By CHARLES J. HANLEY, AP Special Correspondent
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A "science project" of a rocket launcher forced the U.S. occupation authority to retreat from its main hotel Sunday, after a barrage by the Iraqi resistance that killed an American colonel, wounded 18 other people and sent scores of U.S. officials scurrying for safety, including the visiting deputy defense secretary.
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"Paul Wolfowitz, the shaken-looking but unhurt Pentagon (news - web sites) deputy, said the strike against the Al Rasheed Hotel, from nearly point-blank range, "will not deter us from completing our mission" in Iraq (news - web sites)."
Looks like it's mission acomplished, Wolfy!
"The effect of the 6:10 a.m. volley of rockets was dramatic: U.S. officials and officers fled from the Al Rasheed, some still in pyjamas or shorts to a nearby convention center."
Meanwhile, NHK via TV Japan shows graphic onsite docu footage of conditions on the ground in places like Gaza and Basra. Guess #2 donor wants to know what they are chipping in for. It's enough to dissolve anybodys' pro-U.S./Israel prejudicies. AmeriBrit soldiers look just like Israelis now. What a crime. I've just turned off US media except for financial news. It's worse than useless poison.
-Brad Mayer