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The hotel was built in 1982 by the French hotel chain Le Meridien . It was one of a chain of five-star hotels of the same name across the Middle East . Starting with the 1991 Gulf War and continuing through the 2003 Invasion Of Iraq , this was one of several hotels Western and other foreign media used to cover situations that developed in Iraq. A controversial incident occurred during the 2003 Invasion Of Baghdad . On April 8 , 2003 , the hotel was fired upon by an American Tank Shell , Killing Two Journalists . On May 27 , 2003 , the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published a report of their investigation into the tank shelling of the Palestine Hotel on April 8, 2003. After interviewing "about a dozen reporters who were at the scene, including two embedded journalists who monitored the military radio traffic before and after the shelling occurred" the CPJ determined that the facts suggest that the "attack on the journalists, while not deliberate, was avoidable". The CPT determined that the tank thought it was firing upon an Iraqi forward artillery observer when it hit the hotel. The report went on to say "CPJ has learned that Pentagon officials, as well as commanders on the ground in Baghdad, knew that the Palestine Hotel was full of international journalists and were intent on not hitting it." {Link without Title} Being a soft, highly visible target, the hotel periodically come under attack by the Iraqi Insurgency . The Palestine is not located in the fortified Green Zone it is susceptible to Mortar and Rocket fire. On October 24 , 2005 , a Cement Mixer Truck Bomb detonated beside the hotel after breaching the defensive wall. The blast destroyed the lobby and the hotel houses few journalists today. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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