Category: Terrorism, from Wikidata’s class “terrorist attack”
2003 Nasiriyah bombing
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The 2003 Nasiriyah bombing was a suicide attack on the Italian Carabinieri Multinational Specialized Unit (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, an Italian civilian, and 9 Iraqi civilians and was the worst Italian military disaster since World War II. 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, ICRC, and UN facilities.
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2003 Nasiriyah bombing. (2026, August 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2003_Nasiriyah_bombing&oldid=1368818177
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“2003 Nasiriyah bombing.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Aug. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2003_Nasiriyah_bombing&oldid=1368818177.
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