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v • d • e Years of the Iraq War

2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008

1 Events
2 Deaths
3 Notes

Events

January

January 1

A roadside bomb in Mahmudiya killed one soldier and wounded three others.[2]
In Mosul, gunmen killed a family of five, including three children.[3]
Three Iraqi soldiers were killed during clashes with gunmen in Fallujah.[4]
At least 40 dumped bodies were discovered overnight and on Monday.[5]
U.S. forces raided a home they believed was a possible safe house for al Qaeda members; six Iraqi people were killed.[6]

January 2

Five dumped bodies were discovered in Nahwaran.[7]
East of Baquba in al Wajihiya, gunmen shot dead Ali Majeed Salbokh of the Diyala provincial council and three members of his family.[8]
U.S. forces killed three gunmen and wounded a fourth during a raid in Baghdad this morning on an alleged al Qaeda arms dealer.[9]
In Baghdad, a roadside bomb killed three and wounded seven in the Camp Sara area, and police found 45 bodies scattered around the city.[10]
A U.S. soldier was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near the soldier’s patrol vehicle. Three other people, including an interpreter, were injured in the incident.[11]

January 3

Gunmen killed two former members of the Baath Party near Hilla.[12]
Two bodies, one belonging to a policeman, were found in Mosul.[13]
In Baghdad, 27 unidentified bodies were recovered from several neighborhoods.[14]
Troops conducting raids in Ramadi wounded an armed man and detained 22 others.[15]

January 4

Eight soldiers were injured in the Abu Nakhal area when a car bomb exploded near a checkpoint.[16]
One person was killed and another injured when mortars fell in Taji.[17]
An Iraqi soldier was killed and four others were injured when a roadside bomb exploded near a police checkpoint in Iskandariya.[18]
A police colonel was gunned down during a drive-by shooting in Mosul.[19]
Four bodies were found in Hilla.[20]
Near Karbala, Akram Al-Zubaidi, a member of the city council, and three of his bodyguards were killed on a road that leads to Najaf; an unknown number of guards were hospitalized.[21]
In Baghdad, 47 bodies were recovered in neighborhoods throughout the city.[22]
Two bombs near a petrol station in the Mansour district killed 16 people and 22 others; one bomb was located in a car and the other placed under a separate vehicle.[23]
Clashes erupted in the mostly Sunni Gazaliya district yesterday; two were killed and 25 were wounded.[24]
Three were killed when mortars landed in Hurriyah.[25]

January 5

Two beheaded bodies were discovered floating in the Tigris River.[26]
Three Iraqi army soldiers were gunned down in Baquba.[27]
Gunmen attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint in Duluiya; four soldiers were killed and two injured.[28]
In Riyadh, Iraqi army troops killed two gunmen.[29]
A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi patrol killed an army captain and four soldiers in Baiji.[30]
In Iskandariya, gunmen stormed a home where they killed a former Baath party member and his son.[31]
Three policemen were killed in Tal Afar when they entered a booby-trapped home.[32]
Colonel Muzahim Younis and his escort were gunned down in Mosul.[33]
In Baghdad, clashes broke out in the Amil district between residents and militia members; one Shi’ite militiaman was killed and three others wounded.[34]
At least 47 other bodies were found dumped in Baghdad.[35]
Mortars also fell in the Amil area; five people were injured.[36]

January 6

A family of six was abducted in Muqdadiyah.[37]
Two bodies were discovered in Basra; authorities suspect the bodies might belong to a pair of Iraqis who were kidnapped yesterday along with an American of Iraqi descent.[38]
In Iskandariya, the body of a man who was shot to death was found on the main road.[39]
A former Baath Party member was shot dead in Kifl.[40]
Two former Baath Party members were gunned down in separate incidents in Najaf.[41]
A policeman and a former Baath Party member were shot dead in separate incidents in Diwaniya.[42]
Gunmen attacked an Iraqi army patrol in Aqab valley; two gunmen were killed in the incident.[43]
In Mosul, at least six bodies were discovered in different neighborhoods.[44]

January 7

A Shi’ite cleric and his son were gunned down as they were headed to a shrine in Mahaweel.[45]
In Tuz Khurmato, gunmen wounded four worshippers who were exiting a mosque.[46]
At least five gunshot bodies were found on the outskirts of Mosul.[47]
Gunmen killed an Iraqi guard outside the Kurdistan National Union headquarters and wounded a policeman in separate incidents.[48]
In Kut, an Iraqi soldier was gunned down, and two bodies were found in the Tigris River nearby.[49]
Two people were killed and 12 wounded in a car bomb blast at a Hilla marketplace.[50]
A Defense Ministry employee was gunned down in Diwaniyah, and Iraqi soldier was also killed.[51]
Near al Shaab stadium in Baghdad, senior Education Ministry official, Habib al-Shimiri, survived a roadside bomb blast that killed two bodyguards.[52]
Four people were killed and five wounded when mortars fell on a Karrada district warehouse, and five members of one family were killed by mortars falling in southern Baghdad.[53]
Clashes broke out between armed militia and residents in the Amil and Rahmaniya neighborhoods; at least three of the residents were killed and ten injured.[54]
Three U.S. airmen were killed and one was wounded by a car bomb in Baghdad.[55]

January 8

A body bearing gunshot wounds was discovered in Mosul. At least four other bodies were also found.[56]
In Ramadi, two policemen were killed and three more wounded when a suicide truck bomber attacked a checkpoint.[57]
In Baghdad, a bus carrying workers from Sadr City to the airport was ambushed; 15 were killed and another 15 injured.[58]
Gunmen killed a family of six in Doura, and another six bodies belonging to people, who were returning from funerals in Najaf, were discovered there.[59]
In the Sulaikh district, clashes between gunmen and the Iraqi army left one civilian dead and two injured.[60]
25 dumped bodies, believed to be victims of sectarian death squads, were recovered in various neighborhoods.[61]
A bomb placed under a car killed three people and wounded one in the Zaafaraniya district.[62]
Falling mortars injured 10 people in southern Baghdad.[63]
The Defense Ministry reported that Iraqi army troops killed 27 militia members and wounded 43 others in several locations, including 23 in Baghdad.[64]
U.S. military authorities reported that soldiers, who were protecting a road repair crew, came under small arms fire just north of the capital; one American soldier was killed in the incident.[65]

January 9

At least six more bodies were discovered in unspecified locations.[66]
One person was killed and three more family members wounded when mortars fell on their Mahmudiya home.[67]
In Mosul, five bodies were found.[68]
The head of the customs department in northern Iraq, Abdul Ghafour al-Jouburi, was kidnapped.[69]
A bomb wounded four civilians in an industrial district, and a young girl was injured during a separate roadside bomb blast.[70]
Eight people were killed and 10 injured when Iraqi civilians in the al Jihad district repelled an attack by gunmen.[71]
In the capital, 41 bodies were dumped throughout the city.[72]

January 10

President Bush announces new strategy that includes an additional 20,000 troops, eliciting vocal resistance from the US House and Senate.¹
A Moldovan cargo plane mysteriously crashes in Balad. The official cause is fog, but there are claims it was shot down.[73]

January 11

Four gunmen, two of the them foreign, were killed during clashes with Iraqi police in Tal Afar.[74]
In Muqdadiyah, 20 people were reportedly kidnapped. No official statement has been released.[75]
Four Oil Ministry officials were kidnapped in Nahwaran.[76]
In Mosul, a university professor, Dr. Kamel Abdul-Hussein, was gunned down on his way home from work, and a 10-year-old was killed in a mortar attack.[77]
A truck bomb in Samarra killed three people and wounded 31 others; among the dead was Asaad Yassin, president of the municipal council.[78]
In Baghdad, 37 dumped bodies were found throughout the city; five off-duty policemen were killed.[79]
A man was shot dead and two others wounded when gunmen stormed a storefront in central Baghdad.[80]

January 12

Gunmen killed a taxi driver, a civilian and the civilian's son in Karbala.[81]
In Basmaia, three bodies were found.[82]
A disembodied head was discovered in Baquba.[83]
A child was injured in Muqdadiyah when a bomb exploded near a home.[84]
Two unidentified bodies were found in al Muaalmeen.[85]
In Khalis, gunmen killed four Shi'ite fruit traders and their Kurd driver.[86]
A Sunni mosque in Baghdad came under a machine-gun attack as Friday services were ending; two guards were injured in the ensuing clash.[87]
10 unidentified bodies were recovered throughout the capital.[88]
In Mosul, the former governor of al-Beaj, Abdullah Fahd al-Aagrash, his wife and grown son were killed outside his home. [89]
During clashes with militants, Iraqi police killed an armed man and seized a weapons laden truck.[90]
Coalition authorities reported that U.S. helicopters helped break up a gathering of militants; three alleged militia members were killed.[91]

January 13

Three people in Ishaqi were gunned down yesterday.[92]
Gunmen killed two people during a carjacking in Baiji.[93]
Two bodies were found in Iskandariya, one belonged to a policeman; they both bore gunshot, blindfolds and torture marks.[94]
In Mosul, journalist Khalaf Younus Al-Obaidi and a driver for Reuters, Ismail Ibrahim, were gunned down in separate events.[95]
Sunni prayer leader and member of the Iraqi Islamic Party, Yunis Wuhaib, was assassinated in Samarra.[96]
South of Kirkuk, gunmen attacked a group of construction workers and engineers working on a bridge; two were killed and three wounded.[97]
In Tikrit, three people, including a woman, were shot dead while traveling in their car.[98]
In Baghdad, 31 unidentified bodies were found in several locations; they appeared to be victims of sectarian violence and many bore the usual torture marks and gunshot wounds.[99]
One woman was killed and 10 people wounded when mortars fell on Zaafaraniya.[100]
A British soldier was killed, and at least one other British soldier was wounded in separate incidents in Basra.[101]

January 15

Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court; and Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief, were both executed by hanging before dawn in Baghdad. Ibrahim was beheaded by the noose, sparking anger from Sunnis who claim his body was "mutilated."[102]

January 16

Four people were wounded in Baquba in a roadside bomb attack against a police commander’s motorcade; he was not injured.[103]
In Kirkuk, a roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded four people including two policemen; a police colonel survived the blast.[104]
In Baghdad, 25 dumped bodies were discovered overnight.[105]
Twelve people were killed and 27 injured in a drive-by shooting not far from Mustansiriya University.[106]
Gunmen attempting an attack on a girls’ school in the Washash neighborhood were repelled by guards; one guard was injured.[107]
Another twin bombing took place near a Sunni mosque in central Baghdad. There, 15 people were killed and another 70 were wounded.[108]
In the Karrada district, another car bomb killed two policemen and two civilians and 10 other people were wounded.[109]
In Sadr City, a bomb planted on a bus killed six and injured at least 11 others.[110]
Ten were injured when mortars fell in the Adil district.[111]
In Baghdad, at least 70 people were killed and 132 injured when a double bombing took place at Mustansiriya University; many of the students killed were women. The first explosion took place when a car bomb was set off at a location where students wait for minibuses to take them home. The second occurred when a suicide bomber attacked people fleeing the first explosion.[112]
The U.S. military reported that a roadside bomb killed four American soldiers in Ninevah province yesterday.[113]

January 17

Twenty-eight bodies belong to members of the Shimari tribe were found in Baquba.[114]
Gunmen attacked two brothers; one was killed, the other injured.[115]
An engineer was kidnapped Basra.[116]
In Mosul, ten unidentified bodies were delivered to the morgue.[117]
Five people were killed and an unknown number injured when U.S. soldiers opened fire during clashes with gunmen in Hit. A mother and daughter were among the dead.[118]
In Muqdadiya, seven Iraqis were killed and 10 wounded when American helicopters arrived to support Iraqi troops.[119]
Two foreign security workers were injured by a roadside bomb in Biji.[120]
In Kirkuk, ten people were killed and 42 injured in a suicide truck bombing near the al Quriya police station.[121]
Clashes between Iraqi army and militants took place in the Yarmouk neighborhood; an Iraqi soldier and four civilians were killed.[122]
The leader of the Mansour municipality, Mohannad Ammanoiel, was kidnapped, and four of his guards were killed; the incident took place in the al Hamra neighborhood.[123]
A convoy belonging to the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs was attacked in Baghdad; an American staffer and three security people were killed. The security personnel were Hungarian, Croatian and Iraqi. Two more people were injured.[124]
In Baghdad, 31 unidentified bodies were found dumped throughout the city.[125]
At the al Hay market, a car bomb explosion killed 17 and injured 33 more.[126]
Four people were killed and 11 wounded when a bomb was set off near the offices of Shi'ite leader Moqtada al Sadr.[127]
The state-run Iraqiya channel reported that at least 100 militia members were killed during clashes with Iraqi troops near Balad Ruz Wednesday.[128]
Two U.S. soldiers were killed in Anbar Province in separate incidents; one died Wednesday and one died on Monday.[129]
An American soldier was wounded by sniper fire in Tikrit.[130]

January 18

The first in the series of 2007 chlorine bombings in Iraq; a failed chemical attack results in 16 deaths from explosives.
Five people, including three policemen, were injured by a roadside bomb in Mahmudiya.[131]
Gunmen attacked a health center in Tawakal, injuring four women and a child.[132]
In Baquba, four bodies were delivered to the morgue.[133]
Five bodies belonging to militia men were found in Balad Ruz.[134]
In Kifil, gunmen wounded a civilian driver.[135]
Three police officers were wounded in Samarra.[136]
Gunmen in Iskandariya killed three people and wounded another at a police checkpoint. A body was also found.[137]
A suicide bomb attack at a Mosul marketplace left one civilian dead and six others injured.[138]
Gunmen killed one police officer and injured a second near the al Shaab stadium.[139]
In the al Fahhama district, gunmen and Iraqi troops clashed; two gunmen were killed and four wounded.[140]
Three coordinated bombs exploded at a marketplace in the Doura area, killing 10 and wounding 30 others.[141]
Three were killed and 17 injured in a bus terminal explosion in southeastern Baghdad.[142]
In Basra, a British soldier was injured in a Katyusha rocket attack on his base.British troops also clashed with militants; two gunmen and eight civilians were wounded in the crossfire.[143]
Shi’ite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced the arrests of 400 members of the Mahdi Militia.[144]

January 19

In Ramadi, the body of a kidnapped traffic officer was found.[145]
In Hilla, gunmen shot at a minibus, injuring two people. Also, a butcher was killed when his shop was blown up.[146]
A Katyusha rocket fell on a home in a village near Muqdadiyah; five members of one family were wounded in the attack.[147]
Gunmen killed a Sunni preacher at his home in Kirkuk.[148]
In Fallujah, gunmen shot dead two former policemen, and a sniper killed an Iraqi soldier.[]
In Baghdad, 17 dumped bodies were recovered.[149]
A mosque in the Doura neighborhood was badly damaged in an explosion; two guards were killed and one more badly injured in the incident.[150]
Rocket attacks on British military installations in Basra continued. Six British soldiers were injured, one seriously, during last night’s attack.[151]
The U.S. military reported that a roadside bomb killed an American soldier and wounded three more in a northwestern section of Baghdad.[152]
Combined Iraqi/U.S. forces arrested Abdul-Hadi al-Darraji, a prominent follower of Moqtada al Sadr.[153]

January 20

The third deadliest day for US troops in Iraq occurred, with at least 25 US soldiers killed. Twelve were killed when a US helicopter was shot down northeast of Baghdad, four more were killed in Anbar province, and three were killed in separate roadside bombings.
Five of the soldiers were killed during the Karbala provincial headquarters raid, in which about a dozen militiamen --who spoke English, wore US military uniforms, carried US-issued arms and drove vehicles used by dignitaries-- attacked the governor's compound and kidnapped and later executed some of the American soldiers located inside in what is considered one of the most sophisticated attacks of the war.[154][155][156]
A roadside bomb in Daquq wounded two civilians.[157]
Gunmen killed a judge and his 20-year-old brother in Khalis.[158]
Gunmen stormed a home in Madaen where they killed three people, including two women. Also, two bodies were found.[159]
In Mosul, a bomb blast near Iraq army Colonel Nizar Al-Atroshi’s office killed him; an American officer, an Iraqi translator and an Iraqi contractor were also injured in the blast.[160]
Three police officers were killed and two were injured when gunmen attacked a checkpoint south of Baghdad.[161]
In Baghdad, police said that mortar rounds killed four people and wounded six others when they fell on the Suleigh neighborhood; unconfirmed reports place the casualty toll higher.[162]
Police Major Salim Sattar was assassinated in the Shaab neighborhood, and an employee of Iraqiya TV was killed in the Jihad district.[163]

January 21

Moqtada al-Sadr announces his political bloc will return to parliament, ending his two-month boycott.[164]
Gunmen killed two civilians near Muqdadiyah.[165]
During a drive-by shooting in Falluja, two policemen were killed.[166]
An employee of Sunni Endowment and six friends were kidnapped and killed in Madaen.[167]
In Abbasi, an army captain was killed and his brother kidnapped.[168]
A suicide car bomber killed a woman and injured five others in Mosul. A policeman was killed in a separate incident.[169]
Gunmen killed the head of a municipality in Dibis.[170]
In Baghdad, six people were killed and 15 wounded in a bomb attack on a minibus traveling through the Karrada district.[171]
Combined Iraqi police and U.S. forces killed three militia members during a clash in Ramadi.[172]
The Iraqi army reported killing nine suspected militants and arresting 85 others throughout Iraq.[173]
A British soldier was killed and four others were wounded when they came across a roadside bomb north of Basra.[174]

January 22

Two powerful car bombs ripped through a market in central Baghdad, killing at least 88 people and wounding 160 others. The blasts at the Baghdad market were aimed at a Shiite area and seemed timed to inflict maximum damage, occurring at noon local time, one of the busiest times of day. In addition to the market attacks, a bombing in a Shiite town north of Baghdad killed 15 people. Later same day, a Sunni mosque in the Dura section of Baghdad was blown up; there were no reports of casualties.²[175]
A roadside bomb killed three policemen and wounded nine in Tal Afar.[176]
In Khalis, at least 19 were killed and 40 wounded when bombs were detonated in a main market area.[177]
A local government official from Baquba, Khaled al-Sanjari, was kidnapped.[178]
Gunmen also attacked the deputy governor of diyala, ABDUL AZIZ AL JUBORI, but only injured two guards instead.[179]
A female teacher was gunned down and her driver injured in the Khandra area.[180]
Iraqi police Colonel Amer Fadhil Abba and Sheikh Riyadh Hassan Jassim, leader of Al-Okailat tribe were shot dead in separate incidents in a western neighborhood.[181]
A pair of mortars fell in the Abu Atsheer area; two people were killed and three wounded.[182]
Twenty-nine dumped bodies were found scattered in several areas.[183]
One American soldier was killed and four more wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Ninewah province today.[184]
CNN is reporting that U.S. military officials now believe a shoulder-fired missile brought down a Black Hawk helicopter. The crash, which killed 12 Americans, is still under investigation.[185]

January 23

Five US civilians working for Blackwater USA are killed in Baghdad when their helicopter came under fire and crashed. The helicopter was coming to the aid of a US Embassy convoy that had come under fire, a US diplomatic official said. NBC News reports that four of the contractors were shot execution style. Two Sunni insurgent groups claimed responsibility for the attack.[186]
In Fallujah, gunmen killed three butchers in their shop, and a sniper killed two Iraqi soldiers.[187]
Clashes erupted between militia and police in Latifiya on Monday. Two militia members were killed. A police officer and a child were wounded.[188]
In Suwayra, mortars landed on a residential district; five members of a Shi’ite family and another person were killed and nine people were wounded.[189]
South of Kirkuk, a roadside bomb injured 10 civilians, including a woman and child.[190]
During a drive-by shooting near Kirkuk and on the highway to Haditha, gunmen killed two people and wounded a third person.[191]
A mortar round landed on a residential district in Iskandariya; a woman was killed and two children were wounded. A body was also found.[192]
Police found a bullet-riddled body near an unexploded car bomb in Mussayab; the car bomb was dismantled.[193]
Gunmen killed two teachers in Tal Afar.[194]
Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded by a car bomb blast near Sinjar.[195]
In Mosul, nine people were wounded when a suicide car bomber rammed the Kurdistan Youth Center.[196]
In Baghdad, 27 dumped bodies were recovered.[197]
U.S. forces killed 16 suspected militia members and detained 10 others during operation in Haditha and Baghdad.[198]
Iraqi army troops reported killing eight suspected militiamen and arresting 37 others in several locations.[199]
In Basra, military spokesmen reported that Katyusha rockets injured two British soldiers at a base in central Basra.[200]

January 24

In Baquba, gunmen killed a policeman and wounded a civilian.[201]
Mortars falling in Abu Saida killed one person and injured three others.[202]
Combined Iraqi/U.S. forces killed eight suspected militants and arrested eight more in Latifiya.[203]
Iraqi forces battled gunmen in Suwayra; six soldiers were wounded but three more are missing.[204]
In Kut, gunmen killed an Iraqi translator who had worked with U.S. forces.[205]
KUNA is reporting that 52 bodies have been found scattered throughout Mosul; many bore evidence of torture.[206]
33 bodies were found dumped in sevarl locations throughout the capital.[207]
Mortars fell near City Hospital; two people were killed and 20 wounded.[208]
In Baghdad, a convoy ferrying Iraq's higher education minister, Abd Dhiab al-Ajili, was attacked in Doura; gunmen killed one guard and wounded a second one.[209]
Military operations were conducted and deaths surged on Haifa Street in Baghdad today. Joint U.S./Iraqi forces killed at least 30 suspected militants during a mission to regain control of the area. Gun battles took place all day and U.S. helicopters attacked gunmen holed up in high rises. Another 37 have been reported wounded, including women and children caught in the crossfire. Thirty-five people have been detained.[210]
Two Marines were killed in separate events in Anbar province on Tuesday.[211]
One soldier was killed and another two injured during an unspecified military operation today in Baghdad.[212]

January 25

Two mortars slam into the Green Zone and a suicide car bomb detonates in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad, killing at least 26 and injuring 54. A second explosion in Baghdad occurred later. The attacks came hours after a pledge from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that the upcoming security crackdown in Baghdad will track down militants and make the city safer.[213]

January 26

Near Hawija the headless body of a kidnap victim was recovered.[214]
In a village south of Kirkuk, a bullet-riddled body was found. At least one other body was found. Also, a roadside bomb wounded a policeman.[215]
A former Baath Party member and an interpreter were killed in separate events in Kut. Also mortars fell on an Iraqi army base; six were killed and two were wounded.[216]
Three people were killed and 20 wounded during mortar attacks in villages near Muqdadiyah.[217]
The head of Muqdadiyah committee, Raad Abid Jasim Al Timimi, was injured in an assassination attempt.[218]
In Guba, a suburb of Mosul, a suicide bomber killed seven people and injured 17 others as they were exiting a mosque after Friday prayer service.[219]
In Baghdad, seven bodies were discovered; they were bound, blindfolded and shot in the head.[220]
In Baghdad, a bomb left in a pigeon carrier killed 15 people and injured 66 others at the Souq al-Ghazl pet market.[221]
A suicide car bomber attacked a checkpoint in central Baghdad; two Iraqi soldiers were killed and 14 wounded in the incident.[222]
A police source reported that U.S. warplanes bombed Loqmaniya; three civilian villagers were killed and three more wounded.[223]
A Marine was killed in combat today in Anbar province.[224]
A woman was killed when she was caught in crossfire between U.S. forces and snipers on a bridge crossing the Euphrates at Hit.[225]

January 27

Near Hawija, a roadside bomb injured four people.[226]
Outside Iskandariya, gunmen killed two people and wounded two others.[227]
A taxi driver was killed in the crossfire during clashes in Mosul.[228]
Five bodies were fished out of the Tigris River at Suwayra. Bodies regularly are seen floating in the river there and they often get caught in the network of irrigation gates. The town is about 25 miles south of Baghdad.[229]
In Kirkuk, two bound bodies were found. Gunmen attacked a minibus, killing two people and wounding four others. A car bomb killed two suicide bombers in a mostly-Shi’ite neighborhood, while a roadside bomb injured four civilians elsewhere.. Katyusha rockets fell on the airport, which also doubles as a U.S. base; no casualties were reported.[230]
Also in the capital, the Sunni Iraqi People's Congress is demanding that the shelling of Sunni neighborhoods be stopped by the Iraqi government; according to them, the Adil neighborhood has received over 50 rounds since Friday morning.[231]
In Baghdad, 40 bodies, two belonging to women, were dumped in several Baghdad neighborhoods.[232]
At least one suicide bomber detonated two car bombs in a mostly-Shi’ite neighborhood; 15 people were killed and 55 were wounded in the attack.[233]
Gunmen stormed a Shi’ite home in the Amil district where they killed five members of one family.[234]
In the Karrada neighborhood, gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped eight people from a computer store.[235]
In a raid south of Baquba, U.S. forces killed 14 suspected militia members.[236]

January 28

Battle of Najaf (2007), more than 280 people are reported killed.
First of the 2007 chlorine bombings in Iraq happens in Ramadi killing 16 people.
Mortars fell on Hilla where they killed ten people, mostly women and children.[237]
Six gunmen were killed and four police officers were wounded during clashes in Mosul. A college student was killed and another person kidnapped.[238]
In Iskandariya, two soldiers were killed and two injured when a taxi they were in was sprayed with gunfire.[239]
Three gunmen were killed in Ramadi, according to local tribal leaders. Two Iraqi children were killed when a mortar hit their school.[240]
In Suwayra, three Iraqi soldiers were killed, four soldiers wounded and a militant injured during clashes.[241]
Two civilians were killed and four wounded in Fallujah when a bomb was exploded near a mosque.[242]
At a busy market in Kirkuk, a car bomb killed eight and wounded 15 in a mixed Shi’ite-Kurd neighborhood.[243]
A suicide car bomber killed eight more and injured 19 near a warehouse in a mostly Kurd area.[244]
In the capital, an advisor to the Minister of Industry, Adel Abdel-Mohsen, two daughters and three companions were gunned down in the Yarmouk district.[245]
In Baghdad, 54 unidentified bodies were found dumped in several locations.[246]
Five girls were killed and 21 others wounded when mortars fell on the Khalid secondary school in the Adil area; Adil has been the target of dozens of mortars rounds since Friday morning.[247]
In Sadr City, a car bomb near a market killed four people and injured 39 others; women were among the casualties.[248]
At a Bayaa outdoor market, a bomb in a bag killed five and wounded 20, including children.[249]
Roadside bombs killed a soldier and an MP in separate incidents north of Baghdad as well.[250]

January 29

Four in Karbala were killed by a roadside bomb.[251]
Five Iraqis, including two soldiers, were injured during clashes in Duluiyah between U.S./Iraqi forces and gunmen.[252]
Near Tuz Khormato, a rocket-propelled grenade struck a mosque and killed five worshippers inside.[253]
Diyala police are reporting that Coalition forces killed ten gunmen in Baquba and near the Diyala sports complex.[254]
Eight civilians were killed in Kara Taba village when gunmen stormed a residential complex used by the al-Bayat tribe.[255]
Five gunmen were killed when U.S. forces fired on them from helicopters near the Sleman Beak area.[256]
Two shoppers were killed and three more injured when mortars fell on at a market north of Khalis at al-Kubat.[257]
In the capital, 42 bodies were recovered overnight throughout the city.[258]
In Khadimiya, three university law professors and a student were kidnapped after they left a seminar.[259]
In Baghdad, a series of explosions rocked the capital. A bomb in a minibus killed four and wounded six when it exploded near al-Mustansiriya square. In the Hurriya district, a suicide car bomber killed five people and injured 25 others. One person was killed and five other wounded near al Hamza square in eastern Baghdad. Yet another car bomb killed one and wounded three in the al-Baladiyat area. A roadside bomb was detonated near Qahtan Square in Qadisiya as a police patrol passed near it; two officers were wounded. Late in the day, mortars fell on Zufaraniyah where they killed 11 people and wounded 38 others. Also, a car bomb near al-Mustansiriya University injured three people.[260]

January 30

Mortars injured seven people at a parade in Khan Bani Saad.[261]
In al-Abarah, gunmen killed a child and wounded five people.[262]
Gunmen killed a teacher near Mahaweel.[263]
Two policemen were killed and two others wounded when a roadside bomb targeting their patrol was set off in Mosul.[264]
A suicide garbage truck bomber killed 16 people and wounded 7 more at a police compound in Ramadi.[265]
At a mosque in Balad Ruz, a suicide bomber killed 23 worshippers and injured 57 others.[266]
In Baghdad, at least 25 mortars fell on Adhamiya where 20 people were killed and 72 more wounded. Another mortar killed three family members and wounded nine pilgrims in the Khadimiya neighborhood where thousands had gathered to observe Ashura at a revered shrine. Also, gunmen opened fire on minibuses ferrying Shi’ite pilgrims in the Bayaa district; eight were killed and 12 wounded. A man was shot dead in a separate incident. Only eight dumped bodies were found today; usually scores of unidentified bodies, believed to belong to victims of sectarian violence, are found on a daily basis.[267]
U.S. military authorities reported that a Marine was killed in combat yesterday during fighting in Anbar province.[268]

January 31

Gunmen killed two policemen and wounded a third in Diwaniya.[269]
Three police officers were injured by a roadside bomb near Suwayra.[270]
A decapitated body was found in Mosul. In a separate incident, a policeman was killed and four others wounded during a car bombing.[271]
Nine Iraqi soldiers were wounded when a suicide truck bomber drove to an army base in Muqdadiyah.[272]
Six bodies were found in Fallujah; they bore gunshot wounds to the chest and head. Also, gunmen killed a teenager.[273]
In Baiji, six policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb blasted their patrol. Gunmen killed a policeman, and two bodies, bearing gunshot wounds to the head were discovered.[274]
A roadside bomb in Kirkuk killed one soldier and wounded two others.[275]
A car bomb targeting a police patrol in Tal Afar wounded 10 civilians instead.[276]
The Iraqi Army has reported killing 210 suspected militants and arrested 342 others in unspecified activity throughout the country.[277]
Two men were also killed by troops on a U.S, helicopter in Mahmoudiya; they were part of a group of four who were planting a roadside bomb; witnesses are claiming that the air strike was targeting members of the Mahdi Army who were merely observing the Ashura holiday.[278]
The U.S. military reported that a GI was killed and another wounded during combat in the Salah ad Din province.[279]
In Baghdad, six people were killed and 20 injured during continued mortar attacks in the Adhamiya neighborhood; similar attacks killed or wounded nearly 100 people in the area yesterday. In the Bab al-Muadham neighborhood, a car bomb killed two people and wounded eight. Three people were killed and three wounded by a car bomb in the al-Maamoun. Another car bomb, this one in New Baghdad, killed one and wounded six others. Five people were killed and 12 wounded by a booby-trapped car near a bus stop. Gunmen shot dead ten people walking on the street in the al Sulaigh neighborhood of eastern Baghdad. The death of Hezbollah leader al-Mula al-Nouri al-Ghariri during a mortar attack in Kazimiyah yesterday was reported. The bodies of three law professors and a student who were abducted over the weekend were found. At least, 10 other bodies were recovered from the streets.[280]

February

February 1

Two policemen were killed in Diwaniya, when gunmen attacked their patrol.[281]
Three bodies were found in Mosul; two bodies belonged to students. At least four more bodies were discovered. Two civilians were killed when mortars landed in a residential neighborhood.[282]
In Baquba, gunmen stormed the Physical Education College of Diyala and killed the dean, Walhan Hamed al-Rubaie and his son.[283]
Eleven dumped bodies were discovered in Fallujah.[284]
A double bomb attack at a marketplace in Hilla killed 61 and wounded 150 others.[285]
In Tikrit, the governor of Salah ad Din province, Hamad Humud al-Qeisi, was unharmed after an assassination attempt. A suicide bomber detonated his vest as the governor’s motorcade was stopped outside a Tikrit university; one student was killed and three more injured.[286]
The U.S. military reported killing a suspected ""foreign terrorist facilitator" and detained 29 other people in multiple operations at several locations.[287]

February 2

National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq released by U.S. intelligence.[288]
In Suwayra, Iraqi forces backed by U.S. airplanes killed 45 militants and arrested six others.[289]
The Sunni chairman of the Fallujah City Council, Abbas Ali Hussein, was gunned down in Fallujah. He was the third council member killed this year.[290]
Three bodies were found in Kut.[291]
Three people were injured during a mortar attack in Khalis.[292]
In Balad Ruz, gunmen shot dead attorney Walid al-Zihairi and three others. In a separate incident, two civilians were killed.[293]
A roadside bomb in Mosul killed one police officer. Two bodies were found.[294]
In Khadimiya, one civilian was killed and five wounded when mortars fell on a residential neighborhood near an important shrine, where hundreds often gather for Friday prayers. Mortars also killed two people and wounded seven in the Wahda district. Another mortar attack killed one and wounded seven others in al-Furat neighborhood. Also, 23 bodies were found scattered [295]

throughout the city.[296]

U.S forces launched air strikes in Baghdad, where a U.S. helicopter crash killed two American soldiers. Witnesses said the helicopter was fired upon by gunmen, but the cause of the crash is under investigation. Several al-Qaeda leaders were reported killed in the air strikes.[297]
In Ramadi, American troops killed 18 militia members.[298]

February 3

A large truck bomb exploded in a busy market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The suicide attack killed at least 135 people and injured a further 339 others. The bomb brought down at least 10 buildings and coffee shops and obliterated market stalls in a largely Shiite enclave less than a half a mile from the Tigris River.[299]
In Narhavan, three people were killed and 12 wounded during a mortar attack.[300]
Gunmen attacked a Khalis checkpoint and injured three policemen.[301]
At least eight people were killed in Hit when a suicide bomber detonated his cargo; the number of wounded was not released.[302]
In Baiji, a convoy of gunmen carrying banners declaring the establishment of an "Islamic state" terrified the mostly Sunni town.[303]
A lawyer known for defending militants, Jaishi al-Ameer, was shot dead in Kut[304]
One body bearing gunshot wounds to the head was found in Iskandariya.[305]
Gunmen shot dead a police officer in Duluiya.[306]
Five dumped bodies were discovered in Fallujah. U.S. forces killed three gunmen during a "search campaign."[307]
In Mahmudiya, eight people was killed and 12 wounded during a bombing at a marketplace.[308]
Four policemen were killed and a fifth wounded when gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Samarra; three of the gunmen were killed and one was wounded. In a separate incident in town, three officers were wounded when a car bomb blasted them.[309]
In Kirkuk a series of eight bombings rocked the city during a two-hour period, killing three and wounding 43 others. A suicide car bomber targeted the offices of Kurdish Democratic Party of Massoud Barzani; two people were killed and 30 wounded in the incident. No casualties were reported at a second bombing which took place at a girls’ school closed for the weekend. Eight people were wounded at a bombing at a petrol station. Two roadside bombs targeting police patrols went off in a northern neighborhood, killing at least two more. Another car bomb then wounded five people in a southern district. A curfew is in effect.[310]
Two U.S. soldiers were killed during combat in Anbar province.[311]

February 4

Gunmen killed two people in Muqdadiyah.[312]
In Kinaan, a motorcycle bomb killed one and wounded five others in a popular marketplace.[313]
The body of Colonel Aqil al-Jenabi was found near Hilla.[314]
One soldier was killed and another wounded during an ambush near Riyadh.[315]
Four officers were killed when a car bomb blasted their patrol in Khalis. A bomb at a marketplace killed seven people and injured 10 others.[316]
In Basra, a local leader in Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s movement, Sheikh Khalil al-Maliki, was shot dead.[317]
In Baghdad, a car bomb in the Doura neighborhood killed four and wounded nine. Six people were killed and 15 injured when a car bomb exploded at a bus stop in the Karada district. In the al-Kesra area, a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed four officers and injured four others. In central Baghdad, a bomb killed two and wounded four others. A roadside bomb killed one and injured five people in the Illam neighborhood. A mortar round fell on a home in the Karrada district, killing a woman and two children. At dusk, mortar attacks began anew in the Adhamiyah district where 15 were killed and 56 wounded.[318]
Also in the capital, the Iraqi army killed 18 militants and arrested 88 more. Gunmen killed two employees of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and wounded three others in an attack in northeastern Baghdad. An employee from the Justice Ministry was gunned down in a separate incident. In the Mansour district, gunmen killed two people and wounded a third person. Gunmen also stormed the passport office in Karkh; the number of casualties was not reported. In the Amil district, clashes between gunmen and police left seven dead and 11 wounded. And 33 bodies were found dumped throughout Baghdad.[319]
In Tikrit, U.S. forces raided the homes of Sheikh Hamed Ekab and Dr. Basim al-Gaishi. Another U.S. team killed a local leader in Moqtada al-Sadr's movement; Ali Kadhem was shot outside his home in al-Howayder.[320]
The U.S. military reported that one soldier was killed during combat operations in Tikrit.[321]

February 5

In al-Madaen, three dumped bodies were recovered.[322]
Two policemen were killed and another injured when gunmen attacked their al-Saidiya checkpoint.[323]
Three unidentified bodies were found in Khalis.[324]
A bullet-riddled body bearing torture wounds was found in Kirkuk. In nearby Shwan, a second body was discovered.[325]
A police officer was gunned down and another injured while guarding a mosque in Samawa.[326]
Five civilians were wounded during clashes in Mosul. Also, Laith al-Othman, the assistant governor of Ninewa was wounded along with three bodyguards when a roadside bomb blasted his convoy.[327]
On a highway east of Baghdad, a roadside bomb injured two people.[328]
In Baghdad, a car bomb at a petrol station killed 15 people and wounded 65 in the Saidiya district. Eight people were killed and 40 injured in an explosion at a garage in the Nadha neighborhood. At Andulus Square, a car bomb near a children’s hospital killed six and wounded nine others. A car bomb in the Amil district left no casualties. Three were wounded during a roadside bomb explosion at Mustansiriya square. A trashcan-bomb in central Baghdad killed eight. Also, a mortar round fell on central Baghdad, killing one and wounding six others, and mortars fell in the Doura district where they killed seven people.[329]
Also in the capital, clashes broke out in the Adhamiya neighborhood, but casualty figures could not be reported due to sniper activity. A director at the Transportation Ministry, Basim Abdul-Hussein, was gunned down in central Baghdad. And gunmen wearing police uniforms attacked an armored truck. They kidnapped five people and stole US$350,000; the kidnap victims were found alive later with the truck. Also, 25 bodies were found dumped throughout Baghdae.[330]
An American soldier died in Baghdad from wounds received when a roadside bomb blasted his vehicle yesterday; two other soldiers were wounded in the attack.[331]

February 6

In Fallujah, a sniper killed two Iraqi soldiers.[332]
Two separate bombs near Khalis killed seven people and injured three more.[333]
Ten people were wounded in Kirkuk when two consecutive bombs exploded. One was at the home of a police officer and wounded his mother. The other took place just north of the city in a residential area.[334]
In Mosul, gunmen killed a female government employee.[335]
In Baghdad, bombs continue to rock the city. Five people were killed and 12 wounded during a car bombing in the Mashtal district. A separate car bomb in a southern neighborhood killed three and wounded three others. Another five were wounded during a car bomb explosion in the Bayaa district. In the Zaafaraniya district, a roadside bomb injured two more. And another car bomb injured five, including one soldier, in the Yarmouk district.[336]
Also in the capital, authorities reported that a senior Iranian official was kidnapped on Sunday. Eleven people were kidnapped from one house in Sadr City. In the Mansour district, two policemen were wounded while clashing with gunmen. And, police reported finding 25 bodies dumped throughout the city.[337]
The U.S military reported that an American soldier died today of gunshot wounds southwest of the capital, and a Marine died of wounds sustained during enemy action on Tuesday.[338]
U.S. troops also killed a militant near the Syrian border, five gunmen in Bayji, and two more near Tikrit. Military operations increased in the capital.[339]

February 7

One person was wounded in Musayyib during a mortar attack.[340]
A police officer and a civilian were injured by a roadside bomb near Iskandariya.[341]
Two men and a woman were shot dead in Ishaqi.[342]
On the road to Baghdad at Kut, a roadside bomb killed a woman and injured two others.[343]
At a Muqdadiyah checkpoint, nine people were kidnapped.[344]
Two bodies were found in Yusufiya.[345]
Three bodies were discovered in Mahmudiya.[346]
A roadside bomb near Suwayra killed a woman and wounded two others.[347]
An Iraqi soldier’s body was found in Shirqat.[348]
In Mosul, gunmen killed a government employee and her husband.[349]
Six bodies were found in Baquba. They bore the torture and gunshot wounds common to victims of sectarian violence.[350]
Three children were killed and 12 people were injured during a mortar attack north of the capital at Mzerat.[351]
Iraqi soldiers killed at least 10 gunmen during clashes in Ramadi.[352]
In Fallujah, a car bomb at a market killed 10 people, including two children, and injured 30 others. Also, a mortar round killed four people, including two women.[353]
In Baghdad, the much-awaited security crackdown began with little fanfare. However, violence still made its presence known: A roadside bomb killed a policeman and wounded three others in a central neighborhood. In the New Baghdad area, a separate roadside bomb wounded four more. Mortars killed one person and wounded seven others in northeastern Baghdad. Gunmen killed three people in a drive-by shooting in Yarmouk. No one was injured when gunmen set fire to 16 homes in the Amil area. At al-Iraqiya TV, three guards were shot outside their headquarters in the Salhiya district. Ihsan al-Mashhadani, a finance ministry official was kidnapped. Also, 33 bodies were found scattered around the capital.[354]

February 8

Eight unidentified bodies were turned in to the morgue in Khalis; five were beheaded.[355]
A former army officer was gunned down in Muqdadiya.[356]
In Haditha, seven policemen were killed and three wounded when a suicide bomber attacked their checkpoint.[357]
Mortars killed seven people and wounded ten in Iskandariya.[358]
A worshipper was killed and four others wounded yesterday at a mosque in Fallujah.[359]
In Suwayra, three successive roadside bombs killed seven and wounded 23 late yesterday.[360]
A booby-trapped car was successfully disarmed in Kirkuk; no casualties were reported. Seven people were abducted from a minibus.[361]
In Garma, three bodies bearing gunshot wounds to the head were discovered.[362]
Sixteen bodies were discovered in Mosul. Among them were five police officers. Two civilians were shot dead in separate incidents.[363]
At a market in Aziziya, a car bomb killed 20 and injured 45 others.[364]
Gunmen attacked a police unit in Baquba, killing four policemen and a civilian. Five more civilians were killed while driving on a road outside of town. And, police said they killed three snipers.[365]
In Rafiyaat, gunmen stormed two neighboring homes where they separated the men from the women and children. They dragged the men outside and machine-gunned 14 to death; a 15th man survived his wounds.[366]
In Baghdad, 37 bodies were found scattered around town. A car bomb killed eight and wounded 12 in the al-Amin area. Gunmen attacked a checkpoint in central Baghdad; an army officer and a soldier were killed while another soldier and three policemen were injured. Also, a convoy belonging to a member of the Fadhila Shi'ite political party, Ammar Tu'uma, was attacked; one guard was injured in the incident which took place in the Mansour district.[367]
The much-awaited security crackdown was implemented in Baghdad yesterday. Today, U.S. troops reported killing 13 militia members in an air raid outside of Baghdad at Amiriyah and eight more at Arab Jabour. Local officials are insisting that U.S. air strikes killed 45 civilians, including women and children, and injured 20 more in Zaidan. During another raid, U.S. troops raided the health ministry building and arrested Hakim Zamili, the deputy health minister.[368]
Four Marines were killed in two separate attacks in Anbar province yesterday.[369]

February 9

In Tuz Khormato, a man was injured when a grenade was tossed at his home. A 14-year-old was kidnapped during a home invasion robbery. Also, two workshops were burned down in separate incidents.[370]
Thirteen people were kidnapped in Imam village; two were rescued immediately. Later, 11 bodies were fished out of the Maleh River in Mahaweel.[371]
A roadside bomb in Mosul wounded 17 people including 10 policemen. Two people were killed in separate incidents.[372]
Two people were killed and eight wounded when a roadside bomb exploded at a marketplace near Hilla.[373]
A car bomb exploded near the home of a Kirkuk police colonel; seven were wounded, including the colonel and members of his family.[374]
In Baghdad, clashes erupted between Iraqi police and gunmen in the Doura neighborhood; three civilians were killed and 10 were wounded.[375]
In other Coalition raids, at least two gunmen were killed in Mosul and another was killed in Baquba. A man was injured near Taji when Coalition forces detained him after seeing him planting a roadside bomb. Also, four civilians were killed and two others injured during a U.S. raid in Duluiya; a police source complained that U.S. forces were not allowing emergency medical personnel into the area to recover the dead and wounded.[376]
Three U.S. soldiers were killed in combat in Anbar province yesterday. A British soldier was killed and three wounded in Basra during a roadside bomb explosion. An American vehicle was struck by a bomb near Hit; no one was injured.[377]

February 10

Gunmen in Hilla shot dead three people and wounded two others during drive-by shooting; women were among the dead and injured.[378]
In al-Thawra, one policeman was killed and another wounded in a drive-by shooting; three civilians were wounded in a related car bombing.[379]
A mortar round fell on Iskandariya where it killed one person.[380]
A suicide car bomb targeted a checkpoint in Tal Afar; one Iraqi soldier was killed and five people were wounded including three civilians.[381]
In Mussayab, gunmen stormed a home where they killed three and wounded two more members of the same family. A roadside bomb killed one person in a separate incident. Two women and a man died when a mortar round fell on their home.[382]
Ten police officers and seven civilians were injured when a bomb blew up outside the governor of Ninevah’s office.[383]
Twenty-four bodies were discovered in the area around Kut.[384]
In Baghdad, a suicide car bomber killed five and wounded 10 outside a bakery in the Karrada district. In the eastern al-Kamaliyah area, a separate car bomb killed three and wounded six people. Shi’ite gunmen stormed Sunni homes in the Ghazaliya neighborhood where they killed one person and wounded five others. An Iraqi army officer was killed during a drive-by shooting in the Abu Ghraib area. A 15-year-old girl was killed in crossfire between rival groups. Clashes broke out in the Adhamiyah area, but no casualties were reported. Also, 30 bodies were found throughout the city.[385]

February 11

A body was found dumped in Basra.[386]
A female security guard was killed in Baquba.[387]
Colonel Faris Al Ameri of the Balad Ruz police survived an assassination attempt; two of his guards were injured.[388]
Three dumped bodies were found scattered around Hilla.[389]
A former Baath Party member was assassinated in Amara.[390]
Gunmen assassinated Lieutenant Colonel Jamal Mohammad who was the chief of the serious crimes office in Taiji. Two guards were wounded and two of the attackers were killed.[391]
A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a police station in Ilam, killing one policeman.

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