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Mess tent bomber was saudi student { January 4 2005 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-fg-bomber4jan04,1,3051815.story?coll=la-iraq-complete http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-fg-bomber4jan04,1,3051815.story?coll=la-iraq-complete THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ Bomber of Mess Hall Was Reportedly Saudi From Associated Press January 4, 2005 CAIRO — The suicide bomber who killed 22 other people in a U.S. mess hall near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was a Saudi medical student, an Arab newspaper reported Monday. Saudi-owned Asharq al Awsat identified the bomber as 20-year-old Ahmed Said Ahmed Ghamdi, citing unidentified friends of the man's father. The friends said members of an Iraqi insurgent group contacted Ghamdi's father to tell him his son was the suicide bomber who carried out the Dec. 21 attack, the deadliest on an American installation in Iraq. The father refused to discuss the bombing but told the newspaper that his son had gone to Iraq to fight the Americans and had died there. The family held a mourning ceremony, the paper said. It did not say when the rite occurred or where in Saudi Arabia the family lived. Saudi security officials did not respond Monday to phone calls seeking comment. U.S. officials have said their preliminary investigation indicated that the bomber was not an Iraqi soldier but was dressed in an Iraqi military uniform when he entered the mess tent, which was packed with soldiers eating lunch. The paper did not name the Iraqi insurgent group that reportedly recruited Ghamdi. But Ansar al Sunna, a radical Islamic Iraqi group that has been active in northern Iraq, claimed responsibility for the mess hall attack. In a videotape posted on a website, Ansar al Sunna identified the bomber as Abu Omar Mosuli — an apparent nom de guerre meaning Abu Omar of Mosul. Asharq al Awsat said Ghamdi began studying medicine in Sudan when his father worked and lived there.

25 insurgents are killed during attack on mosul base { December 30 2004 } Attack on US base in iraq leaves 22 dead Attacks at baghdad police station kills 20 Car bomb tore through funeral procession Carbomb in fruit market { December 9 2004 } Cia reports of deteriorating iraq situation { December 7 2004 } Contractor pulls out of reconstruction concerned security { December 22 2004 } Election officials shot in street { December 20 2004 } Falluja transformed into scifi police state { December 5 2004 } Insurgents growing more effective Insurgents set ablaze major pipeline { December 21 2004 } Mess tent bomber was saudi student { January 4 2005 } Mosul suicide bombing probably inside job { December 23 2004 } Rocket hits US base in iraq killing 22 { December 21 2004 } Stepped up insurgency in iraq Suicide bomber hits baghdad checkpoint again Suicide bomber target mosque { December 3 2004 } Suicide car bomb in iraq kills 13 Files Listed: 18

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