NO INJURIES

If memory serves it seems the last week or two has been characterized by attacks that are all boom and no doom, excepting the attack on the member of the Iraqi Governing Council.

If I were smarter than I am I might be able to make the case for an increasingly frustrated enemy probing to find the soft spots, and having little such luck.

Three missiles or rocket-propelled grenades slammed into Baghdad's al-Rashid Hotel, home to U.S. officers and their civilian staff, on Saturday just hours after American soldiers killed at least two Iraqis at a checkpoint in Fallujah.

James Smith, a spokesman for the U.S.-run coalition, said the projectiles struck the hotel at about 6:30 a.m., although there were conflicting reports about what exactly was fired. No casualties and only minor damage were reported.

The al-Rashid, once one of Baghdad's best hotels, was taken over by the military after Saddam Hussein was toppled by coalition forces in April. It sits inside a heavily guarded compound that also houses the Baghdad Convention Center, where the military has its press office. The U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council also has its headquarters in the complex.

Residents of the Salhiya neighborhood just west of the complex said the projectiles were fired from the middle of the street and the launcher was left behind as the attackers fled.