The 2003 Nasiriyah bombing was a suicide attack on the Italian military police headquarters in Nasiriyah, Iraq, south of Baghdad on November 12, 2003. Nāşirīyah (also transliterated as Nassiriya or Nasiriya; in Arabic الناصرية, al-Nasiriyah or an-Nasiriyah) is a city in Iraq. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ... Car bombings are common in Iraq since the US-led invasion This is a list of major terrorist attacks of the Iraq War. ... The 2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad was the detonation of a truck bomb outside of the Jordanian embassy in Iraq on August 7, 2003. ... The Canal Hotel after the bombing. ... The Imam Ali Mosque bombing was the detonation of two car bombs outside of the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf on August 29, 2003. ... The 2003 Karbala bombings consisted of four suicide attacks on the coalition military barracks in Karbala, Iraq, 110 kilometres (70 miles) south of Baghdad on December 27, 2003. ... The 2004 Irbil bombings was a double suicide attack on the offices of Kurdish political parties in Irbil, north of Baghdad on February 2, 2004. ... The Ashura massacre of March 2, 2004 in Iraq was a series of planned terrorist explosions that killed 170 and injured 500 Iraqi Shias Muslims commemorating the Ashura festival. ... On April 21, 2004, a series of large car bomb explosions ripped through Basra, Iraq. ... On December 21, 2004, fourteen U.S. soldiers, four U.S. citizen Halliburton employees, and four Iraqi soldiers allied with the U.S. military were killed in an attack on a dining hall at Forward Operating Base Marez next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul. ... The 2005 Al Hillah bombing killed 127 people on February 28, 2005 in Al Hillah, Iraq. ... The 2005 Musayyib bombing was a suicide attack on a marketplace in Musayyib, a town 35 miles south of Baghdad on July 16, 2005. ... The 17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings was a terrorist attack that occured when three powerful car bombs ripped through civilian targets in central Baghdad, killing 43 people and injuring 76. ... The 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing occurred when a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle in a crowd of construction workers who had gathered in Baghdads Oruba Square looking for jobs. ... The Al Askari Mosque in Samarra before and after the February 2006 bombing. ... The 1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing was a suicide car bombing in Sadr City on July 1, 2006. ... The 2006 Sadr City bombings were a series of car bombs and mortar attacks in Iraq that began on November 23 at 15:10 Baghdad time (12:10 Greenwich Mean Time) and ended at 15:55 (12:55 GMT). ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... The Baghdad market bombing was the detonation of a large truck bomb in a busy market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on February 3, 2007. ... Two car bombs exploded in Baghdad, Iraq at 12:20, February 12, 2007 in the Shorja market district, killing 76 people, and injuring 155-180. ... A suicide attack is an attack in which the attacker (attacker being either an individual or a group) intends to kill others and intends to die in the process of doing so (see suicide). ... It has been suggested that Gendarmerie be merged into this article or section. ... Headquarters (HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ... Nāşirīyah (also transliterated as Nassiriya or Nasiriya; in Arabic الناصرية, al-Nasiriyah or an-Nasiriyah) is a city in Iraq. ... Baghdad (Arabic ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The attacker had ramed his truck bomb into the three-story building tearing off the facade. It was the deadliest attack to date on international troops. Insurgents first fired at the police checkpoint on the main road to the building. The police returned fire but were unable to halt the vehicle. When the police scatered the insurgent fighters removed the roadblock and the tanker truck moved toward the building and plowed into it. The huge explosion also hit nearby houses. Up to 26 people were killed including 16 Italian soldiers, mostly military police, and 2 Italian and 8 Iraqi civilians. At least 100 people were injured. A car bomb is a bomb that is placed in a car or truck and is intended to be exploded while there. ... An insurgency is an armed rebellion against a constituted authority, by any irregular armed force that rises up against an enforced or established authority, government, or administration. ... The term checkpoint may refer to: A place at which vehicles or pedestrians are stopped in order to enforce laws or security measures. ... A civilian is a person who is not a member of a military. ...

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• Attack on Italian police kills 26 in Iraq