US Military Dismiss Iraq Attacks

World | November 21, 2003, Friday // 00:00

More than a dozen rockets fired from donkey carts slammed into Iraq 's Oil Ministry and two hotels Friday - attacks dismissed by a US general as "militarily insignificant" but which also exposed weaknesses in gathering intelligence on insurgents. The brazen, coordinated strikes at some of Baghdad's most heavily protected civilian sites defied a US crackdown. A civilian contractor was seriously injured at the Palestine Hotel, where many foreign journalists and US workers are staying. No other casualties were reported at the Palestine or at the Sheraton Hotel across the street, and police said no one was hurt at the ministry.

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