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The Nasiriyah attack was the deadliest against an American ally since the occupation began and appeared to send a message that international groups are not safe anywhere in Iraq. It came on the same day the chief U.S. administrator for Iraq went to the White House to put forth proposals on transferring more authority to the Iraqis. Col. Gianfranco Scalas said 18 Italians were killed: 12 Carabinieri paramilitary police, four soldiers, a civilian working at the base and a documentary filmmaker. A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said at least eight Iraqis also died. The bomber - whose nationality was not known - also died. The blast wounded 79 people, 20 of them Italians, hospital sources and Italian officials said. Italians were stunned by their nation's single worst military loss since World War II and its first in the Iraq campaign.
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