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Iraqi Insurgents Target Journalists
 Suicide bombers blasted through the concrete walls surrounding the Palestine Hotel in central Baghdad yesterday in an apparent effort to take over the hotel and grab foreign and Arab journalists as hostages, the Iraqi national security adviser said. At least 20 passers-by were killed, but only about seven people inside the hotel â home to a number of foreign and Arab journalists and foreign contract workers â were wounded. No one inside the hotel was badly hurt. Iraqâs national security adviser, Mouwafak Al-Rubaie, said the attack â which appeared well planned â was a âvery clearâ effort to take over the hotel and grab foreign and Arab journalists as hostages. Security still photos showed a clear attempt to attack the hotel.Posted by: Fred 2005-10-25 |
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