2003 Canal Hotel bombing

Target entity: 2003 Canal Hotel bombing
Context triple: [Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World, focusesOnEvent, 2003 Canal Hotel bombing]

• A. McGurk's Bar bombing
  The McGurk's Bar bombing was a 1971 loyalist terrorist attack in Belfast in which a bomb exploded in a Catholic pub, killing 15 civilians and becoming one of the deadliest single incidents of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
• B. 1998 United States embassy bombings
  The 1998 United States embassy bombings were coordinated truck bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people and marked one of al-Qaeda’s earliest large-scale international terrorist operations.
• C. 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
  The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were twin suicide truck attacks that devastated U.S. and French military barracks in Beirut, killing hundreds of peacekeeping troops and dramatically reshaping international involvement in the Lebanese Civil War.
• D. 2000 USS Cole bombing
  The 2000 USS Cole bombing was a suicide terrorist attack in Yemen that killed 17 U.S. Navy sailors and became a major early indicator of al-Qaeda’s escalating campaign against the United States.
• E. 2004 Madrid train bombings
  The 2004 Madrid train bombings were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks on commuter trains in Madrid that killed 193 people and injured thousands, becoming one of Europe’s deadliest terror incidents.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: 2003 Canal Hotel bombing
Target entity description: The 2003 Canal Hotel bombing was a devastating suicide truck attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad that killed UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and marked a turning point in international involvement in post-invasion Iraq.

• A. McGurk's Bar bombing
  The McGurk's Bar bombing was a 1971 loyalist terrorist attack in Belfast in which a bomb exploded in a Catholic pub, killing 15 civilians and becoming one of the deadliest single incidents of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
• B. 1998 United States embassy bombings
  The 1998 United States embassy bombings were coordinated truck bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people and marked one of al-Qaeda’s earliest large-scale international terrorist operations.
• C. 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
  The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were twin suicide truck attacks that devastated U.S. and French military barracks in Beirut, killing hundreds of peacekeeping troops and dramatically reshaping international involvement in the Lebanese Civil War.
• D. 2000 USS Cole bombing
  The 2000 USS Cole bombing was a suicide terrorist attack in Yemen that killed 17 U.S. Navy sailors and became a major early indicator of al-Qaeda’s escalating campaign against the United States.
• E. 2004 Madrid train bombings
  The 2004 Madrid train bombings were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks on commuter trains in Madrid that killed 193 people and injured thousands, becoming one of Europe’s deadliest terror incidents.
• F. None of above. chosen