IRAQ: SUICIDE CAR BOMBER BLOWS UP HIS VEHICLE OUTSIDE U.S MILITARY BASE NORTH OF BAGHDAD

Record ID: 358614

  • Title: IRAQ: SUICIDE CAR BOMBER BLOWS UP HIS VEHICLE OUTSIDE U.S MILITARY BASE NORTH OF BAGHDAD
  • Date: 1st June 2004
  • Summary: (W5) 5 KM WEST OF BAIJI, IRAQ (JUNE 1, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. TRAVELLING SHOT OF EXTERIOR OF MILITARY BASE WHERE ATTACK TOOK PLACE SEEN FROM CAR WINDOW (U.S. AUTHORITIES DO NOT ALLOW FILMING) 0.02 (W5) BAIJI, IRAQ (JUNE 1, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 2. WIDE OF EXTERIOR GENERAL BAIJI HOSPITAL 0.08 3. SLV BODY OF ONE PER
  • Embargoed: 16th June 2004 13:00
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  • Location: 5 KM WEST OF BAIJI, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVADC1HMKOSSVK54T5JJFZ3T5WZ6
  • Story Text: A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle at the
    entrance to a U.S. military base north of Baghdad on
    Tuesday, killing at least 13.




    A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle at the
    entrance to a U.S. military base north of Baghdad on
    Tuesday (June 1), killing at least 11 Iraqis and wounding
    20 others and two U.S. soldiers, the U.S. military said.

    The attack occurred at a military base near Baiji, an
    oil-refining town 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad.

    Iraqi police Captain Marwan said the bomber drove a
    black BMW car toward the base and detonated it at the
    entrance.

    "The explosion happened at the Al-Seniya base, which
    belongs to the Americans. The explosion happened at at the
    workers entrance. At the same time a convoy was coming in
    an eyewitness says a BMW drove by at the same time and then
    there was an explosion. There were a lot of damaged cars,
    three trucks and a lot of civilian cars," said Captain
    Marwan.

    The blast came on the day Iraq's new government was
    announced. The government will formally take over
    sovereignty from the U.S.-led administration on June 30.



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