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To: PartyTime who started this subject	3/17/2004 1:46:02 PM
From: James Calladine	Read Replies (1) of 173976

Blast rips through Baghdad hotel A powerful blast has ripped through a small hotel and nearby houses in the centre of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, reportedly killing many people. As bodies were pulled from the burning rubble of the Mount Lebanon Hotel in the Karrada district witnesses said the casualties included children. The explosion was caused by a rocket attack, a deputy interior minister told Reuters news agency at the scene. The hotel is thought to be used mainly by Iraqis and other Arabs. The blast sent up a column of fire and a huge plume of smoke into the night sky. Frantic relatives gathered as rescue teams searched for survivors and US military helicopters hovered above. One police officer said he believed at least 10 people had been killed. 'Ordinary families' A witness who spoke to Reuters said he had seen "many, many" bodies. "I ran down the street and saw many, many people killed," said 30-year-old Abdul Karim. "There were children dead." Mr Karim said the area was an ethnically mixed one populated by "ordinary families". The explosion left a crater around seven metres (20 feet) across and 3.5 metres deep in the road outside the hotel. Iraqi Deputy Interior Minister Ahmed Kadhim said he thought a rocket attack was responsible. However, US troops said the extent of the damage suggested a car bomb. "It has to be a car bomb - no rocket could cause that amount of damage," Pfc Heath Balick of the US Army's 1st Armoured Division told AP news agency. Send us your eyewitness accounts and reaction to the blast using the postform below. Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk Published: 2004/03/17 18:29:13 GMT

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