Aftermath of a suicide bomb attack on a cafe in the 'heavily fortified' Green Zone in Baghdad, 2004.
Channel: Hugh Sykes
Date: 2023-04-25

The power of a single suicide bomber, who killed five customers in the 'Green Zone Cafe', with a substantial bomb smuggled through checkpoints into the international zone in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2004.
The bomb destroyed the cafe, shredded plastic tables and chairs, and blew a large hole in the concrete floor. 
US forces believed the attacker had been directed by the head of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi. 
A few hours later, American planes, helicopters, artillery and tanks attacked targets in Fallujah, which was believed to be Zarqawi's base and a source of support for the terrorists from former members of the Saddam Hussein regime which had been overthrown by Coalition forces a year earlier.