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2003 Nasiriyah bombing

Nasiriyah Carabinieri Bombing
Part of Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006) in Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
Italian Police HQ Bombing is located in Iraq
Italian Police HQ Bombing
Italian Police HQ Bombing
Italian Police HQ Bombing (Iraq)
Aftermath of the attack
LocationNasiriyah, Iraq
DateNovember 12, 2003
TargetItalian military police headquarters
Attack type
suicide bombing, shootout
Deaths18 Italian soldiers[1]
1 Italian civilian
9 Iraqi civilians
Injured103 (including 20 Italian soldiers)
PerpetratorsJama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad[2]
MotiveOperation Ancient Babylon
Nasiriyah Bombing Memorial (Bologna)

The 2003 Nasiriyah bombing was a suicide attack on the Italian Carabinieri MSU headquarters in Nasiriyah, Iraq, south of Baghdad on 12 November 2003. The attack resulted in the deaths of 18 Italian servicemembers, mostly members of the MSU Carabinieri, an Italian civilian, and 9 Iraqi civilians and was the worst Italian military disaster since the Second World War. The attack, labeled a "terrorist act" by Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, was among a string of many attacks on non-American military international targets in Iraq that occurred shortly after the end of major combat operations, including the Jordanian and Turkish embassies, International Red Cross, and UN facilities.[3]

  1. ^ "Period Details". Archived from the original on 2007-04-10. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  2. ^ Richard York (20 June 2015). Know Thy Enemy: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Lulu.com. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-1-329-23188-7.
  3. ^ Bunker, Robert; Sullivan, John (1 January 2004). "Suicide Bombings in Operation Iraqi Freedom". CGU Faculty Publications and Research. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

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