Spain orders arrest of US troops

[Xiahou]

(and it was the very same pentagon who told all foreing press to go there so that they would be safe there).

Id like to see where you're getting that from. The hotel was under Baathist control for the majority of the battle as I understand it. So, I can't understand why the Pentagon would direct reporters there.

From Feb27 2003:

• WARNING REPORTERS: The Pentagon Thursday warned major news organizations that their reporters based in Baghdad are in far more danger than in 1991, because the U.S. bombing of Iraq, if it comes, would be far more devastating. In a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington bureau chiefs were told the U.S. military could not guarantee the safety of journalists who decided to remain in the Iraqi capital in the event of war, and also could not guarantee another warning before any military action begins.

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