Seraphim
08-07-2003, 05:54 AM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030807/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_jordan_attack&cid=540&ncid=716
By ANDREW ENGLAND, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A massive car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in the Iraqi capital Thursday morning, killing at least seven people and wounding 28, hospital officials and paramedics said.
Paramedics at the scene said 12 bodies had been removed from the tangle of wreckage outside the walled embassy compound.
A hospital official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said at least seven people were killed and many of the injured were in serious condition.
Shortly after the blast, angry young Iraqi men stormed to the embassy gate and began destroying pictures of Jordanian King Abdullah II and his late father, King Hussein.
The bomb was believed to have been planted in minibus parked outside the walled embassy compound and detonated remotely. Many cars were gutted and two bodies were seen still sitting in the vehicles. The chassis of the minibus landed on top of three of the burned out cars.
The U.S. military and Iraqi police chased the protesting mob away after a few minutes. An American tank was parked at the main gate of the embassy compound on the west edge of Baghdad. Soldiers in armored vehicles and Humvees cordoned off the area around the embassy.
Mandoh Gaahi, who witnessed the explosion, said the blast shook buildings and broke windows hundreds of yards away. The chassis of the minibus landed on top of three of the burned out cars.
Two of the dead were still inside the shells of two cars. One mangled vehicle could be seen on top of a building next to the embassy.
A Sudanese man working as a waiter at the embassy said those inside heard the explosion and many of them suffered minor injuries from the shock of the blast. He was bleeding from the left side of his face.
One wall of the embassy compound was blown down, revealing a generator, also apparently destroyed in the blast.
Tensions between the neighboring countries have been high because of Jordan's support for the U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites).
While Jordan is a major entry point into Iraq and remains a large trading partner, many Iraqis are resentful that Jordan dropped its support for Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) after the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites), and allowed U.S. troops to use its soil as a base during the latest war.
King Abdullah II last week granted "humanitarian asylum" to two daughters of Saddam, whose husbands took refuge in Jordan but were lured back and killed by Saddam's regime in 1996.
By ANDREW ENGLAND, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A massive car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in the Iraqi capital Thursday morning, killing at least seven people and wounding 28, hospital officials and paramedics said.
Paramedics at the scene said 12 bodies had been removed from the tangle of wreckage outside the walled embassy compound.
A hospital official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said at least seven people were killed and many of the injured were in serious condition.
Shortly after the blast, angry young Iraqi men stormed to the embassy gate and began destroying pictures of Jordanian King Abdullah II and his late father, King Hussein.
The bomb was believed to have been planted in minibus parked outside the walled embassy compound and detonated remotely. Many cars were gutted and two bodies were seen still sitting in the vehicles. The chassis of the minibus landed on top of three of the burned out cars.
The U.S. military and Iraqi police chased the protesting mob away after a few minutes. An American tank was parked at the main gate of the embassy compound on the west edge of Baghdad. Soldiers in armored vehicles and Humvees cordoned off the area around the embassy.
Mandoh Gaahi, who witnessed the explosion, said the blast shook buildings and broke windows hundreds of yards away. The chassis of the minibus landed on top of three of the burned out cars.
Two of the dead were still inside the shells of two cars. One mangled vehicle could be seen on top of a building next to the embassy.
A Sudanese man working as a waiter at the embassy said those inside heard the explosion and many of them suffered minor injuries from the shock of the blast. He was bleeding from the left side of his face.
One wall of the embassy compound was blown down, revealing a generator, also apparently destroyed in the blast.
Tensions between the neighboring countries have been high because of Jordan's support for the U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites).
While Jordan is a major entry point into Iraq and remains a large trading partner, many Iraqis are resentful that Jordan dropped its support for Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) after the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites), and allowed U.S. troops to use its soil as a base during the latest war.
King Abdullah II last week granted "humanitarian asylum" to two daughters of Saddam, whose husbands took refuge in Jordan but were lured back and killed by Saddam's regime in 1996.