Year: 2004
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Car Bomb at Baghdad Hotel Leaves at Least 27 Dead
March 18, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS AGHDAD, Iraq, March 17 — A huge car bomb destroyed the five-story Mount Lebanon Hotel in central Baghdad on Wednesday evening, tearing the facade off the building and sending residents tumbling into the street. At least 27 people were killed and 41 wounded. The explosion reduced an apartment…
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Many Casualties Reported in Baghdad Hotel Blast
March 17, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 17 — A massive explosion ripped through an area in Baghdad today, causing many casualties, witnesses said. The blast caused severe damage to an apartment building and a hotel, the Mount Lebanon, in the al Karada district of Baghdad, and it sent a massive fireball…
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2913-23 N. Central Park / 2934-54 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Permit #: 20405194 Applicant: Heneghan Wrecking Owner: Senco Properties Permit Description: Demolition of a 1- to 3-story brick commercial building [2-story corner building, 3-story building on Central Park] Status (if applicable): Hold Released 6/15/04
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Iraqi Policemen Tied to Killing of 2 Americans
March 13, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 12 — American officials said today that four men arrested in connection with the killing of two American civilians working for the American occupation authority were apparently members of the new 70,000-member American-trained Iraqi police force. A fifth man seized in the killings was a…
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U.S. Says Iraqis Held in American Deaths Had Valid Police ID
March 12, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 12 — The American occupation authority said today that four of the six men arrested after gunmen shot and killed two American civilians on Tuesday were carrying “current and valid” documents identifying them as members of the new Iraqi police force. Iraqi police officers in…