Incident Summary:

03/11/2008: Sixteen Iraqi civilians were wounded and 22 others were injured as roadside bomb struck the bus they were travelling on. The bus was travelling from Najaf to Basra when it was hit. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Overview

GTD ID:
200803110004

When:
2008-03-11

Country:
Iraq

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Basra

City:
Basra

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Transportation
Name of Entity	Civilians
Specific Description	Iraqi civilians onboard the minibus.
Nationality of Target	Iraq

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	Yes
Extent of Property Damage	Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage	Unknown

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite	Land Mine

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name	Claimed Responsibility
Unknown	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	16 Fatalities / 22 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	16
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	22
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Jay Deshmukh, "39 killed as Iraq and US ponder future American role," Agence France Presse, March 11, 2008."
"Bradley Brooks, "Dozens killed across Iraq in sporadic violence; 3 more US soldiers die," The Associated Press, March 12, 2008."
"Rocket attack in Iraq kills 3 U.S. soldiers," Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2008."