BAGHDAD: A massive Baghdad bombing a decade ago, termed “the 9/11 of the U,” killed 22 people and drove heightened security measures that ultimately limited interactions with ordinary Iraqis.

On August 19, 2003, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged truck next to the Canal Hotel, which housed United Nations offices, killing Brazilian UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 others.

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