Pictures from the October 26, 2003 Rocket Attack on Baghdad's Rashid Hotel.  The attack saw assailants set up a multiple rocket launcher several hundred yards from the hotel and drive away shortly before a timer sent over 20 rockets into the hotel.  Strikes reportedly occurred between the 3rd and 11th floors.  US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz was safely brought out of the hotel where news reports indicated he was staying on the 12th floor.  One American serviceman was killed and 15 other individuals reported wounded.

The facade of the hotel, showing multiple impact points. Several other rockets entered through windows.	A severely damaged fifth floor room.	A damaged fourth floor room.	A damaged third floor room.	Blood-stained stairwell of the Rashid in the aftermath of the attack. One soldier was killed, but all other wounded were evacuated safely.

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