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Bomb Kills Italian Troops in Iraq

By Ivan Watson, Madeleine Brand

Published November 11, 2003 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 20 years ago.

A truck bomb explodes outside an Italian military police headquarters in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, killing at least 15 Italians and at least 8 Iraqis. Italy has contributed more than 2,000 troops for security efforts in Iraq. This is the first major attack on Italian forces there. Hear NPR's Madeleine Brand and NPR's Ivan Watson.

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Ivan Watson

Ivan Watson is currently based in Istanbul, Turkey. Following the 9-11 terrorist attacks, he has served as one of NPR's foreign "firemen," shuttling to and from hotspots around the Middle East and Central Asia.

Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).