Baghdad, Nov 21: Rockets slammed into the Palestine hotel in downtown Baghdad this morning, causing limited damage on the upper floors of hotel where many us workers and foreign journalists are staying. There were no immediate reports of casualties. US soldiers and Iraqi police discovered a rocket-launcher attached to a donkey cart with a capacity to fire 30 rockets on nearby Saadoun street, but didn't allow journalists to approach. They said it appeared three or four rockets had been fired.
One of the rockets left a hole in the wall of the 16th floor of the hotel, and a 15th-floor room appeared to have been hit as well, although soldiers searching the room didn't allow journalists inside. Several windows were shattered in the 18th-floor building.

There were no immediate reports of arrests.

Bureau Report