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Rockets hit two hotels explosion near mosque { July 2 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woblas023878227jul02,0,929124.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woblas023878227jul02,0,929124.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines Rockets hit two hotels; explosion near mosque COMBINED NEWS SERVICES July 2, 2004 Rockets hit two central Baghdad hotels used by foreigners and Iraqi officials early this morning and guards outside one of them said at least three people were wounded or killed. Outside the Baghdad Hotel, guards refused to let journalists approach, saying there were at least three casualties. The Ishtar Sheraton Hotel was also hit and smoke was billowing from the 10th floor, witnesses said. Nearby, police found a pickup truck flipped over on its side with 17 rocket launchers and a crude firing mechanism inside. Police said they believed three rockets had been fired from the truck and the force of launching them had flipped it over. At the same time as the rocket attack, a bus exploded outside a mosque opposite the Sheraton, sending a column of black smoke into the sky. Police said it had been booby-trapped, but there were no casualties. The bus was in flames in Firdaws Square, where a statue of Saddam Hussein was symbolically toppled live on television when U.S. troops took the city last April. Hussein appeared in court yesterday to hear charges against him. A bystander, Ahmed Khayar Abbas, said that about 7:30 a.m. Iraq time, a minibus approached the square. "A group of people got off and left. Then it exploded," Abbas said. U.S. and Iraqi security forces have been on high alert this week, fearing spectacular attacks to follow with the formal handover of sovereignty to an Iraqi interim government that took place on Monday, two days earlier than planned. Copyright © 2004, Newsday, Inc.

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