] A shell from a US tank had glanced off the building's
] 15th floor, turning concrete and metal into projectiles
] that killed two reporters and wounded two others in Room
] 1502. The victims had been on the balcony, watching
] gunfire between US and Iraqi forces 1.5 kilometres away.
]
] Most reporters assumed that an Iraqi irregular had taken
] a pot shot at the building with a shoulder-launched
] rocket grenade. However, a television camera had recorded
] a US tank turning its turret directly at the hotel and
] the blast from its muzzle.
]
] US military officials in Iraq and at the Pentagon said
] that a tank from the 3rd Infantry Division had fired on
] the hotel after reporting that "significant" enemy fire
] had come from a position in front of the 18-storey
] building. The Pentagon has long known that journalists
] are staying at the hotel and has warned of the dangers of
] remaining.