The
Iraqi ambassador to the
Arab League,
Mohsen Khalil, announces that "Iraq has now already achieved victory – apart from some technicalities."[4]
Deaths of three journalists in Baghdad: Two American
air to surface missiles hit the
Qatarsatellite station
Al Jazeera's office in
Baghdad and kill a reporter and wound a cameraman. U.S. Officials said that the offices were not targeted, but were right next to the Iraqi Ministry of Information building which was a target. The nearby office of
Arab satellite channel
Abu Dhabi is also hit by
air strikes. Al Jazeera accuses the U.S. of attacking Arab media to hide facts. On the same day a U.S.
tank fires into the 15th floor of the
Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, where almost all remaining foreign journalists are based, and kills two cameramen and wounds three. In the Abu Dhabi case the station airs the picture of Iraqi fire from beneath of the camera. In the hotel case, however, other journalists on the scene deny any fire from or around the hotel.,[5][6][7]
The
Iraqi ambassador to the
Arab League,
Mohsen Khalil, announces that "Iraq has now already achieved victory – apart from some technicalities."[4]
Deaths of three journalists in Baghdad: Two American
air to surface missiles hit the
Qatarsatellite station
Al Jazeera's office in
Baghdad and kill a reporter and wound a cameraman. U.S. Officials said that the offices were not targeted, but were right next to the Iraqi Ministry of Information building which was a target. The nearby office of
Arab satellite channel
Abu Dhabi is also hit by
air strikes. Al Jazeera accuses the U.S. of attacking Arab media to hide facts. On the same day a U.S.
tank fires into the 15th floor of the
Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, where almost all remaining foreign journalists are based, and kills two cameramen and wounds three. In the Abu Dhabi case the station airs the picture of Iraqi fire from beneath of the camera. In the hotel case, however, other journalists on the scene deny any fire from or around the hotel.,[5][6][7]