Suicide bomb strikes U.N. in Baghdad

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A cement truck packed with explosives devastated the United Nations headquarters in Iraq on Tuesday, killing the top U.N. envoy and 19 other people in an unprecedented attack against the world body. At least 100 people were wounded.

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