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Marilyn Manuel, a member of Vieira de Mello's staff from the Philippines, was originally listed as missing and presumed dead in the collapsed section of the building. However, she had been evacuated to an Iraqi hospital which did not notify the UN of her presence. Her survival was confirmed four days
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Andre Valentine. The two men spent the next three hours trying to extricate the two survivors without benefit of any rescue equipment. Loescher was rescued after having his crushed legs amputated by the soldiers, but Vieira de Mello died before he could be removed.
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in Iraq since the early 1990s.) The 19 August bombing resulted in the withdrawal within weeks of most of the 600 UN staff members from Iraq. These events were to have a profound and lasting impact on the UN's security practices globally.
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Awraz Abd Aziz Mahmoud Sa'eed, known as al-Kurdi, confessed to helping plan the attack for al-Zarqawi. Al-Kurdi was captured by U.S. forces in 2005, judged and sentenced to death by an Iraqi court, and executed by hanging on 3 July 2007.
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coming in and out of the compound were good-humored. I had said to my friend that things seemed pretty relaxed. She had replied that the special representative was proud that Iraqis could approach the UN building – unlike in the
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I left at two, intending to return later in the afternoon to use the Internet. But when I came back at 4:30, a thick column of smoke was rising from either end of the building, families were screaming and pushing at a cordon of
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and wounded 19 others, including UN workers. The second attack led to the withdrawal of some 600 UN international staff from Baghdad, along with employees of other aid agencies. In August 2004, de Mello's replacement,
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and part of the former Iraqi establishment's fleet). Investigators in Iraq suspected the bomb was made from old munitions, including a single 500-pound aerial bomb, from Iraq's pre-war arsenal.
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adopted Resolution A/63/139 on "Strengthening of the Coordination of Emergency Assistance of the United Nations," which, among other declarations, designated 19 August as
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United Nations members prepare to load flag-draped metal transfer cases carrying the remains of bombing victims from the UN Office of Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq
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William von Zehle, crawled down through the collapsed building and worked to extricate the two men. He was joined later by another American soldier,
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Service (UNMAS), was holding a press conference. The explosion damaged a spinal cord treatment center at the hospital next door and a U.S. Army
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and associated personnel who have worked in the promotion of the humanitarian cause and those who have lost their lives while doing so.
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The bombing was followed on September 22, 2003, by another car bomb outside the Canal Hotel. The blast killed the bomber and an
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claimed credit for a number of attacks, including the 19 August 2003 bombing on U.N. quarters in Baghdad. By December 2004,
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The attack was followed by a suicide car bomb attack on 22 September 2003 near U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing a
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were critically wounded and trapped in debris under the collapsed portion of the building. An American soldier,
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I had wandered past the security point without anyone attempting to search me or ask my business. The
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Humanitarian Information Centre (HIC) for Iraq (UNOHCI) was located directly beneath the office of
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In an audiotape, published 6 April 2004 on a website and "probably authentic," according to the
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located at the rear of the Canal Hotel, and the resulting shockwave was felt over a mile away.
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identified the suicide bomber as Algerian national Fahdal Nassim. Other suspects included
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as a gift to the Jews so they can rape the land and humiliate our people. Do not forget
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The suicide bombing of the United Nations in Baghdad drew overwhelming condemnation.
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over the transfer case of Sérgio Vieira de Mello, prior to a memorial service at the
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created just five days earlier. (The United Nations had used the hotel as its
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The Prince of the Marshes and Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
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recounts his experiences at the Canal Hotel on the day of the bombing.
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Naval captain, assistant to the Spanish special ambassador to Iraq
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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
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Member of Vieira de Mello's staff, political affairs officer
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In January 2005, a top bombmaker for al-Zarqawi's group,
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Index

Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006)
Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)

Baghdad
GMT +3
United Nations
Truck bomb
Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
occupation of Iraq
Israel
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386
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List of bombings during the Iraq War
1st Baghdad
2nd Baghdad
Najaf
3rd Baghdad
1st Nasiriyah
1st Karbala
1st Erbil
Ashoura
1st Basra
1st Mosul
4th Baghdad
5th Baghdad
Karbala & Najaf
1st Baqubah
Kufa

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