Powerful Explosions Rip Through

Juan Cole 11/21/2003

Powerful Explosions Rip through Palestine, Sheraton Hotels

Guerrillas fired rockets into the Palestine Hotel and the Sheraton in downtown Baghdad on Thursday. Several persons were injured. According to CNN staff, who are based in the Palestine, there was damage to the 12th, 15th and 16th floors of the 18-story building. The attack took place at 7:10 am Baghdad time. Some reports said that the Iraqi oil ministry was also hit.

On Wednesday, guerrillas had struck at a police station in Mosul, wounding two policeman along with a translator.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page