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Posted on 04/15/2003 8:25:48 AM PDT by Ga Rob
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Teams of U.S. Marines looked "for unauthorized weapons" and people "not friendly to the United States" in a search Tuesday at a Baghdad hotel that is a home base for many journalists, a military source told CNN's Michael Holmes.
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I guess they should arrest everyone in the building if that's the critria(sp)
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That shouldn't be hard. We call them "liberals" here.
Sniper fire was reported coming from the hotel. Saw this on Fox and MSNBC this morning. (Not mentioned in this article.)
They only searched two floors. (That is mentioned further down in the article.)
And at around 10 AM Wednesday morning, *John* the terminal manager for Baghdad International Airport will be leaving Colorado for Kuwait City en route to his one year tour of duty in getting the Baghdad Airport online and operational, having been closed since 1992 due to UN sanctions and "No Fly Zone".
And they're to have an airport security force NOT made up of the walk-in former police for Saddam Hussein. I expect you can guess what they have in mind. -archy-/-
Arrests were made, but information on the number and nationalities of those detained was not immediately available. Sources at the hotel said the Marines searched at least the ninth and 17th floors.
"This operation was to look for people who are not friendly to the United States," the source said. "Our intelligence is that there may be such people staying in the Palestine Hotel."
A U.S. attack on the hotel last week killed two journalists. U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces came under "significant enemy fire" from the facility and responded "consistent with the inherent right of self-defense." A tank from the Army's 3rd Infantry Division fired into the hotel in response.
CNN Producer Linda Roth was in her room on the hotel's 17th floor when the search began.
"I heard a slight tap, tap, tap at the door," she said. "It was the U.S. military, weapons drawn. They ordered me into the room and to get down. They came in, they searched the room, the closets, every single room and asked to see my IDs and my passport."
Roth said a Marine stood guard at her door as the search continued throughout the floor.
"There was definitely tension, and they were definitely looking for someone," she said.
A source said the Marines want to make sure the hotel is more secure. Steps to do so probably will include moving people out of the hotel who are not accredited journalists or U.S. service members.
The source said the military is not sure how many people that may be. The number, however, is believed to be small.
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