18 January 2004 Baghdad bombing
| 18 January 2004 Baghdad bombing | |
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| Part of the Iraq War | |
| Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Date | 18 January 2004 |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Weapons | Bomb |
| Deaths | 24 |
| Injured | Unknown |
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At 8 am on 18 January 2004, a suicide bombing occurred in the Green Zone in Karkh, Baghdad, Iraq. The bomber exploded a 500kg bomb in a Toyota pickup truck outside while in a queue of vehicles waiting to enter the main United States headquarters. The attack killed 24 people, injured dozens of others and set cars on fire.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ^ Bomb survivors bloodied, deafened
- ^ "Car bomb explodes in central Baghdad". NBC News. 18 January 2004. Archived from the original on 2022-11-02.
- ^ Baghdad car bomb leaves 20 dead
- ^ Burgess, J. Peter (2004). "Commentary". Security Dialogue. 35 (1): 5–8. ISSN 0967-0106.
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