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10/26/2003 Archived Entry: "Wolfowitz survives rocket attack"

NEO-CON HATERS DISPLEASED: Eight rockets slammed into the Al Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad while U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying but he was unhurt in the attack.

Speaking at a press conference after the attack, Wolfowitz said one American may have been killed in the rocket attack on the hotel.

Wolfowitz, a major force behind the Iraq war, was paying his second visit to Iraq in three months and stressed the need to speed up the formation of a new Iraqi army, police force, border guard and civil defense corps.

A "quick reaction force" was dispatched to the scene in response to the attack, the coalition statement said.

There was initial uncertainty as to whether the rounds were rockets or mortars.

Witnesses inside the hotel described hearing a "whooshing" sound before the explosions, suggesting rockets were fired. Mortar rounds are generally silent when approaching a target.

I guess it will be a while before Dubya visits Iraq...

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