2005 Al Hillah bombing

Suicide bombing at a police recruiting center in Al Hillah, Iraq 2005 Al Hillah bombing Al Hillah, Iraq Iraqi police recruiting center February 28, 2005 Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006) in Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Suicide car bomb 127 Hundreds Al-Qaeda in Iraq Raed Mansour al-Banna (suicide bomber) thumb|Raed al-Banna (1973–2005), the AQI Jordanian suicide bomber who detonated his truck in the Al-Hillah attack The Al Hillah bombing killed 127 people, chiefly men lining up to join the Iraqi police forces, at the recruiting centre on February 28, 2005 in Al Hillah, Iraq. The bombing caused a worsening of Iraqi-Jordanian diplomatic relations after it was learned that suicide bomber, Raed Mansour al-Banna, had come from Jordan. Banna's family in Jordan gave him a heroic funeral, angering many Iraqi Shia. Thousands protested outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad and demanded it close, and the dispute led to both countries recalling their respective ambassadors.Iraq-Jordan Dispute Deepens; Diplomats Recalled in Aftermath of Suicide BombingJune 2021 medicmedic Al-Banna had earlier tried to enter the United States in July 2003, although he was turned away at O'Hare Airport as he possessed "multiple terrorist risk factors".Temple-Raston, Dina. The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in the Age of Terror, 2007 References External links MASSACRE IN HILLA Iraq suicide bomb kills at least 125 CNN Bio of the bomber Frontline Category:2005 murders in Iraq Category:Attacks on police stations in 2005 Category:2005 building bombings Category:2005 in Jordan Category:2005 in international relations Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2005 Category:Iraq–Jordan relations Category:2005 mass murders Category:February 2005 in Iraq Category:Hillah in the Iraq War Category:Bombings in the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Category:Building bombings in Iraq Category:Attacks on police stations in Iraq Category:Suicide bombings in 2005 Category:Car and truck bombings in 2005 Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to al-Qaeda in Iraq