Baghdad triple car bomb attack kills 11: police

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Eleven people were killed when three
car bombs exploded close to a fortified hotel compound used by
foreign journalists in Baghdad on Monday, police said.

Further details were not available. The bombs created
spectacular television images flashed around the world as they
went off below the concrete towers of the Sheraton and
Palestine hotels in the city center, which are guarded by U.S.
troops.