2003 Nasiriyah Bombing — the full case file

A guard shot both truck-bomb drivers dead, but the bomb still exploded. A suicide truck bombing struck the Italian Carabinieri MSU headquarters in Nasiriyah, Iraq, on 12 November 2003, killing 18 Italian servicemembers, an Italian civilian, and 9 Iraqi civilians in the deadliest attack on Italian forces since World War II. “remnants loyal to Saddam Hussein... united with Arab extremists,” Italian Defence Minister Antonio Martino said. On July 19, 2003, U.S. Marines in Nasiriyah are replaced by Italian Carabinieri and army forces at the site later used as MSU headquarters. On November 12, 2003, a suicide truck bombing strikes the Italian Carabinieri MSU headquarters in Nasiriyah, killing 18 Italian servicemembers, an Italian civilian, and 9 Iraqi civilians. The case remains unsolved. This case file is kept in memory of Andrea Filippa. The full sourced case file, with every fact cited, is at casepin dot org.

Transcript from the video’s narration track. For every source, open the case file.