IRAQ: BAGHDAD'S SHERATON HOTEL HIT BY MORTAR ROCKET ATTACK

Record ID: 355733

  • Title: IRAQ: BAGHDAD'S SHERATON HOTEL HIT BY MORTAR ROCKET ATTACK
  • Date: 14th April 2004
  • Summary: (W6) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (APRIL 14, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. EXTERIOR OF SHERATON HOTEL 0.04 2. CU: SIGN READING ISHTAR SHERATON HOTEL IN ARABIC 0.06 3. VARIOUS OF IRAQI POLICE/ ARMED MEN SEARCHING LAND NEAR HOTEL (4 SHOTS) 0.28 4. SLV/CU: ROCKET ON GROUND (2 SHOTS) 0.38 5. ARMED MAN ON SITE 0.42 6. PEOPLE LOOKING FROM BALCONY
  • Embargoed: 29th April 2004 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVADFN9WLNGXVRLV67FK4M23V04B
  • Story Text: Sheraton Hotel in Baghdad comes under mortar attack.


    A rocket hit the Sheraton Hotel on Wednesday (April
    14), breaking windows but causing no casualties in the
    heavily guarded compound that houses many foreign
    contractors and journalists.

    A second rocket failed to fire and was found lying in
    the street outside the hotel compound.

    The rocket, that hit the 12th floor of the Sheraton,
    caused a loud noise and structural damage to the building.



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