Target Jordanian embassy Perpetrators unknown Location Baghdad, Iraq Attack type Car bomb | Non-fatal injuries 40 Date 7 August 2003 Total number of deaths 17 Location Baghdad | |
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Similar Al‑Suwaira fuel dump explosion, 2010 Baqubah bombings, 17 August 2005 Baghdad | ||
2003 jordanian embassy bombing in baghdad
On 7 August 2003, a lorry bomb exploded outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 17 people and injuring dozens. The explosion launched a car onto a rooftop, and left body parts strewn across the street.
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Witnesses in the area reported that the suspects parked their vehicle outside the embassy, and left. A short time later the vehicle exploded. All casualties were Iraqi and outside the embassy. Inside the embassy there were only a few slight injuries reported, because the embassy was surrounded by a concrete wall which protected it from the bombing.
Perpetrators
By 8 August 2003 mid day, no group had claimed the attack.
The Jamestown Foundation considers Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his terror network or group Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad responsible for this attack.