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Article: Large truck carried explosives into U.N. compound, FBI agent says.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- August 20, 2003
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Byline: Drew Brown
BAGHDAD, Iraq _ A probable suicide bomber used a large flatbed truck packed with as much as 1,500 pounds of military munitions, including a single 500-pound bomb, to blow up the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, the FBI agent in charge of the investigation said Wednesday.
Special Agent Thomas Fuentes, the FBI's top official in Iraq, said human remains were found among the wreckage of the vehicle, a Russian-made cargo truck, indicating that Tuesday's bombing probably was a suicide attack. The blast was so powerful that a bumper believed to be from the truck was found more than 500 yards away.
No group claimed responsibility, and ...