IRAQ: EXPLOSION CLOSE TO OFFICE OF NEW YORK TIMES AND HOTELS USED BY FOREIGNERS

Record ID: 230498

  • Title: IRAQ: EXPLOSION CLOSE TO OFFICE OF NEW YORK TIMES AND HOTELS USED BY FOREIGNERS
  • Date: 15th November 2004
  • Summary: (EU) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 14,2004) (REUTERS) 1. SLV SHERATON HOTEL IN BAGHDAD AND SMOKE RISING NEARBY WITH AUDIO OF GUNFIRE; SLV/SCU CRATER CAUSED BY ROCKET ATTACK 0.59 2. SLV SHERATON HOTEL/THE GREEN ZONE 1.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 30th November 2004 12:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA4W3O0R566HMMR0QJQN5KF9X2L
  • Story Text: Blast echoes near hotels in central Baghdad.

    An explosion shook an area of central Baghdad near
    the office of the New York Times and hotels used by
    foreigners on Sunday (November 14, 2004), witnesses said.

    Smoke rose over the site of the blast, which scattered
    shrapnel across nearby streets and appeared to have been
    caused by a rocket.

    There was no immediate word on casualties but the head
    of security at the New York Times said none of the staff
    there were hurt. The U.S. military had no immediate
    comment.

    Insurgents bent on expelling U.S.-led troops from Iraq
    often fire mortars and rockets at hotels used by foreign
    journalists and security contractors on the eastern bank of
    the Tigris river.


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