Missile hits landmark Baghdad hotel, kills three

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, April 11 (Reuters) - A missile ripped a hole through the second floor of Baghdad's Palestine Hotel on Friday, Reuters witnesses said, and police said three civilians were killed and seven injured.

The hotel, across the Tigris River from the Green Zone diplomatic and government compound, houses some international media.



Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11653758.htm

[bemildred]

1. Missed the Green Zone I guess. nt

[saigon68]

13. "Bring Em On" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[bemildred]

14. Hey Saigon.

:hi:

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com.nyud.net:8090/archives/saigon-helicopter.jpg

[saigon68]

15. Hi ----- Its Friday

Yes the photo still portends events yet to come.

This whole deal is going to end very badly

[bemildred]

16. Getting steadily closer, maybe it won't take 15 years this time.

Maybe not as many dead this time. Maybe we can still haul Kissinger before a war-crimes tribunal before he dies.

[saigon68]

17. Old Henry in a Jumpsuit---Priceless

[xchrom]

2. cause the surge is working, right?

:eyes:

[Magleetis]

3. More signs

of success in Iraq.

[hatrack]

4. Yes, obviously, we ARE prevailing in the battle for hearts and minds . .

Oh, sorry, wrong war!

[Mika]

5. Missile came from the North, South, East, & West of Baghdad. n/t

We got 'em on the run.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

6. Because they're attacking us, it means the surge is working!

And since the surge is working, we have to stay in Iraq for 100 years to preserve the peace! Except if it stops working we have to stay anyway to fix it again!

[sinkingfeeling]

7. This just proves they're in their last throes!

[Sal Minella]

11. if you will

[SpiralHawk]

8. "Victory" does not look like this

Get a clue, republicon homelanders. Your lie-based war is a Miserable Failure.

[Javaman]

9. Sad indeed. I recall once upon a time when bombs hit the Palestine

it was in all the news and people were so surprised. Now it's just another story.

yeah, things are really improving alright.

[DrDebug]

10. The new improved hotel will look even more inhospitable

The original hotel:



The current hotel with anti-sniper windows and a Bremer Wall (R):



And now the hotel has a hole in it... The next design will be a giant concrete block?

[Javaman]

12. down right 1984, isn't it? nt