2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad
- 2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad
Infobox terrorist attack
title=2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad
location=Baghdad, Iraq
target=Jordanian embassy
date=August 7 2003
type=truck bomb
fatalities=17
injuries=40
perps=Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-JihadThe 2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad was the detonation of a truck bomb outside of the Jordanian embassy in Iraq on August 7 2003. The powerful blast killed 17 and injured at least 40.
Witnesses in the area reported that the suspects parked their vehicle outside of the embassy, and left. A short time later the vehicle exploded. All of the casualties in the attack happened outside the embassy, and all were identified as being Iraqi. Inside the embassy there were only a few slight injuries reported, because the embassy was surrounded by a concrete wall which protected it from the bombing.
This attack was the first one where insurgents used a car bomb. Just a week later the first suicide attack was carried out by the insurgency in the attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad.
External links
* [http://us.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/08/07/sprj.irq.main/ Baghdad blast kills 10 at Jordanian Embassy]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3134145.stm Jordan embassy blast inquiry]
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