Stephen Marshall reports on the bombing at the Baghdad Hotel. Snippet:

Sitting in the restaurant of our hotel a few hours after the attack, I met up with a couple of young Iraqi women who had been introduced to us the night before. I knew that they were both pro-Saddam (one is a Sunni while the other is a Palestinian - I'll call them R. and B. respectively), so I treaded carefully with my depiction of the attack. R. could barely hold back a smug satisfaction at the news. "This is only the beginning of the resistance. Those people at the Baghdad Hotel were warned. All of these people have been warned. I have seen a copy of the letter, signed by the 29 groups who are united in the resistance, listing potential targets for attack. The Baghdad Hotel was on that list along with police stations, American troops and spies who work for the occupation." I tried to keep a passive, non-judgmental expression while she spoke. Despite the severity of the topic, I could sense a subtle sense of satisfaction in her voice; "The Ba'ath Party will begin its official resistance at the beginning of next month."