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Aftermath of an explosion at U.N. headquarters, Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 19, 2003. A suicide truck bomb ripped through the hotel housing the U.N. headquarters, killing 23 people, including the chief U.N. official in Iraq.

The aftermath of an explosion at the U.N. headquarters, Baghdad, Iraq.

A bleeding victim flees the scene of a car bomb at the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, in this photo taken from video.

Bleeding victims are being treated at the scene of an explosion at the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 19, 2003. The photo was taken from video.

One of the victims of a car bombing at the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, is seen in this photo taken from video.

Victims leave the scene of a car bombing at the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, in this photo taken from video.

The aftermath of explosion at U.N. headquarters, Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 19, 2003.

U.S. soldiers evacuate injured by helicopter after an explosion at the U.N. headquarters, Baghdad, Iraq.

Members of the American military urge people to stay away from the scene of a huge explosion at the Canal Hotel, in this image made from television, Aug. 19, 2003.

U.S. soldiers and civilians walk through the wreckage of the Canal Hotel, in this image made from television, Aug. 19, 2003.

A U.S. army soldier directs an injured employee of the United Nations after a bomb exploded at the UN headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.

An injured man walks on his own from the United Nations headquarters after a bomb attack, Aug. 19, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.

An injured man is carried from the United Nations headquarters after a bomb attack, Aug. 19, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.

An unidentified man injured in the explosion at the Canal Hotel, headquarters for the United Nations in Baghdad, rests in a medical facility in this image made from television, Aug. 19, 2003.

The United Nations headquarters at the Canal Hotel, showing damage after the bomb attack, Aug. 19, 2003.

A man impaled with a metal rod is carefully removed from the United Nations headquarters after a bomb attack, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq. A bomb exploded in front of the hotel housing the U.N. headquarters, collapsing the front of the building, the U.S. military said.

An injured man is evacuated by U.S. troops from the United Nations headquarters after a bomb attack, Aug. 19, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Coalition troops search through rubble at the United Nations headquarters after a bomb attack, Aug. 19, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Debris and fires cover the driveway at the United Nations headquarters shortly after a bomb exploded, Aug. 19, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.

U.S. troops inspect damage at the United Nations headquarters after a bomb exploded, Aug. 19, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.