- Title: IRAQ: A BOMB EXPLODES ON BAGHDAD'S AIRPORT ROAD DAMAGING A SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE
- Date: 1st December 2004
- Summary: (W3) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (DECEMBER 1, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE SHOT OF ROAD/ U.S. MILITARY VEHICLE 0.07 2. U.S. ARMOURED VEHICLE DRIVING ON ROAD 0.12 3. WIDE SHOT OF STREET / OVERTURNED SUV 0.18 4. WIDE SHOT OF AREA / OVERTURNED VEHICLE ON SIDE OF ROAD 0.30 5. WIDE OF AREA WITH U.S. HUMVEE AMONG TREES 0.36 6. WIDE OF ATTACK
- Embargoed: 16th December 2004 12:00
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- Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVAA4ZG0SG1HS1IKTR9GQ0E8CBW9
- Story Text: A sport utility vehicle was damaged in attack on
Baghdad's highway.
A bomb exploded on a Baghdad highway on Wednesday
(December 1, 2004) as a convoy of sports utility vehicles (SUV)
commonly used by foreign contractors and Iraqi officials
drove past, witnesses said.
A SUV could be seen overturned on the roadside as U.S.
military vehicles cordoned off the area, preventing access
to the area.
There is no immediate information on the blast. It was
not clear whether it was caused by a car bomb or a bomb
planted by the roadside.
U.S. military was not immediately available for comment
on the attack.
The road to Baghdad's international airport is one of
the most critical commercial and military arteries in this
crippled city. It also has emerged as one of the dangerous
road, where U.S. convoys are frequently targeted.
There has been a surge of unrest in Baghdad and other
Sunni areas of Iraq since U.S. forces launched an offensive
earlier this month to wipe out insurgents in the city of
Falluja, west of Baghdad, which had become a guerrilla
bastion.
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