2005 Al Hillah bombing

2005 Al Hillah bombing

Infobox terrorist attack
title=2005 Al Hillah bombing
location=Al Hillah, Iraq
target=Iraqi police recruiting center
date=February 28, 2005
type=suicide car bomb
fatalities=127
injuries=hundreds

The 2005 Al Hillah bombing killed 127 people on February 28, 2005 in Al Hillah, Iraq.

A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle into a line of people queueing outside a police recruiting centre and exploded it, killing 127 people and injuring hundreds more. The explosion also affected a nearby market, killing many passers-by. The targeted unemployed men were waiting for medical examination to get the job.

The bombing caused a worsening of Iraqi-Jordanian after it was learnt that suicide bomber, Raed Mansour al-Banna, had come from Jordan. Banna's family in Jordan gave him a heroic funeral, angering many Iraqi Shia. Thousands protested outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad and demanded it close, and the dispute led to both countries recalling their respective ambassadors. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A50921-2005Mar20?language=printer Iraq-Jordan Dispute Deepens; Diplomats Recalled in Aftermath of Suicide Bombing] ]

References

External links

* [http://terrorism.9f.com/eng.hilla.htm MASSACRE IN HILLA]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/28/iraq.main/ Iraq suicide bomb kills at least 125] CNN
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/enemywithin/reality/al-banna.html Bio of the bomber] FRONTLINE


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