Now, in Iraq, and around the world there has been 'this war on terrorism'. Now, terrorism has been going on for decades, you could even say centuries if you look at the tactics used by belligerants over the wars.
Since Sept 11, 2001, there have been numerous terrorist attacks, like Beslam, London, Madrid, the resort in Kenya, attacks in Egypt, attacks in Iraq (by Al-Qaida, and other groups that don't distinguish between non-combatants and 'liberators/occupators).
However, on August 19th, 2003 an explosion rocked Baghdad, now known as the Canal Hotel bombing. This bombing was directed at the United Nations and killed the UN representative to Iraq, and also the United Nations High Commisioner for Human Rights, the same person, Sergio Vieira de Mello. The explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber, who smashed his way through the fence guarding the compound with a cement truck.
However, a conspiracy theory that has not been ruled out is that it was the United States, or 'friendly elements to the United States that committed this crime'. Why, because a man connected to the Oil-for-food scandal, Benon Sevan, was doing a press conference in regards to the scandal. However, there was no US press there, only four journalists, three arabs, and a Japanese reporter, could the US reporters been warned about a strike at the UN. It was getting more involved in Iraq and wanted more involvement in Iraq and Iraqi affairs, so who knows.
I don't subscribe to this theory myself, but I do not know for sure, because no one has been arrested for the crime. And the Bush Administration has a well known disdain for the UN.
I will leave it up to you to decide.
Since Sept 11, 2001, there have been numerous terrorist attacks, like Beslam, London, Madrid, the resort in Kenya, attacks in Egypt, attacks in Iraq (by Al-Qaida, and other groups that don't distinguish between non-combatants and 'liberators/occupators).
However, on August 19th, 2003 an explosion rocked Baghdad, now known as the Canal Hotel bombing. This bombing was directed at the United Nations and killed the UN representative to Iraq, and also the United Nations High Commisioner for Human Rights, the same person, Sergio Vieira de Mello. The explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber, who smashed his way through the fence guarding the compound with a cement truck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Hotel_bombing#Suspects
However, a conspiracy theory that has not been ruled out is that it was the United States, or 'friendly elements to the United States that committed this crime'. Why, because a man connected to the Oil-for-food scandal, Benon Sevan, was doing a press conference in regards to the scandal. However, there was no US press there, only four journalists, three arabs, and a Japanese reporter, could the US reporters been warned about a strike at the UN. It was getting more involved in Iraq and wanted more involvement in Iraq and Iraqi affairs, so who knows.
I don't subscribe to this theory myself, but I do not know for sure, because no one has been arrested for the crime. And the Bush Administration has a well known disdain for the UN.
I will leave it up to you to decide.
