Landmark Baghdad hotel attacked

April 11, 2008

The attack killed three civilians and injured seven according to police and witnesses. The hotel is across the Tigris River from the Green Zone diplomatic and government compound and has been used by international media reporting on the Iraq conflict. In other developments, a senior aide to anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was shot dead in Najaf. The attack killed three civilians and injured seven according to police and witnesses. The hotel is across the Tigris River from the Green Zone diplomatic and government compound and has been used by international media reporting on the Iraq conflict. In other developments, a senior aide to anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was shot dead in Najaf.