2008 Dujail bombing: Difference between revisions

The '''12 September 2008 Dujail bombing''' occurred around 1800 local time (1500 UTC), on 12 September 2008 in [[Dujail]], [[Salah ad Din Governorate]], when a suicide bomber drove and detonated an explosive laden car into a police station killing 31 and injuring 60.<ref name="nyt20100912">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/world/middleeast/13iraq.html|title=31 Killed in Car Bomb Attack on Iraq Shiite Enclave|date=12 September 2008|work=The New York Times|accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="cnn20080912">{{cite web|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2008-09-12/world/iraq.main_1_female-suicide-bombers-suicide-car-bomb-assassination-attempt?_s=PM:WORLD |title=At least 30 die, 45 wounded in Dujail car bombing |date=12 September 2008 |publisher=CNN |accessdate=28 September 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908064327/http://articles.cnn.com/2008-09-12/world/iraq.main_1_female-suicide-bombers-suicide-car-bomb-assassination-attempt?_s=PM%3AWORLD |archivedate=8 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A nearby medical clinic was also damaged.<ref name="bbc20100912">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7613344.stm|title='Many killed' in Iraq car bombing |date=12 September 2010|publisher=BBC|accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref> The attack occurred at around 6:20&nbsp;pm local time.<ref name="wp20080913">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091201246.html|title=Bombing Near Police Station Kills 23 in Iraq|date=13 September 2008|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref> The attack was blamed on [[Al-Qaeda]] by US military, was the biggest attack in Iraq in months and came at a time when the violence had fallen to a 4-year low.<ref name="KT20080913">{{cite web|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/September/middleeast_September224.xml&section=middleeast&col=|title=US military blames Iraq suicide attack on Al-Qaeda|date=13 September 2008|publisherwork=[[Khaleej Times]]|accessdate=28 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928075301/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data%2Fmiddleeast%2F2008%2FSeptember%2Fmiddleeast_September224.xml&section=middleeast&col=|archive-date=28 September 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>