This video is scenes from the aftermath a few blocks away from the bombing, the chaotic scenes on the street, etc.
The number of casualties reported by Iraqi Police was approximately 4 killed and 16 wounded.
The assertion that the attack was intended to take over the Palestine Hotel was not substantiated by any of the IPs or PSDs (private security) who we spoke with that were on the scene. He believed this attack to be similar to previous attacks, where the first bomb is intended to bring security forces, and subsequent bombings are used to inflict mass casualties on the response teams.
Despite the loud gunfire long after the attack, no gunmen other than police were reported on the scene. One BBC colleague reported that, “The Iraqi Police tend to be quite trigger-happy. ? Also, my fixer overheard shouting “Be careful they are shooting everyone. ? We now believe “they ? almost certainly means other police.
This news video is from Alive in Baghdad Productions. It is made available under a Creative commons license. For more information on this and other videos please see our website.This video is scenes from the aftermath a few blocks away from the bombing, the chaotic scenes on the street, etc.
The number of casualti...all »This video is scenes from the aftermath a few blocks away from the bombing, the chaotic scenes on the street, etc.
The number of casualties reported by Iraqi Police was approximately 4 killed and 16 wounded.
The assertion that the attack was intended to take over the Palestine Hotel was not substantiated by any of the IPs or PSDs (private security) who we spoke with that were on the scene. He believed this attack to be similar to previous attacks, where the first bomb is intended to bring security forces, and subsequent bombings are used to inflict mass casualties on the response teams.
Despite the loud gunfire long after the attack, no gunmen other than police were reported on the scene. One BBC colleague reported that, “The Iraqi Police tend to be quite trigger-happy. ? Also, my fixer overheard shouting “Be careful they are shooting everyone. ? We now believe “they ? almost certainly means other police.
This news video is from Alive in Baghdad Productions. It is made available under a Creative commons license. For more information on this and other videos please see our website.«
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