FBI to Probe Jordan Embassy Blast in Iraq

World | August 9, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
FBI to Probe Jordan Embassy Blast in Iraq US soldiers form a checkpoint along Yarmouk street, in central Baghdad. As many as 12 US soldiers were wounded in attacks north and west of the Iraqi capital, while an Iraqi doctor said US soldiers shot dead five arms sellers and a child. Photo by AFP

Concerned Iraqi police lack the skills, the FBI will take over investigating the car bombing of the Jordanian Embassy as authorities worry those terrorists with links to Osama bin Laden may be operating in Iraq. The bombing, which killed 19 people and injured 50 on Thursday, was the first large-scale terrorist attack since Baghdad fell to U.S. forces April 9. It was the bloodiest day since President Bush declared an end to major combat. Authorities are looking at Ansar al-Islam, an al-Qaida-linked group, as a potential suspect, Lt. Gen. Norton Schwartz, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told U.S.-run Radio Sawa. The station broadcasts to the Middle East in Arabic.

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