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In Baghdad, there were explosions in two hotels where journalists live
In the center of Baghdad, on Friday morning, from missile installations, disguised on carts drawn by donkeys, Palestine and Sheraton hotels , in which foreign journalists live, were also fired by the Iraq oil .
The Iraqi police found later two more carts among the embassies of Italy and Turkey . They also contained missile installations with dozens of missiles ready for launch. All the attackers were disguised as agricultural merchants, and their carts were littered with vegetables from above.
Field of Palestine and Seraton hotels - US citizen is seriously wounded
4 missiles were released on the Palestine hotel building. They fell into rooms located on the 8th, 12th, 15th and 16th floors.
According to the US military, the explosion occurred on the 16th floor of the hotel, in which, in addition to journalists, representatives of American companies live. A hole formed in the wall from the explosion.
As a result of the explosion, one person is seriously wounded. This is an American working under a contract for a branch of Halliburton .
One charge flew through the room on the 8th floor, only by chance not hitting a person who was there.
The AFP correspondent saw a home -made missile system from which the hotel was fired. It was placed on a cart drawn by a donkey. The cart, disguised for the delivery of gas cylinders, stood on the street next to the hotel, in the ground there were shot sleeves.
One of the shells did not work. The entire device was connected to the timer that worked at a certain time, Interfax reports.
The American soldier, who witnessed what happened, claims that the shots were fired for RPG-7 grenade launcher.
In addition, two explosions thundered at the Seraton Hotel, located nearby. According to Reuters, the hotel guests are evacuated from the building.
Seraton hotel live Western journalists and some specialists working in Iraq under a contract. According to the Katar television channel Al-Jazeera , three missiles were released around the hotel. One of them reached the goal.
One policeman was wounded. A few more people received light wounds with fragments of glass.
The missile installation from which the launches were made was installed on a cart with barrels with kerosene drawn by a donkey, RIA Novosti reports. Kerosene is usually transported in the Iraqi capital in such wagons - local residents use fuel to refuel indoor lamps.
Both hotels are located in a protected complex of buildings in the center of Baghdad.
The Iraqi Ministry of oil was also fired, a fire arose
Similarly, and at the same time, the building of the Ministry of Oil was fired with another cart. According to CNN , 8 missiles got into it. A fire broke out in the building, clubs of thick yellow smoke rise into the sky.
According to the American army, there are no victims in the Ministry. On Friday in Iraq - a day off, as in all Muslim countries, so there was nobody in the ministry.
A homemade missile installation with 21 missiles was also found on Friday and on the street adjacent to the building of the embassies of Italy and Turkey in Baghdad, Reuters reports. It was disguised on a cart drawn up by a donkey, and connected to the timer, the head of the Iraqi police Ahmed Ibrahim said AFP.
Later in this area they found a fourth cart with missiles, which stood at the Women's College 600 meters from the Italian Embassy. The cart was disguised by hay.
According to Ibrahim, "people who conducted these attacks are the same who committed terrorist attacks in Istanbul ."
Earlier, the director of the Italian military intelligence Sismmy Nikolo Pollari said that the risk of terrorist attacks against Italian interests in Iraq is very great.