE: Sky News reports 4 injuries. NBC reports "tank mortar" hit the top of the hotel - whatever a tank mortar is!] Posted By John (Useful Fools) at April 8, 2003 04:09 AM | TrackBackComments
The injured person being carried in a blanket was the Al-Jazeera reporter hit when their office was hit on the banks of the river, not near the hotel. He died in hospital. No way US tank mortar could accurately hit the 16th floor, and why would they? don't spread lies, they KILL Posted by: Clyde at April 8, 2003 04:36 AMFrom Reuters "Some observers said it looked like a tank or artillery shell had hit the building" NBC News is reporting that a sniper took a shot at the tank from that hotel balcony. (Using the reporters as human shields) Noooooo, not these guys. Posted by: cassun at April 8, 2003 04:54 AM"The injured person being carried in a blanket was the Al-Jazeera reporter hit when their office was hit on the banks of the river, not near the hotel.... I heard that on Fox as well. Post a comment
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