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1. Exterior of Palestine Hotel tilt down to damaged cars 2. Various of damaged cars 3. Exterior of Palestine hotel 4. Wide of street 5. Cleaners sweeping debris and shards of glass as a result of Monday bombing 6. Pan from Sheraton Ishtar hotel to people on street 7. Various of cleaners loading debris into back of truck 8. Pan of destruction near Hamra hotel 9. Various of debris and damage 10. Various of crater left behind by blast 11. Wide of blast site 12. Bloodied piece of debris 13. Low shot of people walking on debris splatter 14. Sign reading (Arabic) ''al-Kindi Teaching Hospital'' 15. Various of coffin being secured on top of minibus 16. Various of coffins tied to the top of vehicles with mourners gathered around 17. Car with coffin on top driving towards cemetery STORYLINE: Parts of Baghdad resembled a wasteland on Tuesday as Iraqis continued the clean up operation in the aftermath of Monday''s series of bombings. Suicide bombers struck in quick succession on Monday at three Baghdad hotels favoured by Western journalists in well-planned assaults that killed at least 37 people and wounded more than 100. The attacks were a blow to an Iraqi government struggling to answer for security lapses that have allowed bombers to carry out massive attacks in the heart of the Iraqi capital since August, raising serious questions about the country''s stability ahead of the March 7 parliamentary elections. The blasts were launched over a span of 15 minutes, shortly before Iraq announced it had hanged Saddam Hussein''s notorious henchman "Chemical Ali" and gave rise to speculation about possible links to the attacks. The first explosion struck near the Sheraton Hotel, along the Abu Nawas esplanade across the Tigris River from the Green Zone. The force of the blast toppled a row of 10-foot, 7-ton concrete blast walls protecting the site, tore cars apart and damaged a number of other buildings. Twisted metal and shards of glass littered the lawns and courtyards of the popular fish restaurants along the river on Tuesday. Although known in Baghdad as the Sheraton Ishtar, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc, owners of the Sheraton brand, pulled out of the hotel years ago. Two other blasts followed minutes later, striking near the Babylon Hotel and Hamra Hotel, which is popular with Western journalists and foreign security contractors Militants in business suits walking alongside a suicide car bomb opened fire on a private security checkpoint at the Hamra, police and guards said. The hotel and the compound in which it is located is home to the Baghdad offices of several Western news organisation, including The Washington Post, McClatchy Newspapers, NBC and The Los Angeles Times. On Tuesday, locals strapped the coffins of those killed in the blast to the tops of their vehicles as they were ferried to the cemetery. No Westerners were reported killed or seriously injured in any of Monday''s three attacks. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest major attacks in Baghdad. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1f7ab8e20eeaba3f240345efcf9df928 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork