- Title: IRAQ: TURKISH EMBASSY DAMAGED IN SUICIDE BOMBING IN BAGHDAD
- Date: 15th October 2003
- Summary: (W3) ALWAZIRIYAH, BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 15, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF EXTERIOR OF TURKISH EMBASSY 0.03 2. VARIOUS IMPACT OF SHRAPNEL ON WALL (2 SHOTS) 0.11 3. SMV TURKISH SECURITY MAN ON ROOF 0.17 4. SLV OF IRAQI POLICEMAN OUTSIDE EMBASSY 0.21 5. VARIOUS OF TURKISH SECURITY MAN WITH BANDAGED FACE ON ROOF (2 SHOTS) 0.32
- Embargoed: 30th October 2003 12:00
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- Location: ALWAZIRIYAH, BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVAAOAUNAFETARUPG4242MDYWI2S
- Story Text: Turkish embassy security in Iraq remain
on full alert.
Turkish embassy security in Iraq remained on full
alert following Tuesday's (October 14) suicide car bomb
outside the embassy in central Baghdad.
A suicide car bomber, died and several bystanders were
wounded in the apparent suicide attack, days after Ankara
agreed to send troops to bolster U.S.-led forces occupying
Iraq.
No information about damages inside the embassy were
reported although the bomb damaged the embassy's faade. A
Turkish security man with bandaged face appeared on the
embassy roof.
Tuesday's attack was the third car bombing since
Thursday, when a driver detonated his vehicle in a police
station courtyard in Baghdad, killing himself and nine
others.
On Sunday, a suicide bombing killed eight near the
Baghdad Hotel, home to U.S. and members of the U.S-backed
Iraq's Governing Council. The string of attacks began in
August with bombings at the Jordanian Embassy and the U.N.
headquarters. All the targets have been institutions
perceived as cooperating with the U.S. occupation.
Local hospital staff said they had treated 10 wounded
people, one with critical head injuries.
Turkey's parliament agreed last week to send troops to
join American and other foreign contingents trying to
stabilize Iraq after the invasion that toppled Saddam
Hussein in April.
The move was welcomed by the United States but was
opposed by many of the 25 members of Iraq's Governing
Council because of the bitter legacy of centuries of
Turkish colonial domination of the region.
The spokesman for Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said he
would rethink his position on the council if it accepted
the entry of Turkish troops. The Turkish Foreign Ministry
indicated the attack would not affect an eventual troop
deployment.
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