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Major terrorist attacks of the Iraq War

Attacks with 100+ fatalities in bold: 1st Baghdad – 2nd Baghdad – Najaf – 3rd Baghdad – Irbil – Ashoura – Basra – Mosul – 4th Baghdad – Karbala-Najaf – Baqubah – Kufa – 1st Al Hillah – Musayyib – 5th Baghdad – 6th Baghdad – Khanaqin – Karbala-Ramadi – 1st Sammara – 7th Baghdad – 8th Baghdad – 9th Baghdad – 10th Baghdad – 11th Baghdad – 12th Baghdad – 13th Baghdad – 14th Baghdad – 2nd Al Hillah – Tal Afar – 15th Baghdad – 16th Baghdad – 1st Karbala – 17th Baghdad – 2nd Karbala – Makhmour – Abu Sayda – 2nd Sammara – 18th Baghdad – Amirli – Kirkuk – 19th Baghdad – 20th Baghdad – Qahtaniya

After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, insurgents began launching terrorist attacks on civilian targets. In the beginning, foreign civilian targets were attacked, like the Jordanian embassy, UN and Red Cross headquarters. When foreigners became more protected or simply fled Iraq, ordinary Iraqi civilians were attacked, because of sectarian divisions.

Contents 1 Bombings 1.1 2003 1.2 2004 1.3 2005 1.4 2006 1.5 2007 2 Armed massacres 3 Kidnappings and hostages 4 Assassinations 5 Chemical warfare attacks 6 External links

This is a list of major bombings of the Iraq War. For all suicide bombings see Suicide bombings in Iraq since 2003

• 2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad
• Canal Hotel Bombing
• Imam Ali Mosque bombing
• 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings
• 2003 Karbala bombings

• 2004 Irbil bombings
• 2004 Iraq Ashura bombings
• 21 April 2004 Basra bombings
• 24 June 2004 Mosul bombings [1]
• 14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing [2]
• 30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing [3]
• December 2004 Karbala and Najaf bombings [4]
• 2004 Baqubah bombing
• 2004 Kufa shelling

• 2005 Al Hillah bombing
• 2005 Musayyib bombing
• 17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings
• 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing
• 2005 Khanaqin bombings

• 5 January 2006 Iraq bombings [5]
• 22 February 2006 Al-Askari Mosque bombing
• Buratha Mosque bombing
• 1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing
• 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings

• 2007 Baghdad Mustansiriya University bombing
• 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings
• 3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing
• 12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings
• 18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings
• 2007 Al Hillah bombings
• 2007 Tal Afar bombings
• 29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings
• 2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing
• Imam Hussein Mosque bombing
• 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings
• Imam Abbas mosque bombing
• 13 May 2007 Makhmoor bombing [6]
• Second bombing of Al-Askari Mosque
• Al-Khilani Mosque bombing
• 2007 Amirli bombing
• 2007 Kirkuk bombings
• 26 July 2007 Baghdad market bombing
• 1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings [7]
• 2007 Kahtaniya bombings
• December 2007 Al Amarah bombings

Main article: List of massacres of the Iraq War

See also: Foreign hostages in Iraq

Beginning in April 2004, members of the Iraqi insurgency began taking hostage foreign civilians in Iraq. Since then, they have kidnapped more than 200 foreigners and thousands of Iraqis; among them, 30 foreign hostages have been killed. The motives behind these kidnappings include influencing foreign governments with troops in Iraq and foreign companies with workers there, as well as ransom money and discouraging travel to Iraq. In 2004, executions of captives were often filmed, and several were beheaded. However, the number of videotaped killings has decreased significantly, and now the deaths of hostages are often announced only in a statement. Many hostages remain missing with no clue as to their whereabouts. The US Department of State Hostage Working Group was organized by the US Embassy in Baghdad in the summer of 2004 to monitor hostages in Iraq.

Main article: Assassinations of the Iraq War

Since the beginning of the insurgency, several high-profile people have been assassinated. These included:

• Sergio Vieira de Mello (2003)
• Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim (2003)
• Akila al-Hashimi (2003)
• Izzedine Salim (2004)
• Dhari Ali al-Fayadh (2004)
• Mohammed Awad (2007)
• Sheikh Sittar (2007)

Main article: 2007 chlorine bombings in Iraq

During 2007 insurgents exploded several chlorine containers attacking Iraqi civilians. Hundreds were killed and many more injured.

• List of some attacks 2003-2005
• Baghdad: Mapping the violence (BBC)
• Project Iraq Body Count

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