07/31/2006: Three buses of Shi i pilgrims traveling to Najaf were stopped and the twenty three passengers were lined up and shot by at least fifteen masked gunmen near al-Rasheed, Baghdad, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/14/2006: Six people killed in bomb attack in Baghdad; four killed in separate bomb attack in northeast Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/10/2006: Near Kirkuk, Iraq, four oil workers were killed when their convoy was attacked by unknown insurgents. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/00/2006: Twenty students from Basra, Iraq were wounded when an explosive charge planted by gunmen near the wall of the Al-Sina'ah Elementary School building in Al-Andalus detonated. A British soldier was also slightly wounded. The perpetrators of this attack are unknown and there were no reported claims of responsibility.
06/04/2006: 21 Shi i persons, including students, were shot and killed by unknown gunmen near Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/01/2006: An unknown number of unknown militants kidnapped Iraqi entrepreneur Abdullah Mohammad Aziz in Huwaijah, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
03/02/2006: An unknown number of unidentified extremists attacked and burned power station in Nahrawan, Iraq outside of Baghdad killing 9 security guards and injuring two others. The assailants were armed with guns, grenades and rockets; no responsibility was immediately claimed for the attack.
09/29/2006: Unknown gunmen killed the brother-in-law of a judge who was trying Saddam Hussein for genocide in Baghdad, Iraq. The man's ten-year-old son was killed as well. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/19/2006: In one of three separate incidents in Baghdad, Iraq (200605190002, 200605190004), unidentified gunmen opened fire at a bus, injuring ten people in the Abu Ghraib area. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/06/2006: A popular Iraqi soccer player was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/02/2006: Two mortar shells struck the Shi i district of Abu Dshir, Baghdad, Iraq, killing three people under age 15. One shell exploded on a soccer field and the other hit a house, wounding a couple and their child. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/29/2006: At least twelve civilian day-laborers were wounded when a bomb exploded in Tayaran Square market, Baghdad, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/01/2006: A little known Sunni group, known as the Sunni Supporters, claimed responsibility for bombing a Shi i market in the eastern Baghdad, Iraq, neighborhood of Al-Sadr. Seventy-seven people were killed and 96 were wounded.
10/14/2006: Around 9:45 am local time, a suicide bomber blew up an explosive-belt in a market near the Iraq’s border with Syria. The blast damaged several shops and nearby buildings. 2 civilians were killed and 6 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2006: Two German engineers, Thomas Nitzschke and Rene Braeunlich, employees of the German firm Cyrotec, were abducted at gunpoint near an oil refinery in Baiji, Iraq, by armed members of a group called Ansar al-Tahwid wal Sunna. A few days later, a video of them and their captors appeared on Al Jazeera TV. The men were released on May 2 after the German government reportedly paid a ransom.
02/10/2006: Unidentified gunmen attacked two policemen on their way to work in Baqubah, Iraq, killing one and injuring the other.
02/28/2006: A car bomb, targeting a police patrol, exploded in Baghdad's southeastern district of Jadida and killed five civilians and injured 17 more. The perpetrators were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/21/2006: A unknown suicide bomber in a car killed 6 policemen and wounded 13 people near former rebel stronghold in Fallujah, Iraq, west of Baghdad. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/14/2006: Suspected Shi i militiamen dressed as Interior Ministry commandos stormed a Higher Education Ministry office in Baghdad, Iraq, and kidnapped dozens of people after clearing the area under the guise of providing security for what they claimed would be a visit by the U.S. ambassador. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/24/2006: At least 23 died and 43 were wounded when a car bomb and a suicide bomb exploded simultaneously in the Iraqi city of Tal Afar outside a car dealership. One bomb was concealed in a parked car while the other was contained in a pelt worn by a pedestrian. No responsibility was immediately taken for the attack.
09/17/2006: Five bombs went off in Kirkuk, Iraq, killing 27 people and injuring more than 73 others. Police arrested several suspects in the attacks. Most bombs went off near police targets or government offices. No group claimed responsibility in the attack.
05/30/2006: In Baghdad, Iraq’s Husaniya district, a car bomb exploded killing at least five people and wounding thirty-five others. There was no claim of responsibility or anyone arrested for the incident.
10/31/2006: 33 Iraqis were killed and 59 were wounded when a bomb hidden in a trash can struck a crowd of laborers lined up for day jobs. The Iraqis had gathered in Sadr City's Al-Mudhafar Square, a Shi i area in Baghdad, Iraq. Sectarian motivations appeared to be behind the killings, but no group claimed responsibility.
10/31/2006: A bomb went off in the Amel district of Baghdad, killing 3 and wounding 6. No claim of responsibility was issued.
04/13/2006: Three nearly simultaneous explosions destroyed the Sharif Ridha shrine in Ba'qubah, Iraq, and left its dome in ruins, but did not kill or injure anyone. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2006: Around 7:30 am local time, a suicide car bomb struck a police checkpoint in the town of Tal Afar, some 60 km west of Mosul, in Nineveh province, Iraq. 2 policemen were killed 12 people were wounded. The blast damaged several nearby cars and buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/26/2006:A least one mortar landed near Shi i cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's home in the city of Najaf, Iraq. No injuries were reported and no specific group was suspected. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/22/2006: Unidentified gunmen opened fire at the al-Rashidi mosque in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, killing the Imam of the Sunni mosque. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/17/2006: A bomb blast injured a member of an Iraqi police patrol in the Al-Sulaykh area in northern Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2006: Twelve Iraqi worshippers died in mosque bombing in Hibhib, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown and there was minor property damage. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/03/2006: At least 5 people were killed and 53 wounded when a bomb hidden on a motorcycle exploded in a crowded marketplace in Sadr City, a predominantly Shi i district of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2006: Five motorcycle bombs exploded in a crowded Mahmudiyah, Iraq, market. The blasts killed at least 16 people and wounded 60. No one claimed responsibility for the attack in this predominantly Sunni town.
01/09/2006: Two suicide bombers dressed in Iraqi police uniforms and wearing explosive belts blew themselves up at an Iraqi Interior Ministry entrance in Baghdad, Iraq, killing two police and wounding fifteen others. The bombing occurred when ministers and the US ambassador were attending a Police Day parade. Al-Qai da’s branch in Iraq claimed responsibility and said the bombings were to avenge torture of Sunni Muslims at the interior ministry.
12/05/2006: A car bomb set by unknown perpetraitors exploded in a parking in Al-Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, Iraq. Security sources said that the explosion left scores dead and killed. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/02/2006: Police apprehended three gunmen that were attempting to kidnap a translator in Kirkuk, Iraq.
04/05/2006: An Iraqi translator who worked for Polish troops in Iraq was killed when gunmen wearing police commando uniforms in Diwaniya opened fire on him and his nephew, injuring the nephew. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/04/2006: Around 8:30 am local time, gunmen attacked several government buildings and police patrols in Fallujah, Iraq, killing two policemen and wounding two others. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/19/2006: Unidentified gunmen fatally shot a policeman in the Baghdad, Iraq, neighborhood of al-Jihad. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/03/2006: A university student belonging to a Sunni political party was shot in the middle of the downtown market. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/05/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed engineer Karim Salaman in front of his home in Hilla, Iraq.
02/20/2006: A bomb exploded near Liberation Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, killing four day laborers waiting for work and injuring 15 more. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/06/2006: An explosive device targeted an electric pylon in Baghdad, Iraq, resulting in one injuring. The blast resulted in power outages. The perpetrator group is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/24/2006: A suicide bomber drove an explosives laden car into a checkpoint in Tal Afar, Iraq. Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in the attack. The explosion also damaged three nearby buildings and three cars. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/13/2006: The Iraqi Police said that a booby-trapped car exploded in a park near the Iranian embassy in central Baghdad, Iraq, near the Green Zone, wounding a civilian and causing damage to around 20 cars. No one claimed responsibility for the explosion.
01/16/2006: Gunmen kidnapped 35 Iraqi police volunteers on a bus returning from a test at the police academy north of Baghdad where they had been denied entry. At least 31 of the men were shot and killed that night, and officials found their bodies about a week later. The identities of the perpetrators were unknown.
03/22/2006: Four Iraqi troops were killed when suspected insurgents mortared government buildings in Madain, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/02/2006: Gunmen opened fire on civilians in Garma town, east of al-Fallujah, Iraq, killing six people, including two children. There was no word on who the perpetrators were or what their motives were for the attacks. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/05/2006: A minibus hit a roadside bomb in Al-Mada'in, Iraq, killing five civilians. A second roadside bomb exploded a few minutes later, injuring a policeman and five civilians. The perpetrators were unknown.
02/05/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed two Iraqi policemen in Kirkuk, Iraq.
02/28/2006: Lieutenant General Daham Radi al-Assal, advisor to the Iraqi defense minister, escaped an assassination attempt when a roadside bomb exploded underneath his convoy in the Zayyuna area of Iraq, east of Baghdad. Five of al-Assal's bodyguards were killed and seven others were injured in the attack. The perpetrators were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/24/2006: Rocket and mortar attacks on the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq left 31 dead. No specific group was suspected. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2006: Ten Iraqi security service company employees were killed in an armed attack in Baghdad on the convoy they were escorting for Iraqna Mobile Phone Company. Two Kenyan telecommunications engineers who were part of the convoy, George Noballa and Moses Munyao, were kidnapped, and nothing is known of their situation or whereabouts, or of the identities of the perpetrators.
02/12/2006: Two roadside bombs exploded near a police patrol in Kirkuk, Iraq, injuring 7 police officers, three of them seriously.
11/19/2006: An unknown number of unidentified assailants opened fire on a minibus carrying farm workers northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, killing eight and wounding two. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/14/2006: Unknown perpetrators attacked a police checkpoint in Baqubah, Iraq, killing one policeman and injuring five others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/13/2006: An explosive charge went off in the industrial zone in southern Samarra, Iraq, damaging a truck that was traveling on a nearby road. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2006: An unidentified suicide bomber detonated a booby-trapped car in near Al-Farashah market in the al-Jadidah area of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian and wounding four others. Two nearby cars were also damaged. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/05/2006: A car bomb was detonated as a police patrol passed near the Old Diyala Bridge, about ten miles south of Baghdad, killing two policemen and wounding two other policemen and five civilians. The perpetrators were unknown.
11/24/2006: An unknown number of unidentified gunmen in five cars killed 21 male Shi is in Diyala province, Iraq. In a late night raid in the village of Imam Mansour, the gunmen dragged 21 men from two homes and shot them execution style in a nearby field. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/10/2006: Muhammad Shafiq, a Pakistani driver working in Iraq with a company known as Mabrad which supplies U.S. forces, was kidnapped by gunmen near Fallujah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/02/2006: A policeman was killed and four injured when a roadside bomb went off near his patrol in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
02/02/2006: Iraqi police officer, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Naseh Sabah, was injured by unknown gunmen in an attempt to kill him in Kirkuk, Iraq.
11/01/2006: Armed men driving four SUVs drove up to a youth club on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad and seized Khalid Nejim, a Sunni basketball federation chief who also was a coach for the national basketball team, and Issam Khalef, who coached blind athletes and also a Sunni. No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2006: In one of two nearly simultaneous bombings, a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up in a Baghdad, Iraq cafe, killing at least 23 and wounding at least 26. Most of those dead and injured were civilians, though a few were police officers, and it is possible that the bomber was targeting these officers. The explosion damaged a number of cars and shops as well. The identity of the perpetrator of this attack was unknown.
02/21/2006: A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in Baqubah, Iraq, wounding three Iraqi policemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/07/2006: A government building in Ramadi, Iraq was targeted with mortars. There was at least one fatality and four injuries. The perpetrator group is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/18/2006: The Mujahideen Shura Council detonated a suicide car bomb close to a Shiia shrine in the town of Kufa, Iraq, south of Baghdad. The car bomb killed 59, wounded 139 civilians, destroyed 6 cars and 2 restaurants.
12/06/2006: Eight people were killed and up to 40 others wounded when unknown perpetraitors conducted a mortar attack on Maidan Square, Baghdad, Iraq. The area was close to several Iraqi ministries' buildings and popular markets and is a vast parking lot for buses taking passengers to different Baghdad neighborhoods. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/14/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Arkan Ali Sulaiman, a 26-year-old contractor supplying food and water to the Iraqi army, in Tikrit, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/02/2006: More than 50 unidentified gunmen killed 18 Shi i employees of a brick factory as they slept in shacks near the factory in Maamil, Iraq outside of Baghdad. No responsibility was immediately claimed for the killings.
08/03/2006: A bomb hidden on a parked motorcycle killed nine and injured 21 when it detonated. The attack occurred in Baghdad, Iraq, near Rusafi Square in the Rashid Street shopping area and apparently targeted vendors and commercial stalls. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/03/2006: Three car bombs set by unknown perpetraitors detonated in Al-Sadriyah area and Al-Wathbah square in central Baghdad, Iraq, killing 61 and wounding 90. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/02/2006: Motorcycle rigged with explosives blew up Thursday in a crowded market in Baghdad's Shi i Sadr City district, Iraq, killing at least seven people and wounding 45. No group claimed responsibility
04/11/2006: Gunmen attacked a convoy of oil tankers near Tuz Khormato, Iraq, at about 11:00 p.m. A police force escorting the convoy clashed with the attackers, during which a police officer and a policeman were killed and four other policemen wounded. The attackers failed to hit the tankers and fled.
08/28/2006: A car bomb exploded near a gas station in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, which killed three civilians and wounded three civilians. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/11/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a policeman in Kirkuk, Iraq.
12/14/2006: Unknown perpetraitors sabotaged power lines in and around Baghdad, Iraq, resulting to power outages in the Kirkuk, Saladdin, and al-Anbar governorates. Three members of the electricity protection force working in northern Baghdad power station were killed after the station came under mortar attack. The terrorists also abducted three engineers working in the same station, in addition to threatening technical and engineering staff who worked in stations situated in hot areas. The attack caused the complete shutdown of the station. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/27/2006: A bomb planted by unknown perpetrators detonated at a jewelry market in Kut, Iraq, killing two women and injuring three other civilians. The blast also damaged surrounding shops. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
11/01/2006: More than 40 Shi is were abducted along a notoriously dangerous highway just north of Baghdad. No group claimed responsibility
03/13/2006: An unidentified group exploded two bombs in Kirkuk, Iraq, killing one civilian and wounding twelve others. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
03/02/2006: An unknown number of unidentified gunmen attacked joint police-military checkpoint north of Samarra, Iraq killing 6 soldiers and 4 policemen. The gunmen set the bodies on fire before fleeing. No responsibility was immediately taken for the attack.
02/12/2006: Unidentified gunmen killed four oil inspectors in a drive-by shooting near the northern oil refinery city of Baiji, Iraq.
02/25/2006: Unidentified gunmen broke into a house in Buhriz, Iraq, killing 13 members of a Shi i family. The victims were all males from three generations of one family. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/05/2006: Three cars were blown up in the area of Al-Bayya, Baghdad, Iraq, near a gas station. The explosions left 16 people killed and 25 wounded. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/20/2006: A roadside bomb exploded in Aqaba bin Nafie Square of Baghdad, Iraq, killing four Iraqi civilians and wounding three. The identities of the perpetrators were unknown. It is possible that this attack was targeting a U.S. patrol rather than civilians.
04/08/2006: A homemade bomb exploded next to a Shi'a family's house in the neighborhood of Sadoun, in central Baghdad, Iraq, killing two men inside the house, family members said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/05/2006: Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a vehicle carrying Iraqi Brigadier General Farhad Qadir, police director of the districts and subdistricts of the Kirkuk, killing two policemen and wounding two others. Qadir was not harmed.
01/31/2006: A roadside bomb exploded as the convoy of Iraq's Minister of Municipalities and Public Works, Nasreen Berwari, was passing by the township of Sulayman Beg. The minister escaped the assassination attempt unharmed, but one of the vehicles in the convoy was damaged. There were no casualties.
02/24/2006: Unknown assailants fired two rockets at a Shi i mosque in Tuz Khormato, Iraq, causing material damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/21/2006: A roadside bomb detonated near a police patrol in Baghdad, Iraq. Three policemen were killed and four others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility in the attack.
01/18/2006: In Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified gunmen broke into a house where Iraqis working for a contractor were preparing meals for the Iraqi army, and killed at least seven people. There have been no claims of responsibility for the attack.
02/12/2006: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a police checkpoint in the Al-Bayaa neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, killing two police officers and one woman and wounding four more police officers.
07/18/2006: Unknown gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped 20 employees and security guards of Sunni Waqf endowment, a main Sunni religious foundation, at a checkpoints north of Baghdad, Iraq. Outcome of the hostages were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/15/2006: A car bomb killed six people at a soccer game in Falluja, Iraq. An unknown number were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/13/2006: A car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, exploded near an Iraqi police patrol, killing 12 and leaving at least 34 wounded. Seven of the dead were Iraqi policemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/00/2006: In Baghdad, Iraq, police found the bodies of 11 men inside a truck that were handcuffed, blindfolded, and shot. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack, but some suspect that sectarian death squads perpetrated the attack.
11/24/2006: An unknown number of Shi i militiamen seized six Sunnis as they left their mosque, doused them with kerosene and burned them alive as Iraqi soldiers stood by. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/08/2008: Two people were killed in Ba'qubah, Iraq, by gunmen, one being a senior officer in former leader Saddam Hussein's army. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/03/2006: A suicide bomber of unknown affiliation in Kirkuk injured a police director and killed two policemen in Laylan, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/02/2006: Unknown gunmen in a four-wheel drive vehicle opened fire on a commuter minibus in the Al-Dawrah area south of Baghdad, Iraq, killing two and injuring seven others. Such vehicles are normally used by foreign security details.
02/10/2006: Seven unknown gunmen kidnapped 11 Iranians, killing one, as well as their Iraqi driver, after forcing them out of their car on a road between Samarra and Baghdad, Iraq. The Shi i pilgrims had been visiting the Imam Ali al-Hadi shrine in Samarra. The three women were released near the remote village of Ain al-Faras the following day on 02/11/2006; the fate of the 7 men was not reported.
02/28/2006: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a gas station near a line of people waiting to buy kerosene in the Amin neighborhood of southeastern Baghdad, Iraq, killing 23 people and injuring 51 more. The perpetrators were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/28/2006: A car bomb exploded at a market across from the Shi i Timimi mosque in the Karradah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, killing six people and injuring at least 16 others. The perpetrators were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/02/2006: Unknown gunmen assassinated a human rights activist in front of his house in Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2006: Two unidentified gunmen on motorcycles shot and killed Issam al-Rawi, a geology professor, on his way to class in Baghdad, Iraq. Two associates were wounded. Accounts differed as to whether he was a voice of Sunni moderation or extremism. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/25/2006: A suicide bomber ran his vehicle into a Baquba, Iraq, police checkpoint and detonated his weapon. Two Iraqi police were killed, while one bystander was wounded. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/21/2006: A car bomb exploded south of Baghdad in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2006: Gunmen killed Shaykh Muhammad Saddaq al-Battah (the chieftain of the Sunni Albu-Julayb tribe in Al-Anbar Governorate), his nephew, and a third individual. The attack took place in a Baghdad apartment. The identities of the attackers were unknown and there were no reported claims of responsibility.
12/29/2006: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside of a the Shi i Hussainiyat al-Khalis mosque in Kalis area of Baghgdad, Iraq. Ten people were killed, and 11 were wounded. There is no clear perpetrator. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/19/2006: Four policemen were wounded in a suicide attack in al-Mahmoudiya, south of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/06/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a grocer in the Amariyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/05/2006: Six bombs and mortars exploded in Mosul, Iraq, killing nine police officers. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/23/2006: A suicide bomber blew up his car at the entrance to an anti-terror tribunal in Baghdad, Iraq, killing four policemen and wounding five others. The attack was not attributed to any specific group. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/04/2006: Iraq's Deputy Electricy Minister, Raad al-Harith was kidnapped from his car in Baghdad, Iraq, along with nineteen bodyguards. Raad al-Harith and seven of the bodyguards were released within twelve hours. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/13/2006: Unidentified attackers opened fire on a vehicle of Health Ministry employees and wounded a laborer for the Health Ministry, and killed her driver and injured three officials traveling in the same vehicle in western Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/27/2006: The bullet-riddled body of a man who served as a U.S. interpreter was found in a car in western Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrators of the attack are unknown and there were no claims of responsibility.
02/16/2006: A car bomb, targeting the convoy of a former government human rights official, exploded in Baghdad, Iraq, injuring four civilians. Nouri al-Nouri, who escaped unharmed from the blast, was dismissed in December 2005 after the discovery of tortured detainees in a Baghdad government building. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/02/2006: A bomb went off in front of a music shop in Tikrit, Iraq. The bombing killed one civilian. There was no claim of responsibility.
12/02/2006: At least 40 people were killed and 87 were injured when three huge car bomb blasts rocked a crowded street in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, as Iraqis were hurrying home before nightfall. The first blast was targeted at a Hummer jeep while the next two immediately followed. Ten shops were burned out in the blasts near Al-Wathba square, a historic commercial area popular with Shi i Kurds, and 13 civilian cars destroyed. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/02/2006: An unknown number of unidentified extremists opened fire on leading Sunni politician Adnan al-Dulaimi’s convoy in Baghdad killing a bodyguard and injuring five others. Al-Dulaimi was not part of the convoy at the time of the attack; no responsibility was immediately taken.
02/17/2006: Suspected insurgents blew up the main pipeline supplying crude oil from Kirkuk to a refinery in the southern Baghdad neighborhood of Dora, causing a fire and stopping the flow of oil. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/12/2006: Two civilians, including an 18-month-old girl, were killed and three more wounded when a roadside bomb, targeting a passing police patrol, exploded in northern Baghdad, Iraq.
08/05/2006: Bombs exploded in a market in the city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, Iraq, wounding ten people. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/05/2006: A car bomb followed by an armed attack by unknown perpetraitors targeted a bus carrying employees working for the Shi i Waqf Bureau while heading to their work in the area of Al-Bab al-Mu'azzam, Baghdad, Iraq. Fifteen employees were killed and nine others wounded. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/19/2006: A member of a Shi i political organization and two his bodyguards were shot dead by unknown attacker between the towns of Youssifiyah and Mahmoudiya in Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/12/2006: A suicide car bomber drove up to a busy vegetable market and detonated his explosives in Tal Afar, Iraq, killing at least two shoppers and wounding seven others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/13/2006: An unknown number of unidentified insurgents shot and killed the editor of Alef Ba journal and injured three others when they opened fire outside the victims home in the in the Saydiyeh suburb of Baghdad, Iraq. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
02/05/2006: Seven rockets were fired into Samarra, Iraq, killing one civilian and injuring at least 12 others.
07/19/2006: Unknown gunmen attacked Shi i neighborhood in Mahmoudiya, Iraq. Eighteen people were shot dead and their bodies showed sign of toture. Among these 18 bodies, three were police, four Iraqi soldiers and eleven attackers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/24/2006: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped two daughters and a son of Shi i legislator Qasim Attiyah Al-Jbouri near their home in the Hayaniyah neighborhood of Basra, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping was unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/19/2006: Six bodies were found shot in the head in Wahda neighborhood, Iraq. Their bodies showed signs of torture. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/20/2006: Walid Hassan, a television comedian in Iraq famous for mocking everyone from the Iraqi government to Shi i and Sunni insurgents, was killed by an unknown number of unidentified gunmen. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/05/2006: Three car bombs set by unknown perpetraitors exploded simultaneously at a southwest Baghdad, Iraq, petrol station, killing at least 14 people and wounding about 25 people. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2006: Two university students were injured in firearms attack in Ba'qubah, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2006: Four people killed and 57 injured in successive bomb attacks at Baghdad, Iraq, market. No one claimed responsibility.
11/19/2006: Three parked car bombs were detonated within minutes of each other in the parking lot in a bus station in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq. Ten were killed and 45 were injured in the incident; several cars and some of the nearby buildings were damaged in the attack. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
05/21/2006: At a restaurant in Baghdad, Iraq’s Karada (District), a suicide bomber killed thirteen people and injured eighteen others, mainly police officers. No group took responsibility and no arrests were made.
04/04/2006: A female lawyer, Acil Mohammad, was gunned down in Baghdad, Iraq, by unknown assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/20/2006: A suicide bomber blew himself up on the Baghdad University campus, Baghdad, Iraq, killing nine and wounding 29. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/09/2006: Judge Khalid Hazza al-Bayyati, an Iraqi judge involved in terrorism affairs, was killed after coming under fire by gunmen in front of his home in Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility
12/03/2006: Unidentified gunmen abducted Haytham Yasin, advisor to the electricity minister, in Al-Sha'b district in north-eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/11/2006: An unknown suicide bomber in Baghdad, Iraq, boarded a minibus full of Iraqi Army recruits, killing 13 and wounding three. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/09/2006: The village leader of Al-Qurna, Iraq, 43 miles north of Basra, and his wife were shot dead when they were in their car waiting at a gas station. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/15/2006: A car bomb exploded near Baghdad's University of Technology, killing one civilian and injuring five people, including three policemen. The area had a heavy police presence and it was suspected that a police patrol was targeted. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2006: A bus of Sunni pilgrims returning from Mecca was attacked by gunmen in the vicinity of al-Khalis, Iraq. The pilgrims' imam, Sheik Ghazi al-Dulaimi from Baquba, was killed, while four pilgrims were wounded. No claim of responsibility was issued.
07/07/2006: A Baghdad, Iraq, market in the Shi i side of town was targeted with mortars, killing six and injuring forty. The perpetrator group is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/07/2006: A car bomb targeted a Sunni business man in Baghdad, Iraq. The business man’s two children were killed and there was an additional injury. The perpetrator group is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/27/2006: A rocket attack in the Kazmiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, killed four people and wounded at least 13 others. Two civilian vehicles and a residential building was also damaged in the incident. The perpetrators were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/20/2006: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Kadhimiya neighborhood of northern Baghdad, Iraq, killing 12 commuters in a minibus and injuring at least 8 more. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/04/2006: Two truck drivers who worked with U.S. forces were killed when gunmen opened fire on them near Dujail, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/11/2006: Masked gunmen shot and killed doctor Khalid Abdullah after barging into the city hospital of Hawija, Iraq. Police said that the motive was unknown.
12/05/2006: A car bomb went off in Al-Amil neighborhood, southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, killing three and wounding five others when a car parked in the area exploded. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/14/2006: A roadside bomb planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators exploded near the motorcade of the Foreign Minister killing 3 bodyguards on a road 80 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/17/2006: Six Shi'a pilgrims were killed by unknown gunman in Iraq while on pilgrimage to the holy city of Karbala, Iraq. The attack was carried out with firearms, and no specific group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/19/2006: A roadside bombing injured eight police officers north of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/11/2006: Unidentified gunmen killed police Sgt. Bassem al-Rikabi as he was patrolling the southeastern Jisr Diyala area of Baghdad, Iraq.
02/19/2006: A suicide bomber blew himself up near an Iraqi army checkpoint at an entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone, injuring four Iraqi Defense Ministry employees and damaging four civilian cars. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/19/2006: A roadside bombing killed the deputy police chief of Kirkuk, General Khatam Khalaf al-Obeidi, and two of his bodyguards. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/18/2006: A bomb, targeting a policemen in Tikrit, missed and hit a bus instead, killing one passenger and injuring two others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/26/2006: A bomb exploded in a Baghdad, Iraq, market, killing five people and wounding 14. The bomb may have been left in the market and detonated remotely. There is no clear perpetrator. No claim of responsibility was reported.
08/28/2006: A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives outside the building of the Interior Ministry in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, leaving 13 people dead and 42 wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/02/2006: At least 40 people were killed and 87 were injured when three huge car bomb blasts rocked a crowded street in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, as Iraqis were hurrying home before nightfall. The first blast was targeted at a Hummer jeep while the next two immediately followed. Ten shops were burned out in the blasts near Al-Wathba square, a historic commercial area popular with Shi i Kurds, and 13 civilian cars destroyed. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/04/2006: A car bomb exploded in the sprawling Sadr City suburb of Shi i east Baghdad, Iraq. Two bystanders were killed and five people wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2006: Russian diplomat killed and four others kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/17/2006: Militia abducted 25 Iraqi Red Crecent employees in a morning raid in Baghdad, Iraq. There were no confirmed perpetrators. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/08/2008: Gunmen killed two flour mill workers outside the city when they were on their way to work southwest of Ba'qubah, Iraq, and wounded three others in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/04/2006: Unknown gunmen shot and killed 19 Shi is and kidnapped 4 in Khanaqin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/24/2006: Unidentified gunmen blew up an oil pipeline running between Baiji and Al-Dawrah, Iraq. The extent of the damage and further details of the attack were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/12/2006: A suicide bomber in a car sped through a checkpoint and evaded police attempts to stop it outside a Shi'a mosque in Huwaider, Iraq, and detonated his car as worshippers left evening prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 70 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/19/2006: Official of Interior Ministry, Major General Fakhari Abdul Hussein, was shot dead in his car by an unknown drive-by shooter in western Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/24/2006: Unknown perpetrators fired two rockets at the British Embassy compound in Baghdad's Green Zone in Iraq, injuring two British workers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/11/2006: Sunni gunmen ambushed a convoy of minibuses at a fake checkpoint on the dangerous highway south of Baghdad, Iraq, killing 10 Shi i passengers and kidnapping about 50. The fate of the kidnapped victims was unknown. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/01/2006: Six unknown gunmen kidnapped 2 Iraqi journalists from a local television station in Baghdad, Iraq, by dragging them from their car after a press conference at the Iraqi Islamic Party's headquarters. The outcome of the kidnapping was not reported.
09/07/2006: A suicide car bomber killed ten and injured 18 at a gas station in Karadah, Baghdad, Iraq. The target was an Iraqi police patrol. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2006: Iraqi police raiding the suspected location of several kidnapped Iraqi police in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, were ambushed by a well armed Sunni insurgent force. The battling left 24 Iraqi police dead and 7 wounded. 18 insurgents were killed, 8 were wounded and 27 were captured. Several Iraqi police, after running out of ammunition, were shot execution-style by the insurgents. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/05/2006: A second roadside bomb exploded a few minutes after a minibus hit a roadside bomb, which killed five civilians Al-Mada'in, Iraq. In this attack, a policeman and five civilians were injured. The perpetrators were unknown.
07/19/2006: A car bomb and two pre-planted bombs killed 5 and injured 22 people near the Technology University in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2006: Five gunmen broke into the apartment of Nagham Abdul Zahra, a broadcaster for Al-Sharqiya TV, in Baghdad, Iraq, attempting to kidnap her and her husband. Abdul Zahra escaped by jumping from the window to the street, sustaining injuries in the process, and her screams scared the gunmen out of the apartment before they could injure her husband. The gunmen were not identified and there were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
02/27/2006: A bomb exploded outside of a Sunni mosque in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, killing four people and injuring 15 others. The perpetrators were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/03/2006: A teacher and seven students were wounded when a mortar shell launched by known perpetraitors landed in a secondary school in Bab al-Mu'azzam area in central Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
08/02/2006: In Baquba, Iraq, gunmen killed the chief of the traffic police, Ahmed Abdel Hussein, and one of his bodyguards. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
12/03/2006: Unidentified gunmen assassinated an assistant to a Mandaean cleric, Salman Uraybi, in Ur district in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
08/02/2006: A booby-trapped car went off at a petrol station in Al-Mu'tasim, northern Baghdad, Iraq, killing two civilians and wounding six others. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
10/16/2006: Mortar attacks on the city of Balad, Iraq, killed at least three civilians, including a child, and wounding five people. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/30/2006: A car bomb exploded at Iraqi check point in Al-Dawrah, Iraq that killed four - two soldiers and two civilians. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/19/2006: Unknown perpetrators detonated an explosive device in or near the Siniyah city government building in Iraq. There were no reported casualties, but the building was leveled. There were no claims of responsibility for attack, but U.S. soldiers arrested several suspected perpetrators.
05/12/2006: An unknown number of unknown perpetrators ambushed a prominent politician of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan outside of the party's headquarters in Kirkuk, Iraq. The politician was killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2006: About 10 am local time, a roadside bomb exploded near the Khalani Square and then a car bomb detonated in the same area in Baghdad, Iraq. 5 people were killed and 10 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/27/2006: Unidentified gunmen killed two people in Baqubah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/22/2006: More than one hundred Iraqi insurgents attacked and killed 18 policemen using firearms as they stormed a prison 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq in Muqdadiya. All of the more than thirty prisoners in the prison were freed. No specific group was blamed for the attack.
02/21/2006: A bomb exploded in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/09/2006: A barber was kidnapped in Basra, Iraq, and his body was found four days later. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2006: In Baghdad, Iraq’s Mansur neighborhood, a makeshift roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol, killing one Iraqi policeman and wounding three others. No group claimed responsibility and no one was arrested.
04/05/2006: A car bomb blast in a religiously mixed area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, killed one woman and wounded 15 others, according to police. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/02/2006: An unknown group of extremists detonated a bomb in a vegetable market in a Shi i section of Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least eight people and injuring 14. There was no responsibility immediately claimed for the attack.
08/08/2006: Around 10:30 (6:30 GMT), two bombs exploded in Al-Shurjah market, Baghdad, Iraq. Ten people were killed and sixty-nine were injured. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/13/2006: Around 8 am local time, unidentified gunmen attacked Shi i women and killed 6 adults and 2 young girls on the western outskirts of Suwayrah, which is 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Baghdad in Iraq. 2 teenagers were kidnapped. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/13/2006: Unidentified gunmen fatally shot the police training director for Baghdad, Colonel Mahdi Mutlak, outside of his home in the Al-Dura neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/29/2006: A bomb planted between the Sunni al-Ali al-Aadhim mosque and a youth centre exploded in Baghdad, Iraq, killing four people and wounded another nine just as worshippers were leaving after prayers. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/13/2006: A roadside bomb killed two police officers and injured three more in Hilla, Iraq. The perpetrators were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/01/2006: A car bomb blew up on al-Mudayef Street in Baghdad's western al-Ameriya district in Iraq, and no casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
04/02/2006: Walid Sobhi Ahmed, director of religious tourism at the Transport Ministry, was kidnapped by gunmen in the central Mustansiriyah area of Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
02/25/2006: Unidentified gunmen stormed a tannery in the Nahrawan area in southern Baghdad, Iraq, killing a worker and injuring two others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/05/2006: A bomb detonated in a Baghdad, Iraq, bus garage. There were two fatalities and ten injuries. The perpetrator group is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/08/2006: The Mujahideen Shura Council claimed responsibility for a gunfight started by armed gunmen surrounding and seizing Al-Anbar (Governorate)building in Ramadi, Iraq, along with two other government buildings in the area, using machine gun fire and RPGs.
07/19/2006: Unknown gunmen stormed a market in the town called Rasheed, a Shi i district of Baghdad, Iraq. Seven people were killed, including three civilians, two policemen and two gunmen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/02/2006: An unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated a roadside bomb injuring 3 foreign business employees in front of the Turkish embassy in al-Waziriyah district, Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
09/21/2006: A roadside bomb went off in the al-Jadidah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, killing three people and wounding six others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2006: Unknown gunmen shot dead a woman working as a cleaner at a U.S. base in Al-Dawr, Iraq. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
02/05/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded two policemen in Baghdad, Iraq.
02/12/2006: Unidentified gunmen killed two people in a drive-by shooting in the Shula neighborhood of northern Baghdad, Iraq.
07/19/2006: Two motars from unknown attackers struck the Green Zone and killed one person in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/07/2006: A car bomb killed three and wounded 16 near the al-Nidaa Mosque in the Cairo district, Baghdad, Iraq. Many of the wounded were Iraqi security officers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/01/2006: A roadside bomb exploded in Baquba, Iraq, killing a civilian and injuring three others. The perpetrators were unknown.
02/27/2006: An bomb exploded on the main road between Kirkuk and Al-Riyad in northern Iraq, killing three people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/07/2006: Unknown gunmen ambushed a car carrying laborers near the town of Sinjar, some 100 km west of Mosul, in Iraq. 2 were killed and 2 others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/06/2006: Unknown gunmen attacked an Iraqi checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq. Two of the attackers were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/06/2006: The police station in Madain, Iraq was attacked with mortars. There were two fatalities and seven injuries. The perpetrator group is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/06/2006: Unknown gunmen killed an Iraqi police major from the Interior Ministry in Baqouba, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/07/2006: An attack by a suicide bomber inside a Baghdad, Iraq, coffee shop late in the day, killied at least 17 civilians and wounded at least 20. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/11/2006: A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in Hawija town (about 60 km southwest of the city of Kirkuk), Iraq. Two policemen were killed and four others were wounded. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/14/2006: An unknown group planted and detonated a roadside bomb in Karbala, Iraq, killing a Shi i pilgrim and injuring eight others. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
02/06/2006: In Kirkuk, Iraq, unidentified gunmen opened fire on two policemen, who were brothers, killing one and injuring the other.
02/06/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed policeman Hussein Ali Lazem as he was on his way to work in the neighborhood of Sayf Saad in Baquba, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/02/2006: Two off-duty Iraqi soldiers and a civilian were killed and four civilians wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a truck carrying wheat in Hawijah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/13/2006: A bomb exploded in the Al-Amal neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two people.
04/11/2006: A bomb exploded on a bus in Sadr City in Baghdad, killing three people and wounding nine others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/01/2006: The owner of an air conditioner repair shop was shot to death by an unknown number of unknown gunmen on his way to work in western Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
10/19/2006: A suicide bomber drove a booby-trapped fuel truck into the al-Mutanabi police station near Mosul University in Mosul, Iraq. 12 people were killed, including 2 policemen, and 25 were wounded, including 5 policemen. The massive blast also destroyed 42 cars and several Mosul University buildings and inflicted severe damage to the police station itself. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
03/02/2006: A Sunni Cleric was shot to death as he left a mosque in Basra, Iraq; there was no sign of the assailants and no responsibility was immediately claimed for the killing.
01/04/2006: Thirty-two mourners at a Shi i politician’s nephew’s funeral were killed and more than forty wounded in in Muqdadiyah, near Baghdad, when a suicide bomber blew up. No group claimed responsibility.
04/01/2006: A bomb exploded by a police patrol near Baghdad University of Technology in Baghdad, Iraq. Five policemen were wounded and there was no claim of responsibility.
03/02/2006: An unknown number of unidentified extremists detonated a bomb in a minivan traveling through Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, killing five and injuring 10. No responsibility was immediately claimed for the attack.
04/13/2006: Gunmen stormed the house of a Sunni family in Basra, Iraq, and killed seven people, a father, five of his sons and another relative. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/02/2006: A roadside bomb planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators was detonated near an Iraqi police patrol killing one civilian and wounding another in western Baghadad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
02/16/2006: Three unidentified gunmen shot dead a mechanic in the Dora district of Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrators and motive were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/13/2006: A navy officer and his friend were killed by drive-by shooters while walking downtown in Basra, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/13/2006: Gunmen killed a policeman who was driving his sons to school in Mosul, Iraq. One of the sons also was killed and the other seriously wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/01/2006: A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a fast food restaurant in central Baghdad's Palestine Street in Iraq, killing two Iraqi soldiers and injuring another seven Iraqis. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
02/16/2006: A car bomb targeting a police convoy exploded in the Waziriya district of central Baghdad, Iraq, injuring three passerby. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/14/2006: Unidentified gunmen dressed in security forces' uniforms kidnapped dozens (exact number unknown) of merchants in Al-Sinak, Iraq (in the centre of Baghdad). The kidnappers arrived at the Al-Sinak neighborhood in 10 police vehicles and three trucks and kidnapped the owners of approximately 30 stores that sell car parts. The hostages were led to an unknown location. The number of kidnappers who stormed the market could not be determined, because they opened fire above the shoppers. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/06/2006: Simultaneous explosions from a car bomb and a roadside bomb killed nine and wounded 39 in the Shi i -dominated Cairo Quarter, North Baghdad, Iraq.
07/11/2006:A suicide bomber blows himself up in Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported and the perpetrator of this incident was unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/10/2006: Gunmen stormed a Shi'a home near a Shi'a mosque in the Al-Dura neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, and killed three members of the same family. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/15/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot dead an Iraqi female journalist working for a local newspaper in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, along with her driver. No group took responsibility for the attack.
02/17/2006: Two unidentified gunmen stormed into a fashion accessories store in the Maalif area of southern Baghdad, Iraq, and killed two brothers working at the store. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/30/2006: Two gunmen in a BMW attacked the Rassulluallah mosque with firearms at midnight shattering windows and damaging walls; an hour later gunmen stormed the Ashra al-Mubashara mosque. Both were Sunni mosques in Baghdad, Iraq, there were no casualties, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2006: American journalist, Jill Carroll, was kidnapped and her Iraqi translator, Alan Enwiya, was killed in the Adel district of western Baghdad, Iraq. Three men armed with pistols intercepted their car, shot Enwiya, and abducted Carroll. Their driver, Adnan Abbas, escaped unharmed. Beginning on January 17 a Sunni extremist group linked to al Qaida in Iraq calling itself the "Revenge Brigade" released several videos of Carroll and demanded the release of all female Iraqi prisoners in US custody. On January 26, reportedly unrelated to the demands made by Carroll's captors, five female detainees were released from US custody along with several hundred male detainees. Carroll was released on March 30, 2006.
11/20/2006: Shi i Deputy Health Minister Hakim al-Zamili escaped an assassination attempt by an unknown number of gunmen. Two of his body guards were killed when the gunmen opened fire on the convoy moving through downtown Baghdad, Iraq; the Deputy Minister escaped unharmed. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/13/2006: An unidentified group detonated an explosive in Tikrit, Iraq, inside a building killing 3 police officers and one civilian, and wounding 19 others. The police were lured to the building by an anonymous phone call stating a dead body was in the building and the bomb was detonated immediately after the police enter the building. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
11/12/2006: Three people were killed and seven others wounded in coordinated blasts of a car bomb and a roadside bomb in central Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsbility for the attack.
11/12/2006: At least 35 Iraqis died when two suicide bombers set off their explosives outside the police headquarters' recruitment center in Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/01/2006: An unknown number of unidentified extremists planted a bomb under a car near Tahrir Square in downtown Baghdad. The explosive was detonated as a police patrol passed, killing three civilians and injuring 15 others. No responsibility was immediately claimed.
05/01/2006: An unknown number of unknown persons dressed in police uniforms kidnapped the wife and daughter of Iraqi Housing Minister Al-Dumluji in Iraq. It is unknown how this incident was resolved. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/23/2006: Eight Iraqi civilians were killed and twenty wounded in a roadside bomb explosion at a government building in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, by suspected Shi i Madhi Army forces targeting Sunni Muslims. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/26/2006: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a group of teenagers playing soccer in Baqubah, Iraq, killing two boys and wounding six others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/16/2006: Unknown gunmen kidnapped head of Iraq's North Oil Company, Adel Qazaz, and attacked his bodyguards in Baghdad, Iraq. Outcome of the hostage was unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/27/2006: In a coordinated attack, two mortar shells exploded in an investment bank and row of stores, and a car-bomb exploded minutes later in a gas-station, destroying nearby shops in the Karrada (District), Baghdad, Iraq. The mortars were suspected to be launched from the Sunni Al-Dura district to the majority Shi i area, where at least twenty-seven people were killed and forty-seven injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/13/2006: Mahmoud al-Hashimi, the brother of prominent Sunni Arab politician Tareq al-Hashimi, leading member of the Sunni National Concord Front coalition, and his companion were killed Thursday in a drive-by shooting in a Shi'a area in central Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/26/2006: Five bodies with gunshot wounds and torture signs were discovered in several areas of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/12/2006: A roadside bomb targeted a convoy carrying the Diyala province Deputy Governor, Awf Rahhumi, in Ba'qubah, Iraq, wounding two of his guards. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/15/2006: Unidentified gunmen in two cars shot dead two policemen, including a police captain, as they were driving through the Sadiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/27/2006: Unidentified assailants fired two mortar rounds into Iraq’s main oil distribution center sparking a massive fire. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/08/2006: An unknown number of unknown insurgents bombed an Iraqi oil pipeline in Mussavab, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/01/2006: At approximately 10 am local time, a roadside bomb exploded under a bus killing 23 people and wounding 40 others in Baiji, Iraq. Twenty of those killed were Iraqi soldiers. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
02/19/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a police officer in the al-Bayae district of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/19/2006: A roadside bombing injured two policemen in Fallujah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/02/2006: At least 40 people were killed and 87 were injured when three huge car bomb blasts rocked a crowded street in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, on 2 December, as Iraqis were hurrying home before nightfall. The first blast was targeted at a Hummer jeep while the next two immediately followed. Ten shops were burned out in the blasts near Al-Wathba square, a historic commercial area popular with Shi i Kurds, and 13 civilian cars destroyed. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/01/2006: A Sunni Iraqi member of parliament, Tayseer al-Mashhadani, was kidnapped along with seven of her bodyguards in the northeastern Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. She was held for 57 days before being released. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/25/2006: Ten civilians were killed and 15 were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Jadida area of Baghdad, Iraq. There is no confirmed perpetrator. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/04/2006: An Iraqi police patrol was targeted by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq. There were two fatalities and three injuries. The perpetrator group is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/29/2006: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a gas station in central Baghdad, Iraq, as people qued for fuel. Ten people were killed, and 25 were wounded. There is no clear perpetrator. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/14/2006: Mortar rounds struck near a Shi'a mosque after prayers in the southern Baghdad, Iraq, neighborhood of Zafaraniya, but there were no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/05/2006: A jihadist website reported that three Iraqis kidnapped and held captive were executed by the Salafi Abu-Bakr al-Siddiq Army. The execution of the three hostages was said to be to avenge their "Palestinian sisters" who were raped and whose residences and families in Al-Baladiyat in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, were attacked by the Al-Dajal (Al-Mahdi) Army.
08/03/2006: Three people were killed when extremists fired three mortar shells in the town of Obeidi, Iraq, near the Syrian border. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/09/2006: An unknown suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives killing 17 and wounding 35 in Tal Afar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/20/2006: The Iraqi Minister of State Mohammed Abbas Auraibi’s, a member of Iraq's Shi i majority, convoy was hit by a roadside bomb as it traveled through eastern Baghdad wounding two of his bodyguards but killing no one. The Minister was not harmed in the incident. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/31/2006: Three car bombs exploded killing four and leaving 18 injured in Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
02/03/2006: Unknown gunmen attempted to kill an Iraqi chief of police intelligence officer, Major Jabbory Karim, by opening fire on his car in Basra, Iraq. Karim was injured and his driver was killed.
02/15/2006: One civilian was killed in a drive-by shooting in western Baghdad's Ghazaliyah district. The assailants were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/06/2006: An unknown insurgent group detonated a car bomb near the office of Baqubah’s mayor in Iraq killing six Iraqis and wounding 23. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
08/01/2006: At approximately 9:40 am local time, in Baghdad's Karada neighborhood in Iraq, three policemen, three Iraqi soldiers and eight civilians were killed when a suicide car bomber targeted a bank where security forces had gone to pick up their monthly pay. Thirty-seven others were injured. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
04/05/2006: A car bomb exploded near a police patrol in the Sulah district of Baghdad, Iraq, wounding thirteen people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/21/2006: A group of gunmen attacked a minibus on its way from Kanaan to Baqubah, Iraq, killing a 12-year-old boy and injuring three others, including Baqubah Court judge Mohammed Abbas Shalaka. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/04/2006: Insurgents attacked police stations and patrols with car bombs, mortar rounds and machine guns in Mosul, Iraq, killing three policemen and wounding three others. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/15/2006: Three were killed and 12 others were wounded when a suicide car bomb struck a funeral ceremony in a southern Baghdad district in Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/27/2006: A car bomb killed 17 and wounded 35 near the Abu Hanifa mosque in Azamiyah, Baghdad, Iraq. There is no clear perpetrator. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/19/2006: Unknown attackers cut the throats of a families for alleged  cooperation with the Americans in the southern city of Basra, Iraq. One mother, her three kids and her sister were killed while the other five family members were rescued. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/03/2006: An explosive device planted on the side of the road in the city of Al-Fallujah, Iraq detonated destroying a passing truck and killing its driver. There was no claim of responsibility.
04/12/2006: An interpreter who had been working with British troops in Basra, Iraq, had been kidnapped on April 12 was found dead the next day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/12/2006: Two bombs, one rigged to a motorcycle, exploded successively outside of a restaurant near Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, injuring 12 people and damaging a police vehicle.
03/04/2006: An unknown group of insurgents detonated a bomb at a bus terminal killing seven civilians and injuring at least 20 others in Baghdad, Iraq. No responsibility was immediately claimed for the attack.
07/07/2006: A roadside bomb in Baqouba, Iraq targeted a Sunni mosque, killing one and wounding four. The perpetrator group is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/15/2006: Two persons were killed and nine wounded when a car bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol at Nafaq Al Shurtah in western Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi Interior Ministry said the car bomb was parked on the road before the arrival of the patrol, killing a policeman and a passer-by. According to the police, four of the wounded are police officers. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/01/2006: Four children were among 11 people killed when a suicide bomber struck at a wedding party in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility
02/16/2006: Unidentified gunmen killed the brother of the deputy governor of Ramadi, Anbar province, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/16/2006: A policeman was shot dead in the Amil area of Baghdad, Iraq. The assailants were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/13/2006: A mortar shell fell on a residential building and a car bomb exploded in Al-Za'faraniyah market, Baghdad, Iraq. Six Iraqis were killed and thirty others were wounded. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/18/2006: A senior official with the largest Shi i political group in Iraq and his wife were fatally shot by a gunmen as they drove in western Baghdad, Iraq. Ali al-Athab was a member of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq in the political bureau. Ali and his wife, Baidaa Aboud Jassim, were shot in the Yarmouk neighborhood around midday and died instantly No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/19/2006: A car bomb exploded near a Shi i political office in the Jadiriyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing two people, including a policeman, and injuring five, three of whom were policemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/04/2006: Two employees at the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Baghdad, identified as the embassy's driver and accountant, were killed in their car in the upscale Mansour neighborhood when gunmen ambushed their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/12/2006: Armed men killed two drivers and set fire to their trucks which were transporting supplies to the U.S. Army on the road between Al-Ramadi and Al-Rutbah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/04/2006: Three unidentified gunmen shot and killed Iraqi Army intelligence officer, Captain Ammar Farhan al-Lami, in Amarah, Iraq, as he was coming home from work.
09/20/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed three civilians in different areas of Karbala, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/01/2006: A roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq's Alawi neighborhood targets Iraqi police officers. There were three fatalities  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/12/2006:Two grenades hit a Shi i mosque and killed nine worshippers, it also caused property damage to the mosque in Dora, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/31/2006: Iraqi gunmen in security forces uniforms kidnapped 29 Iraqi people from the offices of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce in Baghdad, Iraq. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
02/06/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a 60-year-old retired teacher and injured his son in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/12/2006: Gunmen stopped the car of two Iraqi contractors who supply the army with food and killed them in Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/23/2006: Five car bombs exploded, three suicide bombs and two detonated in parked cars, and two mortars struck Sadr City, the Shi i slum in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 202 and injuring 257. The car bombs exploded at 15 minute intervals while the mortars struck at the same time. The car bombs struck Jamila market, al-Hay market and al-Shahidein Square, while the mortars landed in al-Shahidein Square and Mudhafar Square; there were no security forces present at the bombing sites. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks.
12/13/2006: Five people were killed and 10 others wounded when two car bombs set by unknown perpetraitors detonated in quick succession in a commercial area at a busy popular market in the Baghdad, Iraq, al-Jadida neighborhood at around 1:00 pm. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/19/2006: A suicide bomber used a truck bomb against a line of Iraqi soldiers and civilians waiting to receive their pay in Kirkuk, Iraq 12 people were killed, 68 were wounded, and a large portion of the bank, two vehicles and several shops were set ablaze. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
04/11/2006: A car bomb exploded near the Palestinian Restaurant in northern Baghdad, Iraq, that is frequented by police, killing five people, including three police officers, and wounding 12 people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/21/2006: Unidentified gunmen ambushed Iraqi policemen outside of a police station in Baghdad, Iraq. Six policemen were killed in the attack and another was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/11/2006: Dr Abd-al-Karim Husayn Nasir, a university professor was shot dead in Basra, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/10/2006: Gunmen blew up the pipes of a drinking water treatment plant running to the U.S. Ayn al-Asad base. Clashes raged between the gunmen and members of the plant's security, and were followed by explosions that led to the destruction of the plant's water pumps and power generators. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/08/2006: A mortar round killed two people when it was fired at the Education Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, but landed instead on a nearby house. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/20/2006: Nineteen people were killed and thirty-six others injured when a bomb exploded at a bus depot in Baghdad, Iraq’s al-Sadr City. There was no claim of responsibility or any arrests made.
02/06/2006: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on the home of an Iraqi policeman in Baquba, Iraq, killing the officer. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/02/2006: Four unidentified gunmen attacked a family in Shi'a Dura district, Baghdad, Iraq. The gunmen shot and killed the four civilians in the house. There was no claim of responsibility.
02/16/2006: A car bomb exploded at a crowded market in the Shula neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, killing six civilians and injuring 11 others. The Associated Press reported that the car bomb was targeting a U.S. military patrol. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/13/2006: Gunmen in western Baghdad, Iraq, ambushed a car a carrying a Foreign Ministry worker, forcing her driver out of the vehicle and taking both hostage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/02/2006: An unknown number of unknown perpetrators exploded a bomb located in a parked minibus in the wholesale market district of Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and five were wounded. There was no claim of responsibility.
04/05/2006: Gunmen opened fire at the headquarters of the Orascom Telecom Iraq Corporation (IRAQNA) Mobile Phone company in Baghdad and killed two security guards and wounded three. The gunmen then kidnapped the three wounded workers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/01/2006: An unknown number of unknown gunmen killed three ice cream vendors in the south neighborhood of Dora in Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
09/12/2006: In Zaiyouna neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb injured three police officers and one civilian. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/10/2006: Basra, Iraq, police located five 122 mm Katyusha rockets pointed at and ready to be fired at Basra Oil refinery after police acted on information gained in the confession of five men arrested with five more rockets in their possession. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/30/2006: Four civilians were killed and thirteen wounded as a car bomb was detonated as people waited in line to buy gasoline at the Uqba Bin Nafie petrol station in Kirkuk, Iraq. Other vehicles and nearby buildings were damaged, and no group has claimed responsibility for this attack.
12/01/2006: One person was killed and four others were wounded in an explosion that targeted a minibus in Al-Iskandariyah City in Babil governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
08/02/2006: A bomb in a garbage bag lying on a street in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, exploded near a group of laborers waiting to be hired for daily wage work, killing three and injuring eight. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
12/01/2006: A car bomb driven by unknon perpetraitors exploded in a popular market in the Shi i neighborhood of Husseiniyah, killing two civilians and wounding 17 others. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/26/2006: A suicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded bus in Northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, killing three and wounding 19. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/19/2006: In one of three separate incidents in Baghdad, Iraq (200605190003, 200605190004), an explosive device detonated in the house of an Interior Ministry officer injuring five of his family members. It was not known if the Ministry officer himself was injured. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/12/2006: Gunmen shot down an Oil Ministry worker at a bus stop in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/12/2006: A Housing Ministry employee was killed by unknown gunmen as he drove to work in the Amil neighborhood oh Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/04/2006: An unknown group of suspected insurgents detonated a bomb in a popular market in Jisr Diali in Baghdad, Iraq killing seven and injuring at least 11 others. No responsibility was immediately taken for the attack.
09/18/2006: A bomb exploded in a market in Tal Afar, Iraq. At least 20 people were killed in the explosion, which was not claimed by any group.
04/02/2006: An unknown number of unknown gunmen attacked the Imam Ali Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. There was no damage done to the building and there were no casualties. No one claimed responsibility for the act.
01/19/2006: Three members of a gang apparently involved in trafficking trucks and other vehicles in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria, were killed by gunmen near Al-Ramadi, west of Baghdad, Iraq. A group called the Factions of the Mujahedeen Army claimed responsibility for the attack by leaving leaflets beside the bodies of the victims which read: “This is the fate of thieves, road pirates, and saboteurs."
04/04/2006: A judge working with the Interior Ministry was killed by gunmen who opened fire on him in Baghdad, Iraq, as he got out of his car. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/18/2006: Thirty to forty unknown gunmen fired motars in a crowded market, and stormed it with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades in Mahmoudiya, Iraq. Fifty-six people were killed and most of them were Shiia. Some vehicles and market stalls were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/08/2006: A car bomb exploded near a Shi'a shrine at Awlad Muslim intersection in Al-Musayyib, Iraq, at 2:05 p.m., killing six people and wounding 21 others in front of a shop after the driver parked and walked away. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/01/2006: A bomb exploded next to the Interior Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two people. The perpetrators were unknown.
02/01/2006: A bomb exploded amid Iraqi day laborers seeking work at a crowded gathering point in Baghdad, killing eight men and wounding more than 50 others. Reports conflicted on whether a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt or a man placed a bag of explosives near a tea cart; there was no claim of responsibility.
09/07/2006: In Tayran Square, Baghdad, Iraq, a suicide car bomber killed three policemen and five civilians and wounded 30. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2006: A bomb attack in central Baghdad, Iraq, wounded two Iraqi policmen. No details on those responsible or the type of weapon were available. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/18/2006: A roadside bomb exploded as a police patrol passed in the Ghadir area of Baghdad, Iraq, missing the patrol but killing three Iraqi civilians and injuring four others traveling in two vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/16/2006: A car bomb, targeting a passing police patrol, exploded in Baghdad's Karradah neighborhood, killing an Iraqi civilian and injuring three others. The perpetrators were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/03/2006: The Khalid bookshop, a major newspaper distribution point in west Baghdad, Iraq, was firebombed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/01/2006: A correspondent for the Iranian television station al-Alaam was shot in the head and chest while sitting in his car in Baghdad's predominantly Sunni Amiriyah neighborhood in Iraq. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
06/30/2006: Officers and civilians were killed in multiple attacks in Kirkuk, Iraq, killing fifteen and injuring forty two. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/24/2006: Four were killed and 16 wounded as Shi i militia attacked a police station in Samawa, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/24/2006: A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol exploded and killed at least one officer in the Al-Hadi neighborhood of Samarra, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/08/2006: Two police were injured when they tried to defuse two explosive charges left in the street in Ba'qubah, Iraq. They successfully defused the first charge, but the second one exploded and wounded the policemen and along with three civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2006: Around 7 am local time, an unknown number of gunmen attacked the Baghdad offices of a new Sunni television station called Shaabiya. 11 people were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/04/2006: A suicide bomb exloded on a sports field in Hadhar, Iraq. 10 people were killed and 12 others were injured. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/16/2006: Unknown gunmen swarmed a hospital in the city of Baqubah, Iraq, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, and killed 4 policemen and freed 14 suspected insurgents whe received treatment there. Three prisoners were later captured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/20/2006: A suicide truck bomb struck a police checkpoint at the entrance of a oil refinery in Baghdad, Iraq. The attack occurred as employees of the refinery were starting to enter at the main entrance. Three people were killed and 13 people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2006: Amarah, Maysan Governorate, Iraq: The family of a murdered policeman tied to the Shi i Badr Brigade responded by kidnapping the teenage brother of the local Mahdi Army militia, another Shi i group. The family stated that they would not release the youth until the culprits of the policeman's murder were turned in. The events sparked a Mahdi-enforced curfew and clashes between the Mahdi Army and police.
02/04/2006: Unidentified gunmen in two cars kidnapped a citizen in Al Dawr, Iraq. The outcome was not reported.
08/02/2006: At least 12 people were killed and 14 wounded, most of them children, when two bombs in gym bags exploded Wednesday near the bleachers of a soccer field in a Shi i area of western Baghdad, Iraq. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
01/05/2006: A suicide bomber in a car wearing an explosive vest blew himself up outside a police recruiting center in Ramadi, Iraq, killing at least thirty and injuring forty. No group claimed responsibility
08/13/2006: Three civilians were wounded in an explosive device blast near Zayzah Bridge, northern Basra, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/16/2006: Unidentified gunmen killed two tribal leaders and a municipal leader in a drive-by shooting in Khan Bani Saad, Iraq. The three victims were Sheik Mindab al-Khafaji, 55, a clan leader and head of Khan Bani Saad tribal council; Raad Ahmed Chibish al-Jibouri, 45, a member of the tribal council; and Sheik Hanash al-Moussaoui, 45, a member of Khan Bani Saad's local council. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/28/2006: A car bomb went off in Baghdad, Iraq, near a police force. Four people were killed and 12 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility in the attack.
02/25/2006: A rocket slammed into a family’s home in Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, killing three people, including a child, and injuring at least six more. The perpetrators were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/11/2006: An unknown armed group shot and killed Iraqi citizen Abid Awad Ibrahim as he was driving his car in the area of Shatirlwa in Kirkuk, Iraq.
02/24/2006: Unidentified gunmen stormed into a Shi i home in Latifiyah, Iraq, separated the men from the women, and killed five of the men.S692+S734
04/14/2006: Lieutenant Colonel Ali Mohammed was shot by four unknown gunmen as he drove to work through central Basra, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/11/2006:A group of unknown gunmen ambush a bus with Shi i mourners going to a funeral and kill ten in Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/04/2006: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped merchant Baha Faysal al-Hazza after attacking his car in Tikrit, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping was not reported.
04/13/2006: A car bomb ripped a market located in the Baghdad, Iraq, western Kadhimiyah neighborhood at 7:45 p.m., killing 15 and wounding 22. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/11/2006: Two booby-traped cars exploded in the busy commercial area of Hafiz al-Qazi Square in central Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi Interior Ministry source said that 8 people were killed and 38 others were wounded in the two explosions. No one claimed responsbility for the attack.
05/02/2006: A roadside bomb planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators exploded barely missing a U.S. Army convoy and killing a civilian in Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
08/01/2006: A Sunni Arab politician, Mohammed Shihab al-Dulaimi, was kidnapped Tuesday in Baghdad, Iraq. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack, and no further information is available.
08/01/2006: A car bomb exploded next to an Iraqi police patrol near the main hospital in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, killing five civilians and two policemen. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
10/16/2006: Three British vehicles parked in front of the British Consulate in Basra, Iraq, were attacked by unknown gunmen firing rocket-propelled grenades. One vehicle was destroyed, but no casualties were reported. Citizens gathered around the site, flashing victory signs, throwing stones at the burning vehicle, and, after the initial blaze was going to be extinguished, set the vehicle on fire again. No claim of responsibility was issued.
12/13/2006: A booby-trapped car set by unknown perpetraitors exploded near a mosque in the area of Al-Kamaliyah, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, killing 10 people and wounding 26 others. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/11/2006: Unidentified gunmen fatally shot Iraqi army spokesman Captain Makram al-Abbasi in Basra as he was traveling in a car on his way to the base. Al-Abbasi, a Sunni Arab, had been coordinating media coverage of raids in Basra, which mainly target suspected Shi i militiamen.
02/16/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Jordanian embassy driver at a gas station in Baghdad, Iraq, before driving away with his vehicle. The driver, Jamal Salman Rasan, was Iraqi. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/04/2006: A car bomb exploded near a police patrol in Kirkuk, Iraq, injuring five policemen. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2006: At least forty people were killed and fifty wounded in a bomb explosion in Karbala, Iraq, between Imam Al-Husyan and Iam Al-abbas shrines. Some foreigners were among the casualties and the bomb was carried by a suicide bomber. No group claimed responsibility
11/23/2006: About 100 gunmen attacked the Shi i dominated Iraqi Health Ministry in central Baghdad, Iraq, prompting a fierce firefight with Iraqi security forces. Three mortar shells preceded the siege, at least one of which struck the building causing some structural damage. There were no immediate reports of casualties or claim of responsibility.
02/07/2006: Unidentified gunmen in a minibus attacked a police checkpoint in Baquba, Iraq, killing one policeman and wounding four civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/05/2006: A Kurdish lawmaker was assassinated in Baghdad, Iraq, along with his driver. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/16/2006: A unknown sucide bomber attacked café Ilm Dar near Rasul al-A'zam Shiia Mosque in the town of Tuz Khurmatu, 40 kilometers south of Kirkuk, Iraq. Twenty-six people were killed, twenty-two injured and the ceiling of the café shop collapsed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/01/2006: Gunmen in two cars raided a mosque west of Baghdad, Iraq, killing a cleric and his brother. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
05/31/2006: In Baghdad, Iraq’s Al-Dawrah area four mortar shells exploded, killing nine people and wounding seventeen others. There was no claim of responsibility or anyone arrested.
12/01/2006: A car bomb set by unknown perpetraitors exploded at the busy market of Ghazil Souq in central Baghdad, Iraq - just off Jumhuriyah Street - killing three people and wounding 22 others. The street was lined with dozens of free sellers and which is especially busy on that day when other markets closed for the Muslim day of rest. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/11/2006:Iraqi Consul on Tehran,Usamah Abdallah al-Awwadi , was kidnapped from his home in Baghdad, Iraq. The result of the kidnapping and the perpetrators of this incident are unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/12/2006: The director of the North Oil Company was wounded and his wife was killed when armed men attacked them in Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/15/2006: A suicide car bomb exploded at the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan [PUK] organization center in Mosul, Iraq. Nine were killed and thirty-six were injured. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/01/2006: Two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb, planted by and unknown number of unknown perpetrators, was detonated near a police patrol at the Technical University in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/05/2006: Unknown gunmen in the Dora district of Baghdad, Iraq, killed three Shi i pilgrim civilians and wounded five others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/13/2006: A car bomb plus an IED jointly exploded at the al Shaab stadium in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 14 and wounding 67. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/27/2006: A roadside bomb killed three civilians and wounded six in Kirkuk, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility.
09/12/2006: In Mansour, Baghdad, Iraq, a car bomb killed six and wounded 18. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/24/2006: Unknown assailants fired a rocket at the Al Muthannna provincial government building in Samawah, Iraq, which landed at a home near the building and caused no damage or injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/08/2006: A pair of mortar rounds slammed into a soccer field while young men were playing a game in a Shi i district of Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. Eight civilians were killed and 20 more were injured.
08/07/2006: A bomb planted in a car exploded at the Wahed Huzayran area in Kikruk, Iraq, killing two people and injuring one civilian. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/22/2006: In Hawija, Iraq, the bodies of a prominent Sunni Arab tribal leader, Ibrahim Ali al-Neami, and his son Ziad were found shot to death with their hands bound. The identities of the perpetrators are unknown and there were no reported claims of responsibility.
08/01/2006: An attack conducted by a suicide car bomber targeted an American army patrol by the al-Mulouki Mosque in Baghdad's western al-Ameriya district in Iraq. The explosion missed its target, however, and inflicted no casualties. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
10/19/2006: An explosive charge was placed in a popular Al-Khalis, Iraq marketplace which was crowded due to the approach of Id al-Fitr. 17 people were killed and another 37 were wounded. Al-Khalis is a predominantly Shi i town and, though the scene of many sectarian Sunni attacks. no claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
03/08/2006: An unidentified group of gunmen wearing Interior Ministry uniforms stormed Sunni security business in Baghdad, Iraq, and took roughly 50 men hostage. The assailants were carrying AK-47s and heavy machine guns and arrived in six white sport-utility vehicles. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
01/19/2006: In one of two nearly simultaneous bombings, a bomb exploded on the street outside a restaurant in Baghdad, Iraq, near Sadoun Street, killing at least seven and wounding at least five. Most of those dead and injured were civilians, though a few were police officers, and it is possible that the perpetrators were targeting these officers. The explosion damaged a number of cars and shops as well. The identities of the perpetrators of this attack are unknown.
02/16/2006: Unidentified gunmen killed two policemen and two civilians, an Iraqi and an Egyptian, in an attack on a vehicle in west Baghdad's Amariyah district. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/30/2006: Unidentified gunmen in Muqdadiya, Iraq, broke into the house of Qasim Dham al-Hamadani, the Imam of a Sunni mosque, and shot dead the imam’s wife and two children. Hamadani was away from the house at the time. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack, but it was suspected to be a reprisal killing by Shi is.
04/01/2006: An unknown number of unknown assailants killed a butcher and his son and wounded another in east Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
03/19/2006: A missile was fired into the Shi i holy city of Karbala, Iraq as hundreds of thousands of Shi i gathered for a religious holiday. The attack caused no casualties. Sunni elements were suspected to have launched the attack, although no specific group was confirmed.
03/07/2006: An unidentified insurgent group detonated a car bomb in Zafaraniyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, wounding at least four civilians. The intended target, a U.S. patrol was not damaged. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
11/10/2006: The US consulate in the Iraqi town of al-Hilla came under mortar attack. A security source said that unidentified gunmen shelled the premises of the US consulate using mortar shells. It was unknown if there were any casualties. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/06/2006: Ahmed al-Mashhadani, nephew of a Sunni Speaker of the Iraqi government Parliament, was kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2006: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a Shia funeral tent in Ur neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. This was one of two bombings targeting the funeral on the same day; this later explosion targeted first responders and onlookers at the scene. At least 20 people were killed and 17 other people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
07/03/2006: A roadside bomb, aimed at a police patrol exploded in Mosul, Iraq. The bomb missed the police patrol and instead hit the Mosul market. There were at least seven casualties and twenty-eight injuries. The perpetrator group is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/27/2006: A car bomb went off at a popular market in Baghdad, Iraq. Five people were killed in the attack and eight others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/02/2006: Bombs exploded in front of three CD stores in Ba'qubah, Iraq. The stores were damaged, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/12/2006: Mortar shells targeted the buildings of the security departments of the federal department at 7:00 a.m in al-Miqdadiyah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/24/2006: A suicide bomber killed seven policemen when he infiltrated a police station in Muqdadiyah, North of Baghdad, Iraq, and blew himself up. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/23/2006: Seven Shi i construction workers were killed and two wounded by gunman near the Bahdad International Airport, Iraq. Although no group has claimed responsibility, Sunni extremists are suspected.
02/16/2006: A bicycle bomb exploded near a police station in Baqubah, Iraq, injuring at least 7 people, including 4 policemen. The perpetrators were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/09/3006: An unidentified group detonated a car bomb near the Sunni Al-Israa Walmiraj masque in east Baghdad killing five and injuring twelve civilians. There was no responsibility taken for the attack.
10/19/2006: Two explosive devices detonated on Al Nidal Street in Central Baghdad, Iraq. The explosions targeted an Iraqi police patrol. Three people were wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/13/2006: A device exploded near Al-Rahmah Hospital, Ba'qubah., Iraq. Two police officers were wounded. No claim of responsibility was reported.
08/01/2006: An improvised bomb exploded next to a police convoy in Kirkuk, Iraq, killing two officers. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
06/11/2006: Al-Qa’ida suspected in central Baghdad, Iraq, market bombing. Five people killed and 14-59 injured.
09/01/2006: A roadside bomb killed three police officers in the southern Doura district of Baghdad, Iraq. Who planted the bomb is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/07/2006: An unidentified insurgent group detonated a roadside bomb in Baghdad targeting a U.S. patrol; the explosion injured no U.S. service-people but did kill one Iraqi civilian and injuring another. There was no immediate responsibility taken for the attack.
02/07/2006: A bomb exploded near a kiosk selling CDs at the popular Bab Sharji market in Baghdad, Iraq; after a police patrol arrived at the scene ten minutes later, another bomb hidden in a drain exploded. The coordinated attack killed three Iraqi civilians and wounded 29 more, including five policemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/07/2006: A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol south of Baghdad hit a civilian vehicle instead, killing two civilians and injuring one other. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/29/2006:Unknown perpetrators detonated a car bomb outside an Orthodox Christian church in Kirkuk, Iraq, killing one and injuring an unknown number of others. The church itself was not seriously damaged. This incident may have been related to recent uproar in the Muslim world about Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
03/07/2006: An unknown number of unidentified insurgents blindfolded and killed, by strangulation and, in some cases, gun shots, at least 22 Iraqis. The bodies were recovered in a predominantly Sunni area of Baghdad, Iraq; all the victims were men. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
07/11/2006:A car bomb went off in Baghdad, Iraq and killed three civilians and injured seven others. The perpetrators to this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
08/01/2006: Five people were killed and six wounded when gunmen attacked two minibuses full of Al-Taji power station workers in a Shi i district of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq. No group has claimed responsiblity for this attack.
07/03/2006: Unknown gunmen open fired on a market in Ameriyat al-Fallujah, Iraq, which is approximately seven kilometers south of Fallujah. There were four fatalities and ten injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/07/2006: Masked gunmen in a car shot and killed Sheikh Kamal Shakur, head of the city council of Fallujah, as he was walking to work. Shakur, 54, had good relations with the marines and played a key role in US efforts to engage with the people of Fallujah. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/28/2006: Unidentified armed men assassinated a Colonel from the former Iraqi Army in front of his house in al-Fallujah, Iraq. No other casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
07/10/2006:Two civilians were killed and twenty seven injured in a restaurant bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/12/2006: Gunmen kidnapped the daughter of an oil company employee in Kirkuk, Iraq. No further information was available, and No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/21/2006: A suicide bomber killed 13 Iraqi police recruits as they congregated at a police training facililty in the Rusafa (District) of Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/07/2006: Suspected insurgents detonated two car bombs simultaneously in separate area’s in the mostly Shi i city of Hillah in Baghdad, Iraq, wounding at least three. No responsibility was taken for the attack.
11/28/2006: A suspected militant detonated an explosive vest as the governor’s convoy drove through Kirkuk, Iraq. The governor escaped unharmed but the explosion killed on bystander and injured 18 others. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
02/07/2006: A bomb exploded near a kiosk selling CDs at the popular Bab Sharji market in Baghdad, Iraq; after a police patrol arrived at the scene ten minutes later, another bomb hidden in a drain exploded. The coordinated attack killed three Iraqi civilians and wounded 29 more, including five policemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/10/2006: An explosives-laden truck detonated at an US-Iraqi checkpoint in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. At least 11 people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/28/2006: An explosive charge went off in a vegetable market in the al-Bayya area of Baghdad, Iraq. Damage was done to a number of vehicles and grocery stalls, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/03/2006: An oil pipline in northern Iraq was bombed in the village of Bye Hassan, which is 40 miles southeast of Kirkuk. The bomb damaged four pipelines and caused a fire. The perpetrator group is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/29/2006: Unknown perpetrators detonated a car bomb outside the Church of the Virgin in Kirkuk, Iraq, killing at least two and injuring an unknown number of others. The church itself was not seriously damaged. This incident may have been related to recent uproar in the Muslim world about Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
04/02/2006: Unknown gunmen assassinated Sunni Arab sheik Abdul-Minaam Awad using firearms in his village of Zobaa, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
04/02/2006: Unidentified gunmen killed three Shi'a civilians and wounded three others, while they were traveling on a minibus in Balad Ruz, Iraq. The gunmen were searching for their son who had been kidnapped. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/12/2006: An explosive charge went off near Al-Ashuriyin market in the Dawra area of Baghdad, Iraq, wounding five civilians and a police captain in addition to causing material damage to a car. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/29/2006: Unknown perpetrators detonated a car bomb outside the office of the Vatican envoy in Baghdad, Iraq. The number of injuries from the attack was not reported, and the office itself, if it was damaged at all, was not damaged seriously. This incident may have been related to recent uproar in the Muslim world about Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
11/30/2006: An unknown number of unidentified men intercepted and assassinated Sheikh Nasir Qatami, a senior official of the Sunni Endowment in the Iraqi province of Basra. Three of Qatami’s bodyguards were also killed in the attack. The Sunni Endowment is a religious organization responsible for Sunni mosques in Iraq. No responsibility was immediately taken for the attack.
04/02/2006: An unknown number of unidentified gunmen planted explosives around the Al-Kubba Shi'a mosque in Al-Kubba, Iraq. The gunmen detonated the bomb killing a police officer standing outside the mosque. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/29/2006: Unknown perpetrators detonated car bombs outside at least two Christian churches in Baghdad, Iraq. The number of injuries from the attacks was not reported, and the churches themselves were not seriously damaged. This incident may have been related to anger in the Muslim world over Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
04/07/2006: Three suicide bombers, the first wearing women's cloaks, struck first at the gate of a Shi'a mosque belonging to the Superior Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the Buratha Mosque, where female worshippers are searched before being allowed to enter the mosque's grounds. In the confusion after the initial blast, 2 other bombers ran into the mosque and exploded a suicide vest, one in near the prayer leaders office and the other in the main prayer hall. Ninety people were killed and over 160 wounded in the attack.
04/12/2006: A doctor who heads the health center in Daqouq, Iraq was abducted by unidentified individuals. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/06/2006: An unknown number of unidentified insurgents opened fire on the convoy of Maj. Gen. Mubdar Hatim Hazya al-Duleimi, commander of the 6th Iraqi Army Division, in Baghdad, Iraq; Maj. Gen. al-Duleimi was killed in the small arms attack. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
02/15/2006: A car bomb exploded near a gas station as an Iraqi police patrol passed in downtown Baghdad's Karradah neighborhood, injuring five policemen and three civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/23/2006: A bomb exploded in a market in Baqubah, Iraq, killing 12 people and wounding another 21; senior Iraqi army officer Major Lieutenant Kareem Mughir was among those killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/10/2006:Fourty two civilians were killed in Baghdad, Iraq on a rampage by unknown gunmen. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/09/2006: Nearly simultaneous car bombs struck two markets in predominantly Shi i areas of Baghdad killing at least 16 people and wounding at least 52 more. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2006: A mosque in the Adhamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, was attacked with mortars by unknown perpetrators. The extent of the damage to the mosque was not reported, and no casualties were reported.
09/26/2006: Ansar al-Sunna claimed three attacks on police forces in Kirkuk, Iraq. All three bomb attacks involved detonating booby-trapped cars. In total, the group claimed that nine police officers were killed and a significant number of people were wounded in the attacks.
05/16/2006: In a popular market in northern Baghdad, Iraq, a group of eight perpetrators first used firearms and then detonated a car bomb to kill 23 civilians and injure 38 others. The perpetrators apparently first drove into the Iraqi market in two cars and began firing their guns at bus transportation company workers and then fled the scene leaving one of their two vehicles which subsequently exploded. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/07/2006: Unidentified gunmen attacked and killed a policeman near Awqaf Street in Baquba, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/03/2006: A produce market in northern Baghdad, Iraq, was targeted with mortars. There were twelve injuries and no fatalites. The perpetrator group is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2006: In Balad Ruz, Iraq, perpetrators fired rocket-propelled grenades into the home of an Iraqi police officer, killing five members of the officer’s family and injuring his wife. The identities of the perpetrators are unknown and there were no reported claims of responsibility.
07/08/2006:A man and his nephew were gunned down outside of their home in Ba'qubah, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/24/2006: In Salman Pak village, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, unknown perpetrators fired two rockets at the tomb of Salman al-Farisi, a religious figure sacred to Shi is, causing damage but no injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/16/2006: In Baghdad’s Al-Mansur neighborhood, Iraq, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) diplomat from their Iraqi Embassy, Naji Rashid al –Nuaimi, was kidnapped at gunpoint by several gunmen. One of Nuaimi’s Sudanese bodyguards was wounded in the attack. On May 18, 2006 the Islamist group Banner of Islam called for the closure of the UAE embassy in Baghdad and of the Iraqi television station Al-Fayhah for the release of Nuaimi. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/03/2006: A market in Mahmoudiya, Iraq was bombed twice in the same day. In the first blast there were three fatalities and twenty-two injuries. The perpetrator group is unknown No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2006: The driver of an Iraqi oil tanker was killed and his truck destroyed by fire when insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades on a convoy of trucks heading to Baghdad from the oil refinery of Baiji. Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
07/03/2006: A suicide bomber targeted an Iraqi patrol in eastrn Baghdad, Iraq, near Al-Kindi hospital. The blast resulted in five injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2006: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a Shia funeral tent in Ur neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. This was one of two bombings targeting the funeral on the same day. In addition to the assailant, at least 20 people were killed and 17 other people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
02/23/2006: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped Adnan Ahmed Abdullah, a 70-year-old retired policeman, from his home in central Baghdad, Iraq. Five men opened fire on the house, while another five stormed in and asked for two of Abdullah's son which were not present. Relatives believed Abdullah was kidnapped because he was a Sunni with relatives in Samarra. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2006: A booby-trapped car-bomb outside the Al-Rafidiyah Bank in Suwayrah, Iraq. At least 9 people were killed and another 35 injured. No known claims of responsibility were made.
02/23/2006: Unidentified gunmen forced Iraqis, who had most likely traveled to Baqubah to participate in protests over the bombing of the Askariya shrine, out of their vehicles in Nahrwan, Iraq; at least 47 bodies were found in a ditch nearby. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/09/2006: A series of concerted bombings ripped through Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 35 people. The worst was a suicide car bomb near the Mishin shopping center, in the southeast, which killed seven people and wounded 27. Police said a mortar shell was fired at the site to lure people in before the car bomber detonated his vehicle. No one claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/18/2006: In one of two incidents in Baghdad, Iraq (200605180003), a car bomb, believed to be targeting a police patrol, exploded killing seven people and injuring four more, some of them police officers. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/26/2006: A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into a police station in Jurf al-Sakhr, killing two policemen. Eight US soldiers and four Iraqi policemen were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/18/2006: In one to two incidents in Baghdad, Iraq on this day (200605180004), unidentified gunmen wearing police uniforms attacked a minibus, killing six machinists and injuring three others. All of the victims were relatives from the Shorta al-Khamsa neighborhood. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/28/2006: Suspected militants detonated two car bombs in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least four people and injuring an unspecified number of others. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
07/03/2006: A market Mahmoudiya, Iraq was bombed twice in the same day. The second blast occurred four hours after the first. In the second blast there were two fatalities and three injuries. The perpetrator group is unknown No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/01/2006: Thirteen Pakistani and Indian pilgrims were shot and killed by unknown militants in transit from Baghdad to Karbalah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/27/2006: Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a crowd of pilgrims heading for a Sunni Mosque outside of Baghdad, Iraq. 10 People were killed and 11 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility in the attack.
04/12/2006: Mortar shells targeted the buildings of the security departments of the joint coordination office in al-Miqdadiyah, at 7:00 a.m. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2006: A suicide car bomber killed three police recruits and four others in Baquba, north of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility
07/03/2006: Unknown gunmen entered the home of a Sunni family near Basra, Iraq. The father and son were killed and six others were kidnapped. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/19/2007: A suicide car bomber struck a pedestrian area in the Shi’ite district of Jadriyah in Baghdad, Iraq. Twelve were killed and 28 were wounded in an explosion that occurred near a Hassan take-away eatery and damaged several surrounding vehicles; there was no claim of responsibility.
12/11/2007: One Iraq soldier was killed and seven others were wounded (including two police officers) when a booby trapped body exploded in Baghdad, Iraq.
05/29/2007: Twenty-five civilians were killed and 75 wounded in a car bomb attack targeting the al-Imma Husseiniya, a Shi i prayer hall in the Amil neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. No one has taken responsibility for the attack.
10/04/2007: Abbas Hassan Hamza (AKA Abbas al-Khafaji), an Iraqi civilian Shi i politician and mayor of Iskandariyah, and four of his bodyguards were killed and another was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 10:00 AM adjacent to his vehicle convoy in Iskandariyah, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
07/22/2007: The detonation of a suicide car bomb aimed at one of the al-Zobaie tribal militia, a Sunni tribe collaborating with the US military forces, killed three militiamen and wounded 14. The attack, in Taji, Iraq, came just after a major agreement between the US and tribal leaders. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/11/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of Ansar al-Sunna perpetrators detonated adjacent to a police station in Samarra, Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq. Ansar al-Islam later claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and six others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired an unknown number of mortar shells in Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/20/2007: A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up in a mourning hall in Palestine Street in Baghdad, Iraq. Seven people were killed and 20 were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/04/2007: Three Iraqi police officers (members of the emergency brigade) were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol in the evening near the celebration square in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/09/2007: Four Iraqi civilians and three Iraqi Police officers were killed and 19 other individuals were wounded when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in a minibus at approximately 6:00 AM adjacent to the home of the parents of local Iraqi Police Chief Colonel Saad al-Nofous in eastern Baiji, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
07/24/2007: At least 32 Iraqis were killed and more than 117 others wounded when a suicide car bomber blew himself up outside a hospital in central Hillah in the Babil Governorate of Iraq. No claim of responsibility was issued.
07/23/2007: A bomb detonated in the Karradah district of Baghdad, 30 minutes after two simultaneous bombs. At least 16 people, including five policemen, were killed. No claim of responsibility was issued.
04/15/2007: Two car bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in a market in a Shi i area of Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 34 people and wounding another 50. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/05/2007: Between 23 and 30 civilians were killed and at least 65 wounded in Baghdad, Iraq when a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle at the Mutanabi book market. Nearby vehicles and shops were badly damaged in the explosion, setting ablaze multiple buildings. The perpetrator was not identified, and no group claimed immediate responsibility.
02/27/2007: A suicide car bomb struck a police station in Mosul, Iraq. Seven people were killed and 28 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/24/2007: Two people were killed and three were injured when gunmen opened fire on them as they were leaving a mosque in the Iraqi city of Hilla in the country’s Babil Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/16/2007: Suicide bombers detonated trucks loaded with explosives and chlorine gas at a checkpoint in Anbar Province, Iraq, killing two police officers and wounding and sickening hundreds. This third of three similar attacks occurred at 7:25 pm, near the town of Albu Issa, south of Fallujah. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/10/2007: The house of a Sunni tribal leader during a gathering in a town near Fallujahh was attacked by suicide bombers killing 21 civilians and wounding 50 others. After the initial attack took place another suicide bomber attacked the civilians helping the injured people. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/21/2007: A roadside bomb planted on the al-Shuhadaa bridge near key parking lot for passengers in the city of Kirkuk, Iraq. Seven people were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2007: A truck bomb outside a revered Sunni shrine killed 21 civilians and injured 28 civilians in Baghdad, Iraq. Several cars were damaged in the blast as well as the shrine. No one has taken responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2007: Two members of the 1920 Revolution Brigades were killed and four others wounded when an al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) suicide bomber struck a brigade safehouse in Baqouba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/07/2007: Two Iraqi Army soldiers and one Iraqi cilivian were killed, four other Iraqi Army soldiers were wounded, a Shi’i mosque was destroyed, and a Sunni mosque was severely damaged when an unknown suicide truck bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) consisting of 800-1,000 pounds of explosives packed into a tractor-trailer at 10:56 AM near an Iraqi Army traffic control checkpoint in Abu Ghraib, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/23/2007: A suicide car-bomber struck the al-Shaheed Nawfal police checkpoint in Ramadi, Iraq, wounding three policemen. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/13/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired an unknown number of mortar rounds sometime before 9:00 AM at the Imam al-Hadi and Hassan al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/26/2007: A person was shot and killed by a gunman on a motorcycle in the city of Kut in Iraq’s Wasit Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/02/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and another was wounded when a single mortar round launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at a soccer stadium in Riyadh, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/31/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and three others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 12:00 PM in a parking lot adjacent to market stalls between Bunnya Mosque and the bus station in Al-Alawi neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
03/24/2007: Three people were killed and seven others wounded, including two women and a child, in a double mortar attack in Abu Chir district of Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/16/2007: Suicide bombers detonated trucks loaded with explosives and chlorine gas at a checkpoint in Anbar Province, Iraq, killing two police officers and wounding and sickening hundreds. This first of three attacks occurred at 4:11 pm near Ramadi. Officials suspect Al-Qaida is responsible. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/07/2007: Gunmen attacked a wedding party for a policeman near Fallujah, Iraq. The attack resulted in 28 people dead. The report claims that ‘dozens’ of gunmen kidnapped roughly 40 people from the wedding party utilizing 20 vehicles. Security forces chased the gunmen and killed five militants while freeing 17 of the kidnapped individuals. The bodies of the remaining 23 kidnapped individuals were found within miles of the wedding party. Seven bodies had been beheaded while 16 were burned. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. The types of firearms used were not reported. The motivation for the attack was also not reported.
11/14/2007: A suicide bomber targeted a funeral ceremony in Meuilha, Iraq, killing one person and injuring ten others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/02/2007: Thirteen Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated inside an internet café in Al Qaisariyah market, Jalawla, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
07/21/2007: Two Iraqi policemen and one civilian were killed by an explosive device hidden underneath a body in the Al-Rashad (District) of Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/13/2007: Filaih Wadi Mijthab, an Iraqi civilian and managing editor of the state-run al-Sabah daily newspaper, was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms as he drove to work in the morning in Habibiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/15/2007: A suicide bomber killed approximately eight people and wounded 11 more when he detonated his explosives on a minibus in Baghdad, Iraq near a courthouse in the al-Utafiyah neighborhood. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/07/2007: Four Iraqi Police officers and one perpetrator were killed and four more officers were wounded when an unknown suicide truck bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) adjacent to a Traffic Police headquarters in Zangora District, Ramadi, al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/26/2007: In Um al Dibaben, Iraq, along the Syrian border, Sheik Kanan al-Juhaimur survived a car bomb attack outside of his house. The Sheik was wounded along with ten others. Sunni extremists had posted on internet sites that Ramadan would see an increase in bloodshed.
10/28/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 5:15 PM adjacent to a passing American patrol on a roadside in Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
11/01/2007: Unidentified insurgents in Iraq attempted to assassinate the Police Chief of Basra when they detonated a bomb near his vehicle. The attack occurred in Basra city of the  Basra governorate of Iraq. Two of the chiefs guards were wounded and the vehicle was damaged, but the police chief was unhurt.
06/13/2007: No casualties were reported but two minarets of the al-Askari Shrine were destroyed when explosive charges planted by an unknown number of suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) perpetrators detonated at the shrine at approximately 9:00 AM in Samarra, Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/06/2007: At least seven Shi ite pilgrims were killed and fourteen injured in the Dora district of Baghdad, Iraq when a roadside bomb detonated near a column of pilgrims. Shortly after the explosion, gunmen opened fire on the civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/21/2007: Three policemen were injured when their patrol was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Mansur area of western Baghdad, Iraq. The blast also damaged a police vehicle and nearby shops. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and five others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
06/06/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 5:00 PM on a roadside in Zafaraniya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/28/2007: A booby-trapped car parking near an intersection in Baghdad's southern district of Baiyaa, Iraq, detonated around midday, killing two people and wounding ten others. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/12/2007: Five people were killed and 13 others wounded when a booby-trapped car, parked in the neighborhood of al-Ghadeer in Baghdad, Iraq, exploded. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/07/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired an unknown number of mortar rounds at approximately 1:00 PM into Saidiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian barber was killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Zubair, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/13/2007: Insurgents in Iraq severely damaged the Al Malahma School building, in northern Baghdad's Taji area. There were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
09/15/2007: At least eleven civilians were killed when a car bomb struck a crowded bakery with customers in Baghdad, Iraq. The blast also damaged five stores and three houses.
10/26/2007: Four Iraqi Police officers and one Iraqi civilian were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to an Iraqi Police patrol in the evening near the Asdiqaa Petrol Station in Wasiti neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
11/04/2007: Two suicide bombers hit a police checkpoint in Mosul, Iraq, wounding eight policemen and nine civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/06/2007: A car bomb killed 18 and injured 20 in Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
12/01/2007: A bomb went off inside a taxi in Baghdad, Iraq, wounding the driver. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/27/2007: A car bomb killed more than 25 people in the Karradah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, during the evening rush hour, wounding 115 and destroying stores as well. No claim of responsibility was issued.
05/07/2007: A suicide car bomb attack struck the building of a Kurdish regional ministry in the northern city of Arbil, Iraq. The attack killed 19 people and wounded 11 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, authorities indicated that a group called al Qaida Kurdish Battalions (AQKB) was responsible.
03/15/2007: Gunmen fired on the Sadr City, Iraq, Mayor, wounding him and killing the director of the Sadr City police station. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/05/2007: A bomb attack on an Iraqi oil pipeline near the border with Kuwait disrupted supply and caused a large fire. The attack on the pipeline just north of Safwan, Iraq caused no casualties, and no one claimed responsibility.
11/01/2007: A roadside bomb targeted civilians injured four in Wathiq square, Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrators were unknown.
12/11/2007: A suicide car bomber detonated a bomb at a police checkpoint close to offices and residences of some Iraqi politicians outside of the Green Zone in Western Baghdad. Two policemen were killed and twelve others were wounded. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
06/07/2007: Sheik Jabar Ahmed Al Timimi, an Iraqi civilian and member of Baquba City Council, and an Iraqi Police officer were killed and another Iraqi Police officer was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators attacked an Iraqi Police station with small arms in the evening in Dura, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/13/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and two Iraqi Police officers and one Iraqi civilian were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 12:00 PM adjacent to the convoy of General Torhan Abdulrahman Sa’eed (Acting Chief of Kirkuk Police) and Brigadier Burhan Tayib on al-Quds street in central Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/13/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:30 AM adjacent to the motorcade of Iraqi Police General Soran Abdullah in al-Tiseen neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
03/06/2007: Two suicide bombings killed at least 90 Shi i pilgrims and wounded over 200 in Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq when two attackers wearing explosive belts blew themselves up near crowds travelling to Karbala. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/26/2007: In Mosul, Iraq, three people were killed and 47 others wounded when a suicide bomber drove his vehicle filled with explosives into a construction site in the al-Maliyah district.
06/07/2007: Two Iraqi Army soldiers were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators opened fire on an army patrol and the patrol returned fire at approximately 1:00 PM in Doura neighborhood of Bilat al-Shuhdaa District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/23/2007: Eight Iraqi policemen were killed when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at the al-Shaheed Nawfal police checkpoint in Ramadi, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/27/2007: One Iraqi civilian politician of the Islamic Party was killed, three others were wounded, and two others were kidnapped when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms attacked their vehicle convoy in the evening in al-Zubair, Basra Governorate, Iraq. The fate of the kidnap victims was not reported.
11/12/2007: Unidentified gunmen fired on a vehicle containing a tribal chief in Baquba, Iraq. Two people were killed, including the chief, and another was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/07/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of Ansar al-Sunna perpetrators detonated adjacent to the vehicle of a senior Iraqi Police official near Tikrit, Salah ad-Din Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/13/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and six others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated on a roadside in Bab al-Muadham neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/26/2007: One Iraqi civilian farmer was killed and three other Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicle on a roadside in Buhriz, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
06/02/2007: One Iraqi police officer was killed and four others were wounded when a car bomb planted by unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol in the evening in al-Miqdadiyah District, Diyala Governorate, Baghdad. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/14/2007: A suicide car bomber targeted a host tent for Sheikh Ammar al-Gurtani in Mueilha, Babel province, Iraq, killing three people and injuring eight. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/07/2007: One Iraqi civilian guard was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators riding in two vehicles fired small arms (machine guns) at the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Party in the evening in al-Wasiti neighborhood in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/30/2007: At least 10 people were killed, seven kidnapped and numerous houses were torched in an attack on al-Dawra neighbourhood that lasted until the early hours of Saturday. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/13/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when a mortar shell fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 12:15 PM adjacent to Farasha Bakery in New Baghdad neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/27/2007: A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up at the checkpoint of the Mosul Company specialized in manufacturing cement barriers for the Iraqi security forces in Baaj town, about 140 km west of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. Four workers were killed and 4 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/07/2007: No casualties were reported but a building was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at the former Commando Forces headquarters in Samarra, Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/13/2007: No casualties were reported but a mosque was damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated explosives inside a Sunni mosque at approximately 2:00 PM in Zayouna neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/27/2007: At least fifteen people were killed and 55 others were wounded as twin car bombs exploded near a busy market and movie theater in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Shi’a men and women were the target of the attack. The second bomb detonated nearby just as many were helping the victims of the first bomb. Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, al-Qaida is believed to behind the attack.
01/28/2007: One passenger was killed and three others were wounded as a bomb struck a minibus carrying predominately Shi’i civilians in Baghdad, Iraq. The incident came ahead of a U.S. and Iraqi soldiers surge in the capital. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/17/2007: A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle against the Sunni Al-Anwar mosque in the town of Al-Haswa, Iraq, 60 kilometres (35 miles) south of Baghdad. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/06/2007: A roadside bomb injured five civilians in Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
11/27/2007: Three civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in the Elwiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. The bomb was likely targeting a United States military patrol. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing.
11/15/2007: A gunman riding a motorcycle killed the principle of a high school as she was leaving her home in the Khadimiyah district in west Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in quick succession in the morning in a commercial district of Sulaiman Bek, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
01/08/2007: Three Muslims returning from the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia were wounded outside southwest Baghdad, Iraq when their bus struck a roadside bomb planted by unknown perpetrators. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/27/2007: About 6 am local time, a suicide car bomb exploded at a joint checkpoint of Iraqi army and police in western Baghdad, Iraq. Three people were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/27/2007: A bomb went off inside the Abu Ali Restaurant near the Taiyran Square in the Bab al-Sharji area in central Baghdad, Iraq. Two people were killed and 11 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/23/2007: A parked car bomb detonated near an office affiliated to the Iraqi Ministry of Housing in Karradat Mariam in Baghdad, Iraq. The bomb killed four Iraqis and wounding six. No claim of responsibility was issued.
11/02/2007: Five suicide bombers attacked the Mayor's house in Rutba, Anbar Governorate, Iraq. Three bombers detonated their vests while the other two fled. Apart from the attackers, there were no casualties. There were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
11/26/2007: The mayor Al-Zihour, Ahmed Hassan, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen. Al-Zihour is a neighborhood in Tikrit, Iraq in the Salah al-Din Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the shooting.
10/03/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and four others were wounded when a single mortar round launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in the morning on a home in al-Dhabit neighborhood, Fallujahh, Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
11/18/2007: Three civilians were wounded in an explosion in the Adhemiyah neighborhood of northern Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2007: One Iraqi civilian female was killed and 16 others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) concealed inside a bag of flour and planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators inside a pushcart containing sweets and children’s toys detonated in the early morning at a market in a predominantly-Shi’i neighborhood in Tuz Khurmatu, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
06/13/2007: Three Iraqi Police officers were killed and a vehicle was destroyed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at an Iraqi police patrol and set their vehicle on fire with unknown materials in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/31/2007: A bomb went off near a well-known restaurant in the upper-middle class neighborhood of Mansour in west Baghdad, killing at least two civilians and wounding three national guards. No claim of responsibility was issued.
01/13/2007: One civilian was killed and four police officers were wounded when an explosive device was detonated near a police patrol in central Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
11/26/2007: A policeman was shot and killed by a gunman on a motorcycle in the city of Kut in Iraq’s Wasit Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/22/2007: Unknown assailants detonated a car bomb in a busy market in Baghdad, Iraq, targeting innocent civilians. 24 people were killed and 50 others were wounded. No one claimed responsibility.
01/08/2007: An ambush by unknown gunmen targeting a bus of workers for the Baghdad International Airport killed four and wounded nine in a Sunni neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/30/2007: A suicide attacker killed 20 Iraqis and wounded 22 when he detonated his explosives-belt near a volunteer centre for the local police department in Muqdadiyah city, the authorities told the Independent News Agency. According to a police source, the attack happened at noon in Diyala Governorate's al-Muqdadiyah city, 110 kilometres north-east of Baghdad. The bomber was said to be wearing a police uniform. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and two more were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:00 AM aboard a minibus in the predominantly-Sunni Waziriyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/04/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were killed and eight more were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted inside a minibus by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 9:30 AM adjacent to a gas station in Zafaraniya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
01/28/2007: Four students were killed along with 21 others who were wounded as a mortar shells were fired at Kholoud Secondary School, a secondary school for girls, in the mostly Sunni area of western Baghdad, Iraq. It is unclear who was behind the attacks, but Shi’i extremists are suspected to have been involved. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/21/2007: A suicide truck bombing outside the Sulaiman Bek city hall in a predominantly Sunni area of northern Iraq killed at least 17 people, including the mayor, and wounded 66, officials said. No claim of responsibility was reported, but authorities suspect al-Qaida in Iraq is responsible.
06/13/2007: Four Iraqi Police officers were killed and 11 others were wounded when an unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at a Police checkpoint in Ramadi, al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/21/2007: The head of the Political Prisoners Association of Kurdistan was injured when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) exploded beneath his car in Iraq’s northeastern Sulaymaniyah (Governorate) in Ranya city, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2007: An Iraqi Police officer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from a vehicle in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq.
09/25/2007: A policeman was killed and three others wounded when a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt attacked a group of policemen outside a fuel station in Mosul, Iraq. The perpetrator was unidentified. A string of civilian cars near the station were also damaged in the explosion.
02/21/2007: A suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi police patrol in Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq. Seven people were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/22/2007: A former member of the Baath party who was working for the United States was shot and killed in the town of Kufa near Najaf city. Abdul-Wahab Jabr Halloub was shot by unknown gunmen. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/29/2007: Two policemen died when a car containing a corpse and rigged with explosives blew up when they came to retrieve the body in Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/03/2007: Al-Qaida linked gunmen ambushed a minibus near the Iraqi city of Baquba, kidnapping all eleven government passengers.
10/04/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed and another 57 were wounded when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 4:45 PM at a market in Tal Afar, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/01/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators used unspecified means to attack the vehicle of Basra Province Police Commander Abdul Jalil Khalaf at approximately 3:00 PM in Jbala neighborhood, Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq.
07/26/2007: A car bomb near the Abdullah Restaurant in a busy popular market in central Kirkuk, Iraq. The bomb killed at least six people and wounded 25 more. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/16/2007: Four Iraqi Police officers were killed, 30 other Iraqis, including seven Police officers, were wounded, and several buildings and a police station were damaged when a single unknown suicide bomber rammed the al-Rammah police station with his truck before detonating a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 2:40 PM in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/27/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their patrol in al-Zanbour village, al-Khalis, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
11/21/2007: Two members of the Diyala Awakening Council were wounded when gunmen attacked them in Muqdadiyah, a city in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate.
06/13/2007: Four Iraqi suspected militants were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators killed them with small arms in Hussein neighborhood, Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/13/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and eight others were wounded when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) rigged on a tanker truck carrying chlorine detonated and released chemicals near an Iraqi Army base in Khan Bani Saad, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/27/2007: A car bomb went off near the Dajaj al-Faris Restaurant in the Karradah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. One civilian was killed and 3 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/24/2007: A car bomb driven into a police station in Baghdad, Iraq killed two. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/24/2007: Two people were killed and ten wounded when two car bombs explode separately in Kirkuk, Iraq. One of the cars was booby trapped to detonate near a procession of Abdul Karim Nsaiyf, mayor of Multaqa. Nsaiyf was uninjured, although four of his bodyguards were injured and a civilian killed. The second car bomb detonated near an Iraqi army patrol in the Amal al-Sha'bi neighborhood, destroying a military vehicle and killing a soldier while wounding four others aboard.
02/20/2007: A bomb ripped through a tanker carrying chlorine gas in Baghdad, Iraq. Nine people were killed and more than 150 were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2007: Five Iraqi Turkoman civilians were killed and five others were wounded when three Katyusha rockets fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed on their home in Tal Afar, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/12/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and his wife was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed their home near Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq.
06/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed, three others were wounded, and an three vehicles were damaged when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted in a stationary ambulance detonated adjacent to the gates of a college of dentistry in Bab al-Muazam, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/27/2007: A prominent Iraqi politician was kidnapped and executed in the western city of Ramadi, Iraq. Saied Hussein al-Alwani, a council member, was abducted by insurgent group, al-Qaida in Iraq and was discarded a short time later with shotgun wounds to the head. On the insurgent’s website, the group claimed the al-Alwani was to pro-American.
11/10/2007: Unidentified attackers threw a grenade into a civilian vehicle in Baiyaa, Iraq, wounding two passengers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/11/2007: A roadside bomb detonated in Baghdad, Iraq, injuring five. The bombing, which took place near a police commando patrol in Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of Baladiya, wounded four commando members and a civilian. No group took responsibility for the bombing.
07/13/2007: Nihad Mohammed al-Rawi, the deputy in charge of administrative affairs and head of the chemical engineering department at Baghdad University, was killed after gunmen intercepted his car. No one has claimed responsibility for the murder.
11/21/2007: Two civilians were injured when their car was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Khalis, a city in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/25/2007: A roadside bomb detonated in Baghdad, Iraq near the College of Management and Economics, but it caused no casualties. As authorities rushed to the scene, another bomb exploded, killing a soldier and wounding 8 people, including six more soldiers. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2007: Three Iraqi Police officers were killed and five others, including the Police chief of the town of Mandili, were wounded when a suicide bomber disguised as a Police officer entered a Police station and entered the chief’s office before detonating his explosives in Mandili, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/29/2007: Gunmen shot dead a civilian driving through the Sumar district of Mosul, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/10/2007: A bakery worker was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in Baquba, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2007: Abdulrazzaq Hashim (chief of Basra International Airport) was forced off the road and kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms on a road near his home in the airport compound fifteen kilometers north of Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. The victim’s fate was not reported.
10/04/2007: Sheikh Muawiya Jebara, an Iraqi politician and member of the anti-al-Qaida Awakening Council of Salah ad Din (Governorate), was mortally wounded and three of his bodyguards were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrators detonated at approximate 1:00 PM adjacent to his vehicle convoy in Riga, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
06/07/2007: Adnan Mahmoud, an Iraqi paramilitary officer and member of the infrastructure protection force, and his 4-year-old daughter Huda were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators stormed his home with small arms in the evening in al-Safra, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/21/2007: A policeman was shot and killed while on his way to work in Kut, a city in Iraq’s Wasit Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/04/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and 11 more were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:00 AM in a shopping district that specialized in spare auto parts in Camp Sara neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/09/2007: Three Iraqi Police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicle on a road in Zaafaraniya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/04/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed when two unknown perpetrators riding on a motorbike fired small arms at him as he exited his home west of Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq.
06/14/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an unknown number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Doura neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/23/2007: An unknown number of mortars hit the Said Mohammed shrine in the city of Balad in Iraq’s Salah al-Din Governorate leaving one person dead and two injured. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/27/2007: A car bomb went off near the Hurriyah Square in Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq. Five people were killed and 10 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/11/2007: One soldier was injured and the vehicle he was riding in damaged in a roadside bombing incident in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
02/01/2007: A car bomb in a Baghdad, Iraq market killed three civilians. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/05/2007: Four Iraqi Police officers were wounded and a police vehicle was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated near a police patrol in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/27/2007: Colonel Amer Insaief, police chief of Muqdadiyah, and seven of his guards were kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms and manning a false checkpoint in the afternoon at Saida, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
06/06/2007: Fifteen suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) militants were killed when an unknown number of Diyala Salvation Council perpetrators attacked the village of Abdul Karim, Diyala Governorate, Iraq with small arms at approximately 12:00 PM in a firefight that lasted four hours. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/09/2007: Khazaal Nayef (an Iraqi Police officer) was killed by Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrator Khemees Abbas with small arms at approximately 12:20 PM in Yayji neighborhood, Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
12/12/2007: Three cars detonated within minutes of each other in the Dijla thoroughfare in central Amarah, Iraq, immediately killing 42 and wounding 125. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/09/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicle in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Four Iraqi policemen were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrators detonated near their police vehicle at approximately 1:00 PM in al-Doura, Rasheed District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/23/2007: Youssef al-Hayali, a school guard, and his wife were beheaded in front of their children by militants who claimed that the two were guilty of not following Islamic law. Police suspected that members of Al-Qaida in Iraq were to blame for the murders that took place in Jalawla, a town in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate.
09/14/2007: A high profile Sunni Arab sheik working with the United States, Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishawi "Abu Risha", and two of his guards were killed yesterday when a roadside bomb went off in Ramadi, Iraq. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/18/2007: Two brothers were kidnapped from their home in the town of Al-Riyadh in Iraq’s northern Kirkuk (Governorate) by armed gunmen. The brothers worked at an Iraqi military base, and their fate is unknown. No one claimed responsibility for the abduction.
06/04/2007: Saad Majid Ali, an Iraqi civilian director general of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and his son were kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators riding in three vehicles and carrying small arms at approximately 3:00 PM as they drove through Waziyriah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/03/2007: An Iraqi civilian politician (a tribal official and local representative of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, a Shi i party) was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Ifach, Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq.
02/21/2007: Around 10:30 am local time, a suicide car bomber struck a police checkpoint near a market in the Shi i city of Najaf, Iraq. Eight people were killed and 43 were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/07/2007: Sahar al-Haideri, an Iraqi civilian female independent journalist, was killed by an unknown number of Ansar al-Sunna perpetrators firing small arms at approximately 12:00 PM in Hadba neighborhood, Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. Ansal al-Sunna later claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/22/2007: At least 11 villagers, including United States-backed Sunni fighters, were killed when militants dressed in Iraq army uniforms attacked the Hawr Rajab area in Iraq’s Baghdad Governorate. The number of wounded was not reported. Approximately 50 insurgents attacked the village in what ended up being an hours-long battle that also resulted in the death of at least 3 of the attackers. Al-Qaida in Iraq was blamed for the incident.
12/05/2007: A bomb that was ostensibly targeting Pershmerga forces instead killed two civilians and injured 10 others in Kirkuk, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
07/22/2007: A bomb left on a motorcycle exploded near a busy market in central Baghdad, Iraq, killing two people and wounding 15. No claim of responsibility was issued.
07/23/2007: Two of four car bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq. A third hit about 30 minutes later. At least 16 people, including five policemen, were killed. No claim of responsibility was issued.
07/18/2007: A car-bomb detonated in central Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed four and wounded five civilians. The bomb went off in front of the Iranian Embassy just outside the Green Zone. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/11/2007: Five Iraqi civilians, including four women and one male Iraqi Police officer, were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators stormed a house with small arms in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/18/2007: Gunmen dressed as Iraqi soldiers opened fire on the Shi i village of Duwailiya, Iraq, killing at least 29 civilians. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/01/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and three others were wounded when an unknown number of mortar shells fired by unknown perpetrators landed in Saba al-Bour District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. The attack occurred at around 12:00 PM. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/09/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and four others were wounded when a single mortar round fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/22/2007: One Iraqi Army soldier was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 3:00 PM in al-Jamia’a neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. It was unclear from report what the intended target was.
10/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed, six others were wounded, and nine cars were damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 12:15 PM adjacent to a passing American convoy in Ur neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
03/02/2007: Ten people were killed and seventeen wounded when a car bomb exploded in a used car market in the Habibiya district of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/05/2007: Two Iraqi police officers were killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol north of Hilla, Babel Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/16/2007: A woman was killed by al-Qaida in Mesopotamia when the group opened fire on the headquarters of a local group sympathetic to American forces in an unknown location. The attack occured in Iraq's Diyala governorate. There were no other deaths or injuries reported.
12/01/2007: Three Iraqis were killed and five more were abducted in an attack on a Mosque in Al-Iskandariyah, Iraq, by unknown perpetrators.
11/21/2007: Gunmen attacked a police patrol in Muqdadiya in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate, but no policemen were killed. The number of dead insurgents was unknown, and no one claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/15/2007: A roadside bomb targeted a civilian car in Tala Abass, Iraq, injured three civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack
03/20/2007: A car bomb killed three Iraqis and wounded seven near Baghdad’s Green Zone, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/30/2007: Shortly after bombings in Tal Afar, Iraq, militias retaliated and stormed houses of the residents of Al-Wihdah neighborhood at night, detained them outside and executed them. The events lead to the deaths of 190 people and 40 kidnapped. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/22/2007: Sheik Abdullah Falak, an aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, was stabbed to death in the Shi i holy city of Najaf. No claim of responsibility was issued.
11/14/2007: Unknown gunmen kidnapped a farmer between Hawija and Abassiyah, in the Tamim governorate of Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2007: One Iraqi bodyguard for the head of the local Department of Sunni Endowments was killed and four more were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their vehicle in Basra, Basra Government, Iraq.
10/28/2007: Six Iraqi civilians were killed, 21 more were wounded, and several dozen buildings, shops, and vehicles were damaged when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 3:10 PM near a bus station in al-Shorjha neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
08/02/2007: A fuel truck explosion killed at least 50 people and wounded approximately 20 in the Mansour area of western Baghdad. The explosion sent a 50-foot-high column of flames and smoke into the air. Mansour is a primarily Sunni area of Baghdad, however no group claimed responsibility for the attack
09/12/2007: Six Iraqi policemen were killed as gunmen ambushed an northern Iraqi police checkpoint near the town of Gayara, Iraq. The assailants are suspected members of the Al-Qaida front group, the Islamic State of Iraq.
11/22/2007: Three residents were cumulatively killed and 2 more were injured when gunmen attacked Al-Kubat and Al-Kilaeat villages in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. Police blamed Al Qaida in Iraq for the incident, but it was unknown whether the group claimed responsibility. Nineteen attackers were also killed in the incident.
08/10/2007: A car bomb tore through a produce market in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraq. The bombing occurred in a Kurdish neighborhood killing at least 11 people and wounding 45 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2007: Suspected Shi i militiamen detonated a bomb inside a Sunni mosque in Haswa, Iraq, 30 miles south of Baghdad, at about 1 a.m. About six hours later, militants struck again at mosque near Hillah, 60 miles south of the capital. A third Sunni mosque was attacked and damaged in an explosion in Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of Baghdad; that mosque was first attacked last week. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/08/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed, four Iraqi police officers were wounded, and an Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture building and nine automobiles were destroyed when a single unknown suicide car bomber driving a minibus loaded with vegetables detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (IED) during a vehicle check at approximately 10:00 AM at a police checkpoint in Alam, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
03/24/2007: Ten people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a sweet shop in central Tal Afar, Iraq, an Iraqi official said. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian construction worker was killed, 12 others were wounded, and an unspecified number of vehicles and buildings were damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their KIA minibus at approximately 8:00 AM near a monastery in Za’franiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/30/2007: Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Al-Shallal market in the Al-Sha’b area of Baghdad, Iraq, leading to the deaths of 72 people. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/22/2007: Unknown gunmen attacked a police station in Beji City, some 200 km north of Baghdad, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and 6 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/10/2007: Three Iraqi policemen were killed in a popular market in Adhamiyah, Iraq, by gun-wielding men shooting from a vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/10/2007: A roadside bomb went off in Baghdad, Iraq, wounding four policemen and one civilian. There were no reports or any claims of responsibility.
02/27/2007: A car bomb exploded near a park popular with young soccer players in Baghdad, Iraq. Eighteen boys were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/01/2007: An Iraqi Policeman's wedding party was attacked with a car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq. Information on casualties is unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/18/2007: A bomb on a minibus exploded as the bus passed through the Shi i district of Rusafa in central Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five were wounded. Due to the nature of the attack, authorities suspected Sunni militants were responsible. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/18/2007: A car bomb exploded on a busy shopping street in the predominantly Shi i neighborhood of Karada in Baghdad, Iraq. At least 10 people were killed 13 were wounded. The blast also damaged a nearby private hospital and several other buildings. Due to the nature of the attack, authorities suspected Sunni militants were responsible. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/22/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed, 13 others were wounded, and a minibus, three cars, and two shops were damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 9:30 AM in Karradah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
09/26/2007: Thirty two Iraqis were killed and at least eleven others wounded when two car bombs were detonated in Baghdad, Iraq. The attacks occurred in the Bayaa shopping area, damaging nearby shops and houses and killed many people shopping for groceries in preparation for the Iftar feast. The second bombing occurred just a minute after the first, targeting those victims trying to flee the scene. Sunni extremists had posted on internet sites that Ramadan would see an increase in bloodshed.
06/03/2007: One Iraqi police officer was injured and a police vehicle damaged when a single grenade thrown by an Ansar al-Sunna detonated near a police patrol outside a courthouse at approximately 11:00 AM in the downtown area of Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. Ansar al-Sunna later claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/24/2007: The fourth blast in a 24-hour span to strike the Karradah district in Baghdad, Iraq, killed four people, some of whom were eating lunch at a popular kebab restaurant near a line of cars approaching a checkpoint to enter the Green Zone. No claim of responsibility was issued.
02/20/2007: A suicide attacker blew up a car bomb at a joint Iraqi army and police checkpoint in southern Baghdad, Iraq. Five people were killed and 20 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/28/2007: A suicide car bomb killed two people and wounded twenty in South Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/26/2007: Sheik Hamid Abdul Farhan al-Shujairi, a Sunni, was shot in a mainly Sunni area of Baghdad, Iraq, police said. He reportedly had attended a conference several weeks ago supporting the government and fighting insurgents. Gunmen murdered Hamid Abid Sarhan al-Shjiri, the sheik of the mixed Sunni-Shi i Shijirat tribe, while he sat in his car in the capital's southern al-Saidiyah neighborhood. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/03/2007: A suicide car bomber killed a police officer, eleven civilians, and wounded twenty two others when the bomber attacked a police checkpoint in Al-Ramadi, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: No casualties were reported but a mosque was damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated explosives at a Sunni mosque in Mahawil, Babil Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/02/2007: A group of 14 Iraqi government workers and soldiers was kidnapped by The Islamic State of Iraq, a Sunni group linked to Al-Qaida in response to the alleged rape of a Shi i woman named Sabrin Al-Janabi by Iraqi police on February 18, 2007. The Iraqi government was given a 24 hour deadline to meet the group's demand of handing over the officers accused in the rape case. Hours later, 14 bodies were found.
07/18/2007: Eighty people were killed when a suicide truck bomb detonated in Kirkuk, Iraq. The attack, which damaged the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, took place in a busy commercial area. Another 183 people were wounded. No claim of responsibility was issued.
03/31/2007: A car bomb detonated in Tuz Khurmatu, Salah ad Din, Iraq, killing two and wounding eleven. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/19/2007: A truck bomber attacked a revered Shi i shrine in the heart of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, killing at least 78 people and wounding more than 200. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/04/2007: Six Iraqi civilians were killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms at them as they left a mosque in the morning in the predominantly-Sunni town of Khaldiyah, Anbar Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/10/2007: Jawdet Kadhem al-Obeidi, an Iraqi civilian and leader of the Shi’i Dialogue Faction, was killed and his driver was wounded by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms near the Ibn Hayan bridge in Sheikh Marouf neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/13/2007: A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden truck into the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party is Makhmour in Kurdistan, Iraq. The attack killed 30 people and wounded 60 others. The mayor of the town was one of those wounded. The motivations were not specifically detailed. However it is assumed that the motivation revolved around interrupting cooperation among the Kurds. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/01/2007: Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Hilla market in Iraq killing almost sixty innocent people. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown and no group claimed responsibility.
11/25/2007: Nine people were killed and 31 were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a medical complex in Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2007: An unknown suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into a funeral procession in Fallujahh, Iraq, targeting and killing at least 12 innocent civilians and injuring others. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/28/2007: Fifteen Iraqis were kidnapped in Fadhil neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. No one has claimed responsibility for the kidnappings.
06/07/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and nine others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired an unknown number of mortar rounds at approximately 1:30 PM into Shurta al-Rabiaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
08/02/2007: A car bomb exploded in the Dora neighborhood of southern Baghdad, killing three and injuring five. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/20/2007: A car bomb in a market in Al-Halabsah, Iraq, near Al-Fallujahh killed ‘scores’. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/22/2007: Unknown assailants detonated two booby-trapped cars in the Al-Bayya area in Iraq, targeting innocent civilians. 15 people were killed and several others were wounded. No one claimed responsibility.
11/14/2007: Two mortars, fired at Basra, Iraq, hit a house and another area in Basra. No group claimed responsibility in the attack and there were no reported casualties.
12/11/2007: Three policemen, including a colonel, were killed after the convoy they were traveling in was ambushed by unknown assailants in Baghdad, Iraq. Two police officers were also reported to be missing after the incident.
12/11/2007: A suicide bomber drove into the home of government member in Baghdad, Iraq, killing two policemen. No group took responsibility for the attack.
09/25/2007: Three people were killed and at least 20 others wounded when a suicide car bomb struck the al-Ashaar police station in Basra, Iraq. The police station was damaged as were surrounding buildings and civilian cars. The perpetrators were unidentified.
11/23/2007: Thirteen people were killed and 57 were wounded when at least one bomb exploded in the Ghazil pet market in central Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack that broke a months-long lull in violence in the area.
09/05/2007: Shortly after 8 am, a roadside bomb exploded next to a minibus crowded with commuters in Baladiyat, a Shi i neighborhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq.
07/21/2007: One person was killed and five others were wounded in a car bomb attack on Saturday near a factory in Mahmudiyah, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was issued.
11/26/2007: A police convoy traveling from Baiji to Tikrit in Iraq was stopped by a group of individuals traveling in 15 vehicles. The convoy was escorting four prisoners, and the men who stopped the convoy demanded that police hand them over or face injury. The assailants claimed that the prisoners were guilty of crimes against children. The policemen cooperated, but the fate of the prisoners was unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction.
11/24/2007: Two policemen were injured and their car was heavily damaged by a roadside bomb that targeted them in the Park al-Sa’doon area of Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2007: Eleven Iraqi Shi’ites were killed and 14 more were wounded when armed gunmen in three vehicles stopped a bus 130 kilometers west of Karbala, Iraq and shot riders at random. The victims on the bus were all returning from the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Officials believe the attack was committed by Sunni gunmen, but there was no claim of responsibility.
11/29/2007: The head of a local district council was killed in Kirkuk, Iraq by gunmen. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2007: No casualties were reported but a mosque was damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated explosives at a Sunni mosque in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/18/2007: A suicide car bomber struck a police patrol in the Saydiyah neighborhood, a mixed Sunni-Shi i district in southwest Baghdad, Iraq. Four died, including two policemen, and eight were wounded, five of them police. There was no claim of responsibility.
03/01/2007: A car bomb exploded at a policeman’s wedding in Fallujah, Iraq, killing between seven and ten civilians and wounding seven others. The explosion occurred near a house where guests were gathering. The area had been subjected to attacks by insurgents with links to al-Qaida and many of those attacks were directed at the police. However, no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/03/2007: A suicide car bomber killed at least 12 people and wounded 178 when he detonated his explosives outside an Iraqi government building in Kirkuk, Iraq. The government building and a nearby school were also heavily damaged by the bomb. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/18/2007: At least 10 people were killed and 21 injured when a parked car bomb exploded in Al-Hurriyah Square in central Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood. The target was Salman al-Mukhtar, a top Iraqi finance official, but he escaped unhurt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/23/2007: Two car bombs cumulatively killed 13 and injured 21 in the city of Mosul in Iraq’s Ninawa Governorate. The first was this one that targeted a police patrol at Baath intersection. No one claimed responsibility for the attack that killed and injured both policemen and civilians.
06/04/2007: Two Iraqi police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a police patrol at approximately 2:15 PM on Korneesh Street in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/16/2007: One person was killed and four were wounded when two bombs exploded in a crowded market in central Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/27/2007: At least eight people were kidnapped when gunmen stormed the office of a computer store in a Shi’i area of Karada, Baghdad, Iraq. The attack occurred when four camouflaged SUVs disguised as Iraqi policemen rolled into a crowded street of computer shops just outside the capital’s Technology University. The men fired into the air and told the people around the area to disperse. No one or group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/17/2007: A Sunni mosque in Dora, Iraq was partly destroyed in a bombing. No claim of responsibility or casualties were reported.
06/10/2007: 15 Iraqi civilians were killed, 50 more were wounded, one highway police building and several police cars were destroyed, and another police building was damaged when an unknown suicide truck bomber driving a tanker truck rammed a blast wall and detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at an Iraqi Highway Police station in Albu Ajil village, Tikrit, Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/30/2007: Two civilians were injured by two mortar shells that landed in the Abu Disheer area of western Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/29/2007: The son of Sheikh Dhamin al-Ajeel was shot and killed in Iraq’s Salah al-Din governorate as he and his father were traveling on a highway. Witnesses said that the father was the actual target of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
07/18/2007: A car-bomb exploded near a police patrol in the Zayouna neighborhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq - a Shi i area. Twenty people were killed. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/10/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed, three others were wounded, and several cars were destroyed when an unknown suicide car bomber rammed a line of cars and detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 12:30 PM outside the al-Saydiyah Gas Station in al-Saydiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/19/2007: At least 13 people were killed, and dozens hurt in explosions in Kirkuk, in Northern Iraq  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Two Iraqi civilian farmers were killed and three more were wounded by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms near Balad, Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
2/15/2007: A suicide car bomber killed eight police officers in Ramadi, Iraq. The perpetrator of this incident was unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/22/2007: A bomb blast in a bus in Baghdad, Iraq, killed five people and wounded 15. No further information or claims of responsibility were forthcoming.
07/17/2006: A car-bomb exploded in Kirkuk, Domiz region of Iraq. One Iraqi policeman was killed and six others were wounded. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/17/2007: In the northern oil hub of Kirkuk, Iraq, a car bomb explodes near an office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the Kurdish party of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, killing two security guards. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/24/2007: A suicide bombing on a mosque in Baquba, Iraq, killed 20 people and wounded 30 others during the daily fast. Colonel Ali Dulan, leader of the Baquba police, was one of the 20 killed. The unidentified suicide bomber wore an explosive belt and detonated his bomb in the middle of crowd. Al Qaida in Iraq was suspected of being behind the attack to disrupt Sunni and Shi i reconciliation.
09/08/2007: A prominent leader close to Iraqi Shi i cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was killed by unidentified gunmen in the Shi i dominate town of Najaf, Iraq.
06/09/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were killed and seven others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting an Iraqi Police patrol detonated near their minibus on a road in Baladiyat neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/20/2007: A suicide bomber exploded a fuel tanker against a joint U.S. and Iraqi outpost in Baghdad, Iraq. Two U.S. soldiers were killed and 17 were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/10/2007: A bomb detonated inside the car of a police officer in the Karradah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The officer was unharmed in the attack; no claim of responsibility was made.
12/25/2007: During a funeral for two members of the anti-al-Qaida "Awakening Council," a suicide bomber, wearing an explosive vest, blew himself up, killing four people and wounding around twenty others in Ba'qubah, Iraq.
04/10/2007: At least six people were killed and 11 were wounded when a car bomb blew up at a checkpoint near Baghdad University in Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/15/2007: A double roadside bombing injured four in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings.
08/02/2007: A suicide car bombing struck Al Faqma ice cream shop killing 20 and wounding 40. The shop was located in Freedom Square in the central district of Karada, Baghdad. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2007: One civilian was killed and six others were injured when a car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq. The target was the head of emergency police in Baghdad, Maj. Gen. Ali al-Yassiri. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/23/2007: A truck bomb exploded on a major bridge in the city of Mosul in Iraq’s Ninawa Governorate. The Qayara bridge that connects Mosul with the Qayara district was severely damaged by the blast, but there were no casualties. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing.
05/23/2007: An unidentified suicide bomber blew himself up in a café in Mandali, Iraq, killing 20 innocent civilians and wounding at least 15 others. The extent of property damage is unknown. No one claimed responsibility.
10/22/2007: An Iraqi civilian automotive engineer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms at approximately 10:00 AM in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
12/11/2007: An attack on a Baghdad, Iraq, oil refinery killed nine people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack which apparently involved mortars.
12/04/2007: A government official was attacked by unknown assailants in Baghdad, Iraq. Although the official was unharmed, three of his body guards were wounded.
11/17/2007: A roadside bomb exploded in the Al-Kasrah area of northern Baghdad. No one was killed, but three people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/06/2007: Tofan abd al-Wahab, an Iraqi civilian and a department head at the Ministry of Immigration and Refugees, and eight other ministry colleagues were kidnapped when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators riding in four sport utility vehicles, wearing Iraqi Police commando uniforms, and carrying small arms stormed a ministry building at approximately 1:00 PM on Palestine Street in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/29/2007: Five were killed and nearly 20 wounded when a car bomb exploded in the town of Mahmudiyah, Iraq 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/02/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and four more were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximate 8:15 AM at a garbage collection site near the Commercial Mission in Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
11/29/2007: Gunmen opened fire on the chief of police of Hibhib town in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate, injuring two of his guards. The Chief, Hamid Ibrahim, escaped unharmed, and no one claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/05/2007: A school principal was kidnapped in Rashad village, Iraq, by unknown attackers. The weapons they used and the outcome of the kidnapping were unknown.
06/14/2007: Three Iraqi Police officers and three Iraqi Army soldiers were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at approximately 12:30 PM in a municipality building in al-Riadh District, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/02/2007: Five Iraqis, including three Police officers and two civilians, were wounded and a police vehicle was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 12:00 PM adjacent to a passing Police patrol near passport offices in Zayouna district, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
03/01/2007: Jalal Eddin al-Sagheer , a pro- Iraqi government Shi i Cleric, was attacked with a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED) while in transit as part of a convoy in Baghdad, Iraq. Mr. al-Sagheer survived the incident, though several bodyguards were wounded. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/16/2007: A car bomb outside a shopping mall killed two and wounded seven in Baghdad’s Mansour district, Iraq. Militants were also involved in a shootout with security forces shortly after the explosion. Up to ten civilians were killed during the incident. The perpetrators were unknown. The incidents took place as part of a string of incidents sweeping through Iraq during the beginning of Ramadan.
11/05/2008: A roadside bomb exploded in Southern Baghdad, killing two civilians, wounding five, and causing damage in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/30/2007: Al-Qaida in Iraq killed a total of 5 policemen and soldiers in Khalis, a town in the Diyala Governorate. Thirty other people were also abducted in the incident.
06/06/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and eight others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a manhole by unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 4:00 PM in the street near the Ruwad intersection in Mansour district, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/11/2007: Seven mortar rounds landed on two neighborhoods in the town of Iskandariyah, Iraq. The attack killed two and wounded 17 others. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
03/19/2007: A woman and her four-year-old daughter were wounded when insurgents fired two mortar rounds on a residential area of the town of Iskandiriyah, in Babil province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded and a mosque was severely damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated explosives at approximately 4:00 AM at the Sunni al-Hateen Mosque in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/29/2007: Six passengers in a bus were injured when a bomb blew up near the vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack that was targeting a police patrol.
10/28/2007: Eight Iraqi civilian tribal chiefs (five Shi is of the Anbakiya and three Sunnis of the al-Azza tribe), all leaders of groups in Diyala (Governorate) opposed to al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI), were kidnapped by an unknown number of Special Groups (reported to be Iranian-backed Shi i terrorist units) perpetrators carrying small arms at a false checkpoint in Husseiniyah neighborhood, al-Shaab district, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/14/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an unknown number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Doura neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/18/2007: Two people, one of them a policeman, were killed when they came under attack by gunmen in Iraq’s southern city of Al-Amarah in Maysan Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/19/2007 Gunmen attacked the headquarters of the British Consulate in central Basra, Iraq, on 19 March, using light arms and mortar shells. No casualities were reported and no claim of responsibility was reported.
10/27/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed when an unspecified number of mortar rounds launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in al-Dulab village, Muqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
11/30/2007: Three people were killed and two were wounded when three mortar shells fell on the town of Hibhib in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/16/2007: Suicide bombers detonated trucks loaded with explosives and chlorine gas in Anbar Province, Iraq, killing two police officers and wounding or sickening hundreds. This second of three attacks happened near 6:40pm near the town of Amiriya, south of Fallujah. Officials suspect Al-Qaida is responsible. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/07/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to an American patrol in Neiriya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/23/2007: Twenty five bodies were found bound and tortured scattered around Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/09/2007: Fourteen Iraqi Army soldiers were killed, 30 others were wounded, and an Iraqi Army headquarters was destroyed when an Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) suicide truck bomber driving a tanker truck detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at an Iraqi Army checkpoint near an Army headquarters on the road between Jurf al-Sakhar and al-Iskandariya on the southern outskirts of Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. ISI claimed credit for the attack in a post to a jihadist website on June 15.
03/25/2007: North of Baghdad, Iraq, a police captain was killed and three other officers wounded in a roadside bomb attack on the main road south of Tikrit. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/21/2007: One Iraqi civilian cement factory employee was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms as he headed to work in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
11/26/2007: Masked gunmen killed 11 members of an Iraqi journalist’s family as they were eating breakfast in their home in the Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The men approached the house in a vehicle and threw two explosives over the gate surrounding the home. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but the journalist, Dia al-Kawwaz, blamed Shi’I militiamen. Dia was in Jordan at the time of the attack.
05/21/2007: Unknown gunmen ambushed a bus of civilians in Hibhib village, Iraq, killing 7 people, including 1 child. The number of injuries are unknown. No one claimed responsibility.
12/01/2007: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped the dean of a technical institute in Amarah, a city in southern Iraq. Attacks on educational institutions in general, and students and teachers in particular, are frequent in Iraq.
11/12/2007: Gunmen ambushed a police patrol in Iskandriyah, Iraq, prompting a police response that wounded three civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/01/2007: Hisham al-Qazaz, an Iraqi civilian doctor and administrator of Mosul’s Ibn Sina Hospital, was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in the evening near the downtown market in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
11/16/2007: A police officer was killed and his brother was injured when gunmen shot at them as they left their house in Amarah, the capital of Iraq’s Maysan Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but authorities believe militants to be the perpetrators.
12/10/2007: A roadside bomb went off in the middle of traffic in Baghdad, Iraq, killing three policemen. No one took responsibility for the bombing.
04/14/2007: A suicide car bomber killed 37 people and wounded 168 in an attack near a holy Shi i Muslim shrine in Karbala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/23/2007: Four Iraqi policemen were injured when a roadside bomb blew up near a police vehicle in the city of Balad in Iraq’s Salah al-Din Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/09/2007: No casualties were reported but a mosque was heavily damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 4:00 PM adjacent to the Sunni Fatah Basha Mosque in the predominantly-Shi’i neighborhood of al-Bayaa, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/13/2007: No casualties were reported but a bridge was damaged when explosives planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 6:00 AM beneath the Zikaytoon Overpass southwest of Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/23/2007: A parked car packed with explosives blew up on Saturday in the center of the Hillah, Iraq,, 95 kilometers (60 miles) south of Baghdad, killing two people. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/30/2007: Twelve Kurdish Shi i, known as Faylis, were killed when a bomb hidden in a roadside bin exploded as the would be worshippers were heading to a religious hall in Khanaqin, Iraq. Shi i Muslims, who have been observing Ashura, their holiest date on the Shi i calendar, are frequent targets of Sunni extremists. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/02/2007: Six Iraqis, including four civilians (two women, one man, and one child) and two Police officers, were killed, 10 others were wounded, and one minibus was destroyed and another damaged when a single unknown suicide bomber detonated a moving vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) adjacent to a Police checkpoint in Khalis, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
04/30/2007: Four Iraqis were killed and six wounded when a truck bomb exploded outside a restaurant in the western town of Hit, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
11/29/2007: A roadside bomb blew up next to a public bus in northeast Baghdad, Iraq, injuring six people on board. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2007: Two Iraqi civilian bodyguards of a Turkmen political leader were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated near their vehicle on a roadside in al-Wasiti neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
07/02/2007: An explosive laden dump truck detonated on a bridge in Iraq's western Anbar Province. The bomb caused damage to the bridge and wounded two civilians. An hour before the incident another explosive laden dump truck was detonated at a police checkpoint in the Anbar Province. The explosion killed one policeman and wounded four others. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/04/2007: Two Iraqi police officers and nine civilians were wounded and several houses were damaged when a suicide truck bomber drove his vehicle into the house of Qaiyarra police chief Brigadier Ali Attallah Mallouh and detonated the vehicle in Qaiyarra, Ninawa Province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/02/2007: Iraqi Security Forces foiled an Al-Qaida attack at a police checkpoint in the Rashid district of Iraq by killing one insurgent and capturing another. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/01/2007: The bodies of fourteen policemen were found in Diyala, Iraq following a statement made by the Islamic State of Iraq/Mujahideen Shura Council (DII/MSM) claiming responsibility. The policemen were captured by armed attackers while leaving the city. The group claiming responsibility posted its claim on the internet, showing the pictures of 18 men allegedly kidnapped. The message said the attack was in response to the raping of a Sunni woman by policemen.
11/05/2007: An explosive charge went off in the area of Baladiyyat, eastern Baghdad, killing one Iraqi and wounding four. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian cab driver was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 8:00 AM near the Zamzam Bakery adjacent to the celebration square in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/29/2007: A roadside bomb killed four Iraqi police officers in the town of Shirqat in the country’s Ninawa Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/08/2007: A suicide bomber drove through a checkpoint and blew up his car in Baghdad's Shi i district of Sadr City, Iraq. The blast killed fifteen people and wounded an unclear amount of others as shops were nearby. The attack was initially foiled at the checkpoint, but the attacker improvised and chose a filled eatery as a different target. Sunni insurgents are suspected to be behind the blast.
01/12/2007: Iraqi journalist Khudr Younis al-Obaidi, who worked for Al-Diwan newspaper, was killed by gunmen in an unknown region of northern Iraq; there was no claim of responsibility.
11/29/2007: A roadside bomb injured two people in the city of Baqouba in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian ambulance driver was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to his vehicle in central Fallujahh, Anbar Province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/18/2007: Three people, two of them children, were killed when a bomb exploded near a football field in the city of Baquba, capital of Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. Seven others, six of them children, were also wounded in the attack. There was no claim of responsibility for the incident.
11/09/2007: Three Iraqi civilians and four gunmen were killed in Khalis, Iraq, in an armed attack by the al-Qaida affiliated group, the Islamic State of Iraq. Three civilians were also wounded in the incident.
06/13/2007: A total of four Iraqi civilians were killed and six others were wounded in a series of four attacks on Sunni mosques in Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers who were off-duty were killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Diwaniya, Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/19/2007: According to police in Baghdad, Iraq, a bomb exploded near a Shi i mosque in the central Al-Shurjahin district, killing 5 and wounding 25. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/18/2007: Two civilians were injured when a roadside bomb detonated near a high school in eastern Baghdad’s Al-Amin neighborhood in Iraq. No other damage was reported, and there was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
2/15/2007: Three body guards of the Iraqi Kurdish Foreign Minister, were killed and three others were injured in Tikrit, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/26/2007: Two suicide bombers attacked the office of Massoud Barzani, the Kurdistan Democratic Party leader in city of Zumar in Ninawa province, Iraq. Three bodyguards were killed and five others were injured in the attack that may have been worse if guards had not opened fire on the two attackers, forcing them to detonate their explosives at least 50 yards from the office. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/22/2007: In Dibis, Iraq, gunmen fired on guards protecting local oil facilities, setting one oil well on fire. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
08/27/2007: The Iraqi governor of Salah ad Din (Governorate) province survived twin roadside bomb attacks in Tikrit City, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown and there were no casualties reported.
01/19/2007: Gunmen opened fire on the three-vehicle convoy in Yarmouk, a predominantly Sunni neighborhood in western Baghdad, Iraq. An American democracy activist was killed along with 3 security contractors from Hungary, Croatia and Iraq. Two others were wounded. The Islamic State in Iraq, the purported political arm of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2007: Twelve civilians were killed and 40 injured when four mortar shells fired by unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 7:30 PM in Um al-Maalif District, Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/21/2007: Two Iraqi civilian males were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicle in the evening on a roadside in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
06/11/2007: No casualties were reported but a bridge was destroyed when a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) suicide truck bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (IED) adjacent to the al-Sabtiya Bridge over the Diyala River in Baqouba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/17/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and two more were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated near a residential building in the late morning or early afternoon in the predominantly-Shi’i neighborhood of Zaafaraniyah, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
2/11/2007: Fifteen people, both policemen and civilians, died in a car bomb explosion that targeted a police station in Al-Dawr, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
2/15/2007: A bomb exploded outside Sadr City, Iraq and killed three civilians and wounded over twenty. The perpetrator of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/10/2007: No casualties were reported but the local headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic Party was badly damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to the building in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/23/2007: Two car bombs cumulatively killed 13 and injured 21 in the city of Mosul in Iraq’s Ninawa Governorate. The first was this one that targeted a police patrol in Mithaq Square. No one claimed responsibility for the attack that killed and injured both policemen and civilians.
06/01/2007: One Iraqi police officer was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) set by unknown perpetrators detonated near a police vehicle at approximately 11:00 AM in central Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/09/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and another was wounded when an unknown number of Just Punishment Brigades perpetrators detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) and fired on a Police foot patrol with small arms in the predominantly-Sunni Adhamiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.The Just Punishment Brigades later claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2007: A total of four Iraqi civilians were killed and six others were wounded in a series of four attacks on Sunni mosques in Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/22/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and eight other individuals, including five civilians and three Police officers, were wounded when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in proximity at approximately 7:00 AM at a square frequented by Shi i municipal workers in Zafaraniyah (District), Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/07/2007: Six unspecified Iraqis, three British security contractors, and one perpetrator were killed, 20 unspecified Iraqis and two British security contractors were wounded, and at least one building was destroyed when two blasts occurred in succession at approximately 9:00 AM adjacent to the police headquarters in Rabea, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/15/2007: A roadside bomb targeted civilians in the Karrada area of east Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2007: General Abdulamir Mahmoud (head of Iraqi Police intelligence in Kirkuk) and two of his bodyguards were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at them from a moving black Opel Vectra in the evening near al-Asdiqaa Petrol Station in al-Wasity neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
04/16/2007: Unknown gunmen attacked a checkpoint manned by Iraqi soldiers outside the Addaiyah village, 80 km south of Mosul, Iraq. Thirteen soldiers were killed and four others were wounded.
11/24/2007: Two people, including a policeman, were injured by a roadside bomb that exploded near a police patrol in the city of Mosul in Iraq’s Ninawa Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/30/2007: A suicide bomber attacked a Shi i funeral in Khalis, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. Thirty-two people were killed and 60 were wounded. There was no claim of responsibility.
10/24/2007: Nine Iraqis were killed and 23 others were wounded when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated approximately 30 seconds and 30 yards apart at about 7:00 AM at a minibus pickup area near Diyala Bridge in Jisr Diyala, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
05/01/2007: A truck that was loaded with explosives exploded in the town of Ramadi, Iraq, killing four and wounding six. The perpetrators were not identified though the Islamic State of Iraq later claimed responsibility on a blog. The motivation for the attack was not reported. The type of explosives were not reported.
02/08/2007: A car bomb kills 16 civilians in a Baghdad, Iraq market. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/24/2007: Two Iraqi National Police officers and one Iraqi civilian were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 8:00 AM adjacent to their patrol near the Islamic Party Center in al-Qadisiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
12/13/2007: An Iraqi civilian contractor was killed by unknown gunmen in western Baghdad, Iraq.
04/18/2007: A suicide car bomber crashed into an Iraqi police checkpoint at an entrance to Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq; the capital's biggest Shi ite neighborhood. The explosion killed at least 41 people, including five Iraqi security officers, and wounded 76. Due to the nature of the attack, authorities suspected Sunni militants were responsible. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/25/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and a car was destroyed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to his moving vehicle in the morning on a roadside outside Hilla City, Hilla Governorate, Iraq.
04/18/2007: At least 127 people died and 148 were wounded when a car bomb exploded in Sadriyah market in Baghdad, Iraq where buses were picking up passengers. The U.S. military suspects that al-Qaida in Iraq was responsible for the attack that also damaged local shops and vehicles in the area. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/26/2007: Five people were killed and 37 people were wounded in two coordinated car bomb and mortar attacks in Baghdad, Iraq. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/31/2007: One person was killed and six others were wounded as a car bomb struck a Shi' neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion occurred at 10 a.m. after the driver parked the car near a foreign exchange currency in the Ammin district. Several shops around the radius of the bomb were also damaged. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/24/2007: A suicide car bomber attacked a checkpoint protecting the home of one of Iraq's most powerful Shi ite leaders, Abdel Aziz Hakim in Baghdad, Iraq. Three civilians were killed and 7 were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/09/2007: At least one policeman was killed and four others were wounded when a car bomb, targeting their police patrol, went off in Iraq. No group claimed responsibility in the attack.
01/12/2007: Suspected Shi i militants attacked a Sunni mosque with automatic weapons in Baghdad, Iraq. Two guards were injured. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/03/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed and ten more were wounded when an unspecified number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
06/02/2007: Two Iraqi Arab farmers were killed and five others were wounded by small arms fire from unknown perpetrators late in the day about 40 miles northwest of the Sarha Bridge in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/04/2007: Gunmen opened fire on a bus that was taking workers to an Iraqi power plant near Kirkuk, Iraq, killing six men. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/18/2007: Two bombs the were hidden in garbage containers exploded in Kirkuk City, Iraq. Three people were killed and 54 were wounded. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
04/28/2007: A suicide truck bomber attacked the home of the Hit police chief in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar province, Iraq. Nine Iraqi security forces and six civilians were killed and 35 people, including three police were wounded. Iraqi forces opened fire on the truck bomber before he reached the concrete barrier outside police chief Hamid Ibrahim al-Numrawi's home, but the explosion of the vehicle heavily damaged the area. There was no claim of responsibility.
12/05/2007: A car bomb in Mosul, Iraq, detonated killing one person and injuring seven more. The perpetrator was unknown. The attack occurred the same day that U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited Baghdad.
11/12/2007: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a tribal chief in Talafar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and five others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 1:00 PM near al-Khansaa Police Station in al-Kamaliya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/07/2007: Six unspecified Iraqis, three British security contractors, and one perpetrator were killed, 20 unspecified Iraqis and two British security contractors were wounded, and at least one building was destroyed when two suicide bombings occurred in succession at approximately 9:00 AM adjacent to the police headquarters in Rabea, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/20/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and another was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated on a roadside in al-Salam district, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
11/12/2007: In one of two attacks, al-Qaida in Iraq attacked a checkpoint manned by volunteer fighters in Adawaniyah, Iraq. The weapons used in the attack were not reported. Ten volunteers were killed as were over six perpetrators.
06/01/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated in al-Hurriyah District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/21/2007: One former Iraqi Army officer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
07/03/2007: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Colonel Adnan Abdallah, the chief of police, in Kirkuk, Iraq. At least two people were killed and 19 other people were injured in the blast; the victims included civilians and police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/12/2007: A suicide bomber attacked a wedding ceremony near the Iraqi city of Mosul killing four and wounding five in the attack. The brother of an Iraqi policeman was targeted in the attack. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/06/2007: Pro-Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) militants killed seven Kurdish force belonging to the federal Iraqi Defense Ministry in an ambush in Qara Tapa, Iraq. Five other Kurdish soldiers were injured and three perpetrators were killed in the attack.
11/23/2007: At least two people were killed when a bomb exploded underneath a car in Musayyib, a city in Iraq’s Babil Governorate. There were no reports of injuries or damage, and no one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/01/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and another (a child) was wounded when a single mortar round fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed adjacent to them in Yusufiyah, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
01/05/2007: An American private contractor of JPI Worldwide, Ronald Withrow, and two Iraqi interpreters were kidnapped near Basra, Iraq, all three were murdered; there was no claim of responsibility.
12/06/2007: A roadside bomb injured six civilians in Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2007: One Iraqi civilian politician, a former member of the Baath Party, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq.
05/24/2007: Unknown assailants detonated a bomb in a square in Sadr City, Iraq, targeting innocent civilians. An unknown number of construction workers at the square were killed or injured. No one claimed responsibility.
12/01/2007: A U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Ba'qubah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/07/2007: One Iraqi civilian, the head of the Department of Research at the Ministry of Education, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms at his vehicle as he drove to work in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/15/2007: A roadside bomb targeted civilians on Al Nidhal Street in the Karrada area of east Baghdad, Iraq, injuring three civilians. This was the second of two roadside bombs in the area that day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/28/2007: Two children, a man, and a woman were killed in an insurgent mortar attack on the southern Baghdad, Iraq, district of Abu Chir. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/28/2007: Around 3 pm local time, a suicide car bomber struck the Bab al-Shiekh police station in a busy area in central Baghdad, Iraq. The guards shot the driver dead while the explosives partially detonated. Two police officers were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian barber was killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Abu al-Khasib, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/02/2007: One Iraqi civilian was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a passing bus in Hamza al-Gharbi, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/27/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed when an unknown number of mortar shells fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in the morning in the village of al-Dulab, Muqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
07/02/2007: Four people were killed and 25 wounded in a car bomb explosion in a popular market in Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/16/2007: A police patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, was attacked by gunmen, resulting in three Iraqi police deaths. No claim of responsibility was issued.
11/18/2007: Three civilian bystanders were killed and 16 others, including 5 policemen, were wounded when a parked car bomb exploded near a policy patrol in Mosul, capital of Iraq’s Ninawa Governorate. The blast also caused heavy damage to numerous cars and shops in the Al-Dawasa neighborhood. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/03/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and another was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 12:00 PM adjacent to their patrol in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
09/16/2007: Militants killed 14 people and burned 12 shops in the predominantly Sunni Arab town of Muqtadiva north of Baghdad, Iraq. Over a hundred fighters from al-Qaida in Mesopotamia were thought to be behind the attacks. The attack followed a statement made by an al-Qaida group, the Islamic State in Iraq, threatening a renewed offensive during Ramadan.
06/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and four others were wounded when an unknown number of mortar rounds fired by unknown perpetrators landed sometime between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in al-Shurta al-Rabia’a neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/30/2007: Fifty three people were killed and 103 wounded when three suicide car bombers exploded in Al-Khalis City, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/04/2007: Four Iraqi police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of Ansar al-Sunna perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol sometime between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Mehdiya neighborhood in the predominantly-Sunni Doura District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. An early McClatchy Newspapers report stated the casualties were caused by small arms fire. Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility for the attack in a post to a jihadist website on June 12.
06/25/2007: A parked car exploded in the center of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, killing one civilian and wounding 20 others, police Brig. Mohammed al-Wakaa said. He said there were no police or military targets at the site. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/30/2007: A car bomb exploded in Sahat al-Tayaran (Aviation Square) in central Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least six Iraqis and wounding 26 more. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/02/2007: Rokan Mutlak al-Jibouri, a Sunni tribal sheik and village mayor, was shot and killed by suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) perpetrators firing small arms in the morning outside his home north of Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/29/2007: Two people were injured when mortars landed in an area of Muqdadiyah in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/19/2007: Three civilians were killed and four others wounded when gunmen opened fire on them in the Shi i city of Hilla, south of Baghdad, Iraq, police said. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/19/2007: A bomb concealed in a bag exploded near a Central Baghdad, Iraq, mosque killing three and wounding 10. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/22/2007: A roadside bomb exploded near a police vehicle in the Tobchi area of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring one policeman and two civilians. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/24/2007: A suicide car bomb killed six and wounded 17 others in Tal Afar, Iraq when the suicide bomber struck a joint checkpoint in Abi Maria with a vehicle filled with explosives. Of the victims, two were policeman, one a soldier, and three civilians. Nonmilitary vehicles and nearby buildings were also damaged in the blast. No one claimed responsibility but the area was frequented by insurgent activity.
11/27/2007: Four people were wounded by a car bomb that detonated in the city of Mosul in Iraq’s Ninawa Governorate. There were no reports of damage, and no one claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/06/2007: Nine Iraqi civilians were kidnapped at a fake checkpoint set up near Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. The insurgents were wearing Iraqi Security Forces uniforms. No ransom has been demanded in public. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/25/2007: A suicide bomber wearing a hidden explosives belt attacked a police station in Balad Ruz City, in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. Four police officers were killed and 16 were wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/03/2007: A car bomb detonated in the Shaab Shi ite market of Baghdad, Iraq, killing 18 and injuring 35. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/01/2007: The Shi i Shrine of Ahmed Ibn Imam, was blown up in Baquba, Baghdad by at least 20 unidentified gunmen. Sunni extremists are suspected to be behind the incident.
07/06/2007: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in the Kurdish village of Ahmud Mares, Iraq, killed 26 people and 33 others were wounded in the attack. The perpetrator drove his car into the market and detonated. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/20/2007: Two civilians were injured in a car blast caused by a booby-trapped car which was parked near a mosque in al-Kamaliya neighborhood, in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/14/2007: A suicide bomber blew up a fuel tank rigged truck at a police checkpoint in the northern Iraqi town of Baiji. The blast killed at least 11 including 9 policemen and wounded 8 others.
11/10/2007: Unknown militants attacked a police patrol in Baquba, Iraq, killing one police officer. The type of weapon used in the attack was not reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/02/2007: A suicide bomber drove a car into an Iraqi police station killing 13 and wounding 15 more in northern Baghdad. The bomber struck a line of recruits outside the police station. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and 13 others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated at approximately 5:15 PM at the Atifiyah-Kadhemiyah intersection in north Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
03/26/2007: An American civilian and two other foreigners were wounded in gunfire near the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/04/2007: Sheikh Khalid (last name unspecified), an Iraqi civilian lecturer at Al-Sadr Religious University, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq.
04/14/2007: Ten people were killed and 15 were wounded when a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives on the Jadiriyah bridge in Baghdad, Iraq. The bridge sustained very little damage, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/12/2007: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed an Iraqi civilian as he was driving in his car in Hilla City, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/08/2007: A bomb attack targeting the head of Iraq's education authority was carried out in Basra, Iraq, injuring five people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/22/2007: Ten mortars were lobbed into the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, resulting in 10 injuries, one of which was deemed to be serious. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/21/2007: Four people were killed and 6 were injured when a suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into a security checkpoint in a court compound in Ramadi, a city in Iraq’s Anbar Governorate. The explosion also caused significant damage to nearby buildings. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian barber was killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Zubair, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/28/2007: Unidentified gunmen shot dead Iraqi MP Selim Abdullah's two brothers in Shahrban area in al-Muqdadiya district of Diyala, 110km northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/15/2007: Mortar shells were fired at Ajeem village in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, injuring three residents. No group claimed responsibility in the attack.
07/10/2007: Sunni militants attacked a village in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. Twenty-five militants and eighteen civilians were killed and 40 civilians were injured in the assault. At the time of the attack there were no Iraqi police or military there to protect the village. No claim of responsibility was reported.
08/22/2007: Two civilians were shot and killed and three others wounded in Iskandriyah, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2007: Three Iraqi civilians (two males and one female) were killed and 10 Iraqi civilians (including five males and five females) were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a minibus near Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
01/10/2007: A suicide car bomber struck the vehicle of Brigadier General Najem Abdullah, the governor of Tal Afar at a gas station in Tal Afar, Iraq. The governor’s driver was injured and the car was destroyed. There was no claim of responsibility.
10/24/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed their home and shot them at approximately 6:00 PM in Zaghanya village, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/24/2007: One Iraqi Police officer and one Iraqi civilian were wounded when a single mortar shell launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 4:00 PM in Zayuna neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/03/2007: One Iraqi civilian male physician was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from their moving vehicle into his moving vehicle in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
02/09/2007: Thirteen men were kidnapped earlier in the day in Baghdad, Iraq; eleven were later found in the river murdered. The whereabouts of the other two victims and the perpetrators of this incident is unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/16/2007: Three policemen were killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2007: One Iraqi civilian (a local official of the Sadrist Movement) was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms fired at the offices of the Sadrist Movement in Hashimiyah, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/24/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed and 24 others were wounded when an unknown number of mortar shells fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators from Hidaid neighborhood landed at approximately 5:45 PM in Hibhib neighborhood, Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
06/14/2007: No casualties were reported but a mosque was damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated explosives at a Sunni mosque in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/03/2007: One Iraqi Police captain was killed and two other officers were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at them in Tikrit, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
11/29/2007: Two Iraqi policemen were injured when mortars hit a police station in Baqouba, Iraq in the country’s Diyala Governorate. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/03/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and five others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 6:00 PM in al-Fadhil neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/27/2007: Ausama al-Abadi, an Iraqi civilian and member of the Supreme Election Committee in Basra, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in the evening in Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq.
10/03/2007: One Iraqi civilian and one Polish bodyguard (Orzechowski, Bartosz of the Government Protection Bureau) were killed, five people, including Polish Ambassador to Iraq General Edward Pietrzyk, were wounded, and three sport utility vehicles were damaged when two or three improvised explosive devices (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in immediate succession adjacent to the Ambassador’s convoy at approximately 10:00 AM about 100 yards from the Polish Embassy in Karada neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
04/04/2007: Armed gunmen kidnapped 22 shepherds north of Karbala, Iraq when the Shi i shepherds wandered into an area dominated by Sunni extremists. The gunmen also stole the sheep that were being attended to by the shepherds. No one claimed responsibility for the mass abduction, and the fate of the kidnapped was unknown.
11/18/2007: Three civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a group of people waiting in line to purchase fuel in northern Baghdad, Iraq. No other damage was reported, and no one claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/18/2007: A policeman was injured when gunmen opened fire on the Al-Maqal police training center in Iraq’s Basra Governorate, north of Basra city. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
01/31/2007: Nine mortar shells rained down on the predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Azamiyah in northern Baghdad, Iraq. Six civilians were killed in the indiscriminate killings. Several other houses, shops, and streets were damaged. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/11/2007: Unidentified militants killed Sheikh Mubarak al-Juhaishi, a tribal chieftain, in Abu Maria, Iraq. The weapons used in the attack were not reported.
11/14/2007: A roadside bomb targeted an American patrol in the Salhiyah area of Baghdad, Iraq, killing two civilians and injuring three others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/05/2007: Sheik Rahim al-Hifnawi, a junior aid to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, was killed by three unknown perpetrators firing small arms from an Opel sedan at approximately 11:00 PM as he walked near his home in Najaf, Najaf Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
08/28/2007: Firefights between police and armed gunmen killed 27 people and injured over 147 during a pilgrimage in Karbala, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
12/05/2007 A car bomb went off in Ba'qubah, Iraq, killing five and injuring 15. The perpetrator was unknown. The attack occurred the same day that U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited Baghdad.
06/27/2007: Unidentified gunmen killed four policemen and wounded one when they attacked a police station in the town of Kirkuk, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
08/24/2007: Sixty suspected Al-Qaida fighters attacked four police checkpoints and a headquarters building in Samarra, Iraq. Three people were killed and nine others were injured, both police and civilians. Sources indicated that the perpetrators used firearms and other weapons in the attack. The police apprehended 14 perpetrators.
10/26/2007: Six Iraqi Kurdish truck drivers were killed, six others were wounded, and six trucks carrying concrete blast walls for a U.S. base were damaged when three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated successively in proximity to the vehicles south of Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
11/22/2007: Three residents were cumulatively killed and 2 more were injured when gunmen attacked Al-Kubat and Al-Kilaeat villages in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. Police blamed Al Qaida in Iraq for the incident, but it was unknown whether the group claimed responsibility. Nineteen attackers were also killed in the incident.
06/10/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed and five others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a U.S. Army convoy at approximately 6:00 PM in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/08/2007: A bomb placed by unknown perpetrators under a car in an Al-Za'faraniyah market in south Baghdad, Iraq killed 3 and wounded another civilian. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/08/2007: Ten Iraqi bodyguards and four Iraqi civilians, including the wife, son, and two brothers of Balda District Police Chief Col. Ali Dilayan al-Jorani, were killed and two of his sons and one daughter were kidnapped when 50 al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) perpetrators attacked the colonel’s home with small arms (assault rifles and machine guns) at approximately 6:30 AM in Al Mat-hana neighborhood of Kanan, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/04/2007: Five Iraqi civilians were kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in Fallujahh, al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/09/2007: One Iraqi Police commando and one Iraqi civilian were killed and seven other Iraqi civilians were wounded when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated adjacent to a police vehicle in the predominantly-Shi’i al-Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/12/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and eight others (including four children) were wounded when three mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed on a home in Doura neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/07/2007: Five Iraqi civilians were killed and 15 others were wounded when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated at approximately 1:00 PM near Habaibna Restaurant in Talibia neighborhood, Sadr City District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/23/2007: Unknown assailants detonated a car bomb in Jbala town in Babil province, Iraq, killing 3 people. It is unknown if there were any other casualties. No one claimed responsibility.
10/09/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and six others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:00 AM in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
02/28/2007: Five mortar rounds exploded at a crowded market in the Shurta al- Rabia neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. Four people were killed and 20 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/22/2007: A married couple was attacked by gunmen in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, but reports indicated that they survived, though no details about injuries were given. Both the husband and wife were reporters. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/07/2007: A suicide bomber, driving an explosive laden truck, killed at least twenty eight people and injured nineteen in Tal Afar, Ninawa, Iraq. The attack took place in Iraq’s Shi i area of Tal Afar in the Ninawa Governorate. Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, authorities believe it is the work of local Iraqi insurgents.
10/14/2007: Salih Said Aldin, an Iraqi civilian journalist working for the Washington Post, was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head delivered by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators in Saidiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
11/29/2007: Twelve people were killed and 25 were injured when rockets hit the Al-Salam village in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian barber was killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Abu al-Khasib, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/02/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and five others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol at approximately 8:00 AM in Salman Pak neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
02/28/2007: Around 10 am local time, a car bomb went off at a busy wholesale food market in Baghdad, Iraq. 10 people were killed and 7 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/12/2007: Gunmen killed five people and wounded three others in attacks in the Salah ad Din (Governorate) province north of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks. The weapons used by the attackers were not reported.
07/16/2007: A car-bomb went off near Hussein Square in Baghdad, Iraq, a busy commercial district. Ten people were killed and 25 were wounded. Several restaurants were also damaged. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/13/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and one other was wounded when an unknown number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed between 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Saidiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/30/2007: A Sunni Iraqi journalist, Abdul-Rahman al-Essawi, and his family of seven were murdered while they slept by unknown gunmen 10 miles west of Fallujah, Iraq. No one has taken responsibility for the killings.
05/01/2007: Gunmen fired on a car near the town of Latifiyah. The attack resulted in three dead and six injured. The attack took place 45 minutes after the initial attack in Iskandariyah, Iraq. The attackers were not identified. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. The motives were not described though it was considered part of the Sunni-Shi i struggle for power in Iraq.
08/22/2007: A suicide bomber on a bike detonated in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, killing scores of civilians and wounding 37 more. The identity of the perpetrator of this incident and the exact number of deaths are unknown.
10/03/2007: Thirteen Iraqi civilians riding in three minibuses were kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms when the victims’ vehicles were stopped at a false checkpoint in Khalis, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
07/21/2007: Five people were killed and 12 others were wounded by a roadside bomb explosion in al-Baladiyat district east of Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was issued.
11/20/2007: Two people were shot and killed by gunmen in the Atifyah area of northern Baghdad. No one claimed responsibility for the shooting.
09/23/2007: A masked terrorist group, the Islamic State in Iraq (an alleged front for al Qaida), shot and killed five blindfolded abductees from Baquba, Iraq. Their killing was posted in video format on the internet with a message warning President George W. Bush.
01/22/2007: Coordinated mortar fire and a roadside bomb killed 12 people at a market in the town of Khalis, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. No claims of responsibility were forthcoming.
01/22/2007: Twin car bombs left 88 dead and 160 wounded in the Haraj market in Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/08/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and four others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 10:00 AM near Salahuddin Square in Kadhimiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
11/20/2007: Two civilians were killed in a random shooting in western Baghdad’s Mansur district. No one claimed responsibility for the incident.
03/27/2007: A car bomber in Ramadi, Iraq, detonated a bomb near a market, killing at least ten. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/21/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers, including a chief of a police center, were killed and two others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their patrol in the morning east of Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
07/06/2007: The main oil pipeline in southern Iraq was sabotaged by an explosive device in the Udwaniya region. Oil production capacity was expected to decrease. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/27/2007: A farmer was injured by a roadside bomb that detonated in the Aziziyah village in Iraq’s Kirkuk Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2007: Gunmen clad as police commandos bombed a Sunni mosque in Basra, Iraq, during the early hours. The mosque, which lies in al-Shamshomiyah area in central Basra, suffered severe damage. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/01/2007: A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle near the al-Madain Hospital in Baghdad's Salaman Pak area, killing at least one civilian and wounding four others. The attack took place along the main road that links Baghdad to the south of the country. It has often been the scene of sectarian violence and terrorist attacks.
11/2007: An Iraqi suicide bomber's plot was foiled because he was intercepted in the delivery of explosives. No group claimed responsibility in the attempted attack.
05/04/2007: Mahdi gunmen fired automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades at SCIRI office in the Habibiya district of Baghdad. Two guards were injured. No deaths were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. No property damage was reported.
2/10/2007: One soldier was killed and several other people were injured in car bomb attack in Mosul, Iraq. The perpetrator of this incident was unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/25/2007: Shi i militants bombed a Sunni mosque in Haswa, Southern Iraq which lead to no casualties. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/28/2007: An Iraqi Police officer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from a vehicle in central Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
11/22/2007: A roadside bomb injured two Iraqi police officers on patrol in the Jisr Diyala area of Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/13/2007: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Iraqi Parliament canteen in the heart of Baghdad's Green Zone, killing up to eight people in what was perceived as a staggering breach of security at Iraq's most heavily guarded site. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/04/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed and eight more were wounded when a stationay vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 12:00 PM near the former bus station in Wihda neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
01/23/2007: A car bomb claimed the life of a civilian and wounded 4 others near the Iraqi Finance Ministry in Shi i neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. Although no group has claimed responsibility, Sunni extremists are believed to be behind the attack.
04/29/2007: Amal al-Moudares, one of Iraq's best known radio and television journalists, was shot and seriously wounded in an attack near her home in Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
12/01/2007: A roadside bomb went off in Baghdad, Iraq, wounding 3 policemen. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were killed when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted inside a Kia minibus by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 1:45 PM at Adan intersection in Kadhimiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
11/15/2007: A roadside bomb targeted Iraqi police in Kirkuk, Iraq, injured six soldiers. No group claimed responsibility in the attack.
02/28/2007: Unknown gunmen attacked a police vehicle in Beji City, some 200 km north of Baghdad, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and 2 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/14/2007: A car bomb went off in east Baghdad, Iraq, targeting a police patrol. Eight people were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at them as the officers guarded the Al Mamoun Intermediate School. The police returned fire killing two perpetrators and wounding one more. The incident occured at approximately 12:30 PM in west Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian barber was killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Abu al-Khasib, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/14/2007: Three Iraqi bodyguards were killed and two others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at the convoy of Dr. Hatim Mukhlis (General Secretary of the National Iraqi Movement) at approximately 5:00 PM in Sari, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
05/01/2007: At 6:45 AM gunmen attacked travelers on a highway near Iskandariyah, roughly 30 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. The attack resulted in 11 dead and three injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. The attackers were not identified. The motives were not described though it was considered part of the Sunni-Shi i struggle for power in Iraq.
02/24/2007: A truck exploded at a Sunni mosque in Habbaniyah, about 50 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq. Thirty five people were killed and 60 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/29/2007: Five people were injured in Baghdad, Iraq when a roadside bomb detonated near the Al-Shaab stadium. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/08/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were killed, including two children in a busy market in Kufa, Iraq. Seven others were wounded in the explosion that witnesses believed originated in a bag. Sunni insurgents were believed to behind the attacks.
12/03/2007: An education official was shot dead in Samarra, Iraq, by an unknown assailant.
12/13/2007: The Dean of Baghdad's University of Technology was injured in an assassination attempt by unknown gunmen in Baghdad, Iraq. Professor Sabah Tariq al-Hassani's daughter was also injured in the attack.
06/04/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of mortar rounds fired by unknown perpetrators landed sometime between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in the Green Zone, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/30/2007: Nazar Abdul-Wahid, a journalist with multiple agencies in Iraq, was killed when militants shot him dead on the street from their car in Amarah, Iraq. No one has taken responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2007: One Iraqi Army soldier was killed, three other Iraqi Army soldiers were wounded, and a hotel was damaged when an unspecified number of mortar rounds launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in the evening on an Iraqi Army barracks in Saif Saad neighborhood, Karbala, Karbala Governorate, Iraq.
04/12/2007: Ten people were killed and 26 were wounded when a suicide truck bomber detonated explosives on the al-Sarafiya bridge in northern Baghdad, Iraq. The blast heavily damaged the bridge and sent cars plunging into the Tigris River below. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms at approximately 10:00 AM near the city center in Diwaniya, Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq.
09/29/2007: Three soldiers and three civilians were killed and seventeen others wounded when a suicide bomber blew up a car near a group of Iraqi Army vehicles near Mosul in Ninawa, Iraq. An army vehicle and nearby civilian cars and buildings were damaged in the blast. No group claimed immediate responsibility.
06/25/2007: South of Baghdad, in the town of Hilla, Iraq, a suicide bomber slammed into a crowd of recruits waiting outside a police academy, killing eight and wounding several dozen. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/31/2007: Two simultaneous bombs struck separate areas in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least six people and wounding 15 others. One of the blasts targeted a transit area in central Baghdad where minibuses transport civilians into Shi i neighborhoods. The attack occurred at 12:45 near the busy Shorja market, killing four people and wounding 12 others. At the same time, another parked car packed with explosives blew up in a religiously mixed neighborhood of Maamoun, killing two civilians and wounding three others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/29/2007: Gunmen opened fire on the convoy of Hawijah district mayor Amar Mohammad al-Hamadani in Iraq’s Kirkuk governorate. The mayor was injured, and one of his guards was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/05/2007: A car bomb detonated in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 15, injuring 28, and damaging a mosque. The perpetrator was unknown. The attack occurred the same day that U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited Baghdad.
06/08/2007: Five Iraqi civilians, including at least one female, were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at a vehicle in the late evening on a roadway near Kanan, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/21/2007: A woman was killed and six others wounded when a suicide car bomb, thought to be targeting an Iraqi army patrol, went off in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/12/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers and two Iraqi civilians were killed and 15 other persons were wounded when a parked vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a police convoy at approximately 1:00 PM near the Al Khayam Building in Bab al-Sharji neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
12/09/2007: An Iraqi police chief and two of his guards were killed in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq's Babel Governorate. Six other were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/24/2007: Gunmen attack a checkpoint in Samarra, Iraq killing two civilians and injuring seven. The perpetrators were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
04/23/2007: One civilian was killed and two police officers were wounded when a bomb exploded close to a police patrol near the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
03/20/2007: Four people were killed and 21 wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Sheikh Omar industrial area of central Baghdad, Iraq, a security official said. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/20/2007: Two people were killed and six others wounded when a booby-trapped car exploded in the Al-Karradah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, on 20 March. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/11/2007: An Iraqi civilian (the son of an Islamic Party official) was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms at his vehicle in northeastern Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
03/31/2007: Two car bombs and a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, killed seven more people and wounding up to 47 others. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/26/2007: A bomb exploded inside the headquarters of the Iraqi Ministry of Public Works in an unidentified city in Iraq. Five people were killed and the Iraqi vice president and the minister were wounded. The attack came as the Iraqi cabinet approved a draft oil law crucial to regulating how wealth from the country's vast oil reserves will be shared by its ethnic and sectarian groups. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2007: Three Iraqi civilians (a father and his two sons) were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated on a roadside in Sadda neighborhood, Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
12/25/2007: At a military checkpoint north of Baiji City, Iraq, a suicide bomber blew up his gas cylinder-filled truck, killing twenty people, injuring more than 80 others, and causing several nearby buildings to suffer material damage. The military checkpoint was jointly guarded by members of the Iraqi army and the "Awakening Force." Many people gathered around the suicide bomber’s truck, expecting to buy gas, when he detonated the explosives.
03/25/2007: Ansar al-Islam gunmen bombed Sana-Tel telephone tower and wounded the policemen guarding it in the Kurdish north of Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/24/2007: Unknown gunmen attacked a minibus with firearms and then blew it up in the Hussieniyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. 13 people were killed and 4 others were injured. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/09/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed and seven others were wounded when an unknown number of Ansar al-Sunna perpetrators fired two mortar shells at a residential area of Samarra, Salah ad-Din Governorate, Iraq. Ansar Al-Sunna later claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/20/2007: A car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, killed five civilians and injured over 20 more. The bomber was unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
04/28/2007: Sixty-eight people were killed and 178 were wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded near the shrines of Imam Abbas and Imam Hussein, major Shi i saints, in Karbala Iraq. The bomb exploded as civilians were headed to prayer, there was no claim of responsibility.
10/14/2007: Three Iraqi civilian Sunni Arab males (including a journalist for a newspaper in Salaheddin, a driver, and a bodyguard) were killed and two others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their vehicle from a moving vehicle on the Riyadh-Kirkuk Highway near Hawdh village, Riyadh, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
07/27/2007: A suicide attacker exploded his car in a crowd of people cheering an Iraqi national soccer team victory near the al-Riwad ice cream shop in the predominantly Sunni Mansour neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq. At least 30 people were killed and 75 wounded. No claim of responsibility was issued.
04/16/2007: Talal Younis al-Jalili, dean of the political science college of Mosul University, in Mosul, Iraq was killed by unknown armed men in front of the University main gate. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/02/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and one more was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at a group of Police officers in Hilla, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
08/21/2007: A roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, killed two people and injured four others. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2007: An Iraqi civilian energy worker of the Hawija Electricity Directorate was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in the evening in al-Ahnaf village, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. The victim’s fate was not reported.
05/10/2007: A roadside bomb blew up near the car of Ahmed Tariq al-Hashimi, son of Sunni vice president. The explosion took place in the Amriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Ahmed survived the attack though he suffered several wounds. No group claimed responsibility. Specific motivations for the attack remain unknown.
01/31/2007: A parked car bomb struck a police patrol in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, killing one policeman and wounding two others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/18/2007: Three United States soldiers and three Iraqi children were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up next to where the soldiers were handing out toys to the kids. Seven children were also wounded in the attack in Baqouba, a city north of Baghdad in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. The US military blamed the attack on Al-Qaida in Iraq, but no one claimed responsibility.
11/18/2007: One policeman was killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated at a police station in Tikrit, a city in Iraq’s Salah ad Din Governorate. Officers found the IED and thought they had defused it, so they were holding onto it as evidence. There were no other casualties, and no one claimed responsibility for building and planting the IED.
08/21/2007: Gunmen killed seven family members in Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
12/02/2007: Fourteen people were injured when an unknown insurgent ran an explosive laden car into police building in Ba'qubah, Iraq.
06/13/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and two others were wounded when an unknown number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed between 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM at a Police station in Mishahda neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/29/2007: A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi military convoy killed two soldiers near Iraq’s Bamo village in the Kirkuk Governorate. Their vehicle was also destroyed by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and two others were wounded when an unknown number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed between 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM in I’lam neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/15/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were killed and two multi-national force (MNF) soldiers (nationality unspecified) and 12 Iraqi civilians were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired an unspecified number of mortar rounds and subsequently fired on an MNF counterattack with small arms at a multi-national force base five kilometers south of Diwaniyah, Al Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq.
05/12/2007: A group of gunmen stormed the house of a police colonel in the city, broke two arms and brutally slaughtered his young daughter in front of him before they fled the scene. No group claimed responsibility. The weapons were not described in the report.
01/10/2007: Two civilians were killed when two bombs exploded almost simultaneously near a gas station in Mahmoudiya district of Baghdad, Iraq. Several cars were also destroyed; there was no claim of responsibility.
04/03/2007: Two college students were killed in Baghdad, Iraq when a roadside bomb blew up next to their vehicle in the Saidiyah area of the city. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/19/2007: A suicide car bomb exploded at the house of the major Amir Naief al-Khazraji, the commander of the Iraqi National Guards, in Duluiyah City, some 90 km north of Baghdad, Iraq. Five people were killed and 15 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/17/2006: A car-bomb exploded in Kirkuk's Haseer market in Kirkuk, Iraq. No casualties were reported. No claim of responsibility was issued.
03/27/2007: Two Chaldean Catholic nuns were killed by intruders in their home near Kirkuk's Cathedral of the Virgin in Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/23/2007: A car bomb killed 4 in Baghdad at a used car lot on Eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/24/2007: A suicide truck bomber attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint north of the city of Ramadi, Iraq, and killed 13 people, including four policemen. There was no claim of responsibility.
10/08/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and three others were wounded when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated approximately 200 yards from the Polish Embassy in Arasat neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
11/10/2007: A roadside bomb hit a bus in Mosul, Iraq, killing four people and wounding six. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/14/2007: A suicide bomber attacked an outdoor market in Tuz Khormato, Iraq, during midday shopping, killing 8 and wounding 25. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/25/2007: Twenty-six people were killed and 54 others were wounded as a suicide car bomber struck a mostly Shi’i neighborhood in central Baghdad, Iraq. The blast followed a two rocket attacks that slammed into the heavily fortified Green Zone. Three Iraqi policemen were included in the 26 killed. The blast destroyed three minivans, 11 cars and dozens of shops. Sunni extremists are suspected to be behind the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/19/2007: The decapitated bodies of nine policemen were found in an Al-Qaida area of Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/11/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 10:00 AM adjacent to their vehicle near the Shoala Bridge in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/11/2007: Four Iraqi Kurdish paramilitaries and four Iraqi civilians were wounded when a single unknown suicide truck bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 3:00 PM at a checkpoint adjacent to the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in northeastern Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
03/31/2007: Six civilians were wounded in an explosive charge blast targeting an Iraqi police patrol in Mosul, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Four Iraqi police officers were wounded when unknown perpetrators fired an unknown number of mortar shells at a police joint coordination center at Basra International Airport (BSR) at dawn in al-Hakimiyah neighborhood, Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/27/2007: In one of two truck bombings carried out by suspected Sunni militants in Tal Afar, Iraq, 152 people were killed and 347 were wounded when a truck containing flour exploded near a wholesale market on the city's north side. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/26/2007: A roadside bomb detonated near a passing police patrol in the Rustamiyah area in southern Baghdad, Iraq. A police vehicle was damaged and two police officers were killed. One person was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/25/2007: A bomb thrown inside a Sunni mosque in the town of Iskandiriyah, south of Baghdad, Iraq, wounded two people. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/07/2007: The largest suicide bombing of the Iraq war to date was set off in the small village of Amerli in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. Over 150 people were killed and 250 wounded in the truck bomb attack on the Turkomen village. Fifty homes were destroyed in the attack where many people were trapped beneath the rubble. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/09/2007: One Iraqi Police officer and two perpetrators were killed when two unknown suicide bombers were fired on by Iraqi Police and one of their vests detonated, detonating the other’s vest as well, at approximately 12:30 PM at a Police checkpoint in Baqouba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/07/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at him outside his home in Diwaniya, Najaf Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/07/2007: Two suicide car bomb attacks struck a police station and market near the city of Ramadi, Iraq, killing 20 people and wounding 40 others. One suicide car attack struck a market in an area outside Ramadi roughly 60 miles west of Baghdad. The attack killed 10 people and wounded 30 more. A second suicide bomber drove a car equipped with explosives into the Salam police station near Ramadi killing five policemen, five civilians, and wounding 10 others. There was no claim of responsibility. The specifics about the explosives were not documented. No motivations for the attack were listed.
11/28/2007: Gunmen shot and killed an Iraqi policeman in the city of Mosul in the country’s Ninawa Province. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/21/2007: Two successive roadside bombs targeting police patrols in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, explode, wounding five. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/05/2007: Eleven people were killed and twenty others were wounded after a bomb exploded in the morning rush hour as buses were gathering to pick up passengers heading for work in the Sadr City district of Baghdad. Sunni extremists are suspected.
06/03/2007: Ayad Shihab Ahmed, a manager of the Central Bank of Iraq, and his brother were shot and killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms from a vehicle at approximately 4:00 PM in al-Amil neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/27/2007: Eight Iraqi civilians were killed and 13 others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a garbage pile by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 7:30 AM outside a group of restaurants frequented by government employees and construction workers in Jisr Diyala, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/14/2007: One Iraqi oil guard was killed and another was wounded when they engaged an unknown number of unknown perpetrators who were attempting to plant explosives at an oil pipeline and the perpetrators returned fire with small arms at approximately 3:00 AM at Pipeline 14 near the Imam Ali Mosque in Zubair, Basra Governorate, Iraq.
02/08/2007: Fourteen family members were killed, execution style, in Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/01/2007: A suicide bomber attacked a crowd of mourners at a funeral killing 32 people and injuring 65. The funeral was located in Khalis, roughly 50 miles north of Baghdad. The explosive device was a belt of bombs that were hidden under the attacker’s clothing. He attacked in the morning when the greatest number of mourners was expected. The attacker is believed to be part of al-Qaeda in Iraq and of Sunni descent but there was no confirmation.
08/21/2007: An Iraqi provincial governor was assassinated by a roadside bomb in Rumaitha, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
03/30/2007: In the Tal Afar District of Iraq, several booby-trapped cars blew up in residential areas, leading to revenge killings later that day. The events lead to the deaths of 190 people. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/10/2007: A male suicide bomber killed four and injured 10 civilians in a crowded market near a police station in the Al-Khadra neighborhood of Tal Afar, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
11/29/2007: A member of the Al-Adl Awakening Council in Baghdad, Iraq was shot and killed by a man who worked as a bodyguard for Adnan al-Dulaymi, the head of the Iraqi Accord Front political party. It was unclear whether al-Dulaymi had foreknowledge of plans to murder Umar Muhammad.
06/13/2007: The Sunni Abdullah Jubburi Mosque was damaged when explosives planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated inside it in the afternoon in Iskandariya, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/27/2007: In one of two truck bombings carried out by suspected Sunni militants in Tal Afar, Iraq, one person was killed and four wounded when a truck containing vegetables exploded near a wholesale market on the city's north side. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/12/2007: A bridge was damaged when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpatrators was detonated on it at approximately 7:30 AM between al-Qariya al-Asriyah and al-Rashayed, Babil Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/19/2007: A roadside bomb exploded in the Shi ite area of Zafraniyah in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq. Three police officers were killed and two civilians were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2007: Suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) perpetrators detonated explosives attached to the busy Sarha Bridge on the Baghdad-Kirkuk road near Taz Khurmato, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/27/2007: Unidentified gunmen killed a police officer who was reporting for duty in Mosul, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/20/2007: Two civilians were killed and seven others were injured when a car bomb exploded in Bayaa, a neighborhood in southwest Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. The bomb was targeting a police patrol.
06/13/2007: No casualties were reported but a shrine was damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated explosives at approximately 5:00 PM at Ali Kamal al-Deen Shrine in Arab Thuailib village, Khalis District, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/10/2007: A female suicide bomber wearing an Islamic gown blew herself up in a crowd of men waiting outside a police recruiting station in Muqdadiyah, Iraq. Seventeen people were killed and another 33 were injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/06/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired at them with small arms in Balad, Salah ad-Din Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/05/2007: Sheik Abdul-Rahim Mohammed Naief, head of the Sadrist movement’s office in Jibala, was killed by an unknown number of Ansar al-Sunna perpetrators who fired small arms at him as he drove his car at approximately 7:30 AM near the bus station in Jibala, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. Ansar al-Sunna later claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/27/2007: Eight people were killed and 13 were injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-lined vest at the police headquarters of Diyala (Governorate) in Baquouba, Iraq. Both civilians and policemen were among the dead and wounded. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/24/2007: Seventy gunmen disguised as Iraqi soldiers riding in Iraqi army Humvees raided al-Madhaif, a mixed Sunni-Shi i farming village about 15 miles northwest of the city of Baqouba, Iraq in Diyala Governorate. Six civilians were killed, 15 were injured as the gunmen broke into homes and set 5 homes on fire. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/27/2007: Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol in the city of Al-Hawijah in Iraq’s Kirkuk Governorate, injuring one policeman. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/20/2007: Two journalists were killed and two kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/11/2007: A suicide car bomber attacked a flatbed truck full of Shi ite pilgrims in downtown Baghdad, killing 32 and wounding 24. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/07/2007: A suicide bomber attacked the headquarters of the Kurdish Democratic Party in Kirkuk, Iraq. Apart from the perpetrator, the number of dead was not known. At least twenty people were injured and the blast set fire to six cars. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/20/2007: A car bomb attack killed one person and wounded six in Mujamma al-Misham market in south Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/03/2007: Militants fired rockets into the fortified Green Zone in the center of Baghdad, Iraq. Four Filipino contractors were killed while working on a structure for the U.S. government. The attack was perceived to be an attempt to delay or negatively affect Iraq’s parliamentary meetings in the Green Zone. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/31/2007: Five were killed and 22 were wounded by a car bomb in Sadr City, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/01/2007: An Iraqi civilian university professor of agriculture was killed and six other Iraqi civilians (including four students and two police officers) were wounded when a single unknown suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 12:45 PM outside the main gate of Mosul University in Jamaa neighborhood, Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/25/2007: Four Iraqi civilian children were killed and a residential building was damaged when eight mortar rounds launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 12:00 PM in Ijimi village, Khalis, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
06/06/2007: The manager of the Rafidain Bank branch in Safwan was kidnapped and his wife was wounded by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in the evening in Safwan, al-Basrah Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/04/2007: Two carloads of unidentified gunmen ambushed and killed a top aide to Iraq's Finance Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. They also killed the aide's driver.
11/12/2007: In one of two attacks, al-Qaida in Iraq attacked a checkpoint manned by volunteer fighters in Adawaniyah, Iraq. The weapons used in the attack were not reported. Ten volunteers were killed as were over six perpetrators.
06/08/2007: Nineteen Iraqi civilians and one perpetrator were killed and 20 were wounded when two explosions occurred in Dakok, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/28/2007: Gunmen severely injured an Iraqi policeman in the city of Mosul in the country’s Ninawa Province when they opened fire on him near his house. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/29/2007: Two policemen were killed and two others wounded when gunmen opened fire on the traffic police chief's convoy as it passed through a district of northern Baghdad, Iraq, near the Sunni al-Nida mosque. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/07/2007: Three Iraqi Police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol vehicle in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/09/2007: Unknown gunmen kidnapped Iraqi Brigadier General Abdul Razaq Aseel, director of U.S. and Iraqi Joint Coordination Center (JCC) in the Iraqi northern city of Mosul. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/21/2007: Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a suicide bombing near the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Mosul, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/11/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in al-Wathiq Square, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/22/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed when a single mortar round launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed on his house in the morning in Eskandariyah, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
06/06/2007: Seven Iraqi civilians were killed and 27 others were wounded when two simultaneous vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated and one was subsequently disarmed at major intersections in Kazimiyah district, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/26/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were wounded when an unspecified number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in central Hilla, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
06/11/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when an unknown number of mortar shells fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in Al Khloof village in Khan Bani Saad, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/02/2007: Alaa al-Zubaidi, an Iraqi civilian female primary school teacher, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from a vehicle in Suwayra, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
06/04/2007: One Iraqi civilian barber was killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Abu al-Khasib, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed, three others were wounded, and a Humvee was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:00 AM adjacent to a U.S. military convoy near Oqba bin Nafi’ roundabout in Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
12/03/2007: Sheikh Atallah Iskandar Habib, a member of the pro-government Kirkuk Salvation Front, and his driver were shot dead in al-Hawija, Iraq, by unidentified militants.
10/23/2007: One Iraqi civilian was wounded and several vehicles were damaged when a car bomb planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated inside a vehicle on a main road south of Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
02/09/2007: Gunmen killed fourteen members of the same family in Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/10/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to an Iraqi Police patrol at approximately 11:30 PM near the al-Tahadi Bridge in Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/13/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and six others were wounded when an unknown number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed between 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Turath neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/27/2007: Ten Iraqi’s were killed and nine injured in Sinjar, Iraq when a suicide bomber detonated his truck. A tribal leader opposed to Al-Qaida in Iraq was the suspected target. The leader survived but his son was killed. This attack occurred as part of an increase in violence during Ramadan.
07/28/2007: A parked car bomb exploded in a busy shopping street in predominantly Shi i eastern Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, killing at least four people and wounding 10. The blast struck about noon, a peak time for street vendors and nearby stores along the Maaskar al-Rashid street. Several stores also were damaged. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/25/2007: A suicide car bomber struck a checkpoint near the governor's offices in the predominantly Shi i southern city of Hillah, Iraq, killing at least eight people and wounding 31, police said. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/10/2007: A bomb wounded a traffic policeman in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
01/21/2007: A parked car armed with a bomb exploded outside a restaurant in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, killing one person and wounding five. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/16/2007: Two Iraqi Army soldiers and two Iraqi civilians were killed, 17 Iraqi civilians and three Iraqi soldiers were wounded, and at least one Iraqi Army vehicle was destroyed when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:45 AM in front of a gas station across the street from an Iraqi Army checkpoint near al-Naser Square on al-Sadoon Street in central Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
09/17/2007: A mortar attack killed two people and wounded four in Samarra, Iraq. The perpetrators were not identified and the target was unknown. The incidents took place as part of a string of incidents sweeping through Iraq during the beginning of Ramadan.
08/27/2007: A suicide bomber blew himself up among worshippers in Fallujah, Iraq. At least nine people were killed and eleven more were wounded. The perpetrator was unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
06/27/2007: A car bomb exploded at an intersection in the northwestern Kadhimiyah neighbourhood of Baghdad, Iraq, which houses the revered shrine of Shi i Imam Musa Kadhim. Ten people were killed. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/29/2007: A car bomb exploded at a bus station in a mostly Shi i west Baghdad neighborhood, killing 22 people. In addition to the dead, more than 50 people were wounded in the rush-hour blast in the Baiyaa neighborhood. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/11/2007: The Islamic State of Iraq, a Sunni extremist group, burned homes of Diyala Governorate villagers who would not join the group, accusing them of being members of the Mahdi Army. 30 people were killed in the attack.
06/06/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol in the evening near a fire brigade building in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/13/2007: One Iraqi civilian was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at him from a Toyota pickup truck and a Nissan pickup truck in Sylo neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
06/27/2007: The predominantly Sunni town of Samarra, north of Baghdad, Iraq, was shaken by a roadside bomb which targetted a police patrol, killing five police officers and two civilians.The attack, which wounded another two people including a policeman, took place in a neighbourhood near the revered Shi i shrine of Al-Askari. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/11/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:00 AM at the entrance of Kifah Street near Shorja Market in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/10/2007: Four Iraqi police officers, including a lieutenant, were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) hidden inside a coffin by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated sometime prior to 5:00 PM in al-Saydiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/06/2007: Two Iraqi civilians and one perpetrator were killed and one Iraqi Police officer and five Iraqi civilians were wounded when Iraqi Police officers shot an unknown suicide truck bomber attempting to attack a police checkpoint and his vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated in Zangora District west of Ramadi, al-Anbar Province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/10/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and five others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired a Katyusha rocket and it landed on a house in Tal Afar, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/11/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers and five Iraqi civilians were killed, 50 other persons were wounded, and seven buildings and six cars were destroyed when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 2:30 PM adjacent to a police convoy at a busy market in Shorja neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
02/25/2007: Two rockets slammed into a Shi ite enclave in Baghdad, Iraq after an exchange of artillery and mortar fire between U.S. troops and suspected Sunni insurgents. Ten people were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/28/2007: Ten people taking a pilgrimage from Baghdad to Karbala, Iraq, were wounded by unidentified gunmen.
03/25/2007: The director of a gas plant was shot dead by gunmen outside his home in Mosul, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/17/2007: Gunmen killed three civilians near Khan Bani Saad in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. A police official in Baquba said. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/08/2007: Eight civilians were killed and 15 injured in two separate car bombs in the Shi i Karrada district of Baghdad, Iraq. The bombs were detonated five minutes apart. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/08/2007: Six policemen were killed when an explosive charge went off near their patrol north of Fallujah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2007: Seven Iraqi civilians were killed, 25 others were wounded, and five houses were damaged when unknown perpetrators fired at least 18 mortar shells into a Sunni enclave between 1:30 AM and 7:00 AM in al-Fadhil neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/08/2007: Three policemen were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Mandala area of Baquba, Iraq.
10/22/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed, four Iraqi civilians were wounded, and an Iraqi Police vehicle was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 2:00 PM on a roadside near the third bridge in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
11/24/2007: Gunmen opened fire on a crowd of civilians in Mosul in Iraq’s Ninawa Governorate. No one was killed, but one woman was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
06/11/2007: One Iraqi Army soldier was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol vehicle in al-Khalis, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/10/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 9:00 AM on a roadside near the Vegetable Oils Plant in Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
08/22/2007: A suicide bomber detonated near a crowd of civilians in Baiji, Iraq, leaving twenty dead and over forty injured. The bomber was unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 10:00 AM adjacent to his vehicle in Zayouna (District), Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/23/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 7:45 AM adjacent to his vehicle in Zafaraniyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
12/03/2007: An assistant to the Interior Minister was shot dead in his car in Baghdad, Iraq, by an unknown assailant.
01/24/2007: Two people were killed and 20 others were wounded when mortar rounds hit the main entrance of a medical compound in central Baghdad, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/11/2007: One Iraqi civilian male was killed and two others were wounded by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from a vehicle in Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/05/2007: Five Christian Iraqi civilians were kidnapped in the Kurdish part of southern Iraq near Tuz Khormato. A woman and four men were kidnapped. The woman was released. The demand for the four men is 40,000 dollars. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/11/2007: Coordinated attacks against Shi i civilians in Baghdad killed 23 and wounded 33 while observing the holiday Arbaeen with Vehicle-borne IEDs. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/27/2007: Nine children were killed in shootings in Amel, southwestern Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/20/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed and nine more were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 6:30 AM adjacent to their vehicle on the Baghdad-Hilla Road in Iskandriya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
05/12/2007: Unidentified gunmen attacked a convoy comprised of a large number of fueld tanker trucks while they were heading from the Baiji Refinery in the Salah al-Din Governorate to Tuz Khurmatu City, Iraq. Five tanker trucks were destroyed. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility. The weapons used were not identified. The motivation was not revealed.
06/04/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were injured when an unknown number of mortar rounds fired by unknown perpetrators landed sometime between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Nafaq al-Shurta neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/08/2007: An Iraqi civilian barber was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms at his vehicle in the morning as he drove between the villages of Ubaidyah and Hawdh, approximately 13 kilometers west of Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
01/24/2007: Four policemen were killed and three civilians were wounded when a suicide car bomber attacked a police patrol in western Baghdad, Iraq. In the Amriyah district, the bomber blew up his car near a fuel station, destroying two police vehicles and damaging several civilian cars. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and five others were wounded when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 1:10 PM near the Khansa Police Station in Kamaliyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
11/27/2007: A woman suicide bomber detonated her explosives near a foot patrol of American soldiers in the city of Baqouba in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate, killing two civilians and injuring six. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
11/07/2007: A bomb struck a police convoy southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one and injuring two others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2007: Six Iraqi Police officers were killed when an unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at an Iraqi Police checkpoint near the offices of the Salahuddin Revival Council in Yathreb, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
06/05/2007: One Iraqi civilian was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators and targeting a Multinational Force Iraq convoy detonated in the al-Wasiti neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/30/2007: Five British civilians were kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq, by unidentified gunmen. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/09/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and 11 others were wounded when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in quick succession at approximately 6:45 PM at an outdoor market near a bus station in Jisr Diyala neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/09/2007: Six Iraqi civilians were killed and 29 others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a park and a roundabout near the Shi i Khillani Mosque in Khillani neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/07/2007: One Iraqi civilian barber was killed and three Iraqi civilians were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at him and his patrons in a barber shop in Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/10/2007: A suicide bomber killed four Iraqi Sheiks who had gathered as part of the anti-al-Qaida Diyala Awakening Council in Diyala, Iraq. The chief of the Awakening Council was among the dead. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/20/2007: Seven people, including women and children, were killed and 20 wounded when several mortar rounds hit Baghdad’s southwest mixed district of Al-Shuhada, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/26/2007: A suicide bomber attacked a Shi i mosque in Mosul City, Iraq, killing one worshipper and wounding three others. The attacker could not enter the crowded mosque as militiamen guarding the mosque recognized him and shot him at the entrance. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/27/2007: In north Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded in a market, killing five people, according to a security official citing an initial report. The official said another 10 people were wounded. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/31/2007: Six civilians were wounded in an explosive charge blast targeting an Iraqi police patrol in Mosul, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/25/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and another was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at them outside their home in a village near Suwayra, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
03/24/2007: Five people were killed and 30 others wounded in a truck bomb outside a small Shi ite religious site near Al-Haswa, Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/15/2007: Unknown insurgents detonated a car bomb near a market in Abu Saydah, a mainly Shi i village in Diyala Governorate, just outside of Baghdad, Iraq. The car bomb killed at least 32 people, wounded at least 50 others, including Kadim Hussein, a 45 year old farmer. The blast also damaged nearby buildings and shops. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/28/2007: Several mortar rounds landed on a residential area in the al-Bunoug neighborhood, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, wounding a woman. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/22/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when a bomb concealed inside a gift by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
04/30/2007: A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle outside a police headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq killing five people and wounding 12. There was no claim of responsibility.
06/25/2007: Fifteen people were killed when a bomber ploughed an explosives-laden oil tanker into the police headquarters of the northern town of Baiji, Iraq, a local police officer said. Another 50 people, mostly civilians, were wounded. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/13/2007: The Sunni Grand Mosque was damaged when explosives planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated inside it in the afternoon in Iskandariya, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/21/2007: An Iraqi police captain was shot dead in Western Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/29/2007: Three Iraqis were killed and another 20 wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in southwestern Baghdad's Baya district, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/02/2007: A car bomb detonated in a parking garage in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least three people and wounding ten more. In addition, five cars and numerous buildings were damaged by the bomb. The blast was targeting a governmental property registration agency. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated next to their vehicle on a roadside in Dagghara, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
03/22/2007: An explosion in Iraq near a conference where Ban Ki-Moon was speaking, causing the Secretary-General to duck behind a desk in Baghdad. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/11/2007: Khairallah Fakhri Ahmed, an Iraqi Sunni civilian and Director-General of the Central Bank of Mosul, and two of his bodyguards were killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from two vehicles at approximately 8:00 AM outside his home in al-Hadbaa neighborhood, Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/03/2007: Unidentified gunmen ambushed police in Mosul, Iraq, killing four police officers. Seven of the attackers were killed in the incident.
10/07/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and four others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 8:00 AM between the Baghdad Provincial Council Building and the Iranian Embassy in Salhiya (District), Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/14/2007: Iraqi Police Major Waheed Dulaimi and four members of his family were killed, eight other Iraqi civilians were wounded, and six houses were damaged when a single unknown suicide car bomber rammed a vehicle into Dulami’s home and detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in the afternoon in al-Baghdadi, Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi civilian Kurdish politician of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and one Iraqi civilian guard were killed and 19 people were wounded when a single unknown suicide bomber detonated a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in a minibus outside a KDP office in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/08/2007: Five Iraqi civilians were killed and fifteen others were wounded when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 1:00 PM in a parking lot at a market near Baghdad’s University of Technology in east Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated at approximately 2:00 PM near the bus station in al-Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: One Iraqi police officer was killed and six others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 10:00 PM adjacent to their patrol in al-Asriya neighborhood, Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
06/03/2007: Two civilians were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated near an SUV in a vehicle convoy between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in al-Qadisiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/20/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were killed, four other Iraqi Police officers were wounded, and two Police vehicles were damaged when a single unknown suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into a Police convoy and detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in the evening in al-Saqlawiyah, al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
11/20/2007: Gunmen killed an 18 year old girl after entering her home in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicles as they were responding to reports of a dead body near the corn storage plant in Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
05/31/2007: Approximately 25 police recruits and civilians were killed and 50 were wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a recruiting center in Fallujah of the Anbar province, Iraq. No group has taken responsibility for the attack.
11/20/2007: Two people were killed and one person was injured when gunmen attacked their vehicle in northern Baghdad, Iraq. One man, Dr. Musa Jaafar, was a geology expert for the government. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/31/2007: Three professors and a student were abducted by gunmen and then killed as they left Nahrain University's law school in a predominantly Shi i neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq. Nahrain University, formerly called Saddam University, is one of the main educational institutions in Baghdad. Academics and professors are frequents targets of the sectarian violence occurring in the eastern part of Baghdad. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/20/2007: Suspected Muslim rebels shot and killed Ghulam Mohammed Wani, a top politician in India’s pro-India party. Wani was killed in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir State. No group made a claim of responsibility for the assassination.
06/05/2007: One Iraqi civilian barber was killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms in the evening in Jaamiat neighborhood, Basra City, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/05/2007: One Iraqi civilian barber was killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms in the evening in Jaamiat neighborhood, Basra City, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/06/2007: A female employee of the land registry office was gunned down on her way to work in Mosul City, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/09/2007: Six Iraqi civilians were wounded when two mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 3:00 AM in a residential area of al-Mashtal neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
11/13/2007: A policeman and a civilian were killed and two others were injured in a bomb blast in the Mandali area of Baquba, Iraq. The blast was followed by an exchange of fire between police and gunmen. No group claimed responsibility in the attack.
10/09/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and 18 others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 6:00 PM outside the al-Safaa Pool in Al-Talibiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
02/26/2007: A female suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives blew herself up in the lobby of the Baghdad College of Economy and Administration in Baghdad, Iraq. Forty students were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/23/2007: A leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party was shot and killed in Mosul, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2007: An Iraqi Police lieutenant was killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed a police station in Tuz Khurmato, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
10/25/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when three mortar rounds launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed early in the day in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
03/20/2007: Three people were killed and seven wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Karrada district in Baghdad, Iraq near the 14th of July bridge, a security official said. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/03/2007: A suicide car bomber exploded his vehicle in the main Shi i district of Baghdad, Iraq. At least nine people, three policemen and six civilians, were killed as a result of the attack. In addition to those killed, 34 people were injured. No specifics were released regarding the type of explosive. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2007: Nine civilians and one Iraqi police officer were killed and 30 other civilians were wounded by the explosion of a car bomb planted by the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) near an open-air market and police station at about 12:00 PM in the Shi’ite enclave of Baladruz, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. ISI Later claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2007: No casualties were reported when a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle containing a 1,000-pound improvised explosive device (IED) and two tanks of chlorine gas at approximately 1:30 PM about 200 yards from the entrance to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Warhorse, just outside Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/26/2007: A roadside bomb injured two people in the Al-Zafaraniya neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. Some cars and houses were also damaged. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/30/2007: At least seven people were killed and many more wounded as gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Shi i pilgrims in Baghdad, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/06/2007: Seven Iraqi civilians were killed and 27 others were wounded when two simultaneous vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated and one was subsequently disarmed at major intersections in Kazimiyah district, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/22/2007: One Iraqi civilian bodyguard was killed and Jumana Al-Obaidi , an Iraqi civilian female journalist working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. .
02/03/2007: A suicide car bomber struck an ambulance and killed a woman that was being taken to the hospital in Mosul City, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/09/2007: Two Iraqi civilians (including a 10-year-old boy) were killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 6:00 PM on a roadside in front of a house in a residential neighborhood of Tuz Khurmato, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
12/02/2007: Two Iraqi policemen were killed and four were injured by a roadside bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq. The police were guarding the United Arab Emirates (UAE) embassy . The perpetrator(s) was unknown and there was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
03/28/2007: Seventeen people were killed and 32 injured by a suicide bomber in the western city of Ramadi, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/12/2007: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a café in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, killing eight people and wounding 20 more. Two members of parliament (MPs) and a parliamentary official were among those who were killed, and many of the wounded were also MPs. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2007: An Iraqi academic was assassinated in northern Baghdad, Iraq. Dr. Diyaa al-Maqwartar, who was teaching at Baghdad’s Mustaniriya university was also the chairman of a committee for consumer protection as well as being the chairman for a performance evaluation committee for a TV show broadcast. No one or group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/08/2007: Two Iraqi US Embassy workers were killed when the wife went to deliver a ransom for her husband who had been kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq. One of the couple's bodyguards was killed in the failed ransoming. The Islamic State of Iraq has taken responsibility for the killings.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi civilian railroad worker was killed and five others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their moving Kia minibus at approximately 2:00 PM under the Amil traffic bridge in Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and six others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at a Kia minibus at approximately 1:00 PM in Saidiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/03/2007: Ghanim al-Sabawi, a tribal sheik, was shot and killed in the afternoon by unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/25/2007: At least four people were killed and 18 others were wounded as a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded in a Shi’i market area in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/14/2007: Four coordinated vehicle bombs killed at least 500 and and injured 1500 in the towns of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq. The blasts targeted minority Yazidis, who speak a dialect of Kurdish and follow a pre-Islamic religion. The exact locations of the explosions within each town were not reported, but rescue workers report that 80 percent of the villages were destroyed or damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but authorities blamed al Qaida in Iraq.
03/23/2007: Iraq Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zawba'i escaped an assassination attempt that targeted him inside his house with a suicide bomber and a booby-trapped car in Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/05/2007: Four Iraqi Police officers were wounded and a police vehicle was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol in the evening on the Riadh-Biji highway near Sufra, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/12/2007: No casualties were reported but a house was destroyed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators stormed the home of Najim al-Harbi, the Sunni mayor of Muqdadiyah and supporter of the Iraqi Islamic Party, with small arms before forcing the occupants out and destroying the structure with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Muqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Ali Khudir al-Zind, a prominent Sunni sheik and imam of al-Saddiq Mosque, was shot and killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms from a vehicle as he walked near his home in western Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: One civilian was injured when an unspecified number of mortar rounds fired by unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 12:00 PM near the Um al-Tabool Mosque, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/16/2007: An explosion killed six and wounded 22 in a crowded café in Tuz, Iraq. Iraqi police blamed a suicide bomber. Kurdish sources attributed the blast to a roadside bomb. Other sources maintained that a booby trapped bicycle or motorcycle caused the explosion. The perpetrators were not identified. The incidents took place as part of a string of incidents sweeping through Iraq during the beginning of Ramadan.
12/09/2007: The head of the Ninawa provincial council survived a bomb attack in Mosul, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2007: A stealthy suicide bomber slipped into a busy Baghdad, Iraq, hotel Monday and blew himself up in the midst of a gathering of U.S.-allied tribal sheiks, undermining efforts to forge a front against the extremists of al-Qaida in Iraq. Four of the tribal chiefs were among the 13 victims, police said. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/09/2007: A car bomb exploded in Salah ad Din (Governorate) Province in Afghanistan leaving four people injured including one soldier. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/06/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers and one Iraqi civilian were wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in Riyadh, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/08/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
03/24/2007: Twenty Iraqis were killed at a police station in Baghdad, Iraq, when a truck drove into the building. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/05/2007: Eighteen Iraqi civilians were kidnapped by an unknown number of suspected Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrators dressed in police uniforms at a false checkpoint in Khalis District, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/05/2007: Iraqi Police Maj. Enad Khattab and his brother were killed by an unknown number of Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrators firing small arms into their moving vehicle at approximately 10:00 PM in central Biji, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq. ISI later claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers and two civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated on a roadside in eastern Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
12/01/2007: An assailant with unknown affiliations kill himself and injured an accomplice in a failed bombing in Al-Najar, Iraq.
10/26/2007: One Iraqi police officer was killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol in the evening in Nidaa neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/11/2007: Eight Iraqi civilians were killed and 25 more were wounded when an unknown suicide car bomber drove his vehicle into a café and detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 8:30 PM in Niaariah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/06/2007: Two Iraqi civilian professors from the Islamic University of Baghdad were killed and one more was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/13/2007: A total of four Iraqi civilians were killed and six others were wounded in a series of four attacks on Sunni mosques in Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/17/2007: United States troops received fire from militants hiding in a house in Iraq’s Samarra city, 120 kilometers north of Baghdad. US troops returned fire and killed six armed men. The house was suspected of being used as a base of Al-Qaida operations.
06/06/2007:Two Iraqi civilian females were killed and an Iraqi civilian male was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated on a roadside near Balad, Salah ad-Din Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/30/2007: A Sunni politician, Mu’mtaz al-araji of the Iraqi Islamic Party and a member of the Provincial Council, was shot and killed near Mosul, Iraq, when unknown gunmen attacked his convoy with small arms fire. No immediate claim for responsibility was made.
06/03/2007: Five civilians were killed and seven others wounded when unknown perpetrators opened fire with small arms on four commuter minibuses operated by KIA that attempted to evade a fake Iraqi Army checkpoint at 9:30 AM in Ghalbiya neighborhood, Baqouba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/15/2007: Four civilians were killed and 15 were injured in a car bomb attack in Baghdad’s Jadriyah neighborhood. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/27/2007: A suicide car bombing took place amid dozens of vehicles filled with people celebrating an Iraqi national soccer team victory in Baghdad, Iraq. The attack was near an Iraqi army checkpoint in the eastern district of Ghadeer, where an uneasy mix of Sunnis, Shi is and Christians live. At least 20 people died and almost 60 were wounded. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/13/2007: The Sunni Hatteen Mosque was damaged when explosives planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated inside it in the afternoon in Iskandariya, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/09/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of Ansar al-Sunnah perpetrators fired small arms (machine guns) and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) at coalition forces from a Shi’i mosque and the forces returned fire in Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. Ansar al-Sunnah claimed credit for the attack in a post to a jihadist website on June 13.
06/03/2007: No non-perpetrator casualties were reported when four unknown perpetrators preparing to fire rockets into the Green Zone, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq from just south of Sadr City were killed by rockets fired from an American helicopter. The preventive attack occurred late in the evening and destroyed one vehicle and 10 rockets. Six suspected perpetrators were subsequently arrested. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/13/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and one other was wounded when an unknown number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed between 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Abu Disheer neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/08/2007: An Iraqi Turkish assembly member, Secretary General Yunus Bayraktar, was killed in a bombing in Kirkuk, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/02/2007: A senior Baghdad Security officer was shot dead in Baghdad, Iraq, on his way to work by an unknown assailant. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
04/02/2007: Nine electrical company workers were abducted by gunmen as they were leaving work near Al-Khalis, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the kidnappings, and the fate of the workers was unknown.
10/15/2007: Six Iraqi civilians were killed and 25 more were wounded when an unknown suicide car bomber detonated a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 6:00 PM outside a restaurant near Zawraa Park in the religiously-mixed al-Harthiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
01/31/2007: Nine Iraqi soldiers were wounded as a suicide bomber driving an oil truck blew himself up after he was stopped near a checkpoint near an Iraqi army headquarters in Muqdadiyah, Iraq. The Iraqi police stopped the bomber about 100 yards away, making the bomber detonate his explosives prematurely. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2007: One Iraqi civilian farmer was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in Jurf al-Sakhar, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
2/12/2007: Nine police officers were killed when a suicide bomber drove into a police station in Tikrit, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/12/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and two others were wounded by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms at a minibus near al-Aswad District, Khalis, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/05/2007: One Iraqi civilian barber was killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms in the evening in Jaamiat neighborhood, Basra City, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/11/2007: Unidentified gunmen stormed the Majsa mosque in Zubair, Iraq, and held several worshippers captive before leaving. No one was hurt in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/27/2007: A bomb planted inside a car in the Mansour area of Baghdad, Iraq injured two people. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed when two unknown perpetrators fired small arms at him from a moving motorcycle in front of his home in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
11/08/2007: A suicide bomber attacked the offices of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Mosul, Iraq. One woman died, five people were wounded, and the office's building along with neighboring buildings were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2007: One Iraqi civilian street cleaner was killed and six others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators threw a grenade from their moving vehicle into the victims’ vehicle at approximately 12:00 PM on al-Rubai Street near the Information and Culture Ministry in Zayouna neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/30/2007: Four Iraqi Police officers were killed and eight others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated adjacent to their checkpoint sometime before noon in Zubaidiya, Salaheddin Governorate, Iraq.
06/01/2007: Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and five others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 2:30 AM in Sulayman Bak District, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/21/2007: Eight Iraqis were killed and 18 wounded in mortar attacks in a town south of Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/16/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicle at 5:22 PM in Arasat neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
11/07/2007: The police chief of Basra, Iraq survived a second assassination attempt in a week. The explosion of a roadside bomb near his vehicle wounded three of his bodyguards. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/06/2007: Four Iraqi Police officers and one Iraqi civilian were wounded when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) adjacent to a police patrol in front of a residential complex in Musallah neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
06/03/2007: Muhammed Mehdi, a retired brigadier general of the Iraqi Army, was kidnapped by unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in the evening in Ma’aridh neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Father Ragheed Ganni, an Iraqi civilian and Chaldean priest, and three of his deacons were shot and killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms at them just after Sunday evening mass outside a church in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/14/2007: The deputy provincial leader of Azamiyah district, Iraq, and his bodyguards were shot to death by unidentified gunmen in Baghdad. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/18/2007: A suicide car bomb exploded at a police checkpoint in Sadr City, Iraq. 1 person was killed and 10 were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/15/2007: In the village of Aziziyah, south of Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen broke into the home of a local councilor, Hassim Jassim, and killed his wife and son. No one has claimed responsibility for the murders.
11/20/2007: Three brothers were killed and their sister was injured when gunmen attacked their home in Zighania, a town in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
03/26/2007: A civilian died and three others were wounded in a mortar attack in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Al-Durah, Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/29/2007: Five Britons, including an IT consultant and four bodyguards, were confirmed kidnapped from the Iraqi finance ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. The kidnappers wore national police uniforms and used 40 vehicles in the operation. In a video released in December 2007, armed kidnappers stood in front of a sign that read "Islamic Shiite Resistance in Iraq." Over the course of more than two years, at least three of the bodyguards were killed and the fourth is presumed dead. The IT expert, Peter Moore, was released in December 2009. Authorities attribute responsibility to Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a group led by former Mahdi Army spokesman Qais al Khazaali.
06/06/2007: Father Hani Abdel Ahad, an Iraqi civilian and Chaldean Catholic priest, and five civilian male boys were kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in Suleikh neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governoreate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/12/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and six others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in Bab Al Muathim neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/28/2007: Forty five men were shot dead in Tal Afar, Iraq. They The victims appear to be civilians, and there are no confirmed or suspected perpetrators. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/26/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an unspecified number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed near Muqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
05/02/2007: In the Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq, two Indians, a Filipino, and a Nepali were all killed by a nighttime rocket attack. All casualties were employed by a United States government contractor. No group claimed responsibility.
08/14/2007: Four coordinated vehicle bombs killed at least 500 and and injured 1500 in the towns of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq. The blasts targeted minority Yazidis, who speak a dialect of Kurdish and follow a pre-Islamic religion. The exact locations of the explosions within each town were not reported, but rescue workers report that 80 percent of the villages were destroyed or damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but authorities blamed al Qaida in Iraq.
12/08/2007: A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a police station in the town of Beiji in northern Iraq. The attack killed six people and wounded fifteen others. The attackers targeted the department of the Iraqi "Rapid Reaction Force." Most of the victims were civilians in houses neighboring the police station. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2007: A total of four Iraqi civilians were killed and six others were wounded in a series of four attacks on Sunni mosques in Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/11/2007: A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a bus carrying Shi i civilians near the Talbiyah Bridge close to the Mustansriyah University in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 10 people and wounding eight others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
2/12/2007: A double car bombing occurred at the same time in Baghdad, Iraq markets killed 66 and wounded over 150 civilians. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/06/2007: A group of gunmen kidnapped an Iranian senior diplomat from Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility for this incident and the result is unknown.
11/20/2007: Three people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in the Baladiyat neighborhood of east Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/22/2007: A roadside bomb exploded near a bus in the Talbiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. No one was killed but two people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/20/2007: Gunmen shot and killed two policemen in Beji, Iraq. The perpetrators were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
11/22/2007: A parked car bomb exploded near an Iraqi police vehicle in the town of Al-Shirqat in Iraq’s Ninawa Governorate. No one was killed, but three policemen were injured in the attack. No one claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2007: Two unknown perpetrators were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) they were emplacing on a main road in al-Madaen neighborhood, Salman Pak, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq detonated prematurely. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/21/2007: Muhannad Ghanim al-Ubeidi, an Iraqi journalist employed at a local radio station, was shot and killed by unidentified men in Mosul, Iraq. The gunmen first attempted to kidnap the journalist before finally shooting him.
06/11/2007: One Iraqi civilian was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired at him with small arms in the evening in al-Nasir neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/30/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were wounded when a single mortar round fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 10:00 AM near the Milky Master shop in al-Mansour neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
02/18/2007: Unknown gunmen attacked a police patrol in Tikrit city, Iraq. Three police officers were killed and four others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/11/2007: Three Iraqi Army soldiers were wounded when a mortar shell fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Zaiona neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/29/2007: One Iraqi civilian street cleaner was killed and another was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired on them with small arms from a vehicle in al-Mansour neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and four others were wounded when a single unknown suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside the gates of the local headquarters of the 1920 Revolution Brigades in Muqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: Five Iraqi civilians were kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in the evening on the Taza-Raza Road west of Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
06/09/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and another was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators opened fire with small arms in central Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/26/2007: Unknown gunmen assassinated one of the chieftains of Mosul city, the capital of Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/19/2007: A bomb exploded on a bus headed for the mostly Shi’ite area of Karradah in central Baghdad, Iraq. Five people were killed and 11 were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/01/2007: Unknown militants attacked the Iraqi town of Dwailiyah, Iraq, killing 11 civilians and wounding 5 others.
10/09/2007: Fifteen Iraqi civilians were killed, seven other individuals were wounded, and a small mosque was destroyed when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in a Toyota Land Cruiser at approximately 6:00 AM adjacent to the home of Sheikh Thamer Ibrahim Atallah in eastern Baiji, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
01/30/2007: During a day where thousands of bleeding pilgrims flayed themselves with swords and chains during the Ashura mourning rite, twenty-three Shi i civilians died and many others were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in northern Dur Mandali, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, although, Sunni extremists are believed to be behind the attack.
06/01/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and four were wounded when unknown perpetrators fired an unknown number of mortar shells at a residential area of Mahmudiya, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/15/2007: Terrorists killed Ibrahim Talab al-Jubouri, leader of the Awakening Council group in the village of Kubaibah, Iraq. Kubaibah is east of Duluyiah, about ninety kilometers north of Baghdad. In addition, four men accompanying Mr. Jubouri were also injured in the attack.
06/10/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed, five others were wounded, and several cars were destroyed when an unknown suicide car bomber rammed a line of cars and detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 12:15 PM outside the Wahid Huzayran Gas Station in al-Bayya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/08/2007: Fifteen Iraqi civilians were killed, 30 others were wounded, and a large but unspecified number of vehicles and buildings were damaged or destroyed when two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) detonated at approximately 7:00 AM in Qurna, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Col. Ziyad al-Hamadani of the Iraq Police and three other police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) attached to the corpse of a dead Iraqi Police officer as a booby trap detonated inside a vehicle detonated as they investigated the scene in the evening in eastern Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/08/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a civilian truck at approximately 1:00 PM in al-Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/05/2007: Seventeen Iraqis were killed and 24 were wounded when a suicide bomber collided with their minibuses after a wedding in Baghdad, Iraq. The bride and groom were injured in the explosion. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/06/2007: Seven Iraqi civilians were killed and 27 others were wounded when two simultaneous vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated and one was subsequently disarmed at major intersections in Kazimiyah district, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/27/2007: A suicide car bomber killed two and injured five in central Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/09/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and five others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 1:00 PM in the predominantly-Shi i al-Bonok neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
03/27/2007: Mortars falling south of Baghdad, Iraq, near a Sunni Mosque kill four. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: No non-perpetrator casualties were reported when three unknown perpetrators emplacing an improvised explosive device (IED) on a roadside southwest of Fallujah, Anbar Governorate, Iraq fled after being fired on by an American tank. One of the perpetrators was wounded and three Iraqi children were killed by American fire.
10/30/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when a bomb planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated inside a minibus in eastern Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/05/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and a vehicle was burned when an unknown number of Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrators traveling in two vehicles stopped a vehicle and fired small arms at the driver near the al-Ahrar bridge in Allawi neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. ISI claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/23/2007: One civilian was killed and another was wounded when a parked car bomb exploded outside the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq in a public parking lot. The attack was claimed by the prominent Iraqi Sunni insurgent group Islamic Ansar al-Sunnah which issued a statement on its website claiming the target was Iraqi "renegades who work at the Green Zone."
11/17/2007: An Iraqi police patrol was targeted with a roadside bomb explosion in the central Al-Tayaran square in Baghdad, Iraq. Two patrolmen were injured, but no one was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/06/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a police convoy in northern Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
11/06/2007: Iraqi armed forces killed a suicide bomber who was driving an explosives-laden car toward a traffic control point in Ghalibiyah, Diyahal governorate, Iraq. After engaging the car, there was a secondary explosion. The soldiers suspected the driver was affiliated with al-Qaida. Apart from the perpetrator there were no reports of casualties.
01/04/2007: Twin car bombs killed 13 people and wounded 25 in the Mansour Sunni neighborhood in Western Baghdad, Iraq, and there was no claim of responsibility.
10/20/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and another was wounded when a car bomb planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated inside a minivan at approximately 3:15 PM in al-Tobchi neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
07/08/2007: A suicide bomber killed 23 recruits recruits and wounded 27 when he rammed a truck with explosives into their vehicle near Baghdad, Iraq. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/12/2007: A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in the center of Tikrit City, Iraq, killing one police officer and wounding three others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/19/2007: Approximately 50 suspected Al-Qaida in Iraq members dressed in Iraqi security force uniforms with guns killed 16 Kurdish Shi is in Hamid Shifi village, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility.
05/06/2007: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed vest in a queue for an Iraqi army recruitment base west of Baghdad, Iraq. The attack killed nine police recruits and wounded an additional 13 more. The bodies of five Iraqi policemen were found dumped in a nearby field. The attackers were never identified or seen. The type of firearms was not determined. There was no confirmed connection between the two incidents. There was no claim of responsibility.
02/03/2007: A suicide bomber blows up his car outside Kurdistan Democratic party building in Kirkuk, Iraq. Two people were killed and seventeen injured. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/11/2007: Two unknown perpetrators were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) they were planting detonated prematurely on a roadside in Tuz Khurmato, Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/30/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and four others were wounded when a bomb planted inside a minibus detonated at approximately 3:05 PM at the Alawi bus terminal, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/05/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when a mortar shell fired by unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 6:00 PM in the al-Amil neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/08/2007: A truck bomb blew up next to a hospital in Mahmoudiyah, Iraq, killing 17 people and wounding 26. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/12/2007: Three Iraqi Police officers were killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Bab al-Sham neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/19/2007: Mohammed al-Rubaiee, an Iraqi civilian politician and the mayor of Hettin neighborhood in Hilla City, was killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators stormed his home and shot him with small arms in the morning in Hilla, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
06/11/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of mortar shells fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in the Green Zone, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/29/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were killed and one more was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed a house and shot the occupants in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
06/11/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were wounded when a mortar shell fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/27/2007: Gunmen killed three Sunni Waqf officers and wounded another in Al-A'zamiyah, northern Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/26/2007: A woman shopping in a market in Iraq’s Basra (Governorate) was shot and killed by a gunman. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2007: 10 Iraqis were killed, 14 others (including four policemen) were wounded, and a police station and school were damaged when an unknown suicide car bomber drove his vehicle into a police station and detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in the afternoon in Dijla, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
07/21/2007: A mortar attack on the main British base in Basra, Iraq, killed three RAF soldiers and wounded an unspecified number. No claim of responsibility was issued but one report blamed Shi i militants.
11/19/2007: A car bomb exploded in a village outside of Beiji, a city in Iraq’s Salah al-Din Governorate. Ten people were wounded by the blast that was targeting Miyasser Hassan, an Iraqi policeman. Sunni militants are suspected of perpetrating the attack.
03/20/2007: Insurgents detonated a car bomb across from a school in Baghdad, Iraq, killing two children and three civilians, after using the two children as decoys to get through the military checkpoint. No claim of responsibility was reported.
2/11/2007: A car bomb set off in Baghdad, Iraq killed one and injured two more. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/24/2007: A car bomb went off in the crowded commercial district of al-Alawi in Baghdad, Iraq. The attack targeted a passing police patrol. Sporadic gunfire resonated in the area after the blast. Two people were killed and 5 were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/05/2007: Four Iraqi truck drivers were kidnapped 110 km south of Kirkuk, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/23/2007: A suicide car bomber attacked a restaurant near Ramadi, Iraq and killed 19 people and wounded 35. No group claimed responsibility.
02/03/2007: Ten security guards were killed after being ambushed at security checkpoint in Samarra, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/10/2007: Six soldiers and twenty two civilians were killed and at least forty wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into and Iraqi Army checkpoint as an international conference was taking place in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq. The attack occurred on a bridge leading from Palestine Street to Mudaffer Square, damaging the checkpoint. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2007: Fahima Hussein Mohammed, an Iraqi civilian nurse, was mortally wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at her home in Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
06/12/2007: One Iraqi Army soldier was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol vehicle between 4:00 PM and 9:00 PM in Adhemiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Five Iraqi civilians were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated sometime between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Doura neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/06/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in central Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
03/26/2007: A policeman was wounded in a bomb explosion targeting a police patrol in the town of Lilan in Kirkuk, Iraq. A police vehicle was also damaged. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/08/2007: Nineteen Iraqi civilians and one perpetrator were killed and 20 were wounded when two explosions occurred in Dakok, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/05/2007: Five Iraqis were killed and 15 wounded in a car bomb attack against the popular Baghdadi Restaurant, in Abu-Dushayr area in southern Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/12/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms at a minibus near Albo Azeez village in Khalis, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/05/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were wounded when a mortar shell fired by unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 3:00 PM in the al-Jihad neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/20/2007: An unknown suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle near an outside market and police checkpoint in Ramadi, Iraq. It is suspected that the perpetrator’s vehicle also contained chlorine gas and was targeting the police and innocent civilians; however, there are no official reports of chlorine gas being used. 2 police officers were killed and nine others were injured. The extent of damage is unknown. No one claimed responsibility.
10/19/2007: Seven Iraqi civilians, including anti-al-Qaida Sunni imam Nadhim al-Jubouri, were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated beneath the pulpit of a mosque during the khutba (sermon) of Friday prayers at approximately 12:15 PM in Duluiyah, Salahaddin Governorate, Iraq.
06/05/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and another was wounded when a parked car bomb emplaced by unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 4:30 PM near an American base at Mahmudiya, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/06/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed, four others were wounded, and a house was damaged when three mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 10:00 AM on a house in Salman Bak, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
12/08/2007: A police station in Baghdad, Iraq, was attacked resulting in two injuries. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/21/2007: Three people were killed and five were injured when a bomb on a minibus exploded in the Shi ite district of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
06/01/2007: Two Iraqi police officers, two Iraqi soldiers, and two Iraqi civilians were killed, 11 other Iraqi civilians were wounded, and two houses were damaged when an unknown perpetrator detonated a suicide truck bomb in the morning at a police checkpoint near the eastern beach in Awijiliya neighborhood, al-Shirqat, Salaheddin Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/08/2007: Four members of a family believed to be associated with Muqtada al-Sadr were killed in Baghdad, Iraq, by unknown assailants.
03/11/2007: A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle near a truck carrying Shi i pilgrims, killing at least 30 and wounding 39 others in Karradah, Baghdad, Iraq. The truck was travelling from Karbala and was destroyed during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/30/2007: A civilian was killed and two others were injured in a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2007: Two Iraqi perpetrators were killed and three more were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) they were planting detonated prematurely in Shirqat, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
11/10/2007: Iraqi insurgents blew up an oil pipeline in the Salahuddin province of Iraq. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/07/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a police post in the parking lot of the Mansour Hotel in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/18/2007: Five Iraqi civilian students were wounded when an unknown perpetrator threw a grenade onto the grounds of their private middle- and high-school complex in Kut al-Hajaj neighborhood, Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq.
12/07/2007: A car bomb exploded at checkpoint in Mansouraiyat al-Jabal, Iraq, killing 11 and injuring an unknown number of others. There was no claim for the responsibility of the attack.
10/19/2007: One Iraqi civilian was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in central Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
11/06/2007: A member of the provincial council of Ninawa was assassinated by unidentified gunmen in Mosul, Iraq. One of his bodyguards was also killed and another was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2007: At least five Iraqis were killed and 10 wounded by a car bomb in central Baghdad, Iraq. Stores were also reported to be damaged. No claim of responsibility was issued.
03/26/2007: A civilian died and three others were wounded in a mortar attack in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Al-Durah, Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/01/2007: A politician was shot dead and his security guard seriously injured in an attack by suspected Muslim militants in India-administered Kashmir. Militants fired at Jan Mohammed Kakroo, a district leader of the ruling Congress party, when he was returning home after offering prayers at a shrine in the town of Baramulla, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/27/2007: A roadside bomb near a bus station in Baghdad, Iraq injured three people. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 3:15 PM on a roadside in al-Wathiq Square in Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: No casualties were reported but an oil pipeline was damaged when explosives planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a subsidiary pipeline near al-Safra, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
11/13/2007: An explosive charge went off killing four Iraqi soldiers and injured seven others in Baquba's Hashmiyat district, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/20/2007: Unknown assailants detonated a bomb outside the Shi i al-Zahraa Husseiniya mosque, in Baghdad, Iraq. At least 7 people were killed and an unknown number injured. No one claimed responsibility and the extent of damage to the mosque is unknown.
10/06/2007: One Iraqi Army Special Forces soldier was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms while he was off-duty in Mahaweel, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: Three Iraqi civilian Shi is were killed and nine more were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a mini-bus in the evening in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/30/2007: Three Iraqi private security officers were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at them from a vehicle in the evening approximately 35 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
07/18/2007: Two bombs detonated near the main bus station in the Ameen neighborhood in south-eastern Baghdad, Iraq, killing 6 civilians, wounding 5, and damaging two civilian cars parked nearby. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/01/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and two were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:30 AM in al-Khadra District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/04/2007: Gunmen in the Mashtal neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, killed two shop owners and kidnapped five more. No one has claimed responsibility or held a ransom.
11/13/2007: Gunmen shot and killed a police officer and injured his wife in Kirkuk, Tamim Province, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility in the attack.
12/08/2007: A roadside bomb damaged a police vehicle and injured two police officers in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/27/2007: A roadside bomb injured a taxi driver in Baghdad, Iraq as he was driving by it. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/15/2007: Ten civilians were killed and 25 wounded in a car bomb attack in Baghdad’s Hussein Square, Iraq. There were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2007: An off-duty Iraqi Police officer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from their vehicle into his in the evening near Mirouj Pharmacy in al-Nasir neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: Twenty-eight Iraqi Police recruits were killed and 19 more recruits and two Iraqi civilians were wounded when a single unknown suicide bomber riding a bicycle detonated an explosive vest containing ball bearing projectiles at approximately 8:00 AM in the assembly area of a police training camp in Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: No casualties were reported but an abandoned mosque was damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed the premises, planted four improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and detonated them at approximately 10:00 AM at the Jamia al-Baraka Mosque near Washash in Karkh neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: Professor Adel Abdul Hadi, an Iraqi civilian professor of philosophy, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in the evening in al-Mutanabi neighborhood, Kufa, Najaf Governorate, Iraq.
07/04/2007: Five Iraqis were killed and 12 wounded in a car bomb attack against the Barakah Restaurant in the town of Baiji in the Salah ad Din (Governorate) of Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/26/2007: Gunmen killed a captain in the Facilities Protection Service in Mosul city, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/03/2007: A car bomb went off and killed a woman being taken to the hospital by an ambulance in Kirkuk, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/08/2007: Fifteen Iraqi civilians were killed, 30 others were wounded, and a large but unspecified number of vehicles and buildings were damaged or destroyed when two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) detonated at approximately 7:00 AM in Qurna, Basra Governorate, Iraq. The vehicles were driven by suicide bombers. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/04/2007: Sheikh Yasir al-Yasiri, an Iraqi civilian lecturer at al-Sadr Religious University, was killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators stormed his home and shot him with small arms in the evening in al-Hussein neighborhood, Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq.
02/17/2007: Two bombs (suicide car bombs) exploded in the Kurdish city of Kirkuk, Iraq. Eleven people were killed and 65 were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/07/2007: At least twenty five to thirty civilians were killed and twenty to twenty five wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded café in Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/17/2007: An unknown suicide car bomber blew himself up in a crowd of people in the al- Hissi area of Iraq, killing 6 people and wounding 4. Following this first attack, a gun battle occurred in the same neighborhood by unknown perpetrators, killing 3 and wounding 1. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/13/2007: An improvised explosive device that targeted a police patrol injured three policemen and a civilian in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/12/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and two others were wounded when a single mortar shell fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed between 4:00 PM and 9:00 PM in al-Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/03/2007: A car bomb went off in a Mahmoudiyah, Iraq market and injured four people and damaged store fronts. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
08/16/2007: A car bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq. Four civilians were killed and six were injured. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
11/12/2007: A roadside bomb struck a civilian car in southern Tikrit City, Iraq, wounding three people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2007: One Iraqi civilian sanitation worker was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to them at approximately 10:00 AM in al-Ghadeer neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/07/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed and six others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted inside a Volkswagen Passat by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 10:30 AM adjacent to a passing Iraqi Police patrol near al-Abid racetrack in Baladiyat neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
03/26/2007: A roadside explosive charge targeting an Iraqi police patrol went off in Al-Za'faraniyah, southern Baghdad, Iraq, on 26 March. Police sources said one member of the patrol died and three were wounded. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/19/2007: A bomb planted inside a police car exploded in the city of Fallujah in Iraq’s Anbar Governorate. The explosion killed one officer, Jamal Falij, and wounded 5 other people, including two policemen. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but police arrested two suspects shortly after.
04/21/2007: Sami Abdul-Amir al-Jumaili, the council chair for the city of Fallujah was gunned down by attackers in a passing car as he was walking outside his home in central Fallujahh, Iraq. Abdul-Amir, a critic of al-Qaida and also a Sunni sheik, he was the fourth city council chairman to be killed in the last 14 months by insurgents. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/22/2007: Two suicide car bombers attacked Al-Bayaa police station in Baghdad, Iraq. The first suicide driver raced through a police checkpoint and exploded his vehicle just outside the two-story building. Moments later, a second suicide car bomber exploded just outside a concrete barrier. At least 13 police and civilians were killed and another 82 were wounded; there was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2007: Three car bombs detonated within minutes of each other in front of a wholesale vegetable market near a Shi i enclave on the edge of the predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Dora in southern Baghdad, Iraq, killing 10 people and wounding 30, police said. No claim of responsibility was issued.
03/26/2007: A police major was shot dead in Mosul, Iraq, by unknown gunmen. No claim of responsibility was reported.
12/07/2007: Unknown gunmen killed one civilian and injure another in Wasiti, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
11/13/2007: Three civilians were wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) in Buhruz, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility in the attack.
04/23/2007: Seven people were killed and 14 were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Al-Yasmin restaurant in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
11/19/2007: A live grenade was found on the side of a road in the Baramulla district of India’s Jammu and Kashmir State, but police defused it before it exploded. No one claimed responsibility for planting the grenade.
10/19/2007: Three Iraqi Police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol vehicle in the late evening on a roadside near the headquarters of a civil defense unit in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
04/22/2007: Ten gunmen shot and killed 23 members of the Yazidis sect and injured 3 others in Mosul, Iraq. An unknown group of armed gunmen stopped a bus of textile factory workers traveling from Mosul to Bashika, Iraq and selected only the members of the Yazidis, a primarily Kurdish sect that worships an angel figure considered to be the devil by some Muslims and Christians. The gunmen checked the passengers' identification cards, and then asked all Christians to get off the bus. With the Yazidis still inside, the gunmen drove them to eastern Mosul, where they were lined up along a wall and shot to death. Police said the executions were in response to the killing two weeks ago of a Yazidi woman who had recently converted to Islam after she fell in love with a Muslim and ran off with him. Her relatives had disapproved of the match and dragged her back to Bashika, where she was stoned to death. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/16/2007: Two car bombs detonated near Al-Mustansriya University in Baghdad, Iraq where students and college employees were waiting for rides home. The attack killed at least 65 people and wounded 132. One report claimed that a suicide bomber also struck survivors fleeing the scene. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/08/2007: One Iraqi civilian was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired a single mortar shell between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM at al-Salhiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/18/2007: 2 car bombs (not suicide bombs) exploded in an outdoor market in the mostly Shi i district of Baghdad, Iraq. 56 people were killed and 127 were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/06/2007: Iraqi forces discovered 17 decomposed bodies in Hashimiyat, Iraq, but were unable to recover them because they were surrounded by booby-trapped bodies. No group claimed responsibility in the incident.
06/05/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and four were wounded when unknown perpetrators fired small arms at a minibus in Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/13/2007: A parked car bomb exploded near a mosque in the New Baghdad area of Baghdad, Iraq. The structure was a Shi i mosque. Two people were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2007: Ahmed al-Mashhadani, an Iraqi civilian political advisor of Sunni politician Adnan al-Dulaimi, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
06/12/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 10:00 AM on a roadside in Zafaaraniya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/12/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a booby-trapped corpse and planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated as a civilian attempted to move the body between 4:00 PM and 9:00 PM in Mansour neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/23/2007: A suicide car bomber struck a police station in Baqubah, Iraq; 10 were killed and 23 were wounded. There was no claim of responsibility.
12/07/2007: Two policemen were injured when gunmen attacked the Adhamiyah police station in northern Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
06/05/2007: One perpetrator was killed and three Iraqi police officers were wounded when the officers shot and killed an unknown female suicide bomber who was attempting to attack a group of 150 police volunteers at a recruiting station at approximately 9:00 AM in Sadr al-Qanat neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/29/2007: One Iraqi civilian child was killed and seven others were wounded when a single rocket fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 4:30 PM on a playground in al-Obaid neighborhood, Tikrit, Salaheddin Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: Professor Sulaiman Mustafa, a professor at Diyala University, was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators by unspecified means at his home in Hay al-Thubat neighborhood, Baqouba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
06/12/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was wounded when a single unknown perpetrator fired on him with small arms between 4:00 PM and 9:00 PM in Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/12/2007: One Iraqi civilian Sunni Arab medical student was killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators shot him with small arms from a vehicle at a college in central Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/12/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 3:15 PM in al-Resafi Square, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/06/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and one Iraqi civilian was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their vehicle in Yayji, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
12/07/2007: A suicide bomber in the town of Muqdadiyah, Iraq, killed 15 and wounded 25 others. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
11/26/2007: Al-Qaida in Iraq, according to police, attacked an opposing group in the city of Muqdadiyah in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. No members of the opposing group were killed or wounded in the attack, but four Al-Qaida militants were killed.
06/08/2007: Al-Ashar Police Intelligence Chief Lt. Ali Adai was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in the morning at Ibn Majid intersection, 12 km west of Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
07/18/2007: Seven Iraqi policemen were killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Nasiriyah, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/29/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed by an unknown number of al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) perpetrators firing small arms in Fallujah, al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
06/05/2007: Twelve Iraqi civilian male students in a minibus were stopped at a false checkpoint and kidnapped by unknown perpetrators on the road to the predominantly-Shi’i enclave of Khalis District, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
02/03/2007: A suicide bomber drove into a police station and detonated, injuring eight police officers in Amriyat- Al Fallujahh, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/29/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed, 14 others were wounded, and a mill and several vehicles were damaged when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 7:00 AM adjacent to a police checkpoint in Siniyah, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
08/14/2007: A suicide bomber drove his truck onto a canal bridge in Baghdad, Iraq, killing ten and injuring six. The blast sent three small buses, a truck, and cars plunging into the water. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/23/2007: Ten people were killed and 20 were wounded when a suicide car bomb went exploded near the office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and a social club in the village of Tal Asquf, north of Mosul City, Iraq. Some of the victims are thought to be Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2007: An Iraqi Police colonel and his driver were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their vehicle in north Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
03/07/2007: A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near passing Shi i pilgrims, killing nine and wounding 23 in the Saidiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2007: An Iraqi civilian female was killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed her home and shot her in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq.
11/26/2007: Al-Qaida in Iraq, according to police, attacked an opposing group in the city of Baqouba in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate, killing one of that group’s members. Members of Al-Qaida also bombed two houses in the attack.
07/05/2007: One civilian was killed and 3 policemen were injured in a roadside bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/19/2007: Three Iraqi policemen were killed when gunmen attacked a police station in the town of Zaghaniyah in Iraq’s Diyala Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/05/2007: Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and two were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicle convoy at approximately 5:30 PM in al-Mail neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/17/2007: Unknown assailants gunned down two ABC News Iraqi journalists, Alaa Uldeen Aziz and Saif Laith Yousuf, as they drove home in Baghdad, Iraq. No other deaths or injuries were reported and no one has claimed responsibility.
06/12/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from a vehicle as he walked home through a market in Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
03/26/2007: Five members of one family were injured in an explosive charge blast near their house in Ba'qubah, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/12/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicle on a road in Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
04/23/2007: A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in Ramadi, Iraq and wounded three police and four civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2007: A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint leading to a police station in Kirkuk, killing three policemen and wounding 30 people. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/05/2007: Eighteen Iraqi civilians were killed and 15 were wounded when an Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrator detonated a suicide truck bomb at approximately 10:40 AM at a crowded market in Amiriyah, Anbar Governorate, Iraq. The bomber may have been targeting a meeting of tribal sheiks of the al-Buissa tribe which was taking place adjacent to the market, although none of these were reported killed. He gained access to the location by claiming he needed to buy some watermelons. ISI claimed credit for the attack in a post to a jihadist website on June 14.
01/16/2007: A group of gunmen driving two motorcycles and a car fired on shoppers in Baghdad's Al-Bounuk neighborhood, killing 10 people and injuring 20. No claim of responsibility was reported.
09/20/2007: A car bomb killed one civilian and injured nine, two of whom were policemen, when the bomb exploded near a police patrol in Baghdad, Iraq. The target was unknown but the blast took place in the neighborhood of Zayuna near a police academy.
07/18/2007: A child and a policeman were killed when a mortar shell hit a house in the centre of the southern town of Sukh al-Shukh, near Nasiriyah, Iraq. A woman was also wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility was issued. It was unclear what the projectile had been targeted to hit.
02/03/2007: 120 civilians were killed in a bombing attack on a market Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/04/2007: Ihsan Abdul-Kareem al-Taie, an Iraqi Police brigadier general, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from their vehicle as he left his home in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
06/12/2007: Five Iraqi Police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicle on a roadside in al-Zab, Hawija District, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/06/2007: Militants shot and killed six policemen, then buried their bodies, in Mosul, Iraq. After they shot the policemen, the militants burned the car that they had been riding in. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/05/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in the afternoon on a roadside near Latifiyah Bridge in Latifiyah, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
01/15/2007: A suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi army patrol in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, killing seven people, including two Iraqi soldiers, and wounded 40. There was no claim of responsibility.
01/18/2007: Two mortar shells hit a residential area in Azamiyah, a predominantly Sunni neighborhood in northern Baghdad, killing two civilians and wounding 13. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
06/12/2007: Two Iraqi civilian males were wounded when an unknown number of mortar shells fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in al-Asri neighborhood, Khalis, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/16/2007: A roadside bomb went off near a police patrol passing the Elwiyah communication center in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad. Four people were killed and 10 were wounded. Two of the dead and three of the wounded were policemen; two police vehicles were damaged as well. No claim of responsibility was issued.
06/12/2007: Three Iraqi Police officers were killed and 15 others were wounded when an Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) adjacent to an Iraqi Police checkpoint west of Ramadi, al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/26/2007: A man named Jabar Kadhim was shot and killed in the city of Al-Hillah in Iraq’s Babil Governorate. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/06/2007: At least 27 people were killed and approximately 30 people were wounded when a suicide bomber crashed his explosives-laden vehicle into a police checkpoint in Ramadi, Iraq. The vehicle was also full of chlorine gas, causing many people to have breathing difficulties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/16/2008: On Friday, one civilian was killed and three others were injured in a bomb explosion near al-Nahda garage in eastern Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
04/23/2008: An improvised explosive device detonated in al Rashidiya neighborhood, north of Mosul, Iraq, killing one and injuring four other civilians. No other details were provided.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
03/28/2008: The office of Iraq's parliamentary speaker was hit by a mortar or rocket, killing one security guard in Baghdad's Green Zone. The perpetrators and their motive were not known.
12/16/2008: On Tuesday, in Ash Shurah, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED), killing two civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/06/2008: At least 55 people were killed as a double bomb attack in a commercial city took place in Baghdad, Iraq. The first bomb was roadside device that detonated in a busy market in the central neighborhood of Karada. Five minutes later, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a middle of a crowd that was gathering to help the victims of the first attack. One hundred and thirty others were injured all together. Al-Qaida in Iraq is being blamed for the incident.
01/06/2008: A roadside bomb targeted an American convoy in Tikrit, Iraq. Gunmen killed two U.S. soldiers following the blast.
09/21/2008: On Sunday, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device underneath a car parked outside a restaurant in Tikrit, Salah ad Din province, Iraq. The car bombing attack wounded three civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to the civilian vehicle. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
12/16/2008: On Tuesday, unknown men launched an armed attack in al-Saadiya district, Khanaqin, killing one civilian and wounding another. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/07/2008: On Saturday, in Kan'an district in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a local radio and television station, killing one child and wounding three others.  No group claimed responsibility. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage.
03/18/2008: Unidentified attackers detonated a booby-trapped car near an army checkpoint near the Um al-Toboul Square in Baghdad, Iraq wounding three soldiers and 4 civilians.
07/18/2008: On Friday, a roadside bomb went off targeting a vehicle driven by the spokesman for popular committees Laith Salih in Buhriz, 5 km south Baquba, leaving his brother wounded. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/06/2008: A car bomb went off outside the Mar Yousif Christian Church in the Muhandiseen neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq. No one was injured but the outer fence and parts of the church were damaged. It was one of four bombings outside of religious buildings in Mosul that day by insurgent groups.
11/24/2008: On Monday morning at 0830, a female suicide bomber blew herself up with a suicide belt, which she was wearing under her black trench coat, just outside one of the main entrances to the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq. Seven people were killed, at least 13 were injured, no damages were reported, and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/30/2008: On Monday, Alaa Al Timimi, an appeals court judge, escaped an assassination attempt when a bomb detonated near his home in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Four other judges also had assassination attempts on their lives but none were killed or wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/16/2008: On Friday, a roadside bomb exploded near al-Nahdha bus station in central Baghdad, Iraq at 1100, killing one civilian and injuring three.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
11/23/2008: On Sunday, three civilians were wounded when a sticky explosive charge attached to a vehicle went off at Bab al-Muadham intersection, near the street of Falastine in Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion also caused severe damage to the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/17/2008: Forty people were killed and 65 injured when a bomb went off at a crowded cafe near the city's Imam Hussein shrine in the holy Shiite city of Karbala, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
10/05/2008: On Sunday, unknown gunmen opened fire on a funeral tent in Al Zanjili neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, killing four people and wounding four others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/13/2008: On Tuesday, a bomb blast wounded two children in southeastern Mosul in Ninawa province, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility.
04/20/2008: On Sunday, at 0900, in the Wajihilah district of eastern Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a taxi transporting an off-duty police officer and his pregnant wife to the hospital, killing the police officer and taxi driver, wounding the officer's wife, and damaging the taxi cab. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
4/14/2008:  On Monday, seventeen civilians were injured in an armed attack by suspected al-Qaeda militants in Balad city, Salah al-Din, Iraq.  A group of 20 to 30 gunmen attacked Tal al-Thahab village in Yatrhreb district in Balad.  Residents clashed with the gunmen, killing four of them, including a local leader.  No one claimed responsibility for the incident.
08/06/2008: On Wednesday, A roadside bomb, planted on the road between the telephone exchange and the national theatre in al-Karada region in central Baghdad, Iraq, went off, targeting the motorcade of a security company. Two passing civilians were wounded in the blast. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/06/2008: A car bomb went off outside the Maryam al-Adhra' Christian Church in Mosul, Iraq. Five people from one family were injured and parts of the building were damaged. The attack was one of four bombings outside of religious buildings in Mosul that day.
08/27/2008: On Wednesday afternoon, at 1330, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the eastern Baghdad Al Jadidah neighborhood, killing one civilian, wounding seven others, and damaging several vehicles.  No group claimed responsibility.
02/26/2008: While en route to Mosul, Iraq, a suicide bomber traveling on a bus exited the vehicle for a routine security check and detonated an explosive belt he was wearing. At least eight civilians were killed and eight others were injured. Although no group claimed responsibility for this attack, it is believed that members of al-Qa’ida were the perpetrators of same.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying Education Ministry employees in the Ur neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, killing two employees and wounding six others. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/27/2008: Two mortar rounds were fired by unknown perpetrators which hit the Ministry of Interior, al-Tasfeerat compound in central Baghdad killing one employee and injuring four.
4/14/2008:  On Monday, three people died and thirty other funeral attendees were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an Iraqi soldier's funeral in Tal Afar, Ninawa, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2008: A car bomb went off outside a monastery in Mosul, Iraq. No one was injured but part of the building, deserted at the time, was damaged. It was one of four bombings outside of religious buildings in Mosul that day.
12/16/2008: On Tuesday afternoon, at about 1400, in the Jadriya neighborhood of the Karradah district, Baghdad, Iraq, a vehicle-borne IED detonated near the convoy of Raid Fahmi, Iraqi Minister of Sciences and Technology, while traveling near the rear gate of Babel Hotel. Three people were wounded in the attack and one vehicle was damaged. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/04/2008: On Thursday afternoon, at about 1500, on Nidhal Street in the central Bab of Sharqi neighborhood, Ar Rusafa district, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a Communications Ministry vehicle. The blast wounded three government employees and one civilian and caused an unspecified amount of damage to the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/30/2008: On Monday, Sulaiman Abdullah, an appeals court judge, escaped an assassination attempt when a bomb detonated near his home in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Four other judges also had assassination attempts on their lives but none were killed or wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
07/20/2008: On Sunday, an adhesive improvised explosive device stuck to a civilian car detonated in  the Kem neighborhood in northern Baghdad, killing the driver. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/13/2008: On Saturday afternoon, at 1300, in the Durah neighborhood of the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near a market area, wounding six civilians and damaging the market. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/10/2008: On Sunday, an armed group hurled a hand-grenade at members of a family who were sleeping on the roof of their house in the area of al-Ismailiya, Souk al-Shyoukh district of  Dhi Qar. Three  civilians were wounded in the grenade attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/02/2008: On Wednesday, armed assailants kidnapped the Noruz Satellite Station manager in Arbil, Irbil, Iraq. Later that day authorities found the victim, who had been injured by unknown means.  No group claimed responsibility.
07/01/2008: On Tuesday, a bodyguard of the mayor of the town of Sulaiman Pek was killed by a bomb attached to his car. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/21/2008:  On Wednesday, four to five civilians were wounded when a parked car bomb detonated in Harthiyah, part of Mansour neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq around 1500.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
07/20/2008: On Sunday, a roadside bomb exploded in Karrada, near al-Rahibat Hospital in Baghdad, killing one civilian and injuring three others. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/02/2008: Northeast of Samarra, gunmen dragged two brothers from their shop and shot them in front of passersby. One of the victims, a city official in Samarra, died at the scene.
03/19/2008: A woman suicide bomber killed four people, including two policemen, and wounded 12 in Diyala province, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
12/31/2008: On Wednesday, in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon a Sunni politician who was a candidate for the upcoming provincial elections from the Iraq for Us Party as he sat in a cafe on Najafi Street, killing the politician and damaging the cafe. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/27/2008: On Wednesday morning, at 1000, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the eastern Kamaliyah neighborhood, killing one civilian and wounding seven others. No group claimed responsibility.
02/10/2008: A suicide bomber detonated his car near a checkpoint in Balad near Baghdad, killing 23 and wounding 40. Although they haven’t claimed responsibility, Al Qaeda is strongly suspected.
11/18/2008: On Tuesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device causing no casualties or damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/05/2008: On Thursday, the U.S. consulate in Hilla, Babil, Iraq, was struck by five mortar shells. No injuries were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
06/07/2008: On Saturday, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle, killing one civilian, wounding two others, and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
09/21/2008: On Sunday, unknown assailants fired two rockets at a school in Balad Ruz, Diyala province, Iraq. The projectile attack caused an unknown amount of damage to the school but caused no casualties. One of the rockets failed to explode. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
01/02/2008: In the southern city of Kut, Iraqi police said gunmen killed two brothers, one a police officer, the other a soldier, in their home.
05/18/2008: On Sunday, a hand grenade was thrown at a music, films and video games store in downtown Al Basra, Iraq. The facade of the store and a large part of the contents were destroyed but no one was hurt.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
08/15/2008: On Friday, unknown gunmen wounded Sheikh Khamees Al-Dulaimi, the Imam of a mosque in Fallujah, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility for this attack.
11/23/2008: On Sunday afternoon at about 1300, an improvised explosive device planted by a liquor store near Uqba Bin Nafi’ Square in downtown Baghdad, Iraq’s al-Karada neighborhood went off today, killing one and leaving six civilians wounded. The blast damaged four shops and several nearby vehicles, but  no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, an IED exploded at Sahwa headquarters in the village of Youssuf Hammadi in Bani Saad, Diyala, Iraq. One tribal fighter was killed and another one was wounded in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/01/2008: On Tuesday, one citizen was killed and 40 were wounded during a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in al Hawd Village. Fifteen homes were also destroyed in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/28/2008: Gunmen kidnapped an Iraqi civilian spokesman for Baghdad security operations, after killing three of his bodyguards and torching his house in the neighborhood of Ameen, in Baghdad, Iraq.
12/03/2008: On Wednesday morning, at 0730, near the al Saada Bakery in al Ameen neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded as a bus passed by, killing one civilian and injuring five others. The blast caused an unspecified amount of damage to two cars parked nearby. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
01/06/2008: Four improvised explosive devices went off in quick succession in a car sales lot in Baghdad, Iraq, killing one person and injuring four. The attack was the same day as the celebration of the founding of the Iraqi military.
06/23/2008: On Monday, two Sahwa fighters were killed when a roadside bomb, planted on the main road near Al Naqieb village, exploded south of Bahraz district, south of Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
06/07/2008: On Saturday, at 1500, three civilians were killed and 15 others were wounded when a car bomb exploded on Nidhal Street in Al Bab Al Sharqi near the Ministry of Industry in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
04/01/2008: On Tuesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired two mortar shells, hitting near the Al-Ali Al-Adheem mosque in the Zafaraniyah neighborhood. The attack wounded two people and damaged two nearby houses, but no group claimed responsibility.
06/07/2008: On Saturday, at 1100, an IED exploded in Ur neighborhood in east Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the blast.
07/01/2008: On Tuesday, a group of gunmen  launched an armed attack, targeting a Sahwa's (Awakening) headquarters in Bohroz district. One Sahwa fighter was killed and another was seriously injured in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/13/2008: On Tuesday afternoon at 1700, in the Ar Rusafa and Al Karkh districts of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired four mortar rounds at the Interior and Justice ministries, damaging the operations room of the Interior Ministry and the third floor of the Justice Ministry but causing no injuries.  The Interior Ministry is located in the Bab as Sharqi neighborhood and the Justice Ministry is in the As Salihiyah neighborhood. There was no motive or casualties reported and no group claimed responsibility, although the Mahdi Army was suspected of perpetrating this attack.
02/19/2008: The family of Faraj Dahshem al-Zaydi as well as a neighbor of the family were gunned down in al-Zaydi’s home in Sheikh village near Baquba, Iraq. A total of four were killed: 60-year-old al-Zaydi, his wife, their son Mustafa, 18, and their 35-year old female neighbor. The family were members of a local Awakening Council which supports US military intervention against al-Qaeda. The family was placed in one of their rooms in their house to be shot by the gunmen. It is suspected that the perpetrators were members of al-Qaeda despite no actual group claiming responsibility.
12/16/2008: On Tuesday, in the At Tahrir district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) magnetically attached to a vehicle, killing two civilians and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/25/2008: On Friday, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device outside a music shop in Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq, damaging the shop but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that Shia Islamic extremists were responsible.
03/18/2008: The Ansar al-Islam claimed detonating a bomb and destroying a US hummer and killing three soldiers aboard in the Sumar neighborhood by Mosul, Iraq.
08/13/2008: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb exploded near Al Eta village southwest of Ba'quba city, Iraq killing one woman and inuring two others. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/04/2008: On Friday, gunmen planted a bomb near a civilian house in the Shuhdaa neighborhood in Jalwlaa (northeast Baquba). Six people from one family were injured when the bomb detonated. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/30/2008: On Monday, Ali Al Alaq, an appeals court judge, escaped an assassination attempt when a bomb detonated near his home in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Al Alaq's wife was wounded in the explosion. Four other judges also had assassination attempts on their lives but none were killed or wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/06/2008: A car bomb exploded outside a popular restaurant in the Qahira neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, killing three people and injuring fifteen. The attack occurred on the same day as the celebration of the founding of the Iraqi military.
12/06/2008: On Saturday morning, at about 1500,  in the al Qahirah neighborhood of the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED), wounding two civilians. There was no damage caused by the blast and no group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, a mortar round killed a woman and wounded three people, including a child, when it landed on a house in a village just east of Baquba, Diyala, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
03/01/2008: Unknown gunmen kidnapped eleven people on who were traveling near al-Edheim in the volatile Diyala province.
11/10/2008: On Monday, after the roadside bomb went of targeting a minibus full of school girls, a suicide bomber mingled among rescuers and stunned bystanders, and detonated an explosive belt which probably accounted for most of the casualties. The attack killed 31 people and wounded 71. Police officials giving the toll were unclear how many died in each blast. Nearby storefronts were shattered and a dozen cars were set on fire. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but suspicion fell on al Qaeda in Iraq.
06/11/2008: On Wednesday, at 1000, five people were killed and 10 others were wounded when a bomb exploded on a minibus in the Al Kazemiya region in northern Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/15/2008: On Saturday afternoon at around 1500, in Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a car dealership in a marketplace, killing 11 civilians, wounding between 28 and 36 others, and damaging several shops and several vehicles.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2008: On Monday, a bomb left inside the private car of Dr. Fares Younes Abdul Rahman, deputy dean of the Agriculture Faculty, went off while he was leaving the faculty in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The bomb killed the professor and injured one of the university's bodyguards. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/20/2008: In Muqdadiya, Diyala Province, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt he was wearing at a checkpoint near a busy marketplace. This explosion killed 10 Iraqi civilians and injured 18 civilians. As the targeted checkpoint was manned by both Iraqi police officers and members of a local Awakening Council, it is presumed that the perpetrators of this attack were members of al-Qa’ida, although same has not claimed responsibility.
05/13/2008: On Tuesday morning, a roadside bomb exploded near al Wathiq square in Baghdad, Iraq.  Five civilians were wounded in the attack.  There were no claims of responsibility.
03/17/2008: A roadside bomb planted by unknown attackers detonated near a police patrol killing a policeman and wounding another in the Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, in Jamila, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants kidnapped Mahmoud al-Dwadi, a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan member, and later fired on and killed the victim. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2008: On Thursday morning at about 1045, in Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device in a crowd of civilians waiting outside a police station to apply for jobs as police officers, killing 16 people, wounding 21 people, and damaging the police station. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic State of Iraq was responsible.
07/10/2008: On Thursday, four civilians were wounded  in a bomb explosion in the Al Qahera neighborhood in eastern Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/20/2008: On Sunday, a roadside bomb exploded in the Al Jaara area in Mada'in, injuring three civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/15/2008: On Tuesday, at 1315, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a police convoy transporting Major Ali Sabri, the Director of the Police Affairs Directorate, near the Mosa Bin Nasir fuel station in the central Al Wahda neighborhood, killing one civilian, wounding five police officers and three civilians, and damaging at least one convoy vehicle and several shops. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, although the United States military blamed this attack on the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).
05/01/2008: On Thursday in the early evening, at least 36 people were killed and 66 injured when two suspected Al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bombers blew themselves up in the area of al-Sayyan near the town's hospital in the town of Balad Ruz, Diyala province, Iraq. The first bomb was detonated by an Iraqi female suicide bomber imitating pregnancy who blew herself up using an explosives-filled vest as people were dancing and clapping while members of a passing wedding party played music. The second suicide bomber, a male, detonated a device hidden in a car minutes later as police and ambulances arrived at the scene. The two explosions tore through the stalls and stores that lined the area, causing extensive damage to buildings and vehicles. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
11/15/2008: On Saturday evebubg at around 1720, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the National Theater in the central Al Wahdah neighborhood, killing five civilians, wounding 23 others, and damaging 12 cars and several buildings. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/06/2008: On Saturday morning, at about 0830, in the Khad'ra' district of central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) he was wearing as a vest near a group of police recruits near a checkpoint outside the Kirkuk Police Academy, killing one police officer, wounding six recruits, four civilians, and damaging the checkpoint and several vehicles. There was no reported motive behind the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
04/15/2008: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of two bombings in Mosul on the same day; this later explosion targeted first responders at the scene. At least 12 people, including four police officers, were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/19/2008: Unknown perpetrators fired a mortar into the residential area of Balad, 75 kilometers (45 miles) north of Baghdad in Salaheddin province, Iraq. The U.S. military said the attack killed four Iraqis while wounding six others. Security and medical sources say, however, that there were three killed and 18 injured. The incident was one of several that occurred during the beginning of the religious celebration of Ashura that killed 21 in total. It is suspected that most of the attacks were initiated by a Shiite messianic sect led by Ahmed al-Hassani al-Yamani.
08/15/2008: On Friday, a roadside bomb targeted a mini bus carrying pilgrims, who were on their way from Baghdad to Karbala, in New baghdad neighborhood. One pilgrim was killed and ten others were wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/10/2008: On Sunday, an improvised explosive charge detonated near a gathering of civilians in Baghdad's eastern area of al-Kamaliya. Three civilians were killed and 10 others were wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/27/2008: On Sunday, two government guards protecting oil ministry facilities were killed in a bombing that targeted them as they road their bicycles to work in Bahriz, Diyala province, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
04/06/2008: On Sunday, around 1600, in Baghdad, Iraq, a mortar shell hit Alawi Jamila warehouses. No damage, casualties, or motive were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
06/30/2008: On Monday, Hassan Fouad, an appeals court judge, escaped an assassination attempt when a bomb detonated near his home in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Four other judges also had assassination attempts on their lives but none were killed or wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
03/18/2008: A car bomb carried out by unknown persons outside an electronics store in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, killed four and wounded at least 40 and destroyed a four story building.
12/05/2008: On Friday, in Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, assailants left an improvised explosive device disguised as a tape recorder outside of the home of a Shiite family. The device detonated after a seven-year-old girl took it inside the home and her siblings attempted to play with it, killing three children, wounding one civilian and one child. As a result of the blast, damage was caused to the home.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/19/2008: A suicide bomber detonated his car at an Iraqi Army base wounding 11 soldiers and three civilians in the al-Intisar neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq.
01/06/2008: A suicide bomber wearing an Iraqi Army uniform detonated his vest near a ceremony commemorating the Iraqi military's founding in Baghdad, Iraq. Soldiers were restraining the bomber from entering a party when the vest detonated. Those three soldiers, another guard, and a civilian were killed. At least four more people were injured.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, gunmen killed an off-duty police officer near his home in the Dair neighbourhood in north Basra, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2008: An improvised explosive device exploded in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Three people were injured.
07/15/2008: On Tuesday afternoon, at 1630 in Baghdad, Iraq,  assailants fired several mortar rounds at the Iranian Embassy, killing one police officer and one civilian, wounding eight civilians and one police officer, and damaging several nearby buildings.
05/18/2008: On Sunday, a sound bomb exploded targeting a building housing both the Union of Iraqi Labor Unions on the first floor and the Iraqi Communist Party/Basra on the second in al-Saadi Street, Basra, Iraq. The explosion broke many of the window panes in the building, though there were no reported casualties.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2008: Two unknown suicide bombers blew themselves up inside two police posts in Ramadi, Iraq killing six and wounding thirteen more. A third unknown suicide bomber was arrested at another police post on the northern outskirts of Ramadi after failing to detonate his explosives.
05/13/2008: On Tuesday, a car bomb explosion targeting the crowded Al Haseer market on the road to Al Iksan neighborhood in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq left ten civilians wounded.  The explosion caused material damage to a nearby building. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
4/17/2008:  A mortar round landed in Palestine Street, eastern Baghdad, Iraq.  Seven civilians were wounded, which included two women.  No claims of responsibility were made.
01/07/2008: An improvised explosive device exploded inside a car near a restaurant in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. One person was injured.
12/30/2008: On Tuesday, in the al Nour neighborhood of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, two people were wounded when a gunman threw a hand grenade inside a house. One of the two wounded is a police major and was visiting one of his relatives when the blast took place. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/10/2008: On Wednesday evening, in the Kansor neighborhood of Jalula', Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED), killing one civilian and wounding two others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/02/2008: On Saturday, a female employee in the Ninewa province's information department was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Mosul. Her body was found by Iraqi police the next day in Mosul.
12/10/2008: On Wednesday, in the Jwemesa area of the al Sowaira suburb, Wassit, Wassit, unknown gunmen detonated a bomb at the house of Sheikh Salih al-Igaidi, without causing any casualties. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
08/03/2008: On Sunday, at about 1615, in Mansur district in western Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in Ghazaliyah neighborhood, wounding one civilian.  No group claimed responsibility.
04/22/2008: On Tuesday, unknown assailants tried to assassinate an Iraqi Army commander with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) and wounded numerous civilians as well as five Iraqi Army soldiers, in the Al Mansour district, Baghdad.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/15/2008: On Thursday at about 1730, in the Al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, two assailants on a motorcycle fired upon a vehicle transporting Iranian Embassy personnel near the Ramadan 14 bridge in the northwestern 'Ali al Saleh neighborhood, wounding two Iranian diplomats, two embassy security guards, and an Iraqi driver and damaging their vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/16/2008: On Tuesday morning, at 1000, in the Qadisiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb went off, causing no casualties or damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
11/26/2008: On Wednesday night at 2200, a magnetic bomb targeted a civilian car in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, killing a police officer. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/23/2008: On Sunday, an improvised explosive device targeted the vehicle of Col. Dhafir Abdelmajid, the embassy's police director, in al-Masbah intersection in al-Karada area, central Baghdad, Iraq. Abdelmajid was not inside his vehicle during the time of the explosion, which left four civilians wounded. The explosion also caused damage to several nearby stores and buildings. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2008: Two roadside bombs hidden under trash exploded near an Ashura procession in Kirkuk, Iraq. The attack, carried out by unknown perpetrators, killed two people and injured an unknown amount.
01/19/2008: Unknown perpetrators fired a rocket into a market full of Ashura worshippers in Tal Afar, Iraq. The attack killed seven people and wounded twenty more.
04/06/2008: On Sunday, in Al-Muhayzim area, Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, unknown assailants blew up to a Sadrist cultural center, caused large parts of its wall to fall but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
07/16/2008: On Wednesday, sixteen people have been killed and up to 94 injured in a car bomb attack at a market in northern Tall  Afar. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/13/2008: On Wednesday, a suicide bomber driving a 1982 pickup truck detonated his vehicle near a convoy carrying Abdul-Karim Ali Nasif, also known as Abu Saif, the chief administrative official of Multaqa, west of Kirkuk. Nasif and three of his bodyguards were wounded in the explosion. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/23/2008: On Saturday, unknown gunmen kidnapped Mustafa Salih, the general coordinator between the Salah Ad Din armed factions and the U.S. forces, in Al Tahrir neighborhood in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
01/14/2008: Judge Amir Jawdat al-Naeeb, a Sunni Arab judge, was killed by gunmen as he was being driven to work. Authorities believe the attack was one of a longstanding campaign by militants to kill doctors, professors, lawyers and other professionals. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, Ali and Mohammad Zaid, two members of the Awakening Council, were kidnapped in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. The bodies of the brothers were found shot to death three days later. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/13/2008: On Saturday night, at 1900, near the Shalal market in the Shaab neighborhood of the 'Azamiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen fired upon the vehicle of Hussein Derwish Alwan, official in the Ministry of Interior, killing him. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/05/2008: An IED attached to a fuel tank exploded in Baghdad, Iraq. While extinguishing the fire, another fuel tank close to the fire exploded, injuring two firefighters. No other injuries or deaths were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/26/2008: Unknown gunmen attacked a security checkpoint manned by Sunni volunteers who were also members of a local Awakening Council in Kirkuk. Three civilians were killed in this attack. Although no group claimed responsibility for this attack, it is believed that members of al-Qaida were the perpetrators of same and this attack was a form of retaliation against the former insurgents who are now sided with Awakening Council.
01/02/2008: In Baghdad, Yarmouk Hospital said six family members, including five children, were shot to death in their minivan.
02/22/2008: In Amiriyah, Anbar Province, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside a Sunni mosque while weekly prayer services were being let out. Four civilians were killed and four civilians were injured. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
07/15/2008: On Tuesday, three gunmen attacked the house of a senior officer in the Numaniya police, Col. Iyad Abad Hassoun, in Numaniyah. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/01/2008: On Tuesday, a bodyguard to a local official was killed in Tozkhurmato,  when a bomb emplaced inside his vehicle went off near a police station. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/11/2008: On Wednesday, an improvised explosive device exploded near a fuel station in the Al Bunuk neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were wounded in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/02/2008: On Wednesday at noon, an explosive device targeted cleaning workers detonated in al-Mashtal neighborhood of east Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, wounding four people. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/05/2008: On Monday night, armed assailants kidnapped a local tribal chief, his wife, his daughter-in-law, and his grandson from the tribal leader's residence near Buhriz, Diyala, Iraq.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible. The status of the hostages is unknown.
07/27/2008: On Sunday, two improvised explosive devices exploded inside the house of Zaki Obid, a member of the local council of Fallujah in Anbar province, Iraq. The first device exploded in the garden of Obid's house in al Thobbat neighborhood in downtown Fallujah.  There were no casualties. The second explosvie was attached to Obid's car.  Two of the councilman's guards were killed and two others wounded.  In addition to the guards, Obid and his son were injured seriously and were given prompt medical attention.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attacks.
03/17/2008: The Munadil al-Jumalyi Brigade, one of the Sa'd Bin-Abi-Waqqas Army brigades claimed to have detonated an explosive charge on a four-wheel drive car belonging to the security companies in the Babil governorate, Iraq.
09/22/2008: On Monday morning, unknown gunmen detonated several explosive charges on the outside walls of the Al Abaqirah Elementary School in Al Wajihiyah, Diyala province, Iraq. The bombing attack completely destroyed the school but caused no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, four civilians were killed when a roadside bomb targeting their vehicle exploded in Fashka village west of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/18/2008: At approximately 5:15 p.m. local time, an attack was carried out on the Green Zone of Iraq when two facilities, Baghdad International Airport and Camp Victory, were struck by approximately 12 Katyusha rockets. This attack killed five civilians and injured 16 people, including two US soldiers. The civilian causalities occurred when rockets struck a housing complex half a mile away from the airport causing damage to the houses. Although no group claimed responsibility for this attack, six suspects were detained and questioned by Iraqi police when an undetonated rocket was discovered near the targeted area.
4/15/2008:  On Tuesday, a suicide bomber killed at least 13 people in the western city of Ramadi in Al Anbar province, Iraq.  Several of those killed were members of a local anti- Qaeda group, also known as the Awakening councils.  The U.S. military is blaming the attack on al Qaeda, although no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2008: Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb in a restaurant of a Shiite area of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. The attack killed two people and injured twelve.
01/07/2008: A rocket hit near a television station in Kirkuk, Iraq. No casualties were reported.
10/23/2008: On Thursday, at least two civilians were killed and two others were wounded when a mortar round fell into their house in Al Falahiya district in eastern Kut, Wasit, Iraq. An unknown amount of damage was done in the attack. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/22/2008: At approximately 8:00 a.m. local time, a booby-trapped car with damage such as bullet holes and bloodstained seats was being towed by police when the car exploded in Tikrit. Two police officers were killed and 4 police officers were injured. No one has claimed responsibility for this attack.
05/13/2008: On Tuesday, in a school in Baghdad, Iraq a principal and uncle of the police chief of Fallujah in Anbar Province was shot and killed in front of his students. The unidentified  assailants whom arrived at the school where he worked  demanded to know if he was the uncle of the police chief. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, unknown gunmen attacked the house of Abdul Karim Hassan, a leader of an Awakening Council group, killing three of his children in Dahalka village in Ba’quba, Diyala, Iraq. Hassan was wounded along with 11 other people. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. Unknown firearms were used in the attack.
04/20/2008: On Sunday at about 2200, in Sulayman Bak, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed a police captain in front of his house. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2008: Two improvised explosive devices exploded near an ice cream shop and the University of Baghdad in the Jadriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. One person was injured.
11/20/2008: On Thursday, a magnetic bomb detonated under a civilian car in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Three people were injured in the attack, but no damage was reported. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, Ali and Mohammad Zaid, two members of the Awakening Council, were kidnapped in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. The bodies of the brothers were found shot to death three days later. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/16/2008: On Tuesday, in the Al Rashad district, Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a police chief of Kirkuk, Captain Firas Kadhem, survived an attempt on his life when a sticky improvised explosive device (IED) targeted his motorcade while he was heading to work, wounding one of his security guards and damaging his car. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
07/20/2008: On Sunday, gunmen threw a hand grenade at a car selling alcoholic beverages, parked on the Jadriyah Bridge in Baghdad, injuring four civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
4/20/2008:  Seven civilians were wounded when a Katuysha rocket hit a house in Abo Desheer neighborhood south Baghdad, Iraq around 0800.  There were no claims of responsibility.
11/11/2008: On Tuesday, a parked car bomb targeted the Department of Youth and Sports in Dawasa neighborhood, downtown Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq,  injuring fifteen civilians including twelve employees. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed reponsibility for the attack.
01/27/2008: Unknown perpetrators kidnapped a minibus driver in Baghdad, Iraq. The resolution of the kidnapping is unknown.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, unknown gunmen driving a car shot dead a police officer, Muamar Marai Hassan, near Mosul University in Al Majmoua Al Thakafiya district in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/09/2008: On Saturday, at about 1500, in Sab'ah Nisan district in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in an apartment in Zayyunah neighborhood, wounding two civilians and damaging the apartment.  No group claimed responsibility.
08/03/2008: On Saturday, a mini-bus packed with explosives detonated near the passport office on Magreb Street in northeastern Baghdad, killing 12 people and wounding 23. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/06/2008: On Sunday, unknown gunmen attempted to assassinate Saif al-Khayiat, an Iraqi journalist while he was walking near al-Firdoss square, central Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/01/2008: Gunmen attacked three vehicles carrying pilgrims returning from Karbala around 9:00 a.m., killing a civilian and wounding ten others.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, a woman was wounded when an IED exploded in Al Darkazliya in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/03/2008: On Sunday, a roadside bomb exploded as a police patrol passed by Al-Kindi Hospital, wounding nine people, three of which were police officers. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/02/2008: On Wednesday at dawn, three IEDs targeting three houses in Sadiyah village of Khanaqeen (east Baquba), Diyala province, Iraq, exploded killing one woman and injuring one man. Police arrested 17 al-Qaeda gunmen suspected of planting the bombs during a raid following the bombing attacks. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/12/2008: On Thursday, five people, including two civilians, were wounded in an explosion targeting the mayor of Al Shaab region in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. The mayor was not injured but three of his guards were. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, an explosive charge went off near Al Mustansiriya University in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties resulted from the blast and no group claimed responsibility.
05/15/2008: On Thursday, a roadside bomb exploded targeting the motorcade of the Governor of Baghdad, Hussein al-Tahan, in Nasr Square, Sadoun Street, central Baghdad, Iraq at 0800.  One security guard was killed and six injured, two of them security guards.  Al-Tahan was not in the procession.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
12/02/2008: On Tuesday, in al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a motorcycle. One civilian was killed in the incident and the motorcycle was damaged. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/29/2008: An unknown suicide car bomber targeting a United States patrol blew himself up in Mosul, Iraq killing one civilian and injuring fifteen others. No coalition forces were killed or injured.
07/28/2008: On Monday, after a suicide bombing targeting a Kurdish group of protestors, dozens of angry Kurds opened fire on the offices of a Turkomen political party in Kurkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq causing no casualties.
12/30/2008: On Tuesday afternoon, in the al Shaariyeen marketplace in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed one civilian who was a former police officer. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/08/2008: On Monday morning at 0700, a civilian was killed and 11 more wounded when a roadside bomb planted by unknown assailants detonated on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, unknown gunmen kidnapped four University of Mosul students in Al Shifaa neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The kidnappers released the students later that day. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnappings.
04/06/2008: On Sunday, in Tikrit, Salahuddin, Iraq, a roadside bomb went off targeting civilians, wounding seven people. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2008: On Saturday, a roadside bomb targeted civilians in the Dora neighborhood in southern Baghdad. Two civilians were wounded in the attack and their car was damaged. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/05/2008: On Saturday evening at 1900, in the Jurf al Naff area of Baghdad, Iraq, armed assailants fired mortars at a community, killing one civilian and wounding seven others. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2008: Gunmen in five cars kidnapped at least eight tribal members at a tribal checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq.
01/07/2008: An improvised explosive device planted near the Technology University in Baghdad, Iraq, detonated, killing three people and injuring sixteen.
07/16/2008: On Wednesday, a mortar round wounded two civilians when it landed in southeastern Mosul. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/20/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb struck a double-decker bus in Baghdad, Iraq, killing two people and wounding seven others. Iraqi police and hospital officials said the bus was carrying employees of Iraq's Housing Ministry through the Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Mashtal in the eastern part of the city when the blast occurred. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2008: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a checkpoint in downtown Baquba, capital of Diyala Province which is about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. According to Iraqi police, the explosion killed at least seven people including Abu Sajad, a leader of the local Awakening Council volunteer force, and wounding twenty-two people. According to U.S. military officials, the attack killed four people and wounded six while hospital and morgue officials put the number of deaths at four and wounded at twenty-three. There was also speculation over the gender of the bomber. Nearby buildings and vehicles were also damaged. The US military said the bomber jumped onto the hood of an Awakening Council patrol car and detonated the explosives, killing the driver and three others in the process. The attacker was an al-Qaeda supporter. Awakening Council consists of the 1920 Revolution Brigades, once an insurgent group, who have allied themselves with the U.S. military in an effort to decrease terrorism in Iraq.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, a bomb concealed inside a bag exploded and wounded two people inside a market place in Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/15/2008: On Tuesday evening, at 1930, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, a female suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device at the home of a city council member who was organizing a local Sunni Sahwa Council, killing three civilians, wounding seven others, and damaging the residence. The councilor was not injured.  One of the civilian fatalities was identified as the councilor's father. No group claimed responsibility.
01/02/2008: A soldier was killed in south Baghdad when his dismounted patrol hit a roadside bomb.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, an IED exploded on Kirkuk-Taza Street south of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/24/2008: On Wednesday night, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED), damaging one oil pipeline. There were no casualties reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/04/2008: On Thursday, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq,  assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the motorcade of the Baghdad rescue police chief, Ali al-Yasiri, outside the passports dapartment. Two civilians were injured in the attack as well as one police officer. As a result of the blast, damage was caused to one motorcade vehicle and the government building. There was no motive reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported in the incident.
05/20/2008: On Tuesday, a bomb inside a minibus killed one to two people and wounded four to five others in the Rustumiya district of Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2008: On Monday night,  gunmen from the city of Ramadi attacked members of the Sunni Al-Osan and Al-Ojan tribes in Jurf Al Sakhr. At least 15 men were killed and 40 others were wounded. The targeted tribes had formed an anti-Qaeda militia to oust the jihadists from their areas. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/22/2008: On Monday morning at about 1155, suspected Iraqi Al Qaeda insurgents detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device on Attar Street across from a government building that issues national identification cards in Baghdad's Karradah neighborhood, Baghdad province, Iraq. The car bombing attack killed at least two civilians and injured at least seven others and caused an unknown amount of damage to eights cars, several shops, a residential building, and the government building. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
03/29/2008: A suicide car bomb targeting a police station killed two children nearby in Garam located in Anbar province, Iraq.
08/13/2008: On Wednesday, two civilians were injured by a bomb in the Al Zainjili area in western Mosul, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/22/2008: At approximately 7:30 a.m. local time, an explosive device hidden underneath a horse-drawn cart was detonated via a remote control in Karrada District of Baghdad. Two civilians were killed, six civilians were injured and property damage resulted from this attack. No one has claimed responsibility for this attack.
11/06/2008: On Thursday, Abd-al-Hasan Abd-al-Kazim, director general of the Baghdad al-Jadidah Municipal Department, was targeted by an explosive charge near the building of Baghdad Municipality in Al-Sanak area.  As a result, four of his guards were wounded. There was no damage reported and no one claimed responsibility.
07/01/2008: On Tuesday, armed assailants fired a mortar at a community in Imam Mansur, Diyala, Iraq, impacting on a residence, injuring five civilians and one child and damaging the residence.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, at 1700, a female suicide bomber blew herself up near a cafe in Qara Taba, Diyala, Iraq. The blast injured 39 people, including ten border guards, three policemen and three Asayish members of the Kurdistan security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2008: Unknown perpetrators attacked buildings belonging to the South Oil company with gunfire and mortars in Basra, Iraq. The attacked killed and injured an unknown amount of people.
05/18/2008: On Sunday, an improvised explosive device left inside a Kia minibus exploded in Ataifiyah, in northern Baghdad, Iraq at 1300, injuring 2 civilians. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
06/08/2008: On Sunday, gunmen threw a grenade at a car, injuring the two passengers who were Ministry of Defense employees, in the Atifiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/28/2008:  On Monday, unidentified armed men opened fire on Ali Ghazi, a leader in the Sadrist bloc, in al Tamima region in central Basra, Iraq.  Ghazi was killed, and his wife wounded.  No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2008: On Thursday, a suicide car bomber drove his vehicle into the convoy of Mahmoud Jawad Al Radhi, the minister of labor, in the Bab al- Sharji area in central Baghdad, Iraq, killing 11 and wounded 22 others. The blast also destroyed two of the convoy's vehicles and a police vehicle as well as damaged three civilian cars. Al Radhi was not in the convoy during the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
05/17/2008: On Saturday, three members of the Adhemiyah Shawa council were wounded in an improvised explosive device blast that targeted their vehicle on Al Maghrib Street in Adhemiyah neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq at approximately 1000. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/08/2008: On Thursday afternoon, a bomb left in a minibus exploded as the vehicle passed through Zuyunah neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, killing two civilians and wounding five others. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
4/27/2008:  A car bomb exploded in the Jamiya area, Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported.  There were no claims of responsibility.
11/22/2008: On Saturday evening at 1900, a roadside bomb detonated in Kadhmiyah neighborhood, northwestern Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties or damages were reported. There was no clear motive and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/15/2008: On Saturday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a magnetic improvised explosive device, attached to the car of a local government official, fell off the car as the official was driving through the city and exploded, causing no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility.
07/15/2008: On Tuesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired four mortar rounds at the provincial government building, wounding one civilian and causing an unknown amount of property damage. Ansar al-Islam (AI) claimed responsibility for the incident.
08/03/2008: On Sunday, in Mansur district in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near Umm at Tabul mosque in Yarmuk neighborhood as the convoy of the Governor of Babil province passed, damaging a convoy vehicle but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2008: On Sunday, four employees from Iraq's Health Ministry were injured when a bomb planted in their utility sport vehicle detonated while traveling near an intersection in Bab al-Mu'adham district in Baghdad, Iraq. The explosive charge was of a magnetic kind, which had been stuck in the victims' vehicle. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, unidentified gunmen opened fire at Ibrahim Hassan Ali, the mayor of Karhat Qazen village, in southwest Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the killing.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday, 16 civilians were injured in a motorcycle bomb explosion inside a market in downtown Tuz Khurmatu, southwest of Kirkuk in Salah ad Din province, Iraq. No property damage was reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
12/18/2008:  On Thursday, in the Baashieqa district, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated in front of the Kurdistan Democratic Party causing no casualties, but destroying two civilian vehicles. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for this incident.
05/13/2008: On Tuesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants attacked the convoy of Jawad al Bulani, the convoy of the Iraqi Interior Minister, in the Al Muajmu'ah neighborhood, causing no reported damage or casualties. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility.
07/12/2008: On Saturday afternoon, at 1600, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to the car driven by the city's Deputy General Director of Traffic Police in the eastern Al Baladiyat neighborhood, damaging his vehicle but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
4/25/2008:  On Friday at approximately 2030, a bomb struck a pipeline carrying oil in the Jilawiya area of Baghdad, Iraq.  Eight oil guards were wounded in the resulting fire, and the flow of crude oil from the Latifiyah storage facility to refineries in southern Iraq was disrupted.  Pumping from Latifiyah was stopped due to the explosion.  The blast was expected to affect the production of the southern refineries, according to a Southern Oil Company official.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/17/2008: On Saturday, in the 'Azamiyah district Amiriyah, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired upon and wounded a member of the Turkish police special operations unit near the Turkish Embassy in the northern Al Waziriyah neighborhood. No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2008: Unknown perpetrators detonated a roadside bomb near a furniture factory in eastern neighborhood of Ur in Baghdad, Iraq. The attack killed two civilians and injured four others.
01/06/2008: Gunmen with silencers assassinated Sheik Ismael Abass in Baghdad, Iraq. The Sheik was an organizer of an anti-al-Qaida group.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday morning, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near a popular marketplace in Baghdad's Hay al-Jihad neighborhood, killing five people and wounding 14 others. The blast also caused damage to several nearby shops, stalls and civilian cars. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday, gunmen staged a drive-by shooting which targeted Iraqi police recruits in the Al Amil neighborhood, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. Four recruits were killed and four others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/16/2008: On Saturday, nine civilians were killed and 40 others wounded when a car bomb ripped through the parking lot of a bus station in the city of Balad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/01/2008: On Monday, at about 0900, in the al-Suleikh neighborhood, 'Azamiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the motorcade of, Mudhir al-Mawla,  the defense ministry official in charge of integrating the Sahwa Council forces into the Iraqi forces. As a result of the explosion, two civilians and a government driver were killed and eight civilians, two bodyguards, and the government official were injured. Two of the convoy's vehicles and several nearby houses were damaged in the blast.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
08/01/2008: On Friday, one civilian man was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device went off in their vehicle in the Al Qadissiya area in southern Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/15/2008: On Tuesday, at 800, in eastern Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, two suicide bombers detonated improvised explosive devices near a crowd of civilians waiting to enlist outside the Iraqi Army recruitment center at Saad military base, killing 33 civilians and wounding between 55 and 69 others. The second suicide bomber detonated his explosives shortly after the first attack as first responders attempted to help the injured. One suicide bomber wore an Iraqi Army uniform and the second was dressed in civilian clothes. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible for the attack.
08/25/2008: On Monday morning, at 1100, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a passenger bus in Antar Square, wounding the bus driver and damaging the bus. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/10/2008: On Friday at 1245 noon, a roadside bomb detonated in a popular marketplace in Bab al-Tob neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, killing two civilians and wounding 14 others. Damage was done to several nearby shops, stalls and civilian cars in the explosion. No one claimed responsibility for this attack.
04/09/2008: On Wednesday, around 2130, in Tuz Khurmato, Salah ad Din, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon the vehicle of the Interior Ministry's representative in the Directorate of Police, killing the police official and a relative traveling with him and damaging his vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/27/2008: On Sunday morning, a civilian was injured in a roadside bomb in al Hussein neighborhood in west Basra, Al Basrah, Iraq.  There were no reported damages or claims of responsibility for the incident.
08/11/2008: On Monday, An improvised explosive device went off near the concrete wall surrounding the shrine of Sheikh Abdelqadir al-Kilani in Bab al-Sheikh area, central Baghdad. Five civilians, including a policeman, were wounded in the explosive charge attack that ripped through downtown Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/06/2008: The Meskantah Church in Mosul, Iraq, was damaged in a bombing. There were no casualties. This was the fourth bombing of a Christian target in Mosul that day.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, at 0800, two people were injured when their car exploded in the Al Kornish area of central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. Police suspect the two passengers were planning a car bomb attack. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
05/21/2008: On Wednesday, four civilians were injured in a bomb explosion in the Beirut intersection in east Baghdad, Iraq around 0800.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
02/20/2008: At approximately 7:30 a.m. local time, Deputy Minister Samir al-Attar, a senior official with Iraq’s Ministry of Science and Technology, was injured when two roadside bombs detonated in Baghdad when his convoy passed. Mr. al-Attar, two of his guards and three civilians were injured in this attack. No group has claimed responsibility for this attack.
06/02/2008: On Monday, an IED planted by unidentified gunmen exploded near Madinat al-Tibb hospital in Bab al-Muazzam area in Baghdad, Iraq. One civilian was killed and three others were wounded in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/23/2008: A suicide car bomber attacked a line of people waiting for gasoline, killing seven and injuring 12 in the Shula district of Baghdad, Iraq.
05/14/2008: On Wednesday, three kids were injured in a play ground as a bomb in a plastic bag exploded when the kids were carrying it out of the field so they could clear the area to play soccer in the Raniya area in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, gunmen blew up two houses in Ashti neighborhood in Al Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq. Both houses were empty when they were blown up with a remote control but a civilian passing by was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
11/15/2008: On Saturday afternoon at around 1300, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to an empty fuel tanker truck parked near a restaurant in the eastern Mashtal neighborhood, wounding three civilians and damaging the restaurant, several civilian cars, and the tanker. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/03/2008: On Thursday morning at 1000, gunmen blew up the residence of Shatha al-Musawi, MP for the United Iraqi Alliance, majority Shiite bloc. Al Musawi was not at the house at the time of the explosion but four civilians were wounded in the explosion. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/11/2008: On Thursday night at about 0000, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device on a minibus 500 meters from the Imam Abbas shrine in central Karbala, Karbala province, Iraq. The bombing attack killed one civilian, wounded three others, and caused an unknown amount of damage to several homes and the minibus. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/08/2008: On Sunday, four civilians were killed and 23 others were wounded in a bomb attack outside a police recruitment centre in Nusur Square in Al Yarmuk district in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
11/09/2008: On Sunday morning at about 0900, in Al Amiriyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, a female suicide bomber, wearing an improvised explosive device, detonated her explosives near the entrance of Amiriyat al-Fallujah Hospital, killing two doctors and a 10-year-old girl; wounding two nurses and five civilians; and damaging the hospital.  It was believed the bombers intended to target Iraqi soldiers who were wounded in a bombing attack that took place earlier that day in the province. No group claimed responsibility.
05/20/2008: On Tuesday, a roadside bomb wounded two people in Zayouna district, in eastern Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2008: On Sunday morning at 0500, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, armed assailants stormed the home of a former Iraqi Army captain in the western 'Adl neighborhood and fired upon those inside, killing the former officer, his wife, and 19-year-old daughter; wounding his 10-year-old son; and damaging the home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/24/2008: On Thursday evening, assailants fired two mortar rounds into a community in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, wounding two civilians and causing an unspecified amount of damage to the area. No group claimed responsibility.
08/27/2008: On Wednesday evening, at 1800, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, wounding the civilian driver and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
04/15/2008: On Tuesday at 1330, in Baghdad, Iraq, a vehicle born improvised explosive device detonated in the Rusafa district, wounding 11 civilians, but causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/16/2008: On Wednesday, an IED detonated targeting a car in al-Askandariya district, north of Hilla, injuring one Sahwa fighter. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/11/2008: Sixteen Iraqi civilians were wounded and 22 others were injured as roadside bomb struck the bus they were travelling on. The bus was travelling from Najaf to Basra when it was hit. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/26/2008: Gunmen set up a fake security checkpoint in the Adeim area, 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of Baqouba, Diyala Province, stopped two minibuses of civilians and collectively kidnapped 21 civilian passengers; the gunmen eventually released three female passengers. Although no group claimed responsibility for this attack, it is suspected that members of al-Qa’ida were the perpetrators of same.
08/24/2008: On Sunday, between 2000 and 2030, in Zaydan, Al Anbar, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device near the home of a Sunni Sahwa Council leader who was holding a banquet celebrating the release of his son from the Camp Bucca detention center three days earlier, killing 19 Sahwa Council paramilitary members, 11 civilians, wounding up to 42 other people, and damaging the residence. Although no group claimed responsibility, guests reported that the son had argued with Islamic State of Iraq members while in detention possibly leading to this reprisal attack.
06/06/2008: On Friday, a roadside bomb exploded at an officer's house in Sulayman Bak, Salah ad Din, Iraq. No casualties resulted from the blast and no group claimed responsibility.
08/29/2008: On Friday, at about 2300, near Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, assailants fired firearms and rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) at a village, killing a Sahwa Council leader, his wife, and two sons, wounding an Iraqi army soldier, and damaging the council member's residence. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
09/09/2008: On Tuesday, a bomb planted by unknown assailants in the car of Juwad al-Hattab, the chief correspondent of an Arab satellite television station, exploded in front of his home in Salhiya district of central Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. The bomb, which was hidden under the front seat on the passenger side of the vehicle, caused significant damage to the car but caused no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
04/05/2008: On Saturday afternoon around 1700, in the Al Qahirah neighborhood, in 'Azamiyah district in northern Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle, wounding two civilians that were in the vehicle and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
08/10/2008: On Sunday, a Sahwa (Awakening) tribal fighter was wounded when an improvised explosive device went off in the Village of Khammas in the Salaman Beg district, south of Kirkuk. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/22/2008: On Monday night, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device as a civilian vehicle passed by on an unspecified road near Khanaqin, Diyala province, Iraq. The roadside bombing attack killed two civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to the civilian vehicle. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
08/10/2008: On Sunday, unknown gunmen threw a hand grenade in front of Hamorabi Company in Camp Sara area, eastern Baghdad, injuring three civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/13/2008: On Wednesday, one civilian was wounded when a mortar shell hit his house in downtown Kirkuk. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/03/2008: On Wednesday morning, at 1100, near Jalula, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a car transporting a local Sahwa Council leader, Hashim al-Karawi, and three of his cousins, killing the four men. The Sahwa Council leader was taking his cousins to join a Sahwa Council. There was no reported damage or motive and no group has claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/12/2008: On Thursday, an improvised explosive device, planted by unidentified gunmen inside the headquarters of the Islamic Party, was detonated in Al Jumhouriya neighborhood in central Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No casualties were reported but damage was done to the building. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/14/2008:  On Monday, an armed group assassinated an NGO official near the district of Al Wajihiya, Diyala, Iraq.  Abdul-Kareem Sabaa was killed while he was heading to the provincial council to attend an expanded meeting on civil society organizations.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
02/22/2008: In Arab Jabour, an attack by insurgents wounded eight civilians, including four women and three children, and an Iraqi soldier. It is believed that this attack was perpetrated by al-Qa’ida, but same has not claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/17/2008: On Friday, a bomb planted near a mosque killed three Shiite worshippers and injured seven others in the Shaab neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/24/2008:  A roadside bomb was detonated in the morning targeting a civilian vehicle in al Arabi neighborhood in northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  One civilian was killed and three more wounded in the attack.  There were no claims of responsibility.
12/18/2008:  On Thursday, in the al Qadissiya neighborhood, Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, armed assailants broke into the home of a member of a communist party who advocated for womens' rights and fired upon her, wounded her and damaging the residence. The victim, Nahla Hussein al-Shaly, was then decapitated with the use of a primitive weapon. It is suspected that she was targeted because she promoted women's right, but no group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, gunmen killed two police intelligence officers in the central Shiite city of Hilla, Babil, Iraq, as they visited friends. Two other officers were wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
08/11/2008: On Monday, a civilian sedan blew up near al-Baydhaa Cinema in New Baghdad, killing the driver of the vehicle. The vehicle turned out to have had an adhesive exploding device struck to it. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/23/2008: On Monday, two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in Al Khalis, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/31/2008: On Wednesday morning, in the al-Magmouaa al-Thaqafiya district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded shortly after an initial explosion that targeted a police patrol. The second blast targeted those that gathered to help at the site of the first blast. The blast killed two civilians, wounded nine others and caused no reported damage. Ansar al-Islam claimed responsibility.
4/24/2008:  An improvised explosive device exploded near al-Liqa Square in western Baghdad, Iraq.  Three people were wounded.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2008: On Friday, gunmen killed two Christians in Al Wahda neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2008: On Saturday morning at 0730, a roadside bomb targeted a group of workers in the brick plant in Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, injuring four. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/31/2008: On Wednesday afternoon, in Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) near a public market, killing five civilians, wounding between 45 and 48 others and two police officers, and damaging several vendor stalls, shops, and cars. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/17/2008: On Friday, an improvised explosive device detonated near a civilian's house in the Al Rashidiya area of northern Mosul, Iraq, killing one civilian and wounding another. No one claimed responsibility for this attack.
12/07/2008: On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, militants detonated a bomb planted in a car, wounding at least one civilian and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/26/2008: On Tuesday, at about 0730, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the provincial Health Administration Building, wounding 13 people and damaging the government building. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
4/17/2008:  On Thursday, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of mourners in Bu Mohammad, Diyala, Iraq, killing at least 45 people at approximately 1100. The man detonated an explosives vest in a tent filled with mourners at a funeral.  The crowd had gathered to present their condolences over the deaths of two members of a local group fighting Al Qaeda who were killed two days previously.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack, and the specific number of wounded is unknown.
12/29/2008: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen opened fire upon a off-duty police officer in front of his house, killing him. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/17/2008: On Sunday, at 1800, six people were injured when a roadside bomb detonated near Balad petrol station in Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/07/2008: On Monday, in al-Nashwa, Basra, Iraq, an improvised explosive device targeted the motorcade of Major General Abdul-Karim Khalaf, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, wounding four bodyguards. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2008: An unknown suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi patrol near Mosul, Iraq killing two and wounding nine others.
04/24/2008: On Thursday afternoon around 1630, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device parked on the July 14th bridge in Karradah, Baghdad, Iraq, Two civilians were killed, five were wounded and the July 14th bridge was damaged. No group claimed responsibility, but Islamic Extremists (Shia) are the inferred perpetrators.
08/23/2008: On Saturday, at 1900, five people were killed and eight were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a car dealership in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. The attack targeted Abdul Karim Ahmed Mindil, the leader of a group fighting Al Qaeda. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2008: U.S. soldiers were attacked by insurgents in the Salaheddin Governorate of Iraq. Three soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in the small arms attack.
4/25/2008:  On Friday, an improvised explosive device went off in al Raqeeb mosque in al Joulan neighborhood in northern Falluja, Al Anbar province, Iraq at approximately 1200.  Four people, including an intelligence officer, one of his bodyguards and two civilians were injured.  The bomb was placed under the rostrum of Preacher Sheikh Khaled Hamoud.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
07/25/2008: On Friday, a bomb in a minibus wounded eight people in central Karbala, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, suspected militants shot dead an off-duty policeman and his brother near their house in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/17/2008: On Thursday, in Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon the car transporting Brigadier General Mohamed Kadhim al-Ali, the former city chief of police, killing one bodyguard, wounding two others and the former police chief, and damaging the car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2008: On Thursday morning at 1100, a car bomb exploded near the Tobchi market in the neighborhood of Hurriya in north Baghdad, Iraq, killing one person and wounding five. The powerful blast caused damages to several shops, stalls and civilian cars. Nobody claimed the responsibility for the attack.
12/15/2008: On Monday, just after midnight in Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq, gunmen killed seven people from a single family, including one child, who were members of the minority Yazidi sect, when they stormed into their home. Three other civilians were wounded in the attack and the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility, although the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was suspected of perpetrating the attack.
10/11/2008: On Saturday, three houses belonging to Christian families who had fled the recent violence in Mosul have been blown up by gunmen in the Al Sukkar district in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/20/2008:  On Sunday, gunmen killed two contractors near al Rashad area west Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility.
04/09/2008: On Wednesday, a coordinated suicide VBIED bombing attack was carried out near a police check point in Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq, which detonated as bystanders came to the aid of injured police officers who were targeted in a suicide VBIED bombing attack that detonated just prior to the second attack. The second attack killed one civilian and wounded 25 others. A police truck has been destroyed and two nearby buildings caught fire as a result of the bombing attack. No  claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
02/19/2008: Assailants launched rockets at a United States military base near Rustamiya, Baghdad, Iraq. One United States (US) civilian was killed and an unknown number of US and coalition personnel were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to Kata'ib Hezbollah.
11/17/2008: On Monday afternoon at 1530, a magnetic bomb detonated under a civilian car in Jamia’a neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. The driver was killed, two others were injured, and no damaged was reported. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/20/2008: On Sunday, a bomb planted at the entrance to al-Karradah, killed one civilian and wounded three. No claim of responbility has been reported.
03/18/2008: A mortar shell exploded in a soccer field in Baghdad killing six children in the Shiite neighborhood of Baladiyat.
05/21/2008: On Wednesday, a civilian was killed and six others wounded in the blast from a parked car bomb near the Sa’a restaurant in Mansour neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq around 1500.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
08/13/2008: On Wednesday, two civilians were killed and seven others were wounded in a parked car bomb attack in Al Qiyarah south of Mosul. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/06/2008: A parked car bomb exploded and four mortars landed near a bus terminal in Baghdad, Iraq, killing one person.
08/10/2008: On Sunday, a civilian man was killed in an improvised explosive device attack that targeted an Iraqi central bank money transport vehicle in the area of al-Bab al-Sharqi in central Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, at 2030, ten people were killed and 24 were wounded when mortar rounds fell on Sahwa headquarters in Al Atheim north of Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2008: A suicide bomber assassinated Colonel Riyadh al-Samarrai, a leader of an Awakening group in Baghdad, Iraq. As people rushed to give their aid, a car bomb exploded, killing several people and damaging two trucks into which victims of the first explosion were being loaded. The blasts occurred Monday morning near an Awakening Council office in Baghdad's northern Azamiyah district. The Interior Ministry said the two bombings killed 10 people and wounded 16 while officials at the Numan Hospital in Adhamiya said they had received 6 corpses and had treated 26 wounded people. There is a high chance that the terrorists were part of al-Qaeda as they have repeatedly targeted the Awakening Council for joining the U.S. military's side.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, Mahdi Atwan, the Chairman of the Municipal Council, was gunned down outside his home in Abu Dushayr, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2008: A bomb was detonated in the industrial district of Baquba, Iraq, killing one person. The target was a group of workers in the district.
11/18/2008: On Tuesday, a civilian was injured by a roadside bomb in Kasra neighborhood, east Baghdad, Iraq. There was no motive or damage reported in the incident and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2008: On Saturday, a bomb attached to a civilian car exploded near Al Firdous square in Baghdad, Iraq, killing one man and injuring two others, including a high ranking officer in the Iraqi Ministry of Defense. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/08/2008: On Thursday, a bomb planted by unknown militants exploded by the National Theater building in the al-Alawiyah area of Karada district, central Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, injuring three civilians. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/30/2008: On Monday, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near vehicles waiting in line for gasoline in the northern Al Waziriyah neighborhood, killing one civilian, wounding two others, and causing damage to one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/09/2008: On Sunday morning at 0900, a bomb planted in garbage container detonated near the main market in downtown Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. One sweeper was killed and five other civilians were injured. The was no motive reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported either.
04/02/2008: On Wednesday in Al Bi'aj, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a vehicle, killing two off-duty police officers and a civilian and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
03/09/2008: Two civilians were killed and five others were wounded as a booby-trapped car exploded in central Mosul, Iraq. The car was parked in a car garage and was detonated by remote control. No group claimed responsibility.
11/09/2008: On Sunday, a woman wearing an explosive-belt blew herself up shortly before midday inside a hospital in the town of Ameriyat al- Fallujah, near Fallujah, al Anbar, Iraq,  killing three civilians and wounding seven others. Among the wounded people were a physician and his wife. No claim of responsibility has been reported for the suicide attack.
03/09/2008: Dr. Khalid Nasir al-Miyahi, Basra’s only neurologist, was found bullet-riddled only a day after he was kidnapped in Iraq’s major southern city. On Sunday night he had received a phone call from someone asking him to return to his clinic for an urgent medical situation. He was then kidnapped militants and killed shortly after.
04/19/2008: On Saturday, in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired upon and wounded an Interior Ministry officer. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/17/2008: A roadside bomb planted by unknown perpetrators exploded near an intersection in the Zaiyounah neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, wounding three civilians.
4/13/2008:  On Saturday, two civilians were killed and three others wounded in a roadside improvised explosive device attack near the Ur neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
04/02/2008: On Wednesday in Baaquba, Diyala, Iraq, a suspected Al Qaeda member blew up a civilian house, leaving no casualties and causing no further damage.
04/02/2008: On Wednesday in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the convoy of the city's police chief, damaging a vehicle in the convoy but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
11/23/2008: On Sunday morning at 0730, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near the central preparatory school in the Al Maghrib neighborhood, Adhamiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq. Four people were injured in the attack, including two school security guards. The school was damaged in the attack, but no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/28/2008:  On Monday at approximately 1415, a roadside bomb targeted a civilian car, a Toyota pickup, which was carrying technician employees of the power supply service on the highway of Nahdha neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. Three of the employees were injured in the incident.  There were no claims of responsibility.
4/28/2008:  On Monday, a bomb made of plastic explosives exploded by a car owned by the Electricity Ministry on ad-Dallal Square in the Sunni al-A'zamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq.  One person was killed, and there were no claims of responsibility.
10/26/2008: On Sunday, unknown gunmen wounded Ahmed Dawoud Marzouq, the Anbar provincial representative of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. The gunmen clashed with guards at the house before entering the home and wounding Marzouq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2008: An improvised explosive device exploded in a car in east Baghdad, Iraq. One person was killed and three others were wounded by the attack. There were no claims of responsibility.
06/10/2008: On Tuesday, a roadside bomb wounded four people when it exploded on Al Saadon Street in central Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/16/2008: On Tuesday morning, at 1030, in the al-Thawra neighborhood of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, an explosive charge magnetically stuck to a pick-up truck detonated in front of a house, wounding two civilians and damaging the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/09/2008: On Tuesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside  improvised explosive device (IED), wounding one civilian. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/15/2008: On Tuesday evening, in Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq, four assailants fired upon and wounded Sheik Ali al-Khafaji, a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, as he was leaving a mosque after attending evening prayers. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility, although the Mahdi Army was suspected of perpetrating this attack in retribution for the shooting death of a senior Sadrist Party official in An Najaf on 04/08/2008.
06/15/2008: On Sunday, at 0700, two civilians were injured when a roadside bomb exploded in Al Wihdah neighborhood near Al Sa'ihah in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/21/2008: On Wednesday morning, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to the vehicle of Judge Qasim Ali Motar, the judge in the investigation court in Abu Ghraib, wounding the judge and damaging the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/31/2008: On Wednesday, in Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a motorcycle parked in a public market, wounding two civilians and destroying the motorcycle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, two civilians were injured when one mortar round fell on Al Kamaliyah area in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/03/2008: On Wednesday, in the Muthana district of Tall'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, a girl was injured when an improvised explosive device exploded in front of a house as she was passing by, causing an unspecified amount of damage to the house. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/06/2008: On Friday, a bomb exploded on a children's playground near the local radio and television building in Kanan, Diyala, Iraq. One child was killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/10/2008: On Sunday, an improvised explosive device placed inside a vehicle went off near the commercial al-Sank market in downtown Baghdad, injuring two civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/11/2009: On Monday, a Katyusha rocket struck a civilian house wounding three civilians in the Shaab neighbourhood in northern Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/06/2008: On Sunday morning at about 0830, in downtown Samarra', Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device at the residence of a Sahwa Council member, damaging the residence slightly but causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/06/2008: On Saturday morning, at about 1030, in the Durah neighborhood, Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) attached to the truck of a Sunni Sahwa Council leader, killing the paramilitary leader and his driver, wounding two civilians, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
03/18/2008: Iraq's Jihadist Leagues claimed hitting a coalition Stryker armored vehicle with a C5K shoulder-fired rocket on the expressway in Abu-Ghurayb.
08/16/2008: On Saturday, six Iraqi civilians were killed and ten others were injured  when a booby-trapped vehicle blew up in Ore neighborhood, adjacent to Sadr City.The vehicle, which was parked sideways, went off as on-foot convoy of Shiite pilgrims was passing by on its way to the city of Karbala for a religious event. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/23/2008: On Saturday, February 23, 2008, 74 year-old Shihab al-Timimi, the leader of Iraq’s Journalists’ Union, was shot by unknown assailants while traveling in his car in Baghdad's Waziriya district. He would pass away in a hospital four days later. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
07/01/2008: On Tuesday, three people of the same family were killed and another wounded when an improvised explosive device went off near their house in the village of Abi Fayyad, Buhrez district, (5 km) south of Ba'quba. No claim of responsibility has been reoprted.
07/28/2008: On Monday, a car bomb which targeted Kurds protesting provincial elections was defused by police before it could explode.  Moments before discovering the device, two suicide bombers detonated their explosives and killed scores of people.  There were no claims of responsibility for the car bomb attack.
06/07/2008: On Saturday, the motorcade of the governor of Ninawa, Durayd Kashmulah, was fired upon during an inspection tour of Mosul in the Az Zanjili area of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attempted assassination.
05/10/2008: On Saturday evening at around 1700, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired a Katyusha rocket at the Raghiba Kahtoon area of the Adhemiyah neighborhood, wounding seven people and damaging two houses. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2008: On Saturday, a bomb attached to the car of Brigadir General Faris Amir, the deputy of general director of traffic police, exploded in Al Baladiyat neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq.  Amir survived the explosion.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
03/19/2008: Unknown gunmen abducted Ra'ad Shallal al-Hadithi, a senior Iraqi ministry official, near Beiji in Salahudin province, Iraq. It was not reported if he was freed or hurt.
4/16/2008:  On Wednesday, two civilians were wounded when a roadside improvised explosive device went off near their private vehicle in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, at 1600, a bomb planted in a civilian car exploded on Al Nidhal Street in Baghdad, Iraq. Two Iraqi employees of a local LG Company branch were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/08/2008: On Sunday, mortars hit the green zone where the Iraqi government headquarters and the foreign embassies are located in Baghdad, Iraq. The mortar was apparently targeting the Defense Ministry inside the zone. Three civilians were killed and seven others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
4/14/2008: On Monday, an adhesive explosive device was put under the car of the deputy chief of Fallujah city local council, Kassem Mashkor Al Essawi. The device exploded when Al Essawi was driving his pick-up truck with his wife on the Arba'een street in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Eight people, including Al Essawi and his wife, were wounded in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility.
4/24/2008:  Three civilians were killed and 15 others, including three Iraqi soldiers, were wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated inside a supermarket in Mansour neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
05/17/2008: On Saturday, two civilians were injured in a bomb attack on Tunis Street in downtown Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
11/09/2008: On Sunday, a bomb attached to a bike wrapped in a trash bag exploded outside a cafe in Khalis, 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least two people and wounding 13, including the city mayor. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/04/2008: On Thursday morning, at about 1100, in Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) on a motorcycle near a restaurant, killing three tribal leaders, wounding nine civilians, and damaging the restaurant. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/16/2008: On Sunday, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the central Sinak neighborhood, wounding two civilians. There was no damage reported along with no motive. No group claimed responsibility.
05/17/2008: On Saturday, an Awakening Council member was killed and 15 others were wounded in downtown Baaquba, Diyala province, Iraq, when a female suicide bomber blew herself up near an Awakening Council headquarters.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
07/12/2008: On Saturday afternoon at approimately 1500, a roadside bomb targeted civilians in Baghdad, Iraq's Al Sleikh neighborhood, injuring six.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
07/20/2008: On Sunday, a roadside bomb targeted a pick up truck in Wajihiya, killing two policemen in plain clothes. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/07/2008: A bomb was planted in an Iraqi Ministry of Trade employee's car in Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion injured the worker.
09/17/2008: On Wednesday morning at about 1120, unknown assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices two minutes apart near the al-Jibji Hospital in the central Al Harithiyah neighborhood of the Al Karkh district in Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. The bombing attacks killed eight civilians, wounded 25 others, and caused an unknown amount of damage to one vehicle. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
09/29/2008: On Monday, unknown assailants fired several mortar shells at the Hurriya district of northwestern Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. The projectile bombing attack wounded five people. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
07/10/2008: On Thursday, gunmen killed the head of the Nineveh province branch of the National Identity Department outside his office in Mosul. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/04/2008: On Wednesday, at 1200, five mortar shells blasted into homes in the Sumar neighborhood of Ash Shab in Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and another five were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
07/01/2008: On Tuesday, an explosive device went off in Ba'quba targeting a deceased Sahwa fighter's funeral, killing two Sahwa fighters, and wounding three others, while four people, three children, and a policeman were also injured. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/16/2008: On Wednesday, a car bomb killed two civilians and wounded nine others in Mosul. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, an explosive charge detonated near the disabled department and the headquarters of the Iraqi Red Crescent in Al Wasiti neighborhood in southwestern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. The explosion did not cause casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/27/2008: At approximately 8:00 a.m. in Baghdad, a roadside bomb targeted a bus full of Shiite pilgrims en route to Karbala to celebrate Arbaeen. This attack killed one Shiite pilgrim and wounded two others. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
07/22/2008: On Tuesday, an explosives-filled tractor exploded on the side of the road killing seven members of the Awakening council and wounding eight others in the village of Wais in Diyala, Iraq. The tractor was parked by the side of road, and as a group of Awakening council members were passing, it exploded.  A police officer confirmed that five of the eight people injured belonged to the government-supported paramilitary organization.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
09/01/2008: On Monday, unknown armed assailants fired upon the Sahwa Al-A'zamiyah Awakening Council patrol in As Sulaykh neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. The snipers killed three Council members during the attack.  No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, although authorities suspected the Mahdi Army’s (JAM) Al Quds Brigades was responsible.
03/23/2008: An unknown suicide bomber in a truck crashed into a barrier of armored vehicles in front of an Iraqi Army base setting off the explosives inside the truck and killing 12 soldiers and wounding 42 other soldiers and civilians in the Al-Hermat (Haramat) neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq. Another source indicates there were 10 deaths and 30 injured.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday, seven civilians were killed and 11 others injured in a roadside bomb planted by suspected al-Qaeda members that targeted a bus in Balad Ruz town, 34 miles east of Baquba city, Diyala province, Iraq. Police said that the bus was carrying families who were on their way to visit their detained relatives in Badoosh prison in Mosul city. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/12/2008: On Sunday afternoon at 1310, a parked car bomb detonated in exploded in Bayaa neighborhood in southwestern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. Nine people were killed and 13 others were wounded. Ten civilian cars caught fire in the explosion and several nearby shops and stalls were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/29/2008: On Monday, in Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device (IED), attached to an explosive belt, in a marketplace, killing one civilian, wounding three others, and damaging one market. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/17/2008: On Monday afternoon at 1330, a magnetic bomb detonated under a civilian car in Sheikh Omar neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. Five people were injured in the blast and no damage was reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
03/29/2008: Mahdi Army gunmen shot and killed Saad al-Shablawi, mayor of Ghamas, and wounded two of his guards south of Najaf in Iraq.
03/30/2008: Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol, killing six policemen north of Baghdad, Iraq.
12/22/2008: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired mortars into a residential community, killing one civilian and causing unspecified damage to the community. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
4/16/2008:  On Wednesday, unknown militants fired mortar rounds at an elementary school on Palestine Street in Baghdad, Iraq.  Six civilians were injured in the attack.  No one claimed responsibility.
04/02/2008: On Wednesday, unknown gunmen opened fire on a car, killing an off-duty policeman in central Kirkuk, at Ta'mim province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
11/24/2008: On Monday morning at 0730, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a minibus transporting Ministry of Trade employees in the al Jadidah district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing 13 female employees of Trade Ministry and possibly one child, and wounded seven others, including some women, and destroying the minimus. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/14/2008:  On Monday morning, an explosion killed five people and wounded six to nine others in downtown central Baghdad, Iraq.   Police say the bomb was placed under a parked car near Tayaran Square; the blast hit a passing minibus.  Although no security force personnel were hit, one source claims that they were the target of the attack.  No one claimed responsibility for the incident.
07/12/2008: On Saturday evening, a policeman who serves as one of the governor’s bodyguards was killed in an attack outside his home in Adan neighborhood in eastern Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq.  The policeman was outside his home when a car drove up, and a man got out who proceeded to shoot the policeman with a pistol.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
06/09/2008: On Monday, an IED exploded in an orchard in the village of Al Muradiya in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. Four women were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/02/2008: On Wednesday in As Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated three improvised explosive devices at three residences, killing one civilian, wounding one other, and damaging the three residences.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/09/2008: On Monday evening at 1800, in central Baghdad, Iraq, armed assailants fired one mortar into a community, hitting on Palestine Street, wounding three civilians and damaging a residence. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Mahdi Army (JAM) was responsible.
08/04/2008: On Monday afternoon, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in Yarmuk square near the convoy of the Deputy Governor of Ninawa, killing one of the deputy governor's bodyguards, wounding six others, and damaging a vehicle in the convoy.  No group claimed responsibility.
12/14/2008: On Sunday night, at around 1900, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated in Beirut intersection of West Bank and Gaza Strip street, wounding seven people and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group has cliamed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2008: On Saturday, unknown gunmen killed an imam of a mosque and another man in a drive-by shooting northeast of Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2008: An unknown female suicide bomber blew herself up at a marketplace in the town of Khan Bani Saad, northeast of Baghdad in Diyala Province. Eight people were killed and ten others were wounded. Nearby shops and vehicles were also damaged. There was no known affiliation with any group she might have had.
02/24/2008: A roadside bomb detonated an explosive that killed four and wounded 26 Shiite pilgrims, all of whom were en route to Karbala to celebrate Arbaeen. No group claimed responsibility for this attack, although US and Iraqi forces believe al-Qa’ida was behind this attack.
03/27/2008: A parked car bomb exploded near the Red Crescent office in central Baghdad, causing some material damages to its outer wall.
01/29/2008: Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb in Baghdad, Iraq killing two people and injuring six others.
4/24/2008:  A roadside bomb, planted on the road near al-Shaab International Stadium in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, was detonated.  A security source said that the explosion resulted in wounding two people.  There were no claims of responsibility.
07/07/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb killed two civilians in the al-Mualimeen neighbourhood in western Ba'quba. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/25/2008: On Thursday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED), killing two civilians and wounding five others. There was no damage or  motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/21/2008: On Monday, a bomb exploded inside the garden of the house of the father of Falluja police deputy chief Lieutenant Colonel Esa Sayer in al Shurta district in downtown Fallujah. Five people were injured including a 5 years kid who was seriously injured. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/21/2008: On Wednesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired mortar rounds into a community, killing three civilians, wounding two others, and causing unspecified damage to the area. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/24/2008: On Thursday, unknown assailants detonated a bomb near a supermarket, killing three civilians and wounding 15 others, in Al-Mansour, western Baghdad.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/27/2008: On Friday, at 1430, a bomb attached to Shwaish Ahmed's car exploded in Al Dur, Salah ad Din, Iraq. Ahmed survived but the explosion caused damages to nearby houses. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/11/2008: On Wednesday, one civilian was killed and five others were wounded when two mortar rounds hit a busy street in Karrada, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, gunmen shot dead a policeman in front of his house in Hilla, Babil, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/03/2008: On Saturday, a seven year old boy, Mohammed Omran, was killed in an IED attack by unknown militants when he picked up a flashlight in the street that was rigged with explosives in the Shurta neighborhood in downtown Khanaqin of Diyala province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/02/2008: On Friday evening around 1945, gunmen attacked a Popular Committee headquarters in Muqdadiya, Diyala, Iraq, killing two and injuring five.  They then rigged the building with explosives and blew it up.  No group claimed repsonsibility for the attack.
03/03/2008: At least 16 people were killed and 46 others were wounded as a bomb struck an army patrol located in a parked car in the Bab al-Muadham area of  Baghdad, Iraq. The attack was just ahead a visit from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/10/2008: On Tuesday, the mayor of Salman Bek, Rashied Ali, survived an assassination attempt when a bicycle bomb exploded on the road that links Tuz Khurmatu to Salman Bek in Tuz Khurmatu, Salah ad Din, Iraq. A bodyguard was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
07/25/2008: On Friday, a roadside bomb killed three people in a truck south of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
01/31/2008: Unknown perpetrators fired rockets at a British base in Basra, Iraq injuring three British soldiers and killing or injuring ten Iraqi civilians.
12/27/2008: On Saturday morning, between 1100 and 1200, in the Az Zahra' neighborhood of the Al Kazimiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) near a Shiite shrine, killing between 22 and 25 civilians, wounding between 50 and 54 others, and damaging dozens of vehicles.There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2008: A roadside bomb struck a passing Iraqi Army patrol in Azamiyah neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq. Four civilians were wounded. The attackers are unknown.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, three civilians were killed and two others were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a passing car on Rashad Kirkuk Street in southwest Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/27/2008: On Saturday, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) inside a residence in the southern Durah neighborhood, killing one civilian and damaging one home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/09/2008: On Monday, unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Basra province policeman who was driving by the Industrial Zone in Al Amarah, Maysan, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/17/2008: On Monday afternoon at 1530, a magnetic bomb detonated under a civilian car on the Mohammed Al-Qassim highway in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. Two people were injured and no damage was reported. There was no motive reported either and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/01/2008: On Friday evening, in southwestern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the motorcade of the city's police chief, damaging three motorcade vehicles and two nearby civilian vehicles but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
03/30/2008: A suicide car bomber drove into a base of Anti-Qaida members called the Awakening group killing five members and wounding nine near Bajji, Iraq.
11/06/2008: On Thursday, a roadside bomb wounded nine people, including five employees of Baghdad Municipality, near al-Hamza square in Sadr City district of northeastern Baghdad. There was no damage reported and no clear motive. Also, no one claimed responsibility.
09/22/2008: On Monday evening at 1800, an improvised explosive device hidden in a pile of trash by unknown assailants exploded near a group of children playing soccer in Hammam Al Alil, Ninawa province, Iraq. The bombing attack killed five children and wounded three others. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
04/06/2008: On Sunday, unknown gunmen set up a fake checkpoint and intercepted two college buses, one carrying male students and one carrying female students, in Mosul, Nineveh province, Iraq. The bus carrying the female students managed to escape but the gunmen held the 42 male college students at gunpoint and then abducted them to a village near Hamam al-Alil district, 35 km south of Mosul. The police said the kidnappers probably thought the male students were police officers or recruits, and on 04/07/08 on Monday, Iraqi security forces successfully rescued all 42 hostages with no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
11/24/2008: On Monday, two mortar shells wounded six civilians when they landed on a residential area of Salman Bak, Baghdad, Iraq. There was no motive or damage reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/08/2008: On Sunday, suspected Al Qaeda members armed with machine guns attacked shoppers at a market in the Qazzaniya area northeast of Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq. Five people were killed in the attack.
09/22/2008: On Monday evening at 2000, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the home of Hashim al-Taie, a Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party member of Parliament (MP), in northeastern Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq. The bombing attack wounded several civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to the government official's home and several neighboring homes. The MP was unharmed as he was not home at the time of the attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/30/2008: On Friday, an improvised explosive device detonated in a football playground in the al-Azzat neighborhood of Ba'quba, Diyala province, Iraq.  One child was killed and three others were injured.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
08/26/2008: On Tuesday, in Mandali, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian van, killing four civilians, wounding one civilian, and damaging their van. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/30/2008: Unknown perpetrators detonated a roadside bomb next to the car of an Iraqi television crew in Balad, Iraq killing two and injuring two others.
09/11/2008: On Thursday, Sheik Rokan al-Jayayli, the chieftain of al-Jayayla tribe, and his son were killed by unknown gunmen in Khalis district, Diyala province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/07/2008: On Wednesday morning at 0745, in Al Karkh district in central Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device on a bus carrying foreign ministry employees in 'Alawi al Hillah neighborhood, wounding three employees and damaging the bus. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2008: On Saturday, unknown gunmen killed two policemen while they were off duty in the Al Sinaa area in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/17/2008: On Sunday, three women were wounded when an improvised explosive device was detonated near an orchard in Al Wajihiyah, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
04/16/2008: On Wednesday, near Al Miqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a bus on the main road to Ba'qubah, killing two civilians, wounding five others, and damaging the bus. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/26/2008: On Thursday, at 1800, Kamel Al Shwaili, the chief judge and president of Al Rasafah Court of Appeal, was killed in a shooting on a road in Al Talbiyah area in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/14/2008: On Sunday night, at around 1930, in the Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated near the Mr. Milky market, wounding seven people. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/28/2008: On Sunday evening at 2007, a suicide bomber wearing a vest rigged with explosives detonated against civilians and police gathered around the site of the first attack which occurred seven minutes before the second attack at 2000 in a parking lot on Attar Street in central Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad province, Iraq. The blasts collectively killed at least 16 people including the suicide bomber and wounded more than 50. A second, unexploded vest was found near the scene. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
07/31/2008: On Thursday at noon, five mortar shells hit the building of al-Iraqia and al-Mosuliya satellite channels in al-Karama neighborhood in eastern Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq.   There were no reported damages, casualties, or claims of responsibility.
12/28/2008: On Sunday, in Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) magnetically attached to the vehicle of a provincial council member, killing two civilians and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/05/2008: On Monday, unknown gunmen opened indiscriminate fire in al Mamoun neighborhood in downtown Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq, injuring one civilian. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
04/09/2008: On Wednesday, two mortar shells apparently fired by suspected Shiite extremists against U.S. security forces fell short and instead struck a funeral tent full of mourners and a house, killing seven people including three children, and wounding 27 in Baghdad's Sadr City, Baghdad province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
01/20/2008: Unknown perpetrators killed a former senior Baathist in Samarra, Iraq with gunfire.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, gunmen killed an off-duty policeman in southern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/23/2008: A barrage of rocket and mortars were fire at the Green Zone by suspected Mahdi Army members, killing 13 Iraqi civilians and wounding 20.
03/23/2008: A police commander was shot dead along with three of his bodyguards during a convoy in Balad Ruz in Diyala Province, Iraq. The gunmen were not identified.
11/11/2008: On Tuesday morning at 1000, a roadside bomb targeted a government vehicle near al-Khayam building in Bab al-Sharji, central Baghdad, Iraq. The attack injured the driver of the vehicle and five other civilians. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, a bomb killed a 4-year old girl and wounded eight other civilians including women and children at a market in central Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/18/2008: On Friday, a roadside bomb targeted a patrol of the south oil company guards in Sulayman Beck in Tuz Khurmatu, injuring four guards. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/09/2008: On Wednesday evening, between Amian and Ismawa, in eastern Ninawa, Iraq,  armed assailants kidnapped a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan member.  On 04/10/2008, the assailants fired upon and killed the hostage and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/26/2008: On Friday, at around midnight, in Bay Hasan, near Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq, a bomb detonated, targeting a crude oil pipeline carrying oil to the city. The explosion set fire to one pipeline and damaged a second. There were casualties reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
12/26/2008: On Friday evening, at about 1700, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) inside a residence in the southern Durah neighborhood, killing one civilian, wounding two others, and damaging one home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/13/2008: On Wednesday night, in the Mosul al Jadidah district of western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed an off-duty police officer near his house.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, at 1300, two civilians were killed and seven others were injured when a bomb exploded inside a bus in Fdheliyah intersection in east Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/09/2008: On Wednesday, in Tuz, Salah ad Din, Iraq, an improvised explosive device detonated near a high school, causing no casualties or no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/09/2008: On Monday, a bomb exploded in front of a home in the Khanaqin district near Jalawlah, Diyala, Iraq. Four people in the house were wounded and the house was severely damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/01/2008: On Tuesday night in Hawija, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a suicide bomber attempted to kill one of the supporting Sahwa council leaders but was killed by security forces, who also killed a nearby civilian on accident. No group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2008: A roadside bomb struck a minibus north of Muqdadiyah, Iraq. Six people died and three others were wounded. Of those that died, two were women and one was a child.
11/06/2008: On Thursday, a roadside improvised explosive device targeted a government convoy in Baghdad, injuring six people. According to an Iraqi police source, the convoy was carrying Karim Waheed, the Iraqi Electricity Minister. A ministry spokesman denied that the minister was actually in the convoy. There was no damage caused by the blast and no one claimed responsibility.
11/17/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb killed one person and wounded another person in Museyib, Babil, Iraq. There was no damage reported, nor a clear motive. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/18/2008: A car bomb killed three people and wounded eight in the Karada commercial district, Iraq.
11/17/2008: On Monday, a mortar round landed on a house in the town of Al Mssyyab south of Baghdad, Iraq, killing the resident and causing damages to the house. There was no motive reported in the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
01/27/2008: Unknown perpetrators stabbed and killed a former city official and his wife and daughter in their home in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq. The former city official's name was Ahmed Jwad Hashim who was a Shiite engineer from Karbala. The attack also left Hashim's nephew seriously injured. The attack occurred at the family's two-story house late Saturday in Talbiyah, a middle-class neighborhood on the fringes of the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday morning, in downtown Taza Khurmatu, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a motorcycle improvised explosive device in a market, killing two civilians, wounding 14 others, and damaging the market. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/25/2008: On Thursday, in the Diyala neighborhood of the Karradah district, Baghdad, Iraq, an IED went off near the motorcade of the city police cheif, Maj. General Kadhem Hameed Farhan, wounding five of his bodyguards and damaing one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2008: On Thursday, a car bomb went off near a bus station in al-Nabi Shiit neighborhood of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  Fourteen people were wounded, including eight women and children.  The explosion also damaged nearby houses and shops. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
02/24/2008: In Iskandariyah, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest he was wearing in the midst of a pilgrimage of Shiites on their way to Karbala to celebrate Arbaeen. Fortyfive pilgrims were killed in this attack, and 68 civilians were injured according to Iraqi police. The US military, however, says there were 40 deaths and 60 injured. These individuals were members of the Sadrist movement and it is believed that the perpetrators of this attack were members of al-Qaeda, and the motivation behind this attack was to have al-Sadr terminate the ceasefire he extended. Five suspects were arrested in connection with the attack.
08/10/2008: On Sunday, a suicide bomber blew up a car bomb near Al Asayesh police department in downtown Khanaqin, killing two civilians and wounding 22 others. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/11/2008: On Saturday, a roadside bomb targeted Mulla Mohammed Azad, deputy head of the Kirkuk's Endowment Office in the Teppa neighborhood in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. The bombing attack injured Azad, his wife and one of his security guards. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/02/2008: On Wednesday afternoon at 1400, in Baghdad, Iraq, two civilians and one police officer were killed when armed assailants fired upon a vehicle transporting workers from a mobile phone company. In addition to the casualties, the vehicle sustained damage. No group claimed responsibility.
4/24/2008:  A civilian was killed and six people, three policemen and three civilians, were wounded in a parked car bomb at approximately 1400 near Ghadeer bridge in Zayuan neighborhood, in Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility.
02/25/2008: A car bomb was detonated in the Karada district of southeast Baghdad, which killed four civilians and injured 9 civilians, all of whom were Shiites on their way to Karbala to celebrate Arbaeen. This attack was the third in a series of attacks towards Shiites while they were observing this religious holiday. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
4/21/2008:  On Monday, at approximately 0800, three improvised explosive devices planted in three cars targeted employees of the Cabinet office. The second bomb was planted in the Hyundai of an employee while he was driving with a passenger in Baghdad, Iraq.  The driver was injured in the attack. There was no claim of responsibility for the incident.
07/15/2008: On Tuesday, a suicide bomber wearing an explosives vest killed four people and wounded five in a crowded area in western Mosul. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/06/2008: On Sunday, on a street in Abu Khmeis area, Buhrez district, Diala province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded near a civilian vehicle. One civilian was killed, four others were wounded and the vehicle was damaged. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2008: On Saturday, unidentified gunmen attacked the convoy of Yahya Abdul Mahjob, the head of the media office of the provincial council, in the al-Shurta neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  Mahjob's bodyguards returned fire, killing one of the attackers. Mahjob was not injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/25/2008: On Thursday morning, in Ad Dulu'iyah, Salah ad Din, Iraq, gunmen raided the house of a policeman in Bishkan village and engaged in clashes that killed a 13-year-old girl and wounded a one-and-a-half-year-old girl. The policman that was targeted was also wounded after he managed to kill one of the attacker. The attack caused damage to the home and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/09/2008: On Wednesday evening, in Abu Ghurayb, Al Anbar, Iraq, a gunman opened fire in a mosque, killing six worshippers, wounding eight others, and damaging the mosque. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/16/2008: On Sunday, near Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device outside the residence of the suburban mayor, killing one police officer and damaging the home. No group claimed responsibility.
09/10/2008: On Wednesday night at 2300, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a trash bag near the central library half a mile from the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, Karbala province, Iraq. The bombing attack killed one female civilian and wounded 12 others including several children. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/14/2008: On Wednesday at approximately 1830, a suicide bomber wearing a vest bomb targeted a funeral in Al Sadan area on the outskirts of Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq.  Twenty people were killed and 15 injured.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
05/14/2008: On Wednesday, an individual wearing an explosive belt blew himself up at a funeral meeting in the village of az-Zaydan near Abu Ghurayb, Baghdad, Iraq, killing 30 and wounding 20 more.  The memorial service was for Taha Sulayman az-Zawbii, director of the Abu Ghurayb Industrial Preparatory School, who was murdered in front of his school the day before by unknown gunmen on a motorcycle.  There were no claims of responsibility for the suicide bombing.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday, in Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted a police bus carrying civilians, killing six people and wounding five others. There was no damage or motive reported, but Al Qaeda in Iraq is suspected.
06/02/2008: On Monday, a bomb went off in the main headquarters of Diyala Sahwa councils in al-Amin quarter in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. Three members of the Awakening Council were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack
08/09/2008: On Saturday, at about 1930, in Sab'ah Nisan district in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a vehicle driven by the director of Al Qadisiyah pool in Zayyunah neighborhood, killing one of the director's sons, wounding the director and one son, and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
09/08/2008: On Monday, unknown armed assailants attacked the house of Khisru Guran, Ninawa Provincial Deputy Governor, using machine guns and mortar shells against the deputy governor's security guards in the Al Faisaliya district of central Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq. The attack caused an unknown amount of damage to the deputy governor's home but caused no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
11/23/2008: On Sunday afternoon at 1300, a roadside bomb detonated near a liquor shop close to the National Theatre on Sadoun street in central Baghdad, Iraq. Seven people were wounded in the attack and no damage was reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/19/2008: On Tuesday, one person was killed and four were injured when an improvised explosive device exploded in the area of Al Ubaidy in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
01/22/2008: An unknown suicide bomber blew himself up at a school in Baquba, Iraq. The attack killed one and injured twenty-one others.
03/17/2008: A minibus booby-trapped by unknown perpetrators exploded midday at the Uqba Bin Nafie Intersection in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion caused  three deaths and injuries to eleven people as well as damage to several nearby shops, buildings and civilian cars.
11/02/2008: On Sunday, an Iraqi Sunni tribal chief was killed by a roadside bomb along with his wife and their four children near Buhriz, police said. The tribal chief was identified as Sheikh Abbas al-Tami, who was the head of the Majmaa tribe and led a Sahwa, or Awakening group, that is paid by American forces to battle Al-Qaeda jihadists. There was no damage reported and no group claimed the responsibility.
03/14/2008: A roadside bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq, targeting a garbage truck. The explosion damaged the truck and injured its driver. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
08/27/2008: On Wednesday afternoon, in the Malain district of western Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a group of civilians, wounding 22 civilians and damaging several shops. No group claimed responsibility.
02/26/2008: In Tuz-Khurmato, Salah ad Din Province, unknown gunmen broke into a residence, killed an off-duty soldier and kidnapped a civilian inside the residence who was a relative of the slain soldier. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
08/18/2008: On Monday, eight gunmen killed the director of the higher elections commission Moaz Wahieb Abdullah Al Mousawi and his deputy Basem Mohammad Jasem Halawi in a drive-by shooting near the town of Abu Al Khasib, Al Basrah, Iraq. A passerby, Ali Qassem Al Tamemi, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
4/15/2008:  On Tuesday, a car bomb killed at least 42 people and wounded 80 others outside a courthouse in the central city of Baquba, Diyala, Iraq at approximately 1115.  U.S. military blames al Qaeda for the bombing, although there were no claims of responsibility.
06/06/2008: On Friday, gunmen kidnapped a colonel of the former Iraqi intelligence while he was inside his car at a petrol station in Khadraa neighborhood in downtown Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2008:  On Monday, five Iraqi civilians were wounded when a bomb went off near a parking lot for travelers to and from Baghdad International Airport near the statue of ‘Abbas ibn Firnas. The wounded included one Iraqi soldier and four civilians.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
4/22/2008:  On Tuesday, a car bomb killed one man and wounded 10 others when it exploded near a provincial government building in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
05/06/2008: On Tuesday, a car bomb planted by unknown militants went off outside al Khayarat restaurant in Tikrit, Salah ad Din province, Iraq, killing two civilians and wounding 26 people, including five Iraqi soldiers. At least 10 cars were burnt and nearby buildings were damaged from the bombing attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/06/2008: On Friday, four gunmen were killed while planting a roadside bomb at Al Nasr Wa Salam area in Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
12/29/2008: On Monday, in the al Shuhadda neighorhood of Jalawlaa, Diyala, Iraq, unknown gunmen opened fire on Ali Sirwan Kobkha Mahmoud, the official of the social office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Jalawlah, killing him on the spot. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
08/25/2008: On Monday morning, at 0800, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle outside the owner's house in the western Al Jami'ah neighborhood, wounding three civilians and damaging their vehicle. There was no motive reported and the Iraq's Jihadist Leagues claimed responsibility.
06/05/2008: On Thursday, an improvised explosive device exploded on the road in Al Nahr Al Kabier village in Bahriz, Diyala, Iraq. The blast injured three civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/13/2008: On Sunday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a government employee entrance to the health directorate, damaging the entrance but causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/13/2008: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb exploded near Sayd Al Haleeb stores (Milk Master Stores) in the Mansour neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq killing one civilian. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/08/2008: On Wednesday morning at 1130, a female suicide bomber detonated an explosives vest in front of a courthouse in downtown Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, killing nine people and wounding 21 others. A second bomber was arrested after he failed to detonate his explosives vest. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/06/2008: On Thursday, one civilian was killed and four others were wounded when an explosive charge went off near the shrine of Shaykh Abd-al-Qadir al-Jilani in central Baghdad, Iraq. There was no damage or motive behind the attack reported. No one claimed responsibilty.
08/10/2008: On Sunday, a powerful bomb exploded outside Rafidain Bank in the Kamalia neighborhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, killing two people and wounding at least 10 others. No claim of responsibilty has been reported.
04/23/2008: On Wednesday, armed assailants fired upon the vehicle of an off-duty facility protection officer in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, killing him, wounding his civilian wife, and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
02/25/2008: Brig. Gen. Abdul-Jabbar Rabi, an Iraqi police commander, was killed when a bomb placed underneath the wheelchair of a disabled man was detonated in a police station in Samarra in the process killing the disabled man as well. There is speculation over whether the disabled man was a suicide bomber and detonated the bomb himself or was unaware of its existence, as he frequently visited the police station to discuss Iraqi security. If it was a case of the latter, this is an example of the tactic utilized by insurgents known as “sticky bombs” described as small plastic bombs with highly explosive materials that are duct-taped to the undercarriage of a vehicle or in this case, a wheelchair. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
4/21/2008:  On Monday, two roadside bombs targeted two cars near the red crescent in the Mansour neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported.  There were no claims of responsibility.
05/16/2008: On Friday, a roadside bomb killed a man driving his car and also wounded his wife and two children in Tareq Baghdad region in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
08/17/2008: On Sunday, gunmen threw a grenade at a car carrying a television crew for Afaq, a local television station funded by the Dawaa party, in Alawi al Hilla neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. A reporter, cameraman and driver were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
05/02/2008: On Friday, suspected Al Qaeda in Iraq militants set up a fake checkpoint on the road that leads to Mindli region in Baladruz district, Diyala province, Iraq, detaining a small bus. The militants then kidnapped seven passengers of the bus and took them to unknown place. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident and the status of the hostages is unknown.
4/16/2009:  On Wednesday, at approximately 1345, a mortar shell hit Karrada neighborhood behind the Khaima (Tent) theater.  One civilian was killed and eight others were injured.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
04/19/2008: On Saturday night, in Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants kidnapped a local councilor and his brother from their home. The following day, Iraqi security forces found their bodies but no cause of death was provided. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/08/2008: Two civilians were killed and 6 others were wounded when an IED exploded near a minibus in Khammar village, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack which occurred Saturday morning.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near an oil storage facility, causing no reported casualties or damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday, near Ad Dulu'iyah, Salah ad Din, Iraq, armed assailants fired a mortar into a community, killing one civilian, wounding four others, and damaging a residence. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/02/2008: On Sunday, in southeastern Baghdad, two civilians were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in the Mashtal neighborhood. No damage was reported. There was no motive for the attack and nobody claimed responsibility.
11/02/2008: On Sunday, two children were killed and two others were badly wounded when a bomb exploded as they played in an empty lot in Kirkuk, Ta’mim, Iraq. Captain Salam Zangan said he did not know if the bomb had been placed recently or was old. There was no damage reported, along with no motive. No group claimed the responsibility.
05/05/2008: On Monday afternoon, a bomb exploded in al Masarif neighborhood in downtown Mosul city, Nenawa province, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
08/11/2008: On Monday, two civilians were wounded when a car rigged with explosives went off near a fuel station in the eastern part of Mosul city, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/21/2008: On Wednesday about 1500, in Baghdad, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed Colonel Abdul Kareem Muhsin, the commander of the Facility Protection Service, on the Mohammed al Qasim highway. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2008: An unknown suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shiite mosque in Baquba, Iraq. The bomber targeted those celebrating the festival of Ashura and killed eight while wounding fifteen others.
4/17/2008:  On Thursday, the Doura Local Council Member, Saad al-Nuaimi, was assassinated by gunmen at approximately 1700.  He was driving his car near a bridge intersection in Baghdad, Iraq when he was shot.  His son, Saifuddin, was with him, although was only wounded.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded another in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2008: In eastern Baghdad, a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol in the city's Shaab neighborhood (possibly Zayouna neighborhood) wounded six people, including three police officers. The bomb was planted by unidentified persons.
05/25/2008: On Sunday morning around 1000, in Garma, Al Anbar, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the convoy of Sheikh Mishhin Mohammad Abbas, a U.S.-backed patrol leader, wounding three of his guards. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/01/2008: On Monday, at about 1300, on Eastern West Bank and Gaza Strip Street in Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a ball-bearing packed explosive vest he was wearing in a crowd of police recruits leaving from classes at the Baghdad Police Academy.  One minute later, a separate suicide bomber detonated his vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) targeting first responders.  In total, 11 police recruits and five police officers were killed, 35 police recruits and 11 police officers were wounded, and several cars, two minivans, and the police academy entrance were damaged.  No group claimed responsibility, although the United States military blamed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).
05/19/2008: On Monday, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired upon the vehicle of Major Ahmad al-Nouri, an offical of the Internior Ministry, killing him, wounding the driver, and damaging the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/19/2008: On Tuesday, a civilian was killed and three others were wounded when an bomb exploded in the Al Dabab village in Mahmudiyah, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/28/2008: On Monday morning at approximately 0800, a roadside bomb was detonated in Karradah district in Baghdad, Iraq, as people were making a pilgrimage to Kazimiyah to mark the death of an eighth-century saint.  This attack happened only moments before three femail suicide bombers detonated their explosives in various parts of the crowd.  Between the four incidents 32 people were killed and anywhere from 61 to 102 wounded.  A senior U.S. military official blamed al-Qaida in Iraq for the attacks.  There were no claims of responsibility for the bombing.
12/18/2008: On Thursday night, in Baghdad, Iraq, armed assailants fired mortars at the Sleikh neighborhood, killing one person, wounding six others, and causing unspecified damage in the area. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/20/2008: On Wednesday, a civilian was killed and two were injured when an improvised explosive device exploded on the main road in Al Suleikh in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/22/2008: On Tuesday morning, at about 0800, armed assailants fired upon the vehicle of a local government employee in Baghdad, Iraq, killing him and causing light damage to his vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/18/2008: On Tuesday morning around 1000, two civilians were injured by a roadside bomb in Hahdha neighborhood in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. There was no damage or clear motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2008: On Monday, at 1600, an adhesive bomb stuck to a civilian car exploded in Raghiba Khatoon in northern Baghdad, Iraq. The driver of the car was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/06/2008: On Friday, a roadside bomb targeted a house for the Kurdistan Democratic Party member in Jalawla, Diyala, Iraq. One person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, an adhesive bomb stuck to a civilian car, a Nissan Sunny, exploded at the Al Hamza intersection near the Sadr offices in Bayaa, Ninawa, Iraq. One civilian was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2008: A roadside bomb struck a U.S. military vehicle in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. One American Soldier died.
03/17/2008: A roadside bomb explosion targeting a police patrol wounded a civilian and caused damages in a nearby building in the Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad. The bomb was planted by unknown perpetrators.
12/22/2080: On Monday night, in the Khadhraa neighborhood in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, gunmen kidnapped an owner of a liquor store. There was no casualties, damage, or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2008: Unknown perpetrators attacked police posts and Ashura processions with machineguns and assault rifles in Basra and Niasiriyah, Iraq. The attack killed seventeen people and injured an unknown amount.
04/28/2008: On Monday, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a Ministry of Health minibus in Baghdad, Iraq, killing one government employee, wounding two others, and causing damage to the minibus.  No group claimed responsibility.
02/23/2008: At approximately 6:15 a.m. local time, between 6 to 10 rockets and/or mortars were fired at the Green Zone in Baghdad. No casualties resulted from this attack, and only minor property damage resulted. These attacks came the day after Muqtada al-Sadr extended his ceasefire for another 6 months. No group has claimed responsibility for this attack.
05/16/2008: On Friday night at approximately 2100, two civilians were killed and two others were wounded in a bomb explosion on Baghdad street in downtown Kirkuk, At Ta'mim province, in Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
07/04/2008: On Friday, gunmen killed Salim al-Daraji, an official of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) in northern Basra. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/25/2008: In Balad Ruz, Iraq, an improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated in close proximity to an Iraqi security official's house. This explosion injured two civilians. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/09/2008: On Thursday, a roadside bomb targeting the convoy of Saleh Al Auqaeili detonated in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Auqaeili, a prominent member of the Muqtada Al Sadr bloc, later died at a hospital from wounds sustained in the attack. One civilian and one bodyguard were also killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/07/2009: On Monday, seven people were on the their way to Karbala to visit the holy shrines, when a three-men armed group kidnapped them near Kut. The hostages were released hours after they were kidnapped. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
4/29/2008:  On Tuesday, the director of Sadiyah town, Samir al Sadi, was injured in an improvised explosive device blast that targeted his convoy while he was leaving the building of the directorate at approximately 1220 in downtown Sadiyah town, Diyala province, Iraq.  One of his guards was killed, and two other civilians injured.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2008: A roadside bomb, placed by unknown perpetrators, targeted a civilian car at Saad Camp, Iraq and killed two people and injured one.
4/14/2008:  On Monday, gunmen killed an Independent Electoral Commission worker in a drive-by shooting outside of his house east of Baquba, Diyala, Iraq.  There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
4/14/2008:  On Monday, a car bomb exploded in Mosul's western district of Rabiaa; 12  Kurdish peshmerga militia fighters troops were killed and another five wounded. This was one of several car bomb attacks on the same day in Mosul, although it is unknown if the attacks are related.  No one claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2008: On Friday, a roadside car bomb went off near Al Fasoul Al Arabaa Restaurant in the Al Harithiya area in western Baghdad, Iraq. Three civilians were killed and 10 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/28/2008: On Sunday afternoon shortly after 1745, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device planted by suspected Al Qaeda in Iraq insurgents detonated  in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Hai Al-Amil, Baghdad province, Iraq. The car bombing attack killed one civilian and wounding another. This was the second of two nearly simultaneous car bomb attacks in western Baghdad. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/12/2008: On Monday, a bomb was planted inside the car of Hussein Shaban, a former police officer and former Awakaening council member in Al Shirqat in Ninawa province, Iraq.  Shaban was killed, though there were no other reported casualties.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
06/04/2008: On Wednesday, gunmen shot and killed Col. Dhafir Al Ani, Inspector General of the Interior Ministry, at his home in Al Ghadir, Baghdad, Iraq. The official's brother was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
4/19/2008:  On Saturday, one child was killed and three civilians wounded in a roadside attack that targeted a civilian car in al-Tahreer neighborhood in Baquba city, Diyala province, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
06/26/2008: On Thursday, two Iraqi Kurdish Islamic militants were killed while planting a bomb in Sikawiz border village in Benjwin district in eastern Sulaymaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
08/23/2008: On Saturday, eight civilians were kidnapped by an armed group believed to Al Qaeda Group of Jihad in the Country of Two Rivers militants in Buhriz, Diyala, Iraq.
08/19/2008: On Tuesday, a mortar shell landed on the building of Al Iraqia and Al Mosuliya satellite channels in Al Karama neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No casualties resulted from the explosion and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/02/2008: On Friday evening at 1915, on the road between Mandali, Diyala, Iraq and Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants set up a fake checkpoint and kidnapped seven civilians. No group claimed responsibility, although some believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, at 0800, one civilian was wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near Al Andalus square in central Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/03/2008: On Thursday, two local nationals were killed and one was wounded when a bomb detonated near the Yarmouk Hospital in western Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/23/2008: A roadside bomb killed four US soldiers on patrol near southern Baghdad, Iraq.
12/07/2008: On Sunday, in the al Majmoua al Thaqafiyya area of north Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired on two members of the Yazidi community in their liquor store, killing them both and damaging the shop. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/10/2008: On Tuesday morning, in Al 'Awja, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device that was attached to the underside of a vehicle carrying the chief of the Albu Nasir tribe, killing the tribal chief and one of his bodyguards, wounding two or three other bodyguards, and damaging the vehicle.  Assailants previously made threatening phone calls to the tribal chief.  No group claimed responsibility, although authorities arrested several suspects believed to be responsible.
08/19/2008: On Tuesday, one civilian was killed when a sticky improvised explosive device, placed under the man's car, exploded in the Al Zaafaraniya district in southern Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion caused slight damage to nearby buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2008: On Sunday at approximately 1300, a car bomb targeted the convoy of Salim al-Muslimawi, the governor of Babil, near Yarmouk hospital in Yarmouk neighborhood, west Baghdad, Iraq.  Eleven people were injured, seven of which who were guards with the convoy and four other civilians.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
11/28/2008: On Friday, in Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated the improvised explosive device he was wearing in a line of Muslims waiting to enter a Shiite mosque for Friday prayers, killing between eight and twelve civilians, wounding between fifteen and twenty three others, and damaging the mosque.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
03/11/2008: A member of the local council of Yousifiyah, Iraq, was killed and eight others were wounded as an IED exploded inside the building of Yousifiyah town local council. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/09/2008: On Friday, a woman was killed and two people were injured in a bomb blast carried out by unknown militants in south Baaquba, Diyala province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/11/2008: On Saturday in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen killed two Christians in Mosul's al-Mithaq neighborhood. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
04/24/2008: On Thursday, at noon, unknown assailants fired a mortar or rocket at the building housing the Polish embassy employees in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, lightly injuring one guard.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/31/2008: Unknown perpetrators detonated a car bomb near a bus station in Baghdad, Iraq killing five people and injuring eight more.
01/05/2008: An explosive device was detonated in a house in Baghdad, Iraq. Five Iraqi soldiers were killed and two were wounded.
03/18/2008: Two American soldiers were killed when a large roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle near Baghdad as they were helping to clear a roadway of bombs and other threats. No one claimed responsibility.
07/11/2008: On Friday, seven civilians were kidnapped near the Al Mahalabiyah village south west of Mosul, Iraq. All seven civilians were killed the next day in the Ninawa province. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/09/2008: On Monday, mortar shells landed on a house in Al Seneija village, Al Wajihiya, Diyala, Iraq. One civilian was killed while three others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/16/2008: On Monday, a bomb exploded near a checkpoint set by Sahwa forces in Bahraz's village of Abu Fayyad in southern Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. Three fighters were killed and two other were wounded in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/07/2008: On Tuesday, a car bomb detonated in a parking lot opposite the foreign ministry building near Baghdad's Green Zone in Iraq. No casualties were reported but several civilian cars were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/16/2008: On Saturday, five people were injured when a roadside bomb exploded in Zafaraniyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday, in Tuz, Salah ad Din, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded inside a mobile phone shop located inside a marketplace, wounding 17 people. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/13/2008: On Sunday, in Abu Saydah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian car, killing one civilian, wounding one other, and damaging the car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/27/2008: Unknown gunmen attacked and killed three people and injured another in their home in Baghdad, Iraq.
12/17/2008: On Wednesday morning, at 1100,  in the Mustansiryah neighborhood of the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) then detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) as first responders and civilians gathered to watch outside the traffic police headquarters. The blasts killed two police officers and 15 or 16 civilians, wounded between eight and 18 police officers and between 25 and 47 civilians. The explosion damaged one police headquarters, 15 civilian vehicles, several shops, and residences. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility
04/02/2008: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb targeting Maytham Ibrahim, a cameraman working for al-Diyar satellite channel, killed three civilians in the eastern neighborhood of Talbiyah in Baghdad province, Baghdad, Iraq. Thirteen people, including Al-Diyar cameraman Maytham Ibrahim, were wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
12/17/2008: On Wednesday morning, at 1100,  in the Mustansiryah neighborhood of the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) then detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) as first responders and civilians gathered to watch outside the traffic police headquarters. The blast killed two police officers and 15 or 16 civilians, wounded between eight and 18 police officers and between 25 and 47 civilians. The explosion damaged one police headquarters, 15 civilian vehicles, several shops, and residences. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/30/2008: On Monday, at 0715, an IED exploded inside a car in which an unidentified body was left in Adhemiyah, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
05/10/2008: On Saturday afternoon at 14:00, an insurgent was killed while he was trying to plant an IED in Hakimiyah neighborhood of downtown Basra city, Al Basrah province, Iraq. The explosion also killed a civilian and wounded five others. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/12/2008: On Thursday, four insurgents were killed and three "Sons of Iraq" members were injured when "Sons of Iraq" repelled an attack on their homes by Al Qaeda fighters in Ishaqi, Salah ad Din, Iraq.
10/23/2008: On Thursday morning at 0800, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-improvised explosive device after ramming into the convoy of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in the central Bab as Sharqi neighborhood, killing between three and eight civilians, three police officers, three or four private security guards; wounding between 16 and 20 civilians, two police officers, four private security guards; damaging two vehicles, one police vehicle, three civilian vehicles, and a dozen shops.  No group claimed responsibility.
07/15/2008: On Tuesday, a roadside bomb targeted the convoy of the minister of electricity in the Zayuna neighborhood in eastern Baghdad. Two civilians were wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/24/2008: Two men were gunned down in their home in Dora neighborhood southern Baghdad. The victims were Khamis Ali al-Zobaie, a leader of the Awakening Council in Baghdad, and his son. Although no group has claimed responsibility for this attack, it is believed that members of al-Qaeda were the perpetrators because their targets were affiliated with Awakening Council which is made up of former insurgents now siding with the US military to fight al-Qaeda.
05/12/2008: On Monday, a mortar attack killed a woman and wounded three people including a child in Nassiriya, Dhi Qar, Iraq. There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
12/14/2008: On Sunday, at around 1200,  in the Karrada neighborhood in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in Nidhal street near al Qasr al-Abyad Hotel. Three civilians were wounded in the bombing and the hotel was damaged. No group claimed responsibility, but Iraqi authorities suspected Mahdi Army (JAM) splinter groups were responsible.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in the Al Thawra neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, killing four civilians and injuring three others. Damage was done to several nearby buildings and civilian cars. No one claimed responsibility for this attack.
05/14/2008: On Wednesday, a booby-trapped car bomb exploded in al-Yarmouk region of Baghdad, Iraq near the headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic Party, killing two people and wounding 15.  Many of the victims were members of the party's staff.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
06/12/2008: On Thursday, unknown gunmen opened fire on four crude oil tanks near Jiran intersection in south Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. Two tank drivers were wounded and one of the tanks was set ablaze in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/13/2008:  On Saturday, in the As Sinaa district of southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a mobile Northern Oil Company security patrol. The attack wounded one patrolman and damaged his vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
08/08/2008: On Friday, vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in the Maolameen neighborhood market in Tal Afar, killing 21 local civilians. Sixty six civilians and five Iraqi police officers were also wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/04/2008: On Wednesday, at 1400, an improvised rocket-assisted mortar exploded in the northeastern neighborhood of Shaab in Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion occurred when the Mahdi Army attempted to launch the mortar from a vehicle. The explosion killed 18 Iraqi civilians, wounded 29 others, and caused significant damage to 15 houses and an unknown number of vehicles.
11/23/2008: On Sunday, an improvised explosive device planted by unknown men at an intersection in the al-Adhamiya neighborhood, northern Baghdad, Iraq injured two civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, militants blew up a section of a water pipeline in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion tore an 18-inch hole in the pipe that carried drinking water to Baghdad's Adhamiyah, Rusafa and Karrada districts. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/05/2008: A roadside bomb detonated near a police patrol in Jammasa, east Mosul, injuring three policemen and two civilians. It is unclear if a group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/20/2008: On Tuesday, a suspected Al Qaeda member who was wearing an explosives belt blew himself up at a house near an Awakening Council building in the al-Bakr neighborhood of Mandali, Diyala province, Iraq.  A child was killed, and two other people were injured. The intended target of the attack, Shaykh Talib an Naddawi, the chieftain of Nadawi Sunni tribe and head of the local U.S.-backed Awakening Council group, was uninjured.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
11/28/2008: On Friday evening at about 2000, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Tayaran Square near the Baghdad Stock Exchange, killing two civilians, wounding fourteen or fifteen others, and damaging several nearby vehicles and shops. No group claimed responsibility.
03/27/2008: Three mortars fired by unidentified persons hit the al-Alawi bus station bus station in central Baghdad killing two civilians and wounding 15.
05/19/2008: On Monday evening, in Al Bi'aj, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a minibus transporting police recruits returning to the city from their recruitment camp, killing nine police recruits and two police drivers, kidnapping one police recruit, and damaging the minibus. Iraqi security forces later rescued the kidnapped police officer. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that the Islamic State of Iraq was responsible.
07/02/2008: On Wednesday at afternoon at 1300, a roadside bomb targeted civilians at the Sharikat intersection in Baghdad. Three civilians were wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/14/2008: Four civilians were wounded when the US consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Babel were hit with rockets. Reportedly, the rockets were intended for the Babel hotel but some of the rockets hit the nearby US consulate. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday, two civilians were killed and two others were wounded from an IED explosion inside a motorcycle repair shop in the industrial area of al-Hai al-Sinaie neighborhood, Rabiaa district west of Mosul city, Nineveh province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/15/2008: On Sunday morning, at about 0800, in the Al Hadbaa district of western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon Weleed al-Mouli, a Mosul University professor, while he was driving to work, killing the professor, wounding two of his sons, and damaging his car. The professor was also a member of the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/24/2008: On Wednesday night, at 2100,  in the Yarmuk neighborhood of Mansur district, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) near a residence, wounding two civilians and damaging one home. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/30/2008: On Wednesday morning, assailants detonated a bomb by the car belonging to the commander of the tribal "Awakening" police in Al Huwayjah, At Ta'mim, Iraq, but caused no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/30/2008: Two unknown suicide bombers blew themselves up one after the other near a police station in Fallujah, Iraq killing no one and injuring nine.
01/05/2008: A roadside bomb in Baquba, Iraq, wounded three civilians. It was unclear what the target was.
01/22/2008: Unknown perpetrators kidnapped two teachers on their way to school between the city of Tikrit and the village of Tozkhurmato, Iraq.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, at 0800, a roadside bomb exploded near Al Mowal restaurant on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the blast.
11/06/2008: On Thursday, an explosive charge targeted Na'im al-Ka'bi, undersecretary of Baghdad Municipality, in Al-Nahdah area in central Baghdad, Iraq.  As a result, four of Al-Ka'bi's guards were wounded and a car was burned. No one claimed responsibility.
07/10/2008: On Thursday, a Turkish benzene tanker driver was killed in a roadside bomb explosion in the Al Arabi neighborhood in Mosul. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/28/2008: On Monday night around 0300, assailants fired three mortar rounds into Mamil neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, injuring five civilians.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/05/2008: On Saturday morning, near Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants kidnapped four Kurdish off-duty Facilities Protection Agency members for an oil pipeline from a fake checkpoint.  Later that day, authorities found the victims' bodies bearing gunshot wounds. No group claimed responsibility.
4/23/2008:  A suicide bomber blew himself up inside an exchange office in al Dawasa neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  Two people were killed and six injured; the dead included an Iraqi army captain. This is one of two related attacks; as first responders arrived at the scene to aid with injured civilians, a vehicle borne explosives device targeted the ambulances and police who responded on scene. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2008: An improvised explosive device detonated near a military vehicle in combat operations in southern Baghdad, killing one Multi-National Division-Baghdad soldier and wounding three others. There were no known perpetrators.
01/20/2008: An unknown suicide bomber attempted to attack a U.S.-backed Sunni tribal sheik in Anbar province, Iraq. Though unsuccessful, the bomber still killed six people and injured four others.
04/02/2008: On Wednesday, several armed men fired at a civilian car killing two women working for Iraqna mobile telephone company and injuring their driver in Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
08/12/2008: On Tuesday, three mortar shells were fired on the area of al-Daydan, central Mosul, wounding one civilian. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/10/2008: On Sunday, a car bomb detonated near a gas station in al-Mada'en area, southern Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding three others. No claim of  responsibility has been reported.
10/09/2008: On Thursday morning at about 0730, near Adhaim, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a minibus carrying a local Sahwa Council leader and his family, killing the paramilitary member, his son, daughter and nephew, wounding four other family members and one child, and damaging their vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/30/2008: On Monday, a parked car bomb killed on person and wounded 25 others, including Sheik Abdul Razaq Al Waqaa and his wife, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/21/2008:  On Monday, a member in the PUK party and three of his guards were injured in an improvised explosive device detonation that targeted their convoy in Tayaran intersection in downtown Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
4/21/2008:  On Monday afternoon, three members of an Iraqi television crew were shot and wounded after being deliberately targeted by gunmen carrying pistols and automatic weapons in the Zayouna district of eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Cameraman Hameed Hasim was hit in the stomach and mouth, and reporter Hassan al-Rikabi and driver Azim Habeeb were also wounded. The crew work for Beladi TV, which is owned by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa Party. There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
04/19/2008: On Saturday, in the Khad'ra' district of central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants remotely detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, killing one civilian and wounding four others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/11/2008: On Thursday morning at 1000, a roadside bomb planted by unknown assailants exploded in Al Muthafar Square in Baghdad’s Sadr city district, Baghdad province, Iraq. The bombing attack injured two civilians. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
07/14/2008: On Monday, three Sahwa fighters were wounded by an IED that detonated near their vehicle on a road in the village of al-Makhifa in Ba'quba. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/07/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb killed three people and wounded two others when it exploded near their vehicle in Al Musayyib. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/02/2008: On Sunday, a minibus passenger was killed and four others were wounded in a bomb attack in the Buhriz area of Baghdad, Iraq, an insurgent stronghold, police said. No damage was reported. There was no motive for that attack and no group claimed the responsibility.
04/12/2008: On Saturday, in southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle being driven by an off-duty Iraqi soldier, wounding the soldier and one Sahwa Council member and damaging their car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/27/2008: The convoy of Basra police chief Major General Abdul Jalil Khalaf was hit by a suicide car bomber killing three policemen in Basra, Iraq.
01/01/2008: In Diyala, nine Iraqi soldiers were wounded when bombs exploded as the soldiers came to reinforce a checkpoint in the province that had been attacked by insurgents.
4/19/2008:  On Saturday, two civilians were killed and 12 others injured when an improvised explosive device went off near a passenger bus in the Ain Shams area of eastern Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq.  No one claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/14/2008: On Wednesday at approximately 1000, a parked car bomb targeted the convoy of Dr. Ayad Al Samarai, a Sunni parliament member and a member of the Iraqi Islamic party.  Al Samarai was not in the convoy which was traveling near his party's headquarter in Yarmouk neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. Sources claim that two to three people were killed, and 15 to 27 injured in the blast.  Seven bodyguards were included in those injured.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
11/11/2008: On Tuesday morning, insurgents detonated two roadside improvised explosive devices (IED) in Mustansiryah Square in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq. The IEDs exploded near a line of newspaper vendors waiting for the morning newspaper delivery, killing three vendors, wounding 17 others, and damaging a delivery truck and several stores. There was no motive reported for the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
11/11/2008: On Tuesday evening at around 1800, in the Al Askari district of central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the home of the district deputy police chief, damaging the house but not injuring the police officer.  No group claimed responsibility.
08/31/2008: On Sunday, near Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a village and also destroyed dozens of residences by unknown means, causing no casualties. The assailants then forced 46 families to leave their homes. No group claimed responsibility.
05/19/2008: On Monday evening at about 2100, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the vehicle transporting the Quds neighborhood chief of police, Major Ahmed, in the Ash Sha'b area, wounding the police chief and three other police officers and damaging a police vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2008: On Sunday at approximately 1600, a roadside bomb exploded in Suleikh neighborhood in north Baghdad, Iraq.  One civilian was killed and four others were wounded.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
08/30/2008: On Saturday, in Al Arabi district in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated three improvised explosive devices near three Turkish oil tankers, wounding three Turkish drivers and damaging all three oil tankers. No group claimed responsibility.
03/23/2008: Two children were killed when a homemade bomb hidden under garbage detonated in Baquba, Iraq.
07/02/2008: On Wednesday, gunmen threw a hand grenade inside the residence of Judge Sarkut Awni Omer in Qalat Daza district, northeastern Suaimaniyah. The greater part of the house was destroyed, but there were no casualties. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/11/2008: Dr. Mowaffaq Yahya, the assistant of Mosul University in Nineveh Province, Iraq, survived an assassination attempt when gunmen with machine gun weapons attacked him in downtown Mosul, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. Dr. Yahya was attacked Tuesday morning.
06/13/2008: On Friday, a bomb exploded outside a policeman's house in Al Khadhra district in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. The blast wounded the policeman and caused material damage to the house. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/06/2008: On Sunday, a roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded another when it detonated near their vehicle in Haswa. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/24/2008: On Wednesday,  in Ameriyat al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown men in front of the house of Sheikh Ahmed Rashed, a leader in Falluja's Albo Issa tribes, killed four people and wounded two others. There was no damage or motive reported and no one claimed responsibility.
10/12/2008: On Sunday early in the morning, a bicycle bomb detonated in the Wednesday market in downtown Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. Four people were wounded but no damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2008:  On Monday, seven people were wounded when a gunman hurled a hand grenade at the motorcade of followers of Major General Marid ‘Abd al-Husayn, the Director of Tribal Affairs in the Iraqi Interior Ministry in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
4/15/2008:  Four civilians were wounded in a roadside bomb attack in the middle of a major market in Toz city, Salah ad Din, Iraq.  Several shops were destroyed.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/15/2008: On Thursday, unknown gunmen kidnapped doctor Jabbar Mahroos, director of Tikrit public hospital, his assistant doctor Abdel Razzaq al-Qaisi and doctor Ahmed Salah in al-Hamra district on the road between Tikrit city and Beiji town in Salah ad Din, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibiity for the kidnapping.
11/18/2008: On Tuesday morning at 0800, a bomb detonated inside the house of Sadi mahdi, a general inspector in the ministry of electricity in al Qadisiyah neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq. Sadi’s son Mustafa and his wife were injured in the blast, which also damaged their car. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/02/2008: On Tuesday, in the al-Baladiyat neighborhood of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a cart loaded with explosives was detonated, The blast killed four civilians and injured another 12. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/03/2008: On Wednesday afternoon, the entrance to the Green Zone was struck by a mortar fired by unknown militants, causing an unspecified number of casualties in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/08/2008: An Awakening Council fighter was killed and four others were wounded as a their patrol hit a roadside bomb in the northern Iraqi town of Hawijah. Two of the wounded were in critical condition and several nearby buildings were damaged. No group has claimed responsibility.
04/28/2008: On Monday afternoon around 1415, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a pickup truck in the central Nahdha neighborhood in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one government employee, wounding three or four others, and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2008: On Monday, unidentified gunmen killed a Christian businessman and wounded his nephew in a drive-by shooting in Kazraj neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday morning, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside bomb, targeting Colonel Fo’ad Shwani’s convoy, the deputy of emergency police in Kirkuk. The blast wounded one of the security guards, but caused no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/23/2008: On Friday, in Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants fired upon the residence of the head of the city council, Hameed al-Hashin, causing no casualties or damages. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/02/2008: On Wednesday, four persons were killed and four others, including a chieftain and his son, were kidnapped by suspected al-Qaeda gunmen at a fake checkpoint near the town of Dalouiya in Tikrit, Salah ad Din province, Iraq. The status of the hostages are unknown and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
08/12/2008: On Tuesday, an explosive charge went off in the Al-Zinjli region in western Mosul, wounding two civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/06/2008: Suspected al-Qaida in Iraq fighters attacked the home of a sheik in Khalis, Iraq. They kidnapped him and thirteen members of his family. His son and daughter-in-law were critically wounded. Iraqi police believed that the motivation for the attack was that the tribal leader was preparing to form a local Awakening Council.
11/25/2008: On Tuesday morning around 0900, in West Bank and Gaza Strip Street of the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device, wounding two civilians and damaging several nearby shops. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/09/2008: On Friday afternoon at 1545, in Al Karkh district in Baghdad, Iraq, armed assailants fired a Katyusha rocket at a community in Al Harithiyah neighborhood, wounding three civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Mahdi Army was responsible.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday, near al-Shaab playground, Baghdad, Iraq, six people were wounded, including two bomb squad personnel, while defusing and improvised explosive device. The explosion also damaged several vehicle nearby. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
4/21/2008:  On Monday, at approximately 0800, three improvised explosive devices planted in three cars targeted employees of the Cabinet office. The first one was in Dora, Baghdad, Iraq,  and the targeted employee was driving his BMW when it exploded and he was injured.  There was no claim of responsibility for the incident.
12/25/2008: On Thursday, in the Al Buhuwwah area of Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, armed assailants threw grenades at the residence of a local tribal chief, killing one child, three civilians, and damaging one home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/09/2008: On Wednesday, in Basra, Al Basrah, Iraq, militants fired two rockets which missed the Basra's international airport and landed harmlessly in the desert. There were no casualties, damages, or motive reported and there was no claim of responsibility.
12/28/2008: On Sunday morning, at about 1000, in the Dawasa district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber riding a bicycle, detonated the improvised explosive device (IED) he was wearing during a demonstration organized by the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) against the "Israeli attacks in Gaza," killing four civilians, wounding 21 civilians, and damaging one bike. There was no motive reported in the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
08/07/2008: On Thursday, at about 0800, in western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed an Iraqi Islamic Party leader (IIP) and his bodyguard.  No group claimed responsibility.
03/13/2008: Eighteen people were killed and dozens more wounded as a parked car exploded in a commercial district of central Baghdad, Iraq. The car bomb exploded off a bridge in Tahrir Square, a district of clothing shops, adjacent to the heavily fortified Green Zone. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/04/2008: On Wednesday, an bomb exploded near Sumer Hotel in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. The blast killed one civilian and wounded seven others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2008: An unknown suicide bomber disguised as a policeman killed a provincial director of police in Mosul, Iraq. The attack also killed two other people and injured two more.
4/19/2008:  Four civilians were wounded when a vehicle rigged with explosives blew up in al-Khadraa neighborhood, in southern Kirkuk, Iraq by means of a remote control. There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
12/07/2008: On Sunday, in Baquba, Diyala, Iraq, an explosive device placed in a market exploded, targeting  the mayor of Baquba. The blast killed three people and injured the mayor and General Raghem al-Omairi, head of military operations in the city. Two journalists from local television channel Dijla were also injured, along with eight policemen, six anti-Qaeda militiamen and 25 civilians. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/05/2008: Around 8 a.m. two IEDs exploded in southeast Baghdad, Iraq. The first landmine exploded near an intersection while the other one exploded near a youth center. Two civilians were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2008: Six American soldiers were killed in Diyala when insurgents detonated a large bomb hidden in a booby trapped house. Four other soldiers were wounded, and an interpreter of unknown nationality was killed. The attack occurred on an offensive against Sunni insurgents. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/05/2008: At around 7:15 pm two members of the local Awakening Councils were killed and 4 others were wounded when a suicide car bomber detonated as he tried to blow up a checkpoint in downtown Samarra, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/23/2008: Gunmen in three cars opened fire on pedestrians at a bus stop killing at least seven and wounding 16 in Baghdad, Iraq.
01/02/2008: In Basra, three mortar rockets hit the airport; the police reported no casualties.
04/05/2008: On Saturday at 12:00, unknown gunmen shot dead Father Youssef Adel, an Assyrian Christian Orthodox cleric who presided over St. Peter and Paul Church, outside his house in al-Sinaa street in al-Wihda neighborhood of central Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday at approximately 1000, a roadside bomb targeted a civilian car in Qara Tapa, in Diyala province, Iraq.  Two people were killed, a father and his son, and the other son was wounded. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
11/28/2008: On Friday evening, in the Al-Khajiyah area of Al Kut, Wasit, Iraq, assailants fired one Katyusha rocket that struck a residence, killing one child, wounding two civilians, and damaging one home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/03/2008: On Monday, a bomb attached to a car wounded three civilians and damaged their car in Zayouna district in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, police said. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/18/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb wounded three prison guards in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/28/2008: On Monday morning at approximately 0800, three female suicide bombers blew their explosive vests in the middle of pilgrims located in Karradah district in Baghdad, Iraq, heading to Kazimiyah as part of a pilgrimage marking the death of an eighth-century saint.  These attacks happened only moments after a roadside bomb attack, and between the four incidents 32 people were killed and anywhere from 61 to 102 wounded.  A senior U.S. military official blamed al-Qaida in Iraq for the attacks in Baghdad.  One woman blew herself up while walking amid the crowd close to the National Theater building.  A second attack occurred inside a tent where women rested while taking part in the march.  The third attacker blew her explosives vest filled with nails between traffic police checkpoints. There were no claims of responsibility for the suicide attacks.
12/24/2008: On Wednesday evening, in the al Sankar area of Basra, Iraq, unknown gunmen driving a modern car opened fire on Dr. Abdelamir al-Moussawi, a Fadhila Party candidate, and his brother-in-law while they were distributing electoral material in the area. Moussawi survived the attack, while his brother-in-law, Haydar, was killed. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/26/2008: On Tuesday, at about 1030, in Jalula', Diyala, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a police station in the northeastern Hay al-Shuhadah neighborhood, killing 25 people, including five police officers, wounding 40 people, including three Iraqi soldiers, and damaging the police station. Most of the civilian casualties were police recruits waiting to join. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq was responsible.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, a roadside bomb exploded in a crowded market in the city of Ba'quba, Diyala province, Iraq.  Two to three people were killed and seven to eight others wounded. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
11/03/2008: On Monday, a car bomb exploded in a parking lot across the street from the Diyala Provincial Council headquarters, killing two policemen and a child in Baquba. Thirteen people, eight of them policemen, were wounded in the blast, which occurred as a conference on protecting Iraqi journalists took place inside the building. None of the meeting's participants were injured in the attack. There was no damage reported in the attack and nobody claimed the responsibility.
05/26/2008: On Monday, five civilians were injured when a bomb exploded inside a park near the Abbas Ebin Firnas intersection in west Baghdad, Iraq around 1000.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2008: On Monday morning, a bomb exploded near the house of a Turkmen teacher in al Askari neighborhood in downtown Tuz Khurmatu, Salah ad Din, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack or reported casualties.
11/03/2008: On Monday, Abdul-Sahib Salman Qutub, one of three senior undersecretaries in the Oil Ministry, suffered minor injuries when a bomb went off at his house as he was leaving his home in the northern neighborhood of Ataifiyah, Baghdad, Iraq, ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said. Jihad said Qutub's driver was seriously injured in the attack. There was no damage reported, along with no motive. Nobody claimed the responsibility.
01/26/2008: Unknown perpetrators attacked a secondary school in Baghdad, Iraq killing no one and injuring two others.
4/13/2008:  On Saturday, one civilian man and four other family members were wounded in an attack by alleged Al Qaeda gunmen on their home in the district of Baladruz southeast of Baaquba, Diyala, Iraq.  There was no claim of responsibility for the incident.
04/06/2008: On Sunday, in Mosul, Iraq, unknown gunmen blew up an unfinished government building, wounding three women nearby. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/03/2008: On Thursday, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a cafe east of Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, killing four civilians and damaging the cafe.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/30/2008: On Monday, Ghanim Janab, an appeals court judge, escaped an assassination attempt when a bomb detonated near his home in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Four other judges also had assassination attempts on their lives but none were killed or wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
4/18/2008:  A roadside bomb wounded two people in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, Iraq. There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
03/12/2008: Suspected Al-Qaida in Iraq militants attacked a village in Benizad, Iraq, beheading five members of the anti Al-Qaida "Awakening" group. The militants raided the village of Benizad located in the Diyala Governorate, and attacked a newly created outpost for battling the jihadist network.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, at 1200, a bomb exploded in front of a private home killing a woman and her child and wounding four others in Yakiti neighborhood in Jalawlah, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
04/20/2008: On Sunday, in southwestern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants in two vehicles fired upon the vehicle transporting Mahmoud Attiya Hassan al-Ubaydi, a Sahwa Council tribal chieftain, and his son in the al-Rashad neighborhood, killing both and damaging their vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/22/2008: A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in central Kirkuk, Iraq damaging one of the patrol's vehicles, killing one civilian and injuring three others and a policeman.
07/27/2008: On Sunday, three civilians were injured when a Katyusha rocket slammed into al Jamia'a neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq. Six stores were also damaged by the explosion.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
12/23/2008: On Tuesday morning, at around 1000, Tarmiya, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the convoy of Faisal Ismail, the police chief in the town of Mashaada. The blast killed Ismail, his wife, and three policemen and wounded two other policemen. There was no motive reported and no one claimed responsibility.
07/07/2008: On Monday, gunmen killed a member of the Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic party in Tall' Afar. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/26/2008: On Thursday, four shepherds were wounded when an explosive device was detonated on the main street in the Shirween region in Muqdadiya, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/14/2008:  On Monday, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, leaving no casualties or material damage. It went off near Baghdad's main coach station.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/28/2008: On Saturday, armed men shot and killed Abd al-Jabbar Munshid, the Director of Intelligence Operations, in the An Nu'ayriyah area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/05/2008: On Thursday, in Jalula', Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants launched five mortars at a community, wounding three civilians.  No group claimed responsibility. It Is unknown if the attack caused any property damage.
10/02/2008: On Thursday morning at 0745, a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives about 20 yards from a mosque in Zafaraniyah in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq, killing eight people and injuring ten others. An unknown amount of damage was done to nearby buildings and vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
03/13/2008: An IED exploded under control in Oqba Bin Nafi Square, Karrada, central Baghdad, Iraq. No one was hurt or killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attempt.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, eight people were wounded when a car crammed with explosives went off in the Al Karama neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
11/13/2008: On Thursday morning at around 0915, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a minivan transporting civilians to An Nasiriyah, killing one Shia civilian, wounding seven others, and damaging the minivan and two civilian cars. No group claimed responsibility.
06/26/2008: On Thursday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a meeting of tribes and the Sahwa Council in Al Karama district, east of Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Twenty people were killed and 17 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/17/2008: A female suicide bomber evaded an Iraqi security checkpoint and detonated a bomb in a busy marketplace near Sadoon Street in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, which is predominantly Shiite. The U.S. military said the only death was that of the suicide bomber. This explosion, according to local police, killed three civilians, injured eight civilians, and caused extensive property damage to several of the stores in the marketplace. An Interior Ministry source on the other hand claims there were two killed and four injured. Although no group claimed responsibility for this attack, al-Qaeda is suspected.
11/27/2008: On Thursday, in the Dawasa district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber prematurely detonated the improvised explosive device he was wearing near the provincial government building and police patrol, wounding between four and six civilians and damaging several nearby buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
08/17/2008: On Sunday, at 1930, 15 people were killed and 30 were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Abu Hanifa Mosque near a crowded outdoor market in Ad Hamiya, Baghdad, Iraq. At least six of those killed were U.S.-backed Sunni Arab fighters. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/21/2008: On Sunday, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device  attached to the car of Ghassan Rida, the Finance Ministry director, on Kindi Street in the central Al Harithiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. The bombing attack wounded the government official and caused an unknown amount of damage to his car. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
08/30/2008: On Saturday afternoon, at 1300, in Karradah district in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device placed on a civilian vehicle, wounding two civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2008: On Monday, an Awakening Council member was seriously wounded when he was shot by gunmen 20 miles east of Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/17/2008:  On Thursday, a roadside bomb killed four neighborhood security guards and two civilians in northern Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility.
07/26/2008: On Saturday afternoon at approximatley 1400, a roadside bomb targeted civilians in Kamb Sara in Adhamiyah neighborhood in north Baghdad, Iraq. Six people were injured, including one policeman and two Sahwa members.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
06/10/2008: On Tuesday, an adhesive bomb detonated on the private car of Sheikh Ali Al Nida in the village of Awja in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq. The explosion killed the Sheikh and his driver and wounded two escorts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/30/2008: On Wednesday, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a rural road in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, injuring six women.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday, a roadside improvised explosive device wounded three civilians on Al Nidal street in the Al Nahdha commercial district in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/05/2008: On Saturday morning, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a convoy in which an official of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) was riding, causing no reported casualties or damage. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/31/2008: On Friday, unknown gunmen killed one policeman near his home just west of Kut, Wasit, Iraq. Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/18/2008: On Tuesday, one person was killed and between 10 and 16 others wounded in a a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device blast in Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq. The blast also caused some damage to the area. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/15/2008: On Monday morning, at 1132, in At Tarimiyah, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a female suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) she was wearing near the home of the leader of the Sons of Iraq, Ahmed Khamess, wounding his son and two other civilians. The blast caused an unspecified amount of damage to the house and no group claimed responsibility.
04/21/2008: On Monday, unidentified gunmen shot and killed an Iraqi police captain in Tuz Khurmato, Salah ad Din, Iraq.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2008: On Saturday afternoon at 1300, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device hidden in the vehicle of Ammar Aziz Mohammed, the office manager of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, in the Al Tobchi neighborhood, wounding three and damaging the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/21/2008: On Monday, gunmen of the al-Qaeda network kidnapped four brothers after raiding their house south of Bahriz. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/12/2008: On Wednesday, gunmen opened fire on and killed two Christian sisters and wounded their mother in the Qahira neighborhood of northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The gunmen killed one woman outside her home, then stormed the house, killing her sister and wounding their mother. The two were governmental employees, one was in the Mosul treasury department and the second was in the government city council. Therre was no motive for the attack and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/05/2008: On Sunday, unidentified gunmen attacked the Hussein Al Hamad village in Khan Bani Saad, Diyala, Iraq, killing two civilians and destroying four houses. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident., although Al Qaeda operatives are suspected of the attack.
07/10/2008: On Thursday morning at 1030, a roadside bomb targeted civilians in Palestine Street, eastern Baghdad, near al-Mawal Restaurant killing one, wounding four. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/20/2008: On Tuesday, in Bishkan, Salah ad Din, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, armed assailants fired upon the vehicle transporting the head of the local Sahwa Council, killing the chieftain and three of his bodyguards and damaging their vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2008: A roadside bomb targeted the convoy of the governor of Diyala Province in Wajihiya, Iraq. The attack, by perpetrators unknown, killed three bodyguards and injured two others.
08/20/2008: On Wednesday, in the Domiz district of southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and killed a government employee. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, although authorities announced the arrest of a known Islamic State of Iraq member later the same day for perpetrating the attack.
07/07/2008: On Monday, an adhesive IED placed on  a civilian car exploded in Adhamiyah (northern Baghdad), injuring four civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/07/2008: On Monday, a female suicide bomber detonated her explosive vest inside an outdoor market in central Baaquba city. The explosion killed two civilians and wounded fourteen. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, in Al Sadah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed Ahmed Foad, the head of the Diyala morgue. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/10/2008: On Monday at 1200 noon, a female suicide bomber targeted an American-backed Sunni paramilitary checkpoint in downtown Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. Five people were killed, including a leader of the paramilitary known as the Sahwa, Awakening or Sons of Iraq. At least 15 others were wounded, including three women. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
02/01/2008: Two bombs, attached to two mentally disabled women, were detonated in a crowded marketplace in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 90 people and injuring 130. Although it has not claimed responsibility for the attack, al-Qaida is suspected.
07/15/2008: On Tuesday, a car bomb detonated in Arabi neighborhood in Mosul. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/29/2008: A suicide car bomb targeting a police station killed two policemen in Garam located in Anbar province, Iraq.
04/07/2008: On Monday, suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists killed a clan chief and his three sons near the village of Khalis to the north-east of Baghdad,  Baghdad province, Iraq. Sheikh Aziz Mohammed Faraj, head of the Obaid clan, was the leader of a local militia that was fighting al-Qaeda. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
02/03/2008: A bomb targeting security official Husayn al-Zubaydi killed two US officials and wounded al-Zubaydi in Ba’qubah, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2008: Unknown perpetrators attacked a group of Awakening Council members with gunfire in Baquba, Iraq. The attack killed one person and injured an unknown amount.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired a mortar in the eastern part of the city, hitting the headquarters of a sports club. There was no damage or casualties reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2008: In the Shiite-dominated New Baghdad neighborhood in the eastern part of the city, two street sweepers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded around 7 a.m., police said. At least four others were wounded in the incident.
01/24/2008: Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb near a Shiite cleric's convoy in Karbala, Iraq. The attack killed two people and injured five including the cleric.
08/18/2008: On Monday, at about 1400, in Tozkhurmato, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed Rahim Dhiyab al-Bayyati, the leader of the city's Sahwa Council, Tuz Khurmatu Awakening Council. There was  no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/27/2008: Unknown attackers launched four rocket-propelled grenades at the Badr Organization Bureau burning the building to the ground and hitting a nearby home injuring one of the inhabitants.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, 14 people were wounded when a bomb exploded in a taxi in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
12/11/2008: On Thursday, in al Hod village, near Al Qayyarah, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) inside a Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party office building under construction, damaging the building but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
05/20/2008: On Tuesday, a child was killed and two civilians were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Jisr Naft in Diyala province, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
4/17/2008:  On Thursday, a roadside bomb exploded on the industrial street 52, Karrada, in downtown Baghdad, Iraq at approximately 1000.  Two civilians were injured. There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
4/17/2008:  On Thursday, gunmen riding a motorbike opened random fire upon the stores in al-Rubaei Street, a shopping centre in east Baghdad, Iraq at 1030.  Three civilians were injured, and there were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2008: In Muqdadiya, gunmen killed six people and wounded three.
04/05/2008: On Saturday, in Hamza al-Gharbi, Babil, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a local chief of police, wounding one police officer. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility, although police arrested two suspects.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, in Bayji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed three government employees working on an oil pipeline. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/21/2008: On Monday, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device  near a minibus close to Jalula, Diyala province, Iraq. The roadside bombing attack killed three civilians, wounded six others, and caused an unknown amount of damage to the vehicle. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/02/2008: On Friday, one civilian was wounded as a result of an IED explosion carried out by unknown militants in Darokinara, Khanaqin district, Diyala province, Iraq. The IED was planted outside his doorstep. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
4/27/2008:  On Sunday, a car bomb was detonated by remote control in the al-Qadisiyah residential neighborhood in eastern Samarra, Salah ad Din province, Iraq.  One woman was killed, and four people wounded.  There was no claim of responsibility for the incident.
03/08/2008: A civilian car was target of an exploding IED, killing a 40 year old mother, along with her daughter and son. The father was injured in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
07/28/2008: On Monday, at least 25 people were killed and 180 to 185 wounded when suicide bombers targeted a crowd of Kurds protesting a draft provincial elections law in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq.  Up to two suicide bombers detonated their explosives during the protest, though source accounts are conflicting.  Local sources confirmed that the attackers were women, though the U.S. military claims that there was no indication of gender.  After the explosion, dozens of angry Kurds opened fire on the offices of a Turkomen political party, which opposes Kurdish claims on Kirkuk.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
07/05/2008: On Saturday morning at 1055, a roadside targeted Khalid Abu Mihahid, a leader of the Islamic party in Falluja, near the Islamic headquarters. Mihahid was wounded along with two of his bodyguards. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/30/2008: Al-Qaida militants attacked and killed one civilian and injured three others in Diyala Province, Iraq.
07/13/2008: On Sunday,  gunmen opened fire on a soccer field in Dhuluiya, south of Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq. A policeman and a Sahwa, also known as Awakening Council, member were killed with two civilians.  Another Sahwa member and a nine-year old child were injured.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
07/07/2008: On Monday, in central Baghdad, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a vehicle driven by Dr. Salih Abed Hassoun, the dean of the Al Qadisiyah University College of Law, killing him and damaging his car. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
4/15/2008: On Tuesday, two civilians were killed and two others were wounded in a bomb explosion near al Alwiyah police station in Karrada neighborhood in downtown Baghdad, Iraq around 0700.  No one claimed responsibility for the incident.
04/29/2008: On Tuesday, armed assailants fired upon and killed one civilian who was the nephew of the Ministry of Interior official who oversaw counterterrorism operations in Al Basrah, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/13/2008:  A local council member and five members of his family were wounded in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq by a bomb in their car.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
08/23/2008: On Saturday, in central Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq, assailants fired upon a van carrying Haider al-Saymari, a Shiite cleric, and his family in Tayran Square, killing the cleric and damaging the van. The cleric was traveling back to Iran after attending Shabaniyah ceremonies earlier in the month. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/02/2008: On Tuesday, in al Huwayjah, Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a thermal grenade was thrown at the house of a Sahwa council leader. The attack caused an unknown amount of damage to the house. No casualties were caused by the attack and no group has claimed responsibility.
4/18/2008:  An improvised explosive device detonated and killed six civilians and wounded another four from al-Salam district of al-Khalis in Diyala, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
11/23/2008: On Sunday, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq,  a roadside  improvised explosive device detonated near Musa bin Naser petrol station in Nidhal street. The blast occurred near a minibus transporting employees of the Ministry of Agriculture, wounding three government employees, two civilians, and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/02/2008: On Sunday, an explosion struck a neighborhood restaurant in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. The number of casualties is unknown. Police cordoned off West Bank and Gaza Strip Street in eastern Baghdad where the detonation took place. There was no motive and no group claimed responsibility.
03/16/2008: Suspected Sunni insurgents carried out a suicide bombing near the offices of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan in Mosul, Iraq wounding 9 people.
06/07/2008: On Saturday, in Al 'Aziziyah, Wasit, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed five shepherds.    No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq was responsible. It Is unknown if the attack caused any property damage.
04/01/2008: On Tuesday night in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb targeting a Sahwa leader but his escorts shot and killed the assailant, killing a civilian in the process. No group claimed responsibility.
11/19/2008: On Wednesday, two roadside improvised explosive devices detonated near liquor shops at Uqba bin Nafia square in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The blast injured five people, damaged one liquor store, one other shop, and several nearby vehicles. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/29/2008: A US marine was killed when his vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device in Anbar province, Iraq.
04/20/2008: On Sunday, near Ad Diwaniyah, Al Qadisiyah, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a minibus transporting civilians to Babil Province, killing two civilians, wounding five others, and damaging the minibus. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/09/2008: On Friday afternoon at 1700, in Sab'ah Nisan district in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, armed assailants fired one mortar into a community in Fudhayliyah neighborhood, killing two civilians and wounding eight others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Mahdi Army was responsible.
07/15/2008: On Tuesday, an Egyptian civilian was injured in a mortar round attack in central Mosul city. One mortar round fell into the Ninewa province building, while two shells landed on the garden facing the building without explosion, while the fourth round landed on al-Dawasa region. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/13/2008: On Thursday night, in the al-Masaref neighborhood of northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, wounding a mother and her child and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/05/2008: On Friday afternoon at 14:00, unknown gunmen killed Abdulameer Hasen Abbas, the Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, during a drive-by shooting at al-Shaab Stadium in Sab'ah Nisan district of eastern Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. The attack caused an unknown amount of damage to Mr. Abbas' vehicle. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
03/27/2008: Three rockets or mortar rounds struck two US bases in Baghdad wounding four American soldiers.
09/28/2008: On Sunday afternoon at 1745, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device planted by suspected Al Qaeda in Iraq insurgents detonated near a mosque in western Baghdad's Shurta Rabaa neighborhood, Baghdad province, Iraq. The car bombing attack killed 12 people and wounded 35 others who were gathering to break fast at dusk. This was the first of two nearly simultaneous car bomb attacks in western Baghdad. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
03/03/2008: Colonel Qassim Obeid, the inspector general of Dhi Qar provincial police, was ambushed and killed in central Basra, Iraq along with three other security personnel. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/17/2008: On Thursday, a roadside bomb killed one person and wounded another in the district of New Baghdad, in the eastern part of the capital. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/26/2008: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb detonated near the Qasr Al Arab hotel in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, wounding two people. No motive or damage has been reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/08/2008: On Tuesday, in central Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the convoy of Tikrit's police chief, killing one body guard. No damage or motive were reported and there was no claim of responsibility.
01/01/2008: In Jalawlah, a village northeast of Muqdadiya in Diyala Province, there was an abduction, and subsequent and killing of five relatives. One of the five killed was a policeman. The perpetrators were not identified .
06/04/2008: On Wednesday, four civilians were wounded when a booby-trapped car exploded in central Al Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar, Iraq. The car was allegedly targeting the Al Nasiriyah Emergency Police Regiment's building. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
05/20/2008: On Tuesday, a mortar bomb killed between two to three people and wounded nine when it landed in a busy outdoor market in Balad Ruz, Diyala province, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
08/15/2008: On Friday, a mortar shell hit the Zafaraniyah neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, wounding two civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
4/17/2008:  A Katyusha rocket fell behind the Mansour Milia Hotel on the river bank in central Baghdad, Iraq at 1645.  One civilian was injured, and there was no claim of responsibility for the incident.
07/27/2008: On Sunday, gunmen killed seven Shiite pilgrims as they were headed to a shrine for a major holiday in Kadhamiya district, Salman Bak, Baghdad, Iraq. There was no damage or motive reported and Al Qaeda were suspected to be responsible for the attack.
10/11/2008: On Saturday, gunmen shot and killed journalist Dyar Abbas Ahmed in front of the Artists' Union in central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/29/2008: On Tuesday night at 2100, unknown gunmen shot and killed the commander of the tribal "Awakening" police in the Al-Khadra neighborhood of Tarmiyah, Salah ad Din, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/27/2008: On Sunday, assailants fired six mortar rounds into a community in the Al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian, wounding six others, and causing unspecified damage to the area.  No group claimed responsibility.
11/29/2008: On Saturday morning at 0615 in the Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired a rocket into the Green Zone, killing two United Nations contractors and wounding fifteen other people. The United States government indicated that Kata'ib Hezbollah was responsible for this attack in a 2009 Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation.
07/26/2008: On Saturday afternoon at approximately 1500, gunmen attacked and injured an awakening council official in Daowdi neighborhood, west Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
07/02/2008: On Wednesday, a cleaning laborer was killed in a roadside bomb attack near Adhamiya neighborhood's Mayoralty, northern Baghdad. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/15/2008: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a joint Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) and Iraqi Police Services (IPS) patrol in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of two bombings in Mosul on the same day. At least 12 people, including four police officers, were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
12/24/2008: On Wednesday, in the al-Qayara district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq,  a truck bomb, driven by a suicide bomber, detonated in front of the house of Shaykh Younis Mohammed al-Rammah, a notable in the district. The blast wounded seven civilians and damaged three houses. There was no motive reported and no one claimed responsibility.
09/25/2008: On Thursday evening at 1845, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device hidden inside a plastic bag near a group of children playing in Baghdad's southern Rashid district, Baghdad province, Iraq. The bombing attack killed three children and wounded two others. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
9/13/2008: On Saturday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle near the Madinat al-Tib Hospital in the Bab al Muazzam neighborhood of the Ar Rusafa district in Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. The bombing attack wounded three civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to their vehicle. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
03/10/2008: Five American troops were killed as they were chatting with shop owners while on foot patrol in central Baghdad, Iraq. The soldiers were walking through the predominately Sunni mansour neighborhood when man detonated his explosives about 30 feet away. Four of the soldiers died at the scene of the attack while the fifth died later on from his wounds. Three other Americans were wounded in the attack. Two Iraqi civilians perished in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/09/2008: A roadside bomb explosion caused the death of one Iraqi policeman and injuries to two other policemen near their checkpoint in Tikrit, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/16/2008: Seven civilians were injured when three mortar shells hit the Mosul Hotel in Zanjili in Nineveh Province, Iraq.
04/03/2008: On Thursday at 1100, a car bomb was remotely detonated on al-Kindi street in the al-Harithiya region in western Baghdad, Iraq, killing three civilians and wounded ten. No claim of responsibility has been made.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday at approximately 1230, a mortar hit the ministry of planning building in Baghdad, Iraq. There were no casualties recorded, or any claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2008: Three people were killed and 11 wounded when a bomb planted at the house of a local member of the Dawa party exploded at dawn in a Shiite-dominated area of southeastern Baghdad. The party member was not at home. The dead included a man, a 13-year-old boy and a woman who was in a house next door. The perpetrators were not known.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, a car rigged with explosives went off amid a market in al-Khadraa neighborhood in Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq.  Three to four people were killed and 27 to 46 more injured.  Five policemen were among the wounded.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
11/04/2008: On Tuesday, a bomb hidden under a car exploded at a bus depot in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Mashtal on the capital's east side, killing seven people, including one women. Eighteen others were wounded in the attack, authorities said. There was no motive reported, along with no damage reported as well. Nobody has claimed responsibility.
08/06/2008: On Wednesday, in Al Muwafaqiya district in western Basra, Al Basrah, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside an apartment building, wounding one civilian and damaging the apartment building.  No group claimed responsibility.
11/10/2008: On Monday morning at about 0800,  the roadside bomb was the first of three bombs in a coordinated attack in Baghdad, Iraq. The roadside bomb went off as a minibus passed by carrying young girls to school along a busy commercial street lined with shops and small restaurants popular with locals for breakfast. The blast shattered storefronts and set a dozen cars on fire. The number of injured in the roadside bomb was unknown. It is suspected that al-Qaeda in Iraq is suspected.
08/12/2008: On Tuesday, a female suicide bomber targeted the motorcade of the Governor of Diyala province as his canvoy was leaving the Governorate compound. The Governor, who was being accompanied by General Abdulkarim Khalaf, Commander of Operations in the Iraqi Ministry of Defence was not harmed but three civilians were killed and seven people including one policeman and one army serviceman were injured. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/26/2008: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb killed two civilians and wounded 10 others when it detonated near the Sheraton hotel close to Firdos Square in central Baghdad, Iraq. The roadside bomb was targeting members of Baghdad's provincial council. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a parked car bomb, targeting the headquarters of the Kurdistani Party in the Tamim neighbourhood, killing three civilians and wounding eight others. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2008: Unknown perpetrators fired a mortar near a group of people lining up at a district passport office in Baghdad, Iraq. The attack killed one person and injured three while causing some property damage.
06/28/2008: On Saturday, at 1600, two people were injured when gunmen threw a hand grenade at civilians in Beirut Square in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/21/2008:  On Monday, at approximately 0800, three improvised explosive devices planted in three cars targeted employees of the Cabinet office. The third attack targeted a female employee’s car at Alawi neighborhood. She was injured in the explosion.  There was no claim of responsibility for the incident.
01/28/2008: Unknown perpetrators detonated a roadside bomb near a funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq killing two people and injuring seven others.
01/03/2008: One woman was killed and another civilian wounded when a rocket slammed into the primarily Shiite neighborhood of Washash in northwest Baghdad, police said. At least two houses were damaged.
6/26/2008:  On Thursday, a rocket struck near the governate building in Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq, at 1335. Prior to the rocket attack, a car bomb exploded in the same location, which drew responders and by-standers to the scene. It is believed that the RPG targeted these individuals.  Five of the governor's security personnel were wounded in the rocket attack. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
04/05/2008: On Saturday, at least three were killed and 15 were injured when a roadside bomb went off in Beirut square near a bus in Eastern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. No damages were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
07/26/2008: On Saturday morning at approximately 0800 a roadside detonated in Jihad neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq. One person was injured and the blast inflicted minor damages to the surrounding area. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
04/11/2008: On Friday, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired a mortar and hit the second floor of the Palestine Hotel, killing three civilians, wounding seven others, and ripping a hole through the second floor. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/04/2008: On Sunday evening around 2000, assailants attacked the Iraqi traffic police headquarters with two roadside bombs in Yarmouk, Baghdad, Iraq, killing one traffic policeman and injuring four others.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/02/2008: On Thursday, gunmen shot and killed six people as they traveled in a minibus on the main road of Kassiba village in Wajihiyah, Diyala, Iraq. Another woman and her small child were injured. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/01/2008: An ambush in Salahuddin province killed one Iraqi police officer and injured six others, including the Salam Iraqi police commander. The report added that three Iraqi National Police officers also were injured in the attack.
12/11/2008: On Thursday, in the al-Farouq al-Qadeem area of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device went off in front of the house belonging to a Iraqi policeman. The attack was one of five IEDs that targeted both Iraqi police and military. There were no casualties reported in the blast and no group claimed responsibility.
03/27/2008: Unknown gunmen in a speeding car shot and killed a father and his 13-year-old son in Baghdad, Iraq.
05/22/2008: On Thursdayat 1700, an improvised explosive device detonated after it was adhered to a caravan used by the security personnel of the Algerian Embassy on Princesses Street in al-Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.  Five security personnel were wounded. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/19/2008: On Monday, in Suq ash Shuyukh, Dhi Qar, Iraq, assailants detonated a bomb in the office of Major Farhan Ali, the commander of the al-Ahwar regiment, killing him and wounding two bodyguards. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
4/20/2008:  Two civilians were killed and 14 others wounded when two mortar shells hit in the Kadhemiyah neighborhood north Baghdad, Iraq around 1700.  There were no claims of responsibility.
07/08/2008: On Tuesday, in the town of Azia, Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device at a funeral procession, killing four civilians, wounding 12 others and one police officer. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/22/2008: Unidentified militants kidnapped and killed six members of an Iraqi family near Baquba, Iraq. The victims included Falih Zimmam al-Osmali age 68, four of his sons and their cousin. Falih may have been a member of Awakening Council which may have motivated the militants to kill him and his family.
07/07/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb targeted a civilian car on the route between Mendili and Neftekhana, killing four civilians from one family and injuring three others. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/02/2008: On Sunday, a roadside bomb wounded three people including one woman when it struck their vehicle in central Hawija, 210 km (130 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, police said. There is no motive and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday,  four civilians were injured by a roadside bomb explosion in Baghdad's central district of Nahdha. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/20/2008: On Saturday, in the al Mashroa neighborhood, Kut, Wassit, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) planted in an empty yard exploded near a civilian home, injuring four civilians and damaging he house. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/30/2008: An unknown suicide car bomber targeted the office of Abo Zakarya Sahwa in Anbar Province, Iraq. The attack killed one and injured three others.
07/12/2010: On Saturday, in Ba'shiqah, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon a member of the Democratic Shabak Assembly's political bureau as he sat in his car, killing the politician and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
4/15/2008:  Thirteen people were killed and 20 others were injured when a suicide bomber driving a motorcycle entered the Sahl al-Akhdar restaurant and detonated his explosive vest at 1230.  The restaurant is located in al Kin al Karama, northwest of Ramadi city in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Three off-duty policeman were killed, including two children, and the roof of the restaurant was destroyed.  No one claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/08/2008: On Thursday evening at around 1330, in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired two 107mm rockets at a community, killing two people, wounding eight others, and damaging a house. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/09/2008: A civilian was killed and another wounded in a roadside bomb attack in the southern neighborhood of Zafaraniyah, Baghdad. The intentions behind the attack are unclear. The attackers were unknown.
09/12/2008: On Friday afternoon at about 1400, an unknown suicide bomber detonated his explosives-filled vest  near the Shiite Dakr al-Din al-Araji Mosque as worshippers were exiting from Friday noon prayers in Sinjar, Ninawa province, Iraq. The suicide bombing attack killed two Shiite civilians, wounded 15 others, and caused an unknown amount of damage to several cars, shops, and the mosque.  No group claimed responsibility. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/29/2008: On Sunday, a woman wearing an explosive belt was detonated when police opened fire on her after she tried to get through security barriers around the Municipal Council building in Al Wajihiyah, Diyala, Iraq. One civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
04/21/2008: On Monday at about 1600, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, two civilians were wounded when assailants fired a mortar round into the eastern Mashtal community. There was an unspecified amount of damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/13/2008: Five Iraqi civilians were wounded when an IED exploded near a local marketplace in Shurta al-Khamisa. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
4/5/2008:  On Friday, unknown gunmen shot and killed four off-duty oil pipeline guards in their car near Khanaqin near the Iranian border in Diyala province, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
03/08/2008: An IED explosion caused the death of a member of the Sahwa along with causing injury to four others in an industrial area in Hawija, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/10/2008: On Monday, the third bomb of the coordinated attack exploded several hundred yards (meters) from the scene in the mostly Shiite Kasrah section of northern Baghdad but caused no casualties. Al Qaeda is the suspected perpetrator in the attack, although there was no claim of responsibility.
07/17/2008: On Thursday, a bomb was planted in a bag in front of the Hezbollah building in central Nassiriyah. The keeper took it inside the building to search it, but it exploded and injured him. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/08/2008: On Tuesday, a policeman and three civilians were wounded when an IED went off near a courthouse in downtown Kirkuk province. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/18/2008: On Monday, a civilian was injured when an improvised explosive device targeted the house of an Iraqi army officer in the village of Taja, Qarat Tabba district, Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/16/2008:  An improvised explosive device was detonated by unknown gunmen against the convoy of the Karbala governor, Akeel al-Khazali, on al-Haidariya district roads in Karba on Wednesday afternoon.  One of the vehicles received minor damage, although there were no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
12/25/2008: On Thursday morning, between 0800 and 0830, in the Shu'lah neighborhood of the Al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) parked outside of a restaurant detonated, killing two police officers and four civilians, and wounding 25 others. The blast also damaged the restaurant, two shops, and several civilian vehicles. There was no motive reported and no claim of responsibility has been made.
09/28/2008: On Sunday evening at 2000, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device planted by suspected Al Qaeda in Iraq insurgents detonated  in a parking lot on Attar Street in central Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad province, Iraq. About seven minutes later at 2007, a suicide bomber wearing a vest rigged with explosives detonated against civilians and police gathered around the site of the first attack. The blasts collectively killed at least 16 people including the suicide bomber and wounded more than 50. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
07/07/2008: On Monday, gunmen killed a member of the Sahwa Council, a U.S. backed militia, in the Al-Hashimiyah neighborhood in western Ba'quba. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/27/2008: On Thursday morning at 1000, a roadside bomb detonated in the Maisloon intersection of the Karrada neighborhood, downtown Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian and wounding six. There was no motive or damage reported and no claim of responsibility.
05/01/2008: On Thursday evening, unknown assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near a wedding procession in Al-Sayyan, Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, killing 45 people, wounding 75 others and causing an unknown amount of property damage.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/23/2008: On Saturday, unidentified gunmen assassinated Kamel Shayaa, a culture ministry advisor, near the Mohammad Al Qassem highway in Baghdad, Iraq. The gunmen opened fire with machine guns on the vehicle the advisor was in, wounding his driver. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/11/2008: On Monday, An improvised explosive device detonated near a truck in the Diyala province, killing five Iraqi women and wounding three other women. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/26/2008:  On Thursday, a car rigged with explosives went off at approximately 1315 in central Mosul, Ninawe province, Iraq near the governate building while Ninewa Governor Duraid Kashmoulah was inspecting Bab al-Toub region.  Between 17 and 18 people were killed and 62 people were wounded.  Forty-five minutes later, a rocket attack targeted all by-standers and responders of the original bombing. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
07/30/2008: On Wednesday, a judge and his bodyguard were injured by unknown gunmen while leaving the judge's residence in al-Sedeeq neighborhood of northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The bodyguard died soon after the attack, and the judge, Judge Mohamed Khalaf al-Sabiel, a day later. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, several rockets slammed into the Ashraf City refugee camp outside of Khalis, Diyala, Iraq.  The People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran occupies the camp and are regarded by coalition forces as protected people under the Geneva Conventions.  The PMOI officially took residence in the camp two days before the attack.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack or reported casualties.
07/17/2008: On Thursday, a roadside bomb targeted a pick up truck carrying a man and his four sons who were going on a picnic near Al Nyi village. The father was killed and all four of his sons were wounded in the explosion. No Claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/11/2008: On Friday, in Bayji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants fired upon an off-duty Iraqi army officer as he was driving through the city, killing the soldier, wounding three of his children, and damaging their vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, in Jamhuriyah neighborhood in Tozkhurmato, Salah ad Din, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a vehicle carrying a Kurdish provincial councilor and a municipal councilor, killing both officials, wounding one of their bodyguards, and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
12/11/2008: On Thursday, in the al-Farouq al-Qadeem area of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device went off in front of the house belonging to a Iraqi policeman. The attack was one of five IEDs that targeted both Iraqi police and military. There were no casualties reported in the blast and no group claimed responsibility.
4/19/2008:  On Sunday, three rockets hit the Sadr hospital in Baghdad's Sadr City, Iraq, causing no casualties.  There were no claims of responsibility.
01/21/2008: An unknown suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral ceremony near Baiji, Iraq. The bomber killed seventeen people and wounded twelve more, however his apparent target, the deputy governor of security for Salahuddin province, was unharmed.
03/08/2008: An IED exploded in Muthaffar Square in Sadr City, Baghdad resulting, however, no casualties were reported. Sunni extremists are believed to be behind the attack.
02/17/2008: A car bomb targeting a police patrol killed one police officer and two civilians and wounded two more civilians in the Hadbaa neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq. There was also damage to the police officer's vehicle. Although no group has claimed responsibility for this attack, it is suspected that the perpetrators were al-Qaeda as Mosul has been the focus of a major offensive against this group.
07/21/2008: On Monday, five civilians were injured in an explosion of a bomb that was attached to a private car in the Al Tobchi neighborhood in west Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, unknown gunmen killed a Kurdish faction guard from Kurdistan’s Democratic Party. He was shot near his house in Hassan Sham village, Bartala district, Ninewa, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/19/2008: On Monday morning, unknown gunmen kidnapped Haidar al-Husseini, 36, a reporter for the local al-Sharq newspaper, in Diyala province, Iraq. His body was found two days later in the town of Buhruz, Diyala, Iraq.  His hands and feet were tied, and there was evidence that he had been shot the day before. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, a roadside bomb detonated near a fuel station in Baghdad's Za'afaraniyah neighborhood, Iraq, killing two civilians and injuring 11 people, including two traffic policemen. The powerful blast damaged several nearby civilian cars. No one claimed responsibility.
04/11/2008: On Friday afternoon at 1300, in Al Muradiyah, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded near a civilian car, killing one civilian, wounding six others, and damaging the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/26/2008: Two civilians were wounded in an IED explosion at an intersection in Sadr City, Iraq.
03/03/2008: Unidentified gunmen attacked an awakening forces' checkpoint in Al-Mazari, Iraq, wounding three members of the awakening forces. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/10/2008: A blast ripped through a hotel in the 'cultural hub' of Sulaimaniyah in the autonomous northern Kurdish region, Iraq. A booby-trapped car was detonated by a suicide bomber at around 7pm killing two people, the bomber and a security guard, and wounding 30 more. Several vehicles were damaged and the concrete walls bordering the hotel were also damaged. The explosion's suspected purpose was to get attention during a meeting of Arab parliamentarians in Irbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish region, considered to symbolize unity between Arabs and Kurds according to Iraqi officials. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/26/2008: On Friday, suspected armed Iraqi Al Qaeda insurgents kidnapped a civilian person in central Ba'quba's Khan Al Lawalwa area, Diyala province, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no ransom demand was made. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident and the status of the hostage is unknown.
4/15/2008:  On Tuesday, gunmen opened fire targeting Ali al Fadhli, a representative of the Shiite cleric Grand Ayat Allah Ali al Sistani, while he was passing through al Tayaran intersection in downtown Basra city, Al Basrah province, Iraq, around 1100.  Fadhli and one of his guards were  killed, and another guard was wounded.   No one claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/29/2008: On Sunday, at 0600, three people were killed when a mortar shell hit their house in Al Udhaim, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/21/2008: On Monday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated the improvised explosive device he was wearing near the home of the city's deputy police chief, wounding up to two police officers and causing light damage to the residence. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/29/2008: On Tuesday afternoon around 1445, assailants fired a mortar round into a community in the Al Kazimiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, wounding two civilians and causing unspecified damage to the area.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/12/2008: On Thursday, an explosive device planted on Kut-Missan Road went off near a convoy of the AGS security care company in Kut, Wasit, Iraq. Three civilians were wounded and one vehicle was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/02/2008: Police in Samarra reported that a car bomb killed at least seven people and  injured ten people.
07/14/2008: On Monday, an unidentified man parked his vehicle over the Damascus Bridge in central Baghdad and hurled a hand-grenade in the direction of a crowd of civilians. Three civilian men were killed and 14 others were wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/19/2008: On Monday, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired upon and wounded an Interior Ministry captain in the southeastern Az Za'faraniyah neighborhood. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/13/2008: A suicide bomber attacked an Awakening Council gathering in the village of Zab outside of Kirkuk, Iraq. Three members were killed and seven others were wounded in the attack. Al-Qaida in Iraq is being blamed for the attack.
01/08/2008: A bomb was planted inside the car of a neighborhood official in Baghdad, Iraq. The official was killed in the explosion and two others were wounded.
11/12/2008: On Wednesday evening at around 1700,  a bomb exploded in the shiite district of New Baghdad in Baghdad. After police had arrived a parked car bomb blew up in the same area. The attacks killed 12 civilians, wounded 42 others, 12 children, and six police officers, and damaging several cars, a minibus, one police vehicle, and several houses and several shops. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday, Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, mortars struck an electric power station on Falah Street, causing no casualties. The attack damaged the station, but no group claimed responsibility.
03/16/2008: A civilian was killed and two others were injured when a car bomb detonated nearby a convoy believed to belong to a foreign security firm.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, a car bomb parked near the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed two civilians and wounded five others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/31/2008: Unknown perpetrators detonated two roadside bombs near the convoy of a deputy minister of electricity in Baghdad, Iraq. The attack killed no one and injured three others, however the deputy minister was unharmed.
11/15/2008: On Saturday, in southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, wounding one civilian and reportedly causing no damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/08/2008: Three people were killed and one injured as a bomb went off on the main road in Muqdadiyah, Iraq. The three members who were killed were part of a family. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2008: A roadside bomb exploded at a house in Jalwla, in Diyala province in Iraq. The homeowner was killed by the bomb that was planted by unknown perpetrators.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, a bomb exploded by the side of the road killing a woman in the al-Katun area of Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/09/2008: On Wednesday, a Toyota rigged with explosives detonated in north Mosul, while an ordinance disposal team was attempting to defuse it. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/07/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb exploded in front of the residence of Mayor of Sulaiman Bek, critically injuring the Mayor and wounding other civilians in the vicinity. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/09/2008: On Wednesday, a second improvised explosive device exploded in central Fallujah,  killing five civilians including four policemen and injuring 17 civilians including 12 policemen. The bomb detonated when a police convoy came to evacuate casualties from the first bomb. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/09/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb killed a man driving a tractor just north of Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/17/2008: Six children were killed when a mortar shell that fell on their home exploded in the Sumar district of north-eastern Baghdad.
02/15/2008: Two suicide bombers wearing explosive belts attempted to enter Sadiq Mosque, one of the Shiite mosques in Tall Afar. The police became suspicious of these individuals and shot at them, subsequently killing one of these insurgents. The other suicide bomber was able to detonate his explosive belt which killed 4 worshippers and injured 16. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
02/15/2008: At a Sahwa checkpoint in Ghazaliyah, an area in west Baghdad,  an explosion from an improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated. The explosion killed 2 civilians and wounded 4 civilians. No group claimed responsibility for this attack. The IED was attached to a civilian car when it exploded killing two people, one of whom was a Sahwa member and injuring another four, two of which were Sahwa members.
11/13/2008: On Thursday, near Al Latifiyah, Babil, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, killing one civilian and wounding two others. No motive for the attack was reported. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/04/2008: On Thursday afternoon at 1500, four civilians were injured when a roadside bomb planted by unknown assailants detonated in the Zafaraniyah area of southeast Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
09/21/2008: On Sunday morning at 0730, unknown gunmen fired upon the car transporting Colonel Adil Abbas Ibrahim, the Interior Ministry Director of Criminal Records, during a drive-by shooting in the 'Adl neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. The attack killed the government official and his driver and caused an unknown amount of damage to the government official's car. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
09/21/2008: On Sunday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of the Al-Bayyinah Newspaper building on Nidhal Street in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. The bombing attack wounded two civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to the newspaper building. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
07/21/2008: On Monday, unidentified gunmen targeted the vehicle of a tribal chief of the al-Ubayd clan in B'aquba, killing him. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/28/2008: On Sunday, in Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) magnetically attached to a vehicle, wounding four Facility Protection Service (FPS) guards and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/28/2008: On Sunday, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the convoy of Kurdish Mayor Ahmed Zarkoush in the downtown neighborhood of al-Khadraa, Sa'adiya town, Diyala province, Iraq. The roadside bombing attack injured the mayor, the mayor's relative, three of his body guards, and two civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to the mayor’s convoy of vehicles. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
09/03/2008: On Wednesday, unknown gunmen killed Nabeel Abdul Hasan Muhsin, the general director of the projected Ministry Department of Transportation, during a drive-by shooting in Ur neighborhood of east Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. The attack also damaged Mushin’s vehicle. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
01/01/2008: An explosive device went off near an Iraqi army patrol in Zab, wounding three soldiers. The jdsklf of the Al-Fatihin Army (AFA) claimed responsibility for the attack on their website.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, an adhesive bomb was planted under the vehicle of the Chairman of the Municipal Council of the az-Za‘faraniyah area of Baghdad.  Nabil al-A'raji survived the assassination attempt at his house in Al-Sindibad neighborhood, though was slightly wounded. The car was totally destroyed in the blast. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
03/26/2008: Five people were injured when members of the Mahdi Army opened fire on civilians in the al-Kifah neighborhood of downtown Baghdad.
01/07/2008: A mortar shell hit a checkpoint in Baquba, Iraq. Two people were injured.
09/25/2008: On Thursday evening at 1730, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device on an unspecified road near a civilian car in the al-Atara region of Bahraz district south of Ba'quba, Diyala province, Iraq. The roadside bombing attack killed three civilians, wounded one other and caused an unknown amount of damage to the civilian vehicle.  All of the victims were from the same family. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
03/10/2008: Around 9:30 a.m. a roadside bomb detonated, injuring two Iraqi civilians in the al-Shaab neighborhood near Adan Square, Baghdad. The bomb was clearly intended for civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/07/2008: On Monday, in Al Hadr, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon the city mayor's bodyguards and residence, killing the mayor's wife and damaging his residence. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/11/2008: On Thursday morning at about 1000, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a Housing and Construction Ministry pickup truck in the northeastern Al Habibiyah neighborhood of Sadr City district of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. The bombing attack killed three ministry employees, wounded three others, and caused an unknown amount of damage to the truck. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
07/21/2008: On Monday, a bomb exploded inside the garden of the house of CPT Asif Ghazi, an officer with the Falluja police force. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/07/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb killed a woman in the A-Aheimir village in the province of Diyala. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/25/2008: On Thursday night, at 2130, in the Beirut intersection of Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen fired upon and injured two employees of the Iraqi news agency (INA). There was no damage or motive reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
4/19/2008:  On Saturday night, gunmen blew up the main power station in Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq causing a power cut off in the town and surrounding areas.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
11/04/2008: On Tuesday at about 1215 noon, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the car transporting the chairman of the Property Ownership Disputes Commission in the central Masbah neighborhood, killing one bodyguard, wounding five others and four civilians, and damaging the car and two other civilian cars but not injuring the government official. No group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday morning at 0800, in the Az Zira'i district of central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and killed Mohey al-Din Abdel Hamid al-Naqeed, an Al-Iraqiya television anchorman, as he was leaving his house for work. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility, although the reporter had received death threats from purported members of the Islamic State of Iraq warning him to quit his job.
09/03/2008: On Wednesday, one civilian was killed and seven others wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated at a public market in Al Iskandariyah of northern Babil province, Iraq. The blast damaged several nearby shops in addition to the market. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
03/16/2008: A Kurdish young man was killed in an IED explosion in Khanaqin town of Diyala Province, Iraq. There were no known perpetrators or motive.
08/14/2008: On Thursday, a roadside bomb detonated at the Baiji oil refinery, wounding five  employees. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/16/2008: Two policeman were wounded after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb as they headed to the site of an earlier suicide bombing in the al-Nabi Younis neighborhood in northeastern Mosul, Iraq. Their vehicle was damaged heavily by the bomb that was planted by unknown persons.
07/08/2008: On Tuesday, an IED went off near a gathering of civilians in al-Katoun neighborhood, central Ba'quba, wounding three civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, a traffic policeman was killed and six others were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in central Samarra, Salah ad Din, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/13/2008: Five members of an Awakening Council were killed when Al-Qaida in Iraq gunmen, attacked two separate checkpoints near Tikrit, Iraq 80 miles north of Baghdad. There were also nine injured in the attacks.
02/01/2008: Perpetrators detonated an explosive device next to a truck at a checkpoint in Tikrit, Iraq, resulting in four casualties. Ansar al-Islam has claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/05/2008: On Saturday, unidentified gunmen attacked the headquarters of the Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Baranzani's KDP in eastern Mosul, Ninewa province, Iraq, however no casualties were reported from the attack. One of the gunmen was then captured following the attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
07/09/2008: On Wednesday, an improvised explosive device exploded destroying a tower for Atheer cell phone net company in the Wahid Huzairan neighborhood in downtown Kirkuk. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/24/2008: On Saturday, a roadside bomb targeted Zuhair Muhsin, the mayor of Mosul city, in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring two of his bodyguards. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/04/2008: On Sunday afternoon, in Bakr district in northeastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed a female reporter.The victim had previously received threats about working as a reporter.No group claimed responsibility.
08/18/2008: On Monday, unidentified gunmen assassinated a cleric, Faris Jabir Dhahir, working for the Shiite Shahid Al Mihrab Foundation in the Al Zaafaraniya area of southern Baghdad, Iraq. The clerics wife and daughter were wounded during the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
08/18/2008: On Monday, a bomb, targeting Mayor Zuheir Al Aaraji, exploded in the Al Hadbaa neighborhood in northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The mayor was not hurt but one of his bodyguards was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted assassination.
08/04/2008: On Monday, four people were seriously wounded when a bomb exploded on a minibus in the Iraqi Shiite city of Karbala, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/14/2008: A bomb planted in a minibus detonated in a predominately Shiite market in Baghdad, Iraq, killing five people and wounding 30. No groups have claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/05/2008: On Monday, Hamid Sulayman, a Baath commander in Babel was hauled from his house in Hashmiya district, Babil city, Babil province, Iraq, by unknown gunmen in pick up trucks. Police patrols pursued the gunmen for a brief period and discovered that the body of the commander, which had bullet wounds to the head and chest, had been dumped by the militants. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
04/04/2008: On Friday in Basra, Iraq, unknown gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades at a convoy carrying senior Iraqi commanders. No one was hurt and no damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/28/2008: On Sunday morning, at about 0745, in the Abu Dishir neighborhood of the Rashid district, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED), wounding two civilians and causing no reported damage. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/26/2008: Four policemen were killed when their vehicle was targeted with an RBG7 rocket near Basra in Iraq.
01/01/2008: Al Qaeda fighters kidnapped a farmer and two of his sons in in a small village near the town of Dhuluiya 90 kilometers north of Baghdad, and also stole 200 of the farmer's sheep. One of the farmer's three sons was killed. The al-Qaida fighters also stole the family tractor as well as several civilian vehicles from the nearby houses in the village.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday, unidentified gunmen tried to kidnap Sheikh Abdul Wahab al-Rubaei, the head of the southern region tribes union, from his house in al-Manawi region in Basra, Iraq. The Sheikh and his family opened fire on the gunmen and forced them to retreat. No casualties were reported and no one claimed responsibility for the attempt.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, an IED was detonated in a garden in Al Kahiya village of Abi Seda district in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. The village's mayor was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2008: Unknown perpetrators shot and killed a college dean from Baghdad University in central Baghdad, Iraq. No one else was killed or injured in the attack.
01/31/2008: Unknown perpetrators detonated a roadside bomb near a fuel station in Baghdad, Iraq killing no one and injuring two civilians.
10/18/2008: On Saturday, in Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a vehicle driven by a Sahwa Council leader, killing him and damaging his vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
12/11/2008: On Thursday, in the al-Farouq al-Qadeem area of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device went off in front of the house belonging to a Iraqi policeman. The attack was one of five IEDs that targeted both Iraqi police and military. There were no casualties reported in the blast and no group claimed responsibility.
05/19/2008: On Monday, three civilians were wounded in a bomb explosion in Doura neighborhood south Baghdad, Iraq around 1930.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday, gunmen killed Mosul municipality director Khalid Mahmoud and his driver in Al Baladiyat area in downtown Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2008: Two mortars were fired at the Medain District, Iraq. The mortars injured two people.
03/10/2008: A truck bomb was detonated near the al-Jihad mosque in the Shi'I dominanted neighborhood of Shaab in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq. The bomb killed one civilian and wounded five others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2008: An unknown suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car up near the convoy of the mayor of Sulaiman Bek town, north of Baghdad. There were no fatalities, however the mayor and his two bodyguards were injured.
03/09/2008: Sunni tribal leader Sheik Taeir Ghadhban al-Karkhi, was killed by a suicide bomber who came up to the sheikh claiming that she was kidnapped. She was granted permission to see the Sheikh the following dya and was not checked on her way in the meeting. The woman approached al-Karkhi and blew up her vest immediately. The sheikh along with his 5 year old nephew and two bodyguards were killed. Al-Qaida in Iraq is believed to behind the attack.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday afternoon around 1700, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, armed assailants fired ten mortars at a community, killing two civilians and wounding five others. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2008: On Monday morning at around 1030, mortars hit the International Zone in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2008: On Monday, one Iraqi government official was killed and six others were wounded after an improvised explosive device was detonated as their vehicle passed nearby in the town of Doure, Salah ad Din, Iraq, near Tikrit. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2008: On Saturday at approximately 1545, a bomb attached to a mini bus in al Mansour neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq detonated.  Three tribal sheiks were killed and four others injured as they were leaving a conference at the headquarters of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, a small Sunni political party. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday, four Awakening members were killed and two were wounded when a suicide bomber driving a motorcycle struck a checkpoint in a predominantly Sunni Suliekh neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
07/14/2008: On Monday, two women and a child  were kidnapped when unknown gunmen intercepted their vehicle on a road in western Mosul. The gunmen also killed four shepherds who were with the women. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/08/2008: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed an officer at the Iraqi Ministry of Interior at around 7 am in his car in the Zafrania neighborhood in east Baghdad, Iraq. His name was Mohammad Aziz al-Gatia.
05/12/2008: On Monday, around 2000, a roadside bomb injured two civilians in Al Bunouk neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
06/09/2008: On Monday, a car packed with explosives exploded in the Al Mishin Compound shopping area on the road near Al Rashid Camp in southern Baghdad, Iraq. Two people were killed while five others were wounded in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/26/2008:  On Saturday, armed men opened fire on al-Wathiq Square in Baghdad, Iraq, wounding three traffic officers and two civilians.  The armed men in a black Toyota Corolla opened fire indiscriminately on the square at approximately 1030.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
10/01/2008: On Wednesday, around 1230 noon, a roadside bomb detonated near the Mohammed Rasool Allah mosque in Baghdad's Jihad neighborhood in Iraq. Four people were injured in the explosion. No one claimed responsibility for this attack.
05/26/2008: On Monday, in northern Baghdad, Iraq, four Sahwa (Awakening) tribal fighters and two policemen were killed and 12 others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive motorbike near the headquarters of the leader of al-Tarimiya Sahwa force. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/08/2008: On Tuesday, in downtown Tuz Khurmatu, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a motorcycle bomb went off in a market, wounding ten civilians. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/02/2008: On Thursday morning at 0745, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt as worshippers were leaving the Rasoul mosque in Baghdad's eastern New Baghdad district, Iraq. Twelve people died and 25 were injured. Damage was done to several nearby buildings and civilian cars. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/02/2008: On Thursday, one mortar round struck near the Ministry of Defense in Baghdad's Green Zone in Iraq. No casualties were reported and no one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2008: Unknown perpetrators detonated bombs in Mosul, Iraq killing seven people and injuring seventy others.
11/13/2008: On Thursday afternoon at 1600, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near Al-Akarim restaurant in the Shurta neighborhood of the Al Shurtah district, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two people were wounded, including a reporter, and damaging the restaurant. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/21/2008: On Thursday, one civilian was killed and four were wounded when a car bomb exploded near Mullah Hwaish mosque in Al Jameaa neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
05/19/2008: On Monday, two civilians were injured in a bomb explosion in Ghadeer neighborhood in east Baghdad, Iraq around 2100.  There were no claims of repsonsibility for the attack.
12/28/2008: On Sunday, in Bishkan village, Dalouiya, Salah ad Din, Iraq, in a coordinated attack, gunmen attacked the first of two homes belonging to security personnel with missles and machine guns. There were no casaulties or damages reported. Also, there was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/21/2008: On Friday morning at 0630, two bombs detonated along 13th Street in the Hadar community of southern Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, killing one civilian and injuring four others. A third bomb later detonated while Iraqi National Police from the 1st Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd NP Division, responded to the scene to evacuate the wounded citizens, wounding one National Police officer. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/03/2008: On Thursday at about 0715, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a traffic police umbrella stand, wounding one traffic police officer and damaging the umbrella stand. There was no motive reported and Ansar al-Islam claimed responsibility.
10/27/2008: On Monday, an Iraqi soldier was killed by a bomb that had been planted on his personal car in Tuz Khurmato, Salah ad Din, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/04/2008: On Friday night, in downtown Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the police academy, wounding three policeman, but causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
4/27/2008:  On Sunday, a car bomb killed three people in the mostly Shiite neighborhood of Shaab in northern Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
06/09/2008: On Monday afternoon, in Al Islah az Zira'i district in western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants entered a residence and fired upon two Sunni tribal leaders, killing them both and damaging the residence.  Both tribal leaders were members of an anti-al-Qaida movement.  No group claimed responsibility.  It Is unknown if the attack caused any property damage.
04/21/2008: On Monday morning, in the Sabatash Tammuz district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants kidnapped a local government employee of Ninawa's water department in the al-Haramat region. Later that day, authorities found the body. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/23/2008: An unknown suicide car bomber blew himself up in an attempted attack on a police convoy in Kirkuk, Iraq. However, the suicide bomber missed his target and instead killed five civilians and injured eleven more.
04/11/2008: On Friday afternoon at about 1420, in northern An Najaf, An Najaf, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, two assailants fired upon and killed Riyad al-Nuri, a senior Sadrist aide to Moqtada al-Sadr in front of his home as he was returning from afternoon prayers in Al Kufah. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/04/2008: On Sunday, a bomb targeting civilians planted by unknown militants detonated injuring two children and one man in the Zayuna neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
07/09/2008: On Wednesday morning at 600, an improvised explosive device exploded near Al Abid bank in downtown Fallujah killing one guard and inuring three others. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/11/2008: On Sunday afternoon, Fadil Mahmud, Iraqi deputy Finance Minister, survived an assassination attempt when a bomb exploded by his motorcade near the Iranian Embassy in the as-Salihiyah area of central Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, injuring six people. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
4/27/2008:  A car bomb exploded in the Harthiya neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported. There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2008: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed the deputy of the Mansour tax department in Baghdad, Iraq.
07/14/2008: On Monday, four shepherds were killed by unknown gunmen in Tal Abta district, western Mosul. The gunmen intercepted their vehicle on the road linking Tal Abta to Al Mahlabiya district. The gunmen also kidnapped two women and a child that was with the shepherds. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
4/16/2008:  On Wednesday, a bodyguard of the general director of the Kirkuk's agriculture department was wounded by a bomb blast in Tebba neighborhood in central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq.  An explosive charge exploded targeting the private vehicle of the general director of the city’s agriculture department, Engineer Mahdi Mubarak, wounding one of his bodyguards and damaging the car.  Mubarak was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
11/21/2008: On Friday, in al-Ihtifalat square, southwest of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a mortar shell was fired but left no casualties. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2008: A bomb went off near a house in Kirkuk, Iraq. An Iraqi soldier was wounded.
4/18/2008:  A mortar bomb killed one person on Friday in al-Nidhal street, central Baghdad, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
09/03/2008: On Wednesday morning at 1030, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device against a civilian vehicle in Al Miqdadiyah, Diyala province, Iraq. The blast killed one civilian and damaged the vehicle.  No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
03/27/2008: Insurgents fired five rockets into the Green Zone killing one civilian, wounding 14 others and causing a major fire in Baghdad, Iraq at around 12:15 pm (0915 GMT).
05/26/2008: On Monday afternoon at about 1600, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired a mortar round at the local airport in the eastern Al Muthanna neighborhood, causing unspecified damage but no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
4/19/2008:  On Saturday, one civilian was killed and five others were wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility.
10/18/2008: On Saturday, five masked gunmen killed five Iraqi civilians and wounded a pregnant woman in an attack on a Sons of Iraq leader's house south of Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq. The attack occurred at Amer Gassem Khadir's house. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2008: On Monday, a sticky improvised explosive device went off against a civilian car in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian and wounding seven others. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/28/2008: On Sunday, in Bishkan village, Dalouiya, Salah ad Din, Iraq, in a coordinated attack, gunmen attacked the second of two homes belonging to security personnel with missles and machine guns. There were no casaulties or damages reported. Also, there was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2008: On Monday afternoon at about 1535, a bomb planted in a civilian car detonated while it was passing near the al-Khallani Square, killing two civilians and injuring seven others, in Baghdad, Iraq. The explosive charge was of a magnetic kind, which had been stuck in the victims' car. The powerful blast also caused damages to several nearby civilian cars. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/09/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb exploded and injured one person in Dalli Abbas, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/10/2008: On Thursday, in Yathrib, Salah ad Din, Iraq, the mayor of the district, Shawkat Abdel Rahman, escaped an assassination attempt by an improvised explosive device that targeted him while he was returning to his house, causing no casualties. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/16/2008: On Wednesday, a Shi'ite cleric was wounded when gunmen attacked his vehicle in Basra. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/16/2008: Two civilians were injured in a car bomb in an industrial area in the outskirts of Kirkuk in Tamim Province, Iraq.
11/21/2008: On Friday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device placed under a civilian vehicle, damaging one vehicle. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday afternoon, at about 1700, in Nisur Square in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon a car being driven by a government employee who worked in the Council of Ministers, killing the government employee, wounding his father, and damaging their vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/21/2008: On Monday evening between 1800 and 1830, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired two mortar rounds or Katyusha rockets at the headquarters of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, damaging the facility but causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2008: On Monday, one civilian was killed and nine others were wounded by an explosion in Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2008: On Sunday, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the University of Technology in the Al Wahdah neighborhood, wounding three students. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/27/2008: A suicide car bomb killed an officer of a Kurdish security intelligence agency and injured 7 others, including 5 civilians in Kirkuk, Iraq.
11/12/2008: On Wednesday, a magnetic bomb detonated under a civilian car in Ummal neighborhood in downtown Kirkuk. The car belonged to a member of the committee to implement article 140 of the Iraqi constitution which deals with the disputed areas between the Kurdistan region and the central government. The member was injured with three others who were with him. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/10/2008: On Thursday, the chief of Al Dour local council was the target of an assassination attempt through the use of a roadside bomb. The explosion occurred as his car passed through the town center in the Sala al Din province, Iraq. The attack left the official wounded, however no other casualties or property damage were reported. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
04/18/2008: On Friday, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired a mortar round at a fruit and vegetable market in the Jamilah neighborhood, damaging several market stalls and starting a fire but causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/04/2008: On Tuesday, one person died when a roadside bomb targeted the convoy of a Shiite government official and former member of the Iraqi Governing Council in central Baghdad. Ahmed Shiyaa al-Barak, who currently serves as the head of a government real estate commission, escaped the attack without injury. Five of his guards and four bystanders were injured in the bombing, police said. There was no damage reported and nobody claimed the responsibility.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, a cameraman for the government channel Iraqia was injured when a roadside bomb exploded near a music shop in Saymar neighborhood in Basra, Al Basrah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
02/11/2008: Two car bombs were detonated at a meeting of Sunni tribal leaders in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 11 and wounding 20. The attacks occurred just before US defense secretary Robert Gates left Iraq, though they are said to have been directed at the leaders of US-aligned Sunni groups. Though it has not claimed responsibility for the attacks, Al-Qaida in Iraq is strongly suspected.
4/18/2008:  A bomb planted in a civilian car in Binouk neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq killed one and injured two others.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
04/09/2008: On Wednesday morning, in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, a missile was fired at the area and landed on a number of houses in section 26, killing five people and wounding 22 others. The attack damaged several houses and properties, but no motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/20/2008: On Thursday, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) magnetically attached to a vehicle belonging to the presidential guards, wounding three government employees and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
05/04/2008: On Sunday, an IED planted by unknown militants went off near a civilian vehicle in al Bu Sayf area, south of Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq, killing one civilian man and injuring another. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
11/12/2008: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb detonated in Al-Askari neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. One civilian was injured during the attack and no damage was reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday, at 1930, two people were killed and 15 were wounded when a bomb exploded inside a Kia microbus at a checkpoint near Al Dahan market in Karbala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
4/18/2008:  A roadside bomb exploded at Ibrahim Al Salih village in Diyala province, Iraq, killing six farmers and injuring four others. There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
07/09/2008: On Wednesday, a gunman broke into a mosque in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib district and opened fire on worshippers, killing six and wounding eight. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/27/2008: A roadside bomb detonated at a checkpoint injuring seven members of a US backed militia, Sahwa, along with two civilians in Salahuddin province, Iraq.
08/14/2008: On Thursday, Iraqi security forces detonated a booby trapped car at the Iraqi Security Forces recruiting center in Tikrit. No casualties were reported. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/16/2008: Two Iraqi soldiers were kidnapped on Tikrit-Toz Street, in Salahuddin province, Iraq.
10/27/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb detonated near two minibuses carrying passengers who were traveling in al-Ameen neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, killing three civilians and injuring six others. Several minibuses, nearby shops and civilian cars were damaged in the attack. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2008: A suicide bomber with a vest full of explosives hit a checkpoint in the Medain District, south of Baghdad, Iraq. One police officer was killed, another was wounded, and two civilians were injured. No one claimed responsibility.
11/12/2008: On Wednesday, a car bomb ripped through a bustling shopping neighborhood in downtown Baghdad, Iraq during the morning rush hour, killing four people, injuring fifteen, and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday, 63 people were killed and 75 were wounded when a car bomb exploded in Hurriyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. The blast ripped through a garage and a bus stop, hitting an outdoor market and apartments. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
06/09/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb exploded near the cultural group petrol station in downtown Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. Five people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
07/09/2008: On Wednesday, unknown gunmen fired a rocket targeting a checkpoint manned by Sahwa fighters in Dholuiya, leaving three wounded. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/04/2008: On Sunday, Sirwa Abdul Wahab, a freelance journalist working for a Baghdad based news agency, was dragged out of a taxi while heading for work by unknown gunmen and shot in the head in broad daylight killing her instantly in al Bakr neighborhood, eastern Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
07/01/2008: On Tuesday, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the residence of a prominent Sunni tribal chief in Al Hut, Ninawa, Iraq, near Al Qayyarah, Ninawa, Iraq, killing one civilian, injuring 22 others, the tribal chief, his wife, and his brother, and damaging the tribal chief's residence and nine nearby residences.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2008: A suicide bomber killed at least 36 people and wounded 30 others at a gathering in Baghdad to mourn the death of a retired Shia army officer.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday, three brothers driving a truck were stopped at a fake checkpoint in Al Dahouni and kidnapped by suspected Al Qaeda member on the road linking Mandali and Wassit in Diyala, Iraq.
11/04/2008: On Tuesday, a booby-trapped car exploded in a parking garage near Baghdad Technology University in central Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian, injuring five others, and no damage was reported. There was no motive reported and no one claimed responsibility.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, at 1600, four mortar shells hit the Muthana airport in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/04/2008: On Sunday morning, a bomb planted by unknown militants exploded near the motorcade of Hiru Ibrahim Ahmad, the Iraqi President's wife, as it passed near the National Theater in the Karrada district of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. Hiru Ibrahim Ahmad escaped unharmed however the explosion injured four guards. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
09/03/2008: On Wednesday evening, unknown gunmen killed a 12 year-old Kurdish child in al Noor neighborhood in downtown Mosul city, Ninawa (Nineveh) province, Iraq. Police said that the gunmen were driving an Opel sedan when they shot the child and drove away. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
01/08/2008: A roadside bomb targeted an American patrol in southeast Baghdad, Iraq at around 3:30 pm Iraqi local time. No casualties, identity of the terrorists or motive were reported.
10/01/2008: On Wednesday, a car bomb in a parking lot about 100 yards away from the shrine of Sayyid Mohammed exploded, killing four civilians and wounding 30 others, in Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq. Dozens of cars were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/01/2008: On Tuesday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device south of Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, injuring five civilians.No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb killed a government employee and wounded six others when it struck a minibus in Dour, Salah ad Din, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/26/2008: Six people were injured when members of the Mahdi Army opened fire on civilians in Sadoun Street in downtown Baghdad. There were no more details on the reason behind the attack that happened at around 9am.
03/27/2008: Unknown attackers blew up one of Iraq’s two main oil export pipelines cutting off a third of the exports from Basra.
06/02/2008: On Monday, gunmen threw a grenade at a civilian car, injuring three people, near Qahtan square in Yarmouk, western Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/14/2008: On Thursday, two female suicide bombers detonated their bombs among a group of pilgrims resting on the side of the road in Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, killing 23 civilians and wounding 76 others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2008: On Monday, in Khan Bani Sa'd, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a police officer's residence, killing him, wounding one child, and causing unspecified damage to the residence. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/11/2008: On Sunday, one woman was injured when unknown gunmen in a speeding car shot at the Asuda women's organization headquarters that gives residence for women fleeing domestic violence in Sulaymaniyah city of As Sulaimaniyah province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
04/04/2008: On Friday, in Sadiyah, Diyala, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated the explosive vest at a funeral procession for a Sunni policeman. Fifteen people were killed and eight were wounded. No damage or motive were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
08/14/2008: On Thursday, a roadside bomb detonated in a field near Ba'quba, Iraq killing an eight year old girl, and injuring both her mother and sister. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/14/2008: On Thursday, a roadside bomb detonated targeting pilgrims near al-Taharriyat Square in Karrada, central Baghdad. One pilgrim was killed and seven others were wounded in the explosion. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/22/2008: Unknown perpetrators detonated a roadside bomb near a minibus in Baghdad, Iraq killing one and injuring six others. The bus was carrying employees of Iraq's Ministry of Communications and Transportation.
11/04/2008: On Tuesday, in the northern Shiite-dominated district of Qahira, four people were killed and eight others injured when a roadside bomb exploded near a market place, police said. There was no damage reported and nobody claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/04/2008: On Sunday afternoon at 14:45, a magnetic bomb attached to a car planted by unknown militants exploded near the Green Zone in Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, injuring one civilian. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
07/30/2008: On Wedensday, unknown gunmen broke into a shop belonging to a leading member of the Iraqi Islamic Party, Yousuf Ahmed, and shot him dead in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for this attack.
12/27/2008: On Saturday, in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, an armed assailant entered a residence on street 20 and held several family members hostage, causing no injuries or damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
03/02/2008: Six Iraqi civilians were killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb near a checkpoint manned by fighters of the local Awakening Council in the village of al-Khreir.
11/12/2008: On Wednesday around noon,  in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the Baydha Elementary School in the northern Sha'ab neighborhood, wounding four civilians and three children and damaging three vehicles and the school.  Students at the school were within 30 minutes of being released when the bombing occurred.  No group claimed responsibility, but the United States military blamed this attack on the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).
09/19/2008: On Friday evening, unknown assailants on a motorcycle fired upon and killed a Shiite cleric from the Al Agrash tribe near his house in the Al Kindi district of Basra, northern Al Basrah province, Iraq. The cleric was the head of Moqtada al-Sadr's office in Muthanna Province. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
11/04/2008: On Tuesday, a mortar shell struck a house in Madain, south of Baghdad, killing a woman and her two young children, police said. The extent of the damage is unknown and there was no motive reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2008: An explosive device went off in Mosul, Iraq. The target was the vehicle of a police officer. The car was burnt and the explosion caused damage to nearby houses.
03/26/2008: A mortar shell hit a building near the Green Zone killing one civilian and wounding six others.
10/27/2008: On Monday, an explosive charge went off near the house of a police officer in the al-Rashidiya region in northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, causing material damage to his car without leaving casualties. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2008: On Monday, an improvised explosive roadside bomb wounded four people in the Al Nahda district of central Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
4/18/2008:  Four gunmen, who opened fire on a mayor of al-Ghadeer neighborhood in southern Karbala, Iraq were arrested.  The mayor survived the attack with no wounds.  The perpetrators names were not mentioned.
08/21/2008: On Thursday, at 0900, two mortar shells hit the International Zone in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, an IED went off near an orchard leaving two people wounded in Nazaka village, Al Huwayjah, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday, an improvised explosive device, targeting the motorcade of Dr. Sabah Amim al Dawdi, exploded in Al Kournish region in central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. The driver of the car was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
05/05/2008: On Monday morning, unknown men armed with machine guns assassinated Judge Mahir Hambib al-Hamadi in the city of Mandali near the Iranian border in Diyala province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
04/04/2008: On Friday, a suicide bomber wearing an explosives-filled vest killed 15 people and wounded 27 others at a funeral in Sed Himreen village, Khanaqeen district, 97 km to the east of Baquba, near the town of Hamrin, Diyala province, Iraq. The bomber struck as people gathered at the cemetery for the funeral of a policemen who had been killed on 04/03/2008. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/16/2008: On Monday, an bomb exploded near high voltage power lines on the main route from Kirkuk to Al Rashad in At Ta'mim, Iraq. An electrician working on the power lines was injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/11/2008: On Thursday afternoon, at 1350, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest and killed at least 55 people and wounded 120 in a packed restaurant where Kurdish officials and Arab tribal leaders were trying to reconcile their differences over control of the oil-rich region. After arrests were made, those arrested confessed to the attack and claimed responsibility for the Islamic State of Iraq.
05/11/2008: At approximately 0700, a roadside bomb exploded near the oil marketing department in Zayuna neighborhood in east Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blast.  There were no claims of responsibility for the incident.
05/04/2008: On Sunday, unknown gunmen shot and killed Dr. Ayaad Jafar, the assistant head of Baghdad University, and injured two of his sons in Al Adel neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, a roadside bomb targeting a harvester exploded on the road between Hawija and Riadh, west of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. Two farmers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/08/2009: On Wednesday, in the Al Quds district of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, killing the civilian driver and damaging the car.  No group claimed responsibility.
11/13/2009: On Friday, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, a police force detained an would-be suicide bomber carrying a bag with a pair of shoes inside containing TNT and a timer. The detained confessed during interrogations that he was planning to detonate his bag inside a souk (open-air market) in al Iskandariyah, Iraq during rush hour, No group claimed responsibility. No damage was reported.
10/05/2009: On Monday evening at 2000, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the home of a police officer assigned to the criminal evidence department, in Adan neighborhood behind Al Quds Mosque in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, causing no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility.
04/08/2009: On Wednesday near Al Karmah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a vehicle transporting the Al Fallujah Sahwa Council deputy commander, wounding the paramilitary member and two bodyguards, who also were Sahwa Council members, and damaging their vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at about 1500, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices near a southwestern Madinat al Bayaa' neighborhood bus terminal where Shiite pilgrims were gathered for transportation to Karbala' to observe Arba'een, killing between eight and 16 Shia civilians, wounding between 45 others, and damaging 10 cars, the bus terminal, and several vendor stalls in a nearby market. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/26/2009: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an explosive charge went off in Halab street, injuring three civilians, but causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday morning at 1100, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) planted near a car in the central Al-Sab Qusur neighborhood, killing five civilians and wounding 20 others. This bombing was one of five IED attacks on predominantly Shia areas of Baghdad to occur on this day. No group claimed responsibility.
04/08/2009: On Wednesday, a car bomb exploded in the Allawi district of Baghdad, killing six civilians and wounding 25 others. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/07/2009: On Friday morning at 1030, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a minibus transporting Shia pilgrims in the northeastern Al Habibiyah neighborhood, killing one civilian, wounding seven others, and damaging the minibus. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/08/2009: On Wednesday, A bomb left in a plastic bag exploded in a pedestrian shopping area in the northern Baghdad neighborhood of Kazimiyah, about 100 meters from the tomb of Imam Mousa Al Kazim. Seven civilians were killed and 23 wounded in the explosion. No claim of responsibility has been reported but the U.S. military blames Al Qaeda.
11/15/2009: On Sunday morning, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded in the Ras Al Jadda neighborhood in the Ma'mun district of southwestern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring two civilians. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/13/2009: On Sunday morning, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, gunmen stormed the house of a Kurdish policeman and killed his wife and three children. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/13/2009: On Friday, near Imam Ways, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian car, wounding three civilians and damaging their car. No group claimed responsibility.
11/13/2009: On Friday evening, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car exploded in the eastern Baghdad Al Jadidah neighborhood, damaging the car but resulting in no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
08/15/2009: On Saturday, in the Bab al Jadid district of central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an assailant threw a hand grenade at an outdoor market, wounding nine civilians and damaging several shops and several cars. No group claimed responsibility.
04/04/2009: On Saturday in Kut, Wasit, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded near the house of a local government official in the Al Damuk area of eastern Kut. Two civilians were wounded but not the government official and several houses were damaged in the explosion. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/02/2009: On Friday, near Shurah, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device placed under the pulpit in a Sunni mosque as Friday prayers were about to begin, killing the mosque's imam, wounding four civilians, and damaging the mosque. No group claimed responsibility although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
12/17/2009: On Thursday, a small improvised explosive device planted amidst waste went off in al Wathiq square in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq. The blast caused minor damage to a vehicle. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
09/12/2009: On Saturday aternoon at 1230, in the Bab al-Mua'dham district of Baghdad, Iraq, two bombs simultaneously exploded targeting a Shiite shrine. One went off inside the shrine of Imam Othman bin Sa'id al-Omary near the Haraj market and the other exploded in a parking lot outside the shrine. Three people were killed, 15 were injured, and no damage was caused in the attack. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
08/24/2009: On Monday night, unknown armed assailants fired upon the residence of an Al Anbar university professor in Abu Ghurayb, Al Anbar, Iraq, killing the professor and damaging the residence. No group claimed responsibility.
11/13/2009: On Friday evening, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon the Interior Ministry's Economic Crime Department Chief, Brigadier General Wathah Nasrat, as he was driving his car in the central Jadriya neighborhood, wounding the senior police officer and damaging his car. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
03/28/2009:On Saturday afternoon, around 1400, a parked car bomb detonated near a policeman's house, wounding one policeman and three civilians, in southern Mosul's Sumer neighborhood, Ninawa, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/02/2009: On Friday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a bomb targeting the house belonging to Faraj Khaeiri Bek, the chief of police of the town of Zummar and one of the princes of the Yazidi minority. The blast caused damage to the vacant house, but caused no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility.
03/23/2009:  On Monday, in Jalula, Diyala, Iraq, a suicide bomber struck a Kurdish funeral being held for a politician's father, killing 15 civilians and wounding 30. There was no damage or motive reported and al Qaeda in Iraq is being blamed for the attack.
10/03/2009: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unidentified gunmen shot and killed a traffic police officer near his house, killing the police officer. The policeman was on a leave of absence. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated in the al-Waziriya area, killing one Shia pilgrim and wounding seven others. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/03/2009: On late Thursday, in the Amil neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle- borne improvised explosive device near a support council center. The blast injured three civilians. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
03/13/2009: On Friday, at 1300, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, a bomb detonated near a photo lab, causing no casualties and destroying the lab. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/02/2009: On Friday afternoon at 1500, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the southwestern Saidiya neighborhood, wounding four civilians and damaging several shops and several vehicles. No group claimed responsibility.
03/02/2009: On Monday, at 900, in the Namra neighborhood in downtown Kirkuk, Iraq, unknown gunmen wounded the son of Kirkuk's mayor. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2009: On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a bomb was attached and targeted a car of al-Baghdadiya TV channel in the Al-Shurta district, killing Alaa Abdul Wahab, a sports journalist working for the TV channel, and wounding Dr. Sultan Jurjis, another sports reporter. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near an electrical power line transmission tower in the Al Habibiya neighborhood, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, damaging the tower but causing no casualties. Two electrical transformers were also bombed in the Al Karradah district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, damaging the electrical transformers but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/01/2009: On Friday afternoon at 1630, a suicide bomber with an explosive belt attacked the Al Shiraa casino in the tourist area of Sadd Al Mosul in northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, killing five civilians and wounding six others. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/05/2009: On Thursday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device targeted the vehicle of Brigadier General Adnan Khairu, the chief of police of Rahimawa neighborhood, near the Fourth Bridge in the center of the city, causing no casualties but destroying the car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/03/2009: On Friday in Al Dur, Salah ad Din, four unknown gunmen attacked a house of a policeman in al-Qadissiya neighborhood, killing the officer. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday, in Khalidiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed a former Iraqi army officer. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/14/2009: On Monday, an explosive charged went off in a downtown Baghdad intersection wounding three civilians. The blast is the fourth to hit the capital in less than two hours. No claims of responsibility have been made.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, along the main road in Mosul, near al-Seha tunnel, Ninawa, Iraq, an explosive device exploded targeting a motorcade of two police chiefs for Zamar and Rabieaa police. No casualties resulted from the attack, however the police vehicle was damaged. The motive was political in nature, however no group claimed responsibility.
07/17/2009: On Friday, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near Shiite pilgrims in the southeastern Al Zafaraniyah neighborhood in Al Karradah, Baghdad, Iraq, killing two civilians and injuring 12 others. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/15/2009: On Tuesday, around 0730, the third explosion out of three consecutive explosions was detonated across the street from the Iranian Embassy where Defense Ministry officials park their vehicles in Baghdad, Iraq. At least four people were killed and another 14 were wounded in the blasts. All three explosions occurred within minutes of one another. Baghdad Operations Command said the blasts had been caused by mine and homemade explosives packed inside vehicles. The group said the owners of the parking lots had been arrested for failing to search cars properly or to request documents from the motorists who parked there. One man was struck by shrapnel in the head. No group claimed responsibility.
09/13/2009: On Sunday morning at approximately 0830, in Husayniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a group of civilians, wounding four civilians and damaging two nearby cars. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/22/2009: On Sunday, a sound bomb detonated in front of the Faculty of Engineering, Tikrit University, wounding a female student but causing no damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/24/2009: On Monday afternoon between 1430 and 1500, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) magnetically attached to a bus transporting passengers in an unknown location north of Kut, Wasit, Iraq, killing nine, injuring 11, and damaging the bus. Another bus was bombed with a magnetic IED near Numaniyah, Wasit, Iraq, killing six, injuring 10 and damaging the bus. No group claimed responsibility for the related attacks.
11/10/2009: On Tuesday evening at 1930, in western Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car in the Teba Market, killing one civilian, wounding two others, and damaging their car. No group claimed responsibility.
11/12/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1300, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and killed the principal of the Ma'ali School for Girls outside the school gates in the eastern Ghadir neighborhood. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility.
08/07/2009: On Friday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an off-duty police officer was shot and killed in an outdoor market in the Bab al Jadid district. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/05/2009: On Monday evening, unknown assailants detonated a bomb that was planted near a liquor store in downtown Basra, Al Basrah, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
05/04/2009: On Monday, a sticky explosive device went off under a container at the inlet of the Doura refinery in southern Baghdad, Iraq, injuring three and setting three containers ablaze. It also caused damage to refinery's inlet. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/27/2009: On Tuesday, near Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown gunmen stormed the voting station in a school in the town of Ameriyat and set fire to the building, completely destroying it. There was no casualties or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/10/2009: On Tuesday, at about 1000, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device planted underneath a car belonging to a private security guard, wounding the security guard and a nearby civilian and damaging the guard's vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/06/2009: On Sunday, an improvised explosive device (IED) was placed inside a garbage can in the popular al Maseeb market north of Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq. The explosion killed or injured six civilians. The blast caused damage to a number of nearby stores. No group claimed responsibility.
09/03/2009: On Thursday night at 2300, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq assailants detonated a vehicle- borne improvised explosive device on the commercial street in a Saidiyah neighborhood. The blast injured seven civilians, and also damaged nearby shops. No group has claimed responsibility.
12/13/2009: On Sunday morning, at about 1000, in the Shuada district of southern Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a convoy transporting the commander of the Fallujah Support Council, killing two police officers and one eight-year-old girl; wounding the police commander, between seven and nine other police officers, and three civilians; and damaging two police vehicles, several civilian cars and several buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
08/15/2009: On Saturday evening at 2000, in the Al-Qahira district of north Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a two improvised explosive devices in the northern Al Qahirah neighborhood, wounding six civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
04/08/2009: On Wednesday night in Badush, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired four mortar rounds at the Badush Prison, damaging an external fence but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2009: On Friday, a bomb attached to a civilian car was detonated in the Abu Ghraib district of Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed a man and wounded his wife and their three sons. No group has claimed responsibility.
02/05/2009: On Thursday, in Al Katun, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near the home of a Shiite provincial elections candidate from the Al Liqaa Party, destroying his house and damaging two adjacent homes but casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
03/01/2009: On Sunday, in Samarra, Iraq, the mayor of Samarra, Mahmoud Khalaf, was wounded by a roadside bomb that went off as his convoy was passing it. No damage or motive have been reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/10/2009: On Tuesday, in the Mu'alimin district of western Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near an elementary school, wounding two civilians and damaging five buildings and shops and three civilian cars. A motorcycle was used as the VBIED. No group claimed responsibility.
05/13/2009: On Wednesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a sticky bomb attached to a civilian car wounded five people in the Adhamiya district and caused no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0900, in eastern Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated targeting the motorcade of Colonel Saad Abbas, the Al Fallujah Sahwa Council leader. Two policemen were killed, six were wounded and a police vehicle was damaged by the blast. No group claimed responsibility.
08/18/2009: On Tuesday evening at approximately 2100, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in a market in the southern Abu Dishir neighborhood, killing two civilians, wounding 15 others, damaging three nearby shops and three vehicles. No group claimed responsibility.
04/03/2009: On Friday afternoon at 1300, four civilians were injured by a roadside bomb in the Slekh neighborhood in east Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/27/2009: On Saturday, unknown assailants detonated a motorbike vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the southwestern Risala district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian and injuring four others. No damages were reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/21/2009: On Monday, in in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle, wounding one civilian and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, in downtown Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded near a group of municipal street cleaners on Kornish Street, wounding two government employees but causing no damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday around 1700, in Karbala, Karbala, Iraq, two bombs in al-Abbas street near the shrines of Imam al-Abbas and al-Hussein killed four people and wounded 40. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
04/04/2009: On Saturday, in downtown Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off inside a foodstuffs store in a popular market, wounding the storekeeper and damaging the store and three adjacent shops. No group claimed responsibility.
05/21/2009: On Thursday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in the Bab al-Bayd area in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring three civilians.  No damages or claim of responsibility have been reported.
04/08/2009: On Wednesday, a car bomb targeted the convoy of a senior interior ministry official, killing one civilian and a policeman and wounded six others in the Shiite area of New Baghdad. No group claimed responsibility.
12/14/2009: On Monday, a roadside bomb exploded in the Al Sleikh area of Baghdad, Iraq under a bridge injuring one civilian. No claim of responsibility has been made.
03/13/2009: On Friday, in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen killed an Iraqi police officer near his house. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/09/2009: On Wednesday, a suicide car bomber targeted a local Sahwa leader in the al-Urouba neighborhood, south Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq. Three civilians were killed in the blast and fifteen others were wounded. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/10/2009: On Tuesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants threw a hand grenade at the home of a Transportation Ministry employee, damaging the employee's house and vehicle but resulting in no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
12/17/2009: On Thursday at 1600, a roadside improvised explosive device targeted a crowd of civilians near al Baydha cinema in New Baghdad neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Four civilians were injured. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/17/2009: On Thursday evening, Dr. Mishaan al Ithawi, the preacher of al Modallal mosque, was approaching a security checkpoint in Fallujah, Iraq, when the security men noticed an improvised explosive device attached to his vehicle. The VBIED was defused without any monetary damage or casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
02/06/2009: On Friday, at 2230, in the Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen in a speeding car threw a hand grenade at a supermarket in 14 Ramadhan Street, causing no casualties and damaging the store. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday, in the evening, in Husayniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a vegetable market, killing four civilians, wounding 16 others, four children, and damaging several shops in the market. A motorcycle was used as the VBIED. This bombing was one of five IED attacks on predominantly Shiite areas of Baghdad on this day. No group claimed responsibility.
11/05/2009: On Thursday, a roadside bomb targeting civilians in Iskan neighborhood, injured two civilians in central Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
07/17/2009: On Friday evening around 2030, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near Shiite pilgrims in the southeastern Arab as Sa'diyah neighborhood in Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring three civilians. No group claimed responsibility and no damages were reported.
03/28/2009: On Saturday, gunmen shot and wounded an off-duty policeman near his home in the Nabi Yunis district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility.
10/05/2009: On Monday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device that was magnetically stuck to a car in central Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, killing one civilian and injuring two others. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
08/15/2009: On Saturday around 1200 noon, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in Al Hurriyah Square, damaging several stores but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, at approximately 1630. in the Hadar community of the Rashid district, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi National Police officers from the 1st Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd NP Division, spotted a "sticky" bomb attached to the undercarriage of vehicle and immediately evacuated the Iraqi family. The bomb exploded shortly after the family reached a safe distance from their vehicle. No one was injured in the blast, but the vehicle was destroyed. There was no motive reported and no one claimed responsibility.
05/18/2009: On Monday morning, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle in the central 'Alawi al Hillah neighborhood in the Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two civilians and damaging their vehicle and one other car.  No group claimed responsibility.
08/15/2009: On Saturday evening at 2100, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a minibus in the southern Durah neighborhood, killing two civilians and damaging the minibus. No group claimed responsibility.
09/26/2009: On Saturday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a park, killing two civilians, wounding four others, and damaging three nearby stores. No group claimed responsibility.
04/05/2009: On Sunday in Basra, Basra, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off near Governor Mohammed Mosbeh Al Waeli while he was inspecting work progress on the 14 Tammuz street in the Al Dizaer area of central Basra. The governor was not hurt in the explosion. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday morning around 0800, a magnetic bomb, attached to a civilian minibus, detonated in the Hurriyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion wounded three civilians. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/05/2009: On Thursday, a bomb exploded in a cafe on al Maktabat street in central Hilla, Iraq and wounded approximately 16 people. The bomb squad found 250 kg of TNT, a cell phone and detonation wires at the site of the explosion. No group claimed responsibility. No damage was reported.
12/14/2009: On Monday, a bomb exploded inside a private health clinic in Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion injured the doctor, his wife and four patients. No group has claimed responsibility.
02/26/2009: On Thursday, in Baghdad, Iraq, an improvised explosive device, planted by unknown gunmen on al-Nedal street, went off wounding three civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/13/2009: On Wednesday morning, in the Al Faruq district of central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired a mortar round at a community, wounding one civilian and damaging his home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/17/2009: On Friday night around 0200, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near Shiite pilgrims in the eastern al Jadidah neighborhood in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing two civilians and injuring between nine and 13 others. No group claimed responsibility and no damages were reported.
09/03/2009: On Thursday evening around 1830, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside bomb in the Kasra area. The blast injured five civilians. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
12/13/2009: On Sunday, several bombs exploded around a police officer's house in Ahsi village in the al Aameriya district of southern Fallujah, Iraq. The policeman was killed and four civilians were wounded. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
04/05/2009: On Sunday in the Karradah district, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen opened fire on Brig. Ahmed Kadhem, a senior officer in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, while he was inside his car with his family on Al Sinaa street in eastern Baghdad. Kadhem died on his way to the hospital. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/04/2009: On Wednesday, at 2100, in the Al Mashtal neighborhood in Baghdad a roadside bomb targeted civilians, wounding four and damaging several vehicles. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/05/2009: On Thursday, a policeman was killed by gunmen near his house in al-Jammasa, eastern Mosul. He was on a regular leave. No claim of responsibility has been reported and it is unknown if this attack caused any property damage.
08/02/2009: On Sunday morning at 0600, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a liquor store in the southern Dura neighborhood, damaging the store but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
11/12/2009: On Thursday afternoon at about 1500, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near Al Khilani Square in the central Ash Shaykh 'Umar neighborhood, wounding three civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
07/17/2009: On Friday evening around 2100, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near Shiite pilgrims in the southeastern Al Zafaraniyah neighborhood in the Al Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian and injuring six others. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, on Aleppo Street in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of a tailor shop that specialized in altering military uniforms, wounding the tailor and damaging the shop. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/12/2009: On Saturday, in Baghdad, Iraq, police were able to defuse a bomb that failed to go off inside the Khadimiya shrine that had a cell phone as a detonator, about 500 grams of TNT, and contained hundreds of metal ball bearings in order to maximize casualties. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
05/10/2009: On Sunday, near Makhmour, Irbil, Iraq, a landmine went off near the village of Makkuk, wounding one civilian and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday morning, a magnetic bomb, attached to the car of the Head of Criminal Investigation Bureau in the Kirkuk province, Col. Qais Amer Naji, detonated in front of his house in the Gharnata neighborhood, Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq. There were no casualties reported. No group has claimed responsibility.
12/01/2009: On Tuesday, 26 people were wounded in a grenade attack on an Eid al Adha celebration in Hawija, Diyala, Iraq. Iraqi Army soldiers have two suspects in custody wanted in connection with the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/27/2009: On Monday evening, in the Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a vehicle in the central Al Harithiyah neighborhood, wounding five people and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/05/2009: On Tuesday, three civilians were wounded by a roadside bomb that went off in the Zafaraniyah area in southeast Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported for the attack.
09/15/2009: On Tuesday evening, in central Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a police officer's house near the al-Sedeeq mosque, killing one civilian, wounding five others, and damaging the house. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2009: On Sunday morning, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device placed inside a trash can in a popular outdoor market in central Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, causing no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility.
03/01/2009: On Sunday, in Ameriyat al-Fallujah, near the city of Fallujah, Anbad province, Iraq, a suicide bomber blew up his explosive vest at the house of an anti-Qaida tribal leader, Sheikh Khalid al-Eifan. Two people were killed and six were wounded. No damage or motive were reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/09/2009: On Wednesday, in Al Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a civilian car in the Imam Wes region in al-Sa'diyah, south of the Khanaqeen district. The explosion killed one civilian and wounded two others. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
08/02/2009: On Sunday evening, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device hidden in a pile of trash near the Imam Abu Hanifah al-Nu'man Mosque, killing one civilian, wounding three others, and damaging several nearby shops and buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2009: On Sunday afternoon between 1630 and 1645, in one of five related attacks, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated four improvised explosive devices (IED) and one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) near Christian churches, killing four civilians, injuring 32 others, and damaging five churches, many cars, several houses, and several buildings. Assailants detonated the first three IEDs between 1630 and 1645 in the eastern Ghadir neighborhood, in Tahriyat Square in the central Al Wahdah neighborhood, and in the Karrada district, injuring eight civilians at the Ghadir bombing, and damaging many cars and three churches. At 1900 in Beirut Square in the eastern Al Idrisi neighborhood, assailants detonated the VBIED outside the Notre Dame Church, killing four civilians (Three Christians; One Muslim), injuring 21 civilians (15 Christians; six Muslims), and damaging the church, several houses, and several buildings. At 2000 in the southern Al Mualimin neighborhood, assailants detonated the fourth IED near the Virgin Mary Church, injuring three civilians and damaging the church. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
04/30/2009: On Thursday evening at approximately 2030, a roadside bomb detonated in the New Baghdad (al Jadidah) neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, wounding five civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday night, between 1700 and 2000, a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near Al Nidaa mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. The driver was injured. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
03/22/2009:  On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off in the Bab al-Beid area, killing one civilian and wounding another. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/13/2009: On Friday at around 1400, in Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq, militants shot and killed a passenger bus driver on the main road leading to the Imam and Yassin area. There was no damage or motive reported and Al-Qaeda in Iraq is suspected of carrying out the attack.
12/21/2009: On Monday at 0900, in Al Karradah, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device went off near al Hurriya Square, injuring two civilians. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
03/05/2009: On Thursday, a car bomb targeting a livestock market killed 10 people and wounded 68 in the Hamza Al Gharbi distric, near Hilla, Babil, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
04/30/2009: On Thursday, a roadside improvised explosive device went off targeting the motorcade of a senior official of the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party in the Nezal neighborhood in Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, injuring four of his bodyguards and damaging at least one vehicle. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/22/2009: On Monday, source details that a bombing ripped through a popular café in al-Doura area, southern Baghdad, Iraq, killing two persons and wounding 13 others. There were no claims of responsibility.
11/01/2009: On Sunday morning, in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices within minutes of each other in the visitor's parking lot of the Traffic Police Directorate, killing three people, wounding eight others, and damaging several cars and buildings. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
07/17/2009: On Friday morning approximately 1000, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near Shiite pilgrims in the southern Durah neighborhood, wounding between four and eight civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
10/02/2009: On Friday evening, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of a Sadrist party office, wounding five political activists and damaging the building. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
05/31/2009: On Sunday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a bomb targeted an Iraq's state run Iraqiya TV channel crew's car in the Adhamiya district, wounding three people and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/30/2009: On Thursday, armed assailants fired upon a power station providing power to the Ahdab oil field in Wasit, Iraq, destroying the power station but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2009: On Sunday morning around 0900, unknown assailants using silencer-equipped small arms fired upon the Director of the Financial Control Department as he was leaving for work from his house in the Domiz district of southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, killing the Director. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/30/2009: On Saturday, in Kirkuk, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off on al-Atibaa street, wounding one civilian and damaging several nearby shops. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/09/2009: On Tuesday, a bomb strapped to a bicycle targeted civilians in central Fallujah near the al-Hadra mosque. The explosion injured seven people. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/14/2009: On Thursday morning at 1100, in Al Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon the force in charge of protecting the Japanese ambassador to Iraq, killing one guard. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/19/2009: On Tuesday morning at approximately 1100, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian minibus in Taji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, killing two civilians, injuring five others, and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday evening, in Buhriz, Diyala, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device he was wearing near a coffee shop as the Diyala Sahwa Council deputy commander, Leith Mishaan, was inside, killing Mishaan, three other paramilitary members and four civilians and wounding six civilians and four paramilitary members, and damaging the coffee shop and four civilian cars. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday, an improvised explosive device went off in the Ghawam village in the south of Qurat Taba in the Kafri district in southern Sulaimaniya. Two children were killed and four others were injured in the incident. All of the victims were part of the same family. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/21/2009: On Monday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a sticky vehicle-borne improvised explosive device hit a civilian car on Matar al Muthanna road, injuring two civilians. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
02/15/2009: On Sunday, in Mandali, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device on the main road near a civilian vehicle, killing one civilian, wounding three others, and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2009: On Thursday morning, around 0900, in Baghdad, Iraq, Abed Theyab, minister of higher education, was traveling to work when a roadside bomb targeted his vehicle as he passed through the Karradah district. No one in the convoy was hurt but three civilian bystanders were wounded. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/03/2009: On Thursday in Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, unknown militants detonated a vehicle- born improvised explosive device near a Shiite shrine. The blast killed three worshippers and wounded another fifty-one. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
03/15/2009: On Sunday night, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown gunmen launched an armed attack on an Asiacell telecommunications tower near Anwar Al Aasi village, killing a security guard and wounding another. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/15/2009: On Sunday afternoon, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed Dhafir Kashmoula, a police lieutenant colonel in the al Baladiya area of the al Midan district. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/15/2009: On Tuesday afternoon, in east Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants, using machine guns, opened fire on a traffic policeman in the Adan neighborhood, wounding the officer, but causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2009: On Monday morning at 800, in the Sab'ah Nisam district, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device in the New Baghdad neighborhood, killing three people and wounding 10. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
02/05/2009: On Thursday, at about 0800, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) near the home of the deputy education minister, damaging a civilian car and an exterior wall of the minister's home but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
05/01/2009: On Friday, five security personnel were wounded while trying to defuse a charge planted near a fuel station in al Muftiya, central Basra, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
06/27/2009: On Saturday, unknown armed assailants entered and upon a mosque in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, killing one imam. No group claimed responsibility.
04/30/2009: On Thursday morning, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, three civilians were injured by a roadside bomb in the central Masbah neighborhood. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/15/2009: On Sunday, near Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq, unknown gunmen detonated an explosive charge near Andan Abdou gas station in the Al Taineed neighborhood, causing no casualties and inflicting minor damage to the gas station. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/30/2009: On Friday, in Mandali, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants kidnapped three political affiliates as they left a campaign rally then fired upon the affiliates, killing Abbas Farhan, a political candidate of the Reform and Development Party, and two campaign staff, who happened to be the candidate's brother and cousin. The bodies were found by authorities about three hours later. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/20/2009: On Thursday morning at approximately 0800, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a restaurant in Baghdad, Iraq, killing two people, injuring eighteen others, and damaging the restaurant. No group claimed responsibility.
10/02/2009: On Friday afternoon at 1730, in Ad Hamiya, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic vehicle-borne improvised explosive device stuck to a parked car, injuring two civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility.
06/06/2009: On Saturday, a roadside bomb exploded in the town of Suwayrah, killing one civilian and wounding his wife. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/12/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1300, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device on Sina'a Street near a bank in the central Al Wahdah neighborhood, wounding five civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
08/12/2009: On Wednesday, in Al Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a bus station, wounding three civilians and damaging the bus station. No group claimed responsibility.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, in the Al Quds and At Ta'mim districts of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants set fire to two Asia Cell cellular telephone towers, destroying both. There was no motive or casualties reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/17/2009: On Friday, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near Shiite pilgrims in the southwestern Madinat al Bayaa' neighborhood, wounding five civilian pilgrims. No group claimed responsibility.
03/15/2009: On Sunday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a bomb attached to a civilian car detonated in the Ghazaliya district, killing Abdul Latif Saleh, an oil expert. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
09/09/2009: On Wednesday morning at about 1130, a roadside bomb detonated in al-Watheg square in the al-Karradah neighborhood, central Baghdad, Iraq. The blast wounded two civilians who were passing by the improvised explosive device. No group has claimed responsibility.
04/22/2009: On Wednesday morning, unknown gunmen kidnapped a judge outside his house in the al-Khadraa neighborhood in southwestern Kirkuk.  No group has claimed responsibility for this incident and the status of the judge is unknown.
12/17/2009: On Thursday at 1800, a car bomb parked on the street exploded in a central Baghdad area that contained several restaurants, when a convoy of a parliament member from Fadhila, Nadim al Jabari, was passing by. Three civilians were killed and 16 were wounded. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/15/2009: On Tuesday, Iraqi police defused a bomb attached to a vehicle belonging to Ameera al-Attabi, a member of parliament loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in Baghdad, Iraq. No damage was reported. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, in the Al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a bus in the northwestern Al Kazimiyah neighborhood, killing one or two civilians, wounding three or four others, and damaging the bus. No group claimed responsibility.
04/16/2009: On Thursday, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a Badoush Prison vehicle in the al-Shiffa neighborhood of western Mosul, injuring three prison guards and damaging their vehicle.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/15/2009: On Sunday evening at 1845, in Baghdad, Iraq,  a gunmen was killed and three other people were wounded when a grenade detonated in the gunman's hand before he threw it on a crowd near a juice bar in the Mansour neighborhood. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/06/2009: On Wednesday evening at around 2015, a roadside bomb exploded near a café in Imarat al-Siha in Abu Dshir in southern Baghdad, Iraq. Eight people were wounded in the attack.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/12/2009: On Wednesday, in the Al Khadhra' district of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed a Turkman neighborhood government official near his house. No group claimed responsibility.
11/05/2009: On Thursday night, southwest of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed, Mohammad Ibrahim Ahmad, a Sahwa Council paramilitary member in front of his house in the Rashad district. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/09/2009: On Monday afternoon, a magnetic bomb stuck to a civilian car detonated in New Baghdad, eastern Baghdad, injuring one civilian. No group has claimed responsibility. No damage was reported.
08/20/2009: On Thursday, unknown assailants detonated two roadside improvised explosive devices in an outdoor market in Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, killing 13 civilians, injuring 130 others, and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility.
08/02/2009: On Sunday morning at 1000, in central Haditha, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a public market, killing four civilians and three children, wounding 17 civilians and three children, and damaging two cars and several shops. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities suspected the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
11/12/2009: On Thursday evening, near Khan Bani Sa'd, Diyala, Iraq, assailants fired upon a Sahwa Council leader, Othman Mohammed, who was conducting checkpoint inspections, killing him and his driver and damaging their vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/30/2009: On Tuesday afternoon at about 1730, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a Kurdish outdoor vegetable market in the Shurjah district of northern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, killing 35 civilians, injuring 95 others including several children, and damaging 17 shops and houses. No group claimed responsibility, although the Islamic State of Iraq was suspected of perpetrating this attack.
06/26/2009: On Friday, an improvised explosive device planted by unknown assailants on a soccer field in the Kashkoul Village, near Qara Tapa, Diyala, Iraq, exploded, injuring two ten-year-old children. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday, at around 1200,  in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the car of a government employee in the western Yarmuk neighborhood, wounding a civilian passerby and damaging the car. There was no motive reported and the Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation claimed responsibility.
09/12/2009: On Saturday, in Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, a bomb that was meant to target the car of a local Sunni Arab pro-government militia leader killed two women and two children, but caused no damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
08/20/2009: On Thursday morning, unknown assailants kidnapped five Kurds, members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, from a cafe in Jalula, Diyala, Iraq, and later killed them by unknown means. No group claimed responsibility.
09/20/2009: On Sunday morning, an improvised explosive device placed in a cemetery in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq exploded, killing one civilian man and injuring his four family members. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday night, in Toz Khurmatu, Ta'mim, Iraq, an adhesive bomb attached to the car of a Kurdish security member detonated, killing the security member and wounding his wife and two kids. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
11/05/2009: On Thursday evening at 2030, in central Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) attached to the car of Lieutenant Colonel Hussein Ali, a police lieutenant colonel, near the Abul-Jalil Mosque, damaging the car but causing no casualties. At about 2040, assailants detonated a second IED as first responders arrived to extinguish the car fire, killing three civilians, wounding eight others and one police officer, and damaging several cars and shops. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/23/2009: On Thursday morning, in the Mu'alimin district of Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a residence, damaging one home but causing no casualties.No group claimed responsibility.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday evening at around 1900, in the Saydiyah community in Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi forces discovered a pipe bomb inside a house after receiving a tip from an Iraqi citizen. The Iraqi army patrol transported the bomb to their headquarters, where an Iraqi explosives ordnance disposal team disabled the device. No casualties were caused and no one claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
11/22/2009: On Sunday evening at about 1900, gunmen killed one local government employee in Al Majmoa al Thaqafiyah neighborhood in north Mosul, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
12/13/2009: On Sunday at 0600, a car bomb parked on the street detonated, targeting an Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) recruitment center at the Kokejly area in eastern Mosul, Iraq. One civilian was killed and 20 were wounded. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, somewhere between 1700 to 2000, a sticky improvised explosive device (IED) that was stuck to a minibus, went off in al Kadhimiya neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq. One civilian was killed and three were wounded. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday evening at 2000, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device outside a billiard hall in the Sunni neighborhood of Jihadin, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian, injuring 10 other civilians, and damaging the business. No group claimed responsibility.
09/09/2009: On Wednesday afternoon, a booby-trap car bomb targeted a house in the al-Urouba area of Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq. The blast killed four civilians and injured six others. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday, a roadside bomb blew up an oil tanker near Tikrit, Iraq. Two civilians within the vehicle were killed. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/26/2009: On Friday morning around 0900, assailants detonated a motorcycle vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a market selling motorcycles in the central Al Nahdha neighborhood in the Rusafah district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing between 13 and 19 civilians, injuring 45 others, and damaging several motorcycles. No group claimed responsibility.
04/05/2009: On Sunday, a three-year-old child was killed and a woman was wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated in the Al Iqtisadiyeen neighborhood in western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported for the attack.
10/31/2009: On Saturday, an improvised explosive device, attached to a passenger vehicle, went off in Damash area, on the al-Muthanna airport road, central Baghdad on Saturday, leaving six civilians wounded. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, between Mandili and al-Muqdadiya, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off on the road between the two districts, killing a shepherd and wounding another. The was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/01/2009: On Tuesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed and army colonel while he was driving. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/04/2009: On Wednesday, in Abu Ghurayb, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device outside the home of the Abu Ghurayb deputy chief of police as he was leaving for work, killing the police officer, his wife, and his daughter and damaging their home. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
12/08/2009: On Tuesday, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near the house of a policeman in Nizal neighborhood in downtown Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. One civilian was killed and three were wounded, including two children. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
03/15/2009: On Sunday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, gunmen threw a grenade inside a civilian car in the central area of the city, wounding a doctor and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/12/2009: On Thursday, in Basra, Iraq, unknown gunmen fired upon and killed Sheikh Abdullah Adnan al-Neimi, the head of the tribal office of Iraq's Scholars and Interllectuals Group, in the Mhejran area. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/12/2009: On Thursday, in Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, assailants fired a Katyusha rocket at the United States Consulate building, resulting in no casualties or damage. Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq/Islamic Shiite Resistance (AAH) claimed responsibility.
05/24/2009: On Sunday, unknown armed assailants fired upon and killed one teacher in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/12/2009: On Saturday morning, in Baghdad, Iraq, a bomb attached to a civilian car detonated in the Tobchi neighborhood, killing one civilian and wounding another. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
11/30/2009: On Monday, in Al Huwayjah, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants threw a grenade into an Eid festival celebration, wounding five police officers and between six and 10 civilians and damaging the public area. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed Sunni extremists were responsible.
01/15/2009: On Thursday evening at about 2100, in central Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired two Katyusha rockets at the International (Green) Zone, wounding one civilian and causing no reported damage. The Islamic Shiite Resistance claimed responsibility and rockets were determined to have originated from a predominantly Shia Az Za'faraniyah neighborhood in the southeastern part of the city.
12/29/2009: On Tuesday morning, in al-Doura area, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a parking lot, wounding between four and seven civilians and damaging seven vehicles and one building that houses a newspaper office. No group claimed responsibility.
01/12/2009: On Monday morning at 900, in Karradah neighborhood near Kahramana square, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb attached to a vehicle at the entrance of a market and near a mobile police patrol exploded, killing one civilian and injuring four police and two civilians. One police vehicle and several shops were damaged. The motive was political in nature and the Islamic Army in Iraq claimed responsibility.
09/09/2009: On Wednesday, a car parked in the garage of a house that belonged to a pro-government militia leader in Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq detonated, destroying the house. Reports suggest that the bomb went off prematurely, as the vehicle was being rigged for a car bomb attack. The blast killed eight people, all of whom are members of a single family, including a women and a child. No group has claimed responsibility.
04/03/2009: On Friday evening at 1800, in New Baghdad neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, a magnetic bomb that was attached to a civilian car detonated. An official of the oil products directorate died due to his wounds and his wife and child were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/30/2009: On Thursday evening at approximately 1930, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated in the northern Binuk neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, wounding three civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/10/2009: On Sunday morning at 0807, in the Karrada district, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the motorcade of Major General Jafar Al Khafaji, chief of Baghdad traffic police, in Hurriyah square, wounding three civilians and causing damage to several nearby cars and buildings. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2009: On Friday, gunmen shot dead a traffic policeman in the Karama neighborhood of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility.
12/21/2009: On Monday evening, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a magnetic vehicle-borne improvised explosive device that was stuck to a civilian car detonated on the main thoroughfare, killing the driver. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
03/04/2009: On Wednesday, unknown gunmen killed a Sunni sheik, his wife, and their two sons near Samarra, Salah ad Din, Iraq. The sheik and one of the sons were leaders in the anti-insurgent Awakening Council movement. No group claimed responsibility.
02/23/2009: On Monday, in the al Jami'ah district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to the vehicle of a candidate in the recent provincial council elections of the Iraqi National List, wounding one political affiliate and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/29/2009: On Tuesday evening, between 1800 and 1830, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices about thirty minutes apart in the eastern Al Baladiyat neighborhood, wounding two civilians and damaging two vehicles. No group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) in the southwestern Saidiya neighborhood, wounding four or five civilian pilgrims. No group claimed responsibility.
02/09/20009: On Monday, at 2100, in southern An Najaf, An Najaf, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of a police lieutenant's house, damaging the residence but causing no injuries. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/25/2009: On Wednesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, gunmen threw three grenades in the crowded street of al Korneash, wounding one civilian. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/08/2009: On Monday in the Tayaran district of southern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of a police officer's house, damaging the home but causing no injuries. The police officer was not home at the time of the attack. The police officer was a member of the province governor's security detail. No group claimed responsibility.
02/10/2009: On Tuesday, at 2115, in in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired a rocket at an unknown target but missed and struck a house in the eastern Mashtal neighborhood, wounding four people and damaging the home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/24/2009: On Thursday night, a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) wounded four civilians in Karbala, Iraq. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2009: On Saturday, at 1500, in Baghdad, Iraq, three civilians were wounded by a roadside bomb in the Tayaran intersection. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, in Buhriz, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device, killing one day laborer and wounding two others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/14/2009: On Saturday, at 1700, in Baghdad, Iraq, a Katyusha rocket targeted the Doura Oil Refinery in the southern Doura district, burning one fuel tank and causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/06/2009: On Monday morning around 1000, in the Ad Dargazliya district of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a traffic police officer was wounded by small arms fire when unknown assailants fired upon him with silencer-equipped weapons. No group claimed responsibility.
03/15/2009: On Sunday evening, in northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a bomb attached to a car detonated, wounding one civilian and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/12/2009: On Monday morning at around 0815, in central Baghdad, Iraq, a sticky bomb placed under a civilian car detonated in the Sheikh Omar area, killing one person and wounding another. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
05/18/2009: On Monday morning, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device  attached to a car transporting a police lieutenant colonel to work on 14 Tammuz Street in central Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq, killing the police officer, injuring his child and one other, and damaging the car.  No group claimed responsibility.
02/09/2009: On Monday, at about 0915, in downtown Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the motorcade of the Rahimawa district police chief, wounding one civilian and damaging one police vehicle but not injuring the police official. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/22/2009: On Wednesday afternoon, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the southern Durah neighborhood, wounding nine people. No group claimed responsibility.
05/12/2009: On Tuesday, in downtown Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the motorcade of Brigadier Halo Najat Hamzah, the director of Kirkuk's Asayesh forces, and his assistant, Colonel Salar Khaled, near the Baghdad parking lot, damaging one motorcade vehicle but causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday at 1200, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a park, wounding two civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/24/2009: On Tuesday, an improvised explosive device attached to a car wounded an off duty policeman and damaged his car in central Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/11/2009: On Saturday night between 2200 and 2300, unknown assailants detonated two remote controlled improvised explosive devices near the Mar Yusuf (St. Josephine's) Church in the western Hamra neighborhood of the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, damaging the church but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
12/20/2009: On Sunday morning, a roadside improvised explosive device went off near a bus in a residential compound in al Aameriya district in southern Fallujah, Iraq. Three university students were wounded. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/03/2009: On Thursday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in a crowded market targeting Lieutenant Colonel Ahmad al-Fahal, head of the city anti-terrorism and anti-riot police. The bomber yelled al-Fahal's name before he detonated. The blast killed al-Fahal, two guards, and two civilians and wounded 10 others. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities blame the attack on Al Qaeda in Iraq.
05/06/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0700, a suicide car bomb exploded in the Al-Rasheed vegetable market when a man drove a pick-up truck in to the market. Ten people were killed in the explosion, and 37 were injured. The market is one of Baghdad's largest co-operative produce markets. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/12/2009: On Wednesday afternoon, in the Al Andalus district of northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a Fanoos Telecom vehicle, killing one employee, wounding one other, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
03/18/2009: On Wednesday, at 2200, in Baghdad, Iraq, a magnetic bomb detonated under a civilian's car in Haifa street, killing a former candidate of the Islamic Party. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2009: On Sunday, armed assailants surrounded and fired upon the residence of two police officers in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, damaging the home, then entered and fired upon the occupants, killing two police officers.  No group claimed responsibility.
04/04/2009: On Saturday at 1000, a roadside bomb detonated in the Zafaraniyah area of southeast Baghdad, wounding seven civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/11/2009: On Sunday evening, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, Faris al-Sinjari, a leading member of al-Hadbaa National List, was wounded in a blast from an improvised explosive device attached to his vehicle in the Qassem al-Khayyat area. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday afternoon, a bomb planted near the house of Falah Hassan Younes, the director of al-Ayadiya district in Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, was successfully defused by members of the Iraqi army. There were no casualties in the incident. No group has claimed responsibility.
07/22/2009: On Wednesday night, near Imam Ways, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants using machine guns fired upon a convoy of buses transporting Iranian pilgrims making their way to the Shiite holy sites, killing five civilians, wounding between 35 others, and damaging three buses. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic State of Iraq was responsible.
01/15/2009: On Thursday, in the Bakr district of northeastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an Iraqi Army patrol found the body of a Christian civilian with a gunshot wound to the head.  No group claimed responsibility, but authorities suspect the Islamic State of Iraq perpetrated this attack.
12/14/2009: On Monday, a magnetic bomb stuck to a civilian vehicle exploded injuring the driver in Karradah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday morning at about 1155, in 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the convoy of the dean of the Islamic University, Ziyad al-Ani'a, in the 'Azamiyah neighborhood, killing five civilians, wounding four security guards, six civilians, and damaging two vehicles in the convoy. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
10/15/2009: On Thursday morning, around 0900, in downtown Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded near a vegetable market, targeting a emergency police patrol, wounding four policemen and damaging their car. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/16/2009: On Friday, a suicide bomber, after trying to fight past guards, detonated his vest of explosives in the al-Taqwa mosque in Tal Afar, Ninawa, Iraq. The blast, which was during Friday prayers, killed twelve people and wounded seventy-five. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/01/2009: On Sunday, in Mussayab, Babil, Iraq, a bicycle loaded with explosives detonated near al Maseeb Mosque in al-Madina Market, killing five people and wounding 37 others. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/06/2009: On Wednesday, three explosive charges stuck to oil containers went off in Baiji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, near the Baiji oil refinery. Three people were severely wounded in the explosions.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/21/2009: On Sunday afternoon at around 1300, on Jumhuriya Street in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated via mobile phone a roadside improvised explosive device 50 meters from the provincial government building, killing one civilian, wounding two others and a police officer. No group claimed responsibility.
03/09/2009: On Monday morning, in Ar Riyad, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a vehicle transporting the city's police chief, killing the vehicle's driver, wounding the police official, and damaging the police vehicle. On 04/02/2009, the chief of police died from his wounds. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/20/2009: On Monday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to the vehicle of the head of the passports office, wounding two government employees and damaging one vehicle. Ansar al-Islam (AI) claimed responsibility.
09/16/2009: On Wednesday, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a public market in Al Ghalibiyah, Diyala, Iraq, killing two civilians and a child, injuring nine civilians, and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility.
02/03/2010: On Wednesday, seven kilometers southeast of Karbala in a town called Twereej a parked car bomb exploded, killing 21 pilgrims and injuring another 128. No claim of responsibility has been made and it is unknown if this attack caused any property damage.
08/03/2009: On Monday evening, in and near Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, assailants simultaneously detonated two improvised explosive devices (IED) on buses transporting Shia pilgrims, observing Shabaniya, to Karbala. The first IED detonated on a bus in northern al Hillah, killing two civilians and injuring 18. The second IED detonated on a bus in Abu Ghurayb, north of al Hillah, and injured eight civilians. Two civilians were killed and 26 civilians were wounded in both attacks. The attack damaged both buses. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday, unknown assailants set a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a shopping center in Sadr city, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, that detonated and killed at least 55 people and injured 116 others. No damages or claim of responsibility have been reported.
07/09/2009: On Thursday morning between 0630 and 0730 AM, in the Qalah district of central Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber disguised as a police officer detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near the home of an anti-terrorism police sergeant, killing the police sergeant, his wife, and his daughter; wounding his brother; and damaging their home. Shortly afterward, a second suicide bomber, also disguised as a police officer, detonated an IED near the crowd of civilians and first responders that had gathered at the site of the first bombing, killing 11 police officers and 22 civilians and wounding 60 civilians, including several children, and one other police officer. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
06/22/2009: On Monday, in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, a car bomb detonated in the Sabaa Qosoor area of al-Karada sub-district killing a civilian and injuring five others. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
08/07/2009: On Friday morning at 0910, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a minibus boarding Shia pilgrims in Al Hamza Square, killing four civilians, wounding eight others, and damaging the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, near Zen al-Abideen Shrine, at Bertela area in Mosul, Iraq, the motorcade of Shabaki lawmaker Haneen al-Qado from the Shiite Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) came under fire.  No casualties or damage were reported. The motive was political in nature and no group claimed responsibility.
12/15/2009: On Tuesday, around 0725, a fourth bomb, also near the Green Zone, was found and safely defused in an unspecified area in Baghdad, Iraq. The bomb was defused just after three consecutive car bombs exploded in three different areas near the Green Zone. At least four people were killed and another 14 were wounded in the blasts. All three explosions occurred within minutes of one another. Baghdad Operations Command said the blasts had been caused by mine and homemade explosives packed inside vehicles. The group said the owners of the parking lots had been arrested for failing to search cars properly or to request documents from the motorists who parked there. One man was struck by shrapnel in the head. No group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, in western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen blew up an abandoned house in the al-Islah al-Ziraie neighborhood, wounding a mother and her four children who were near the house. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/03/2009: On Saturday evening at 1700, in Ad Hamiya, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attached to the car of the general director of electricity supply for the Middle Euphrates region, killing the driver, wounding the government official, and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
10/02/2009: On Friday, near Ad Hamiya, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded near a tractor, wounding three civilians and damaging the tractor. No group claimed responsibility.
04/13/2009: On Monday evening at 2100, gunmen threw a grenade on a liquor shop near Kahramana square in the Karradah neighborhood of downtown Baghdad, injuring four civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/13/2009: On Sunday, a bomb exploded in the Zarka village near Kirkuk wounding one civilian. No claim of responsibility has been made.
12/20/2009: On Sunday, a sticky improvised explosive device, attached to a civilian vehicle, went off on al Corniche street, near the Kirkuk wedding hall in central Kirkuk, Iraq. The civilian was injured. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday evening, in the Al Islah az Zira'i district of western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed Ahmed Fatihi al-Jubouri, an Iraqi Islamic Party leader, as he was leaving a mosque following evening prayers. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/13/2009: On Sunday, in Qaiyara, Ninawa, Iraq, a bomb attached to a car killed a civilian and caused no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a minibus in the predominantly Shiite southwestern neighborhood of Hayy Al Amil, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring three civilian passengers and damaging the minibus. No group claimed responsibility.
11/24/2009: On Tuesday morning, an improvised explosive device attached to the car of the Sunni cleric responsible for the main mosque of Saqlawiyah, Shiekh Ahmed al Mohammad, went off in al Saqlawiyah district in northern Fallujah, Al Anbar province, Iraq, killing the cleric, wounding three people and damaging the car. No group has claimed responsibility but it was believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) may have been responsible.
12/20/2009: On Sunday evening, gunmen shot dead an off-duty member of Kurdish security forces in Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
05/20/2009: On Wednesday evening at approximately 1900, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device exploded near several restaurants in the Shiite neighborhood of Shu'lah in the Al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing thirty eight civilians, three Iraqi soldiers, injuring eighty three civilians, destroying one building; damaging about eleven vehicles and four nearby shops.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, in Khanaqeen, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted Iranian pilgrims who were on their way to Karbala to commemorate the anniversary of the Imam Hussein's death in the battle of Karbala. Five Iranians were wounded in the attack, no damage was reported, and no group has claimed responsibility.
12/08/2009: On Tuesday morning, the third of five suicide car-bombs detonated by the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) building in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. Twenty-five people were killed and 100 were wounded in the attack. It is unknown in the attack caused any property damage. Al Qaeda militants claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/21/2009: On Monday at 1100, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device on the main road near al Baladiyat intersection, wounding two civilians. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/08/2009: On Tuesday morning, the fourth of five suicide car-bombs detonated at the Supreme Court building in Mansour neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq. Twenty-five people were killed and 100 were wounded in the attack. It is unknown in the attack caused any property damage. Al Qaeda militants claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, a roadside bomb targeted civilians on Palestine Street in east Baghdad, Iraq. Five civilians were wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2009: On Sunday, the Ninawa Police discovered six plastic bags containing TNT explosives under a bridge in southern Mosul.  The explosives were defused and no casualties were reported.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/17/2009: On Monday, in Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a music shop, destroying the music shop and damaging three nearby stores but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday evening, gunmen killed a retired deputy officer in the former army in front of his house in al Aamel neighborhood in western Mosul, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility. There was no reported damage.
01/15/2009: On Thursday morning at 1000, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a convoy transporting Housing Ministry employees to work in central Tahrir Square but missed, killing a police officer, wounding three civilians, and damaging several buildings. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/14/2009: On Thursday night at about 2200, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded in the western Yarmuk neighborhood, wounding two civilians. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2009: On Monday morning, a bomb stuck to a civilian car detonated in east Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The blast injured the owner of the car. No group has claimed responsibility.
08/20/2009: On Thursday, unknown armed assailants kidnapped one Peshmerga member in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. Later that day, police found the victim's body riddled with bullets. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) outside a mourning tent for Ashura in the central Karradah neighborhood, killing between six civilians, wounding five others, and damaging the tent. No group claimed responsibility.
04/13/2009: On Monday, unknown gunmen killed the mayor of Al Qadisssiya in the Al Thaniya neighborhood of eastern Mosul. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/14/2009: On Thursday, in Rashid Muhammad, At Ta'mim, Iraq, armed assailants kidnapped a Christian school teacher from his school, causing no casualties or damage.  On 05/16/2009, Iraqi security forces freed the teacher. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2009: On Sunday, the source details that a bomb attack in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad has left at least two people dead and six others wounded. The attack came happened near a restaurant in southeast Baghdad. There were no claims of responsibility.
09/03/2009: On Thursday, in Mahawil, Babil, Iraq, unidentified militants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a Shia shrine. The blast killed two worshippers and wounded nine others. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/15/2009: On Sunday evening, an improvised explosive device detonated in Tall Kayf, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring three children. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/30/2009: On Saturday, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a truck, killing one civilian and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility.
03/12/2009: On Thursday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb wounded Taha Kudhair, a brigadier general in the civil defence directorate, while he was heading to work in the Yarmouk district, wounding Kudhair's son and one other civilian. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/05/2009: On Thursday, inside a crowded restaurant in Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq, a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing at least 12 people and wounding 13. There were seven people severely wounded and more than 10 stores had been severely damaged in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/20/2009: On Monday, on a farm in the village of Jaghat, Tabaj, Jalula, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, killing one civilian farmer. No group claimed responsibility.
05/19/2009: On Tuesday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside an auto mechanics shop in Tall Abtah, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring three civilians and the shop owner and damaging the shop.No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device placed inside an Opel-modeled car detonated near the State Company for Car Manufacturing. The blast wounded the driver of the car. There were no claims of responsibility.
04/25/2009: On Saturday, unknown gunmen shot and killed an off duty Iraqi policeman at his residence in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, damaging his home. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/24/2009: On Thursday, a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a restaurant in a small town near Karbala, Iraq. One civilian was killed and five were wounded. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated in the Waziriya district, killing one Shi'ite pilgrim and wounding 12 others, including six that were on a nearby minibus. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday around 1700, in Karbala, Karbala, Iraq, a bomb exploded near the al-Ahyaa garage near the shrine of Imam Abbas in the al-Mukhayyam area, causing no casualties or damage. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
07/27/2009: On Monday, in the central Dawasa district of Mosul, Ninawa (Nineveh), Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to the vehicle of a tribal elder, killing one tribal sheikh, wounding one civilian, and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/21/2009: On Tuesday morning around 0800, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two roadside improvised explosive devices near the convoy of the Minister of Water Resources which, at the time, was traveling through the Karradah district. Three police officers and three civilians were wounded in addition to damaging several vehicles in the convoy. No group claimed responsibility.
10/05/2009: On Monday, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device near a Sunni funeral tent in central Haditha, Al Anbar, Iraq, killing six civilians, injuring 15 others, and damaging the tent. No group claimed responsibility.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday, at about1900, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the northeastern Talibiya neighborhood, wounding three civilians. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday, at about 0700, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the Az Za'faraniyah neighborhood near Shia pilgrims walking to Karbala' for Arba'een, killing one Shiite civilian and wounding five others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/31/2009: On Tuesday, a Sunni Arab official who looks after mosques was killed by a bomb planted under his car in Baghdad's Adhamiyah district. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday, at 0800, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the vehicle of an Iraq police brigadier-general in the Ghazaliyah neighorhood, injuring the driver. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/16/2009: On Monday morning, around 1000, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near Hamza square close to a minibus transporting pilgrims for the Arbae'en pilgrimage, killing four civilians, wounding 15 others, damaging one minibus, and two vehicles. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/23/2009: On Saturday afternoon, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of the house of Lt. Col. Taha Mohammed in the Shura district, southern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring one police officer. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/28/2009: On Wednesday evening at 2100, in Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen killed Maiyadah Al Baiati, a member of the Islamic party and sister-in-law of a candidate running in the elections, in Al Yarmouk neighborhood. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/04/2009: On Sunday morning at 0900, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a United States Skylink company fuel tanker truck just east of Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq, injuring five tanker truck drivers and damaging seven tanker trucks. No group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2009: On Sunday, in the village of Yarmaja, Makhmour, Iraq, a landmine exploded, wounding two kids who were on their way to school. There was no damage or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/28/2009: On Wednesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosive device placed inside a dressmaker's store on Halab street detonated, wounding three civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/24/2009: On Friday, in the Taba neighborhood south of Khaneqeen, in central As Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, a n improvised explosive device went off targeting a group of civilians near a mosque, killing two and injuring a third one. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/06/2009: On Sunday, in central Al Amarah, Maysan, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of Maysan's palm tree department chief's house, damaging the house fence but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday morning at 1100, in Baghdad, Iraq, a female suicide bomber killed at least 35 people, including women and children, and wounded 65 others on a religious march near the holy Kadhimiyah shrine in northern Baghdad. The woman blew herself up at a checkpoint as pilgrims commemorating the Muharram ceremonies converged on the mausoleum of Imam Mousa al-Kadhim, the most important religious site in Baghdad for Shiite Muslims. Most of the dead and wounded were Iranian pilgrims. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/04/2009: On Wednesday morning, at around 0800, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a car transporting Interior Ministry employees in the Iskan neighborhood, wounding two government employees and five civilian bystanders and damaging the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/08/2009: On Tuesday morning, at 1025, the second of five suicide car-bombs detonated by the Judiciary Institute in al Qahera neighborhood in northeast Baghdad, Iraq. Twenty-five people were killed and 100 were wounded in the attack. It is unknown in the attack caused any property damage. Al Qaeda militants claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2009: On Thursday morning, in central As Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the motorcade transporting Ahmad Zarkoushi, the city's mayor, in the al-Asri neighborhood, wounding eight people, including the mayor and damaging two motorcade vehicles. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/01/2009: On Sunday, at 1100, around 40 km to the southeast of Baghdad, a sticky bomb targeted the car of Mohammed Salama, the head of Sahwa in Ogla village. Salama and a civilian were wounded in the attack.It is unknown if this attack caused any property damage and there was no claim of responsibility.
11/04/2009: On Wednesday morning at 1100, in Al Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a gasoline station, wounding four civilians and damaging one civilian car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2009: On Friday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a Katyusha rocket landed near the local government headquarters, wounding one civilian. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
09/09/2009: On Wednesday afternoon around 1400, a sticky bomb placed inside a Coaster bus on 14 Ramadan Bridge, northern Baghdad, Iraq detonated. The blast wounded two passengers and caused damage to the bus. No group has claimed responsibility.
05/14/2009: On Thursday morning, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon the vehicle transporting Abdul-Jabbar al-Hijami, the director of Moqtada al-Sadr's media commission, on central Saadoun Street, killing the official's bodyguard, wounding his driver, and damaging his vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/07/2009: On Friday morning at 1030, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the eastern Bab ash Shaykh neighborhood as a minibus transporting Shia pilgrims passed, killing two civilians, wounding nine others, and damaging the minibus. No group claimed responsibility.
07/22/2009: On Wednesday morning, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a truck transporting vegetables in the Abbara area, killing one civilian, wounding one other, and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2009: A suicide bomber detonated inside the Al-Baghdadi Restaurant in Abu Dishir neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least 15 people were killed and 25 other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/03/2009: On Thursday, near the market area of Aun, in Karbala, Karbala, Iraq, unknown militants detonated a vehicle- borne improvised explosive device . The blast killed two civilians and injured three others. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted Shia mourners in al Ilam neighborhood in southwestern Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were killed. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
08/29/2009: On Saturday night at about 2300, in Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the vehicle of the chairman of the Constitutional Party, killing him, one civilian, and one private security guard; and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
09/29/2009: On Tuesday, in Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a improvised explosive device magnetically attached to the vehicle of an imam, wounding the imam and one civilian and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
04/19/2009: On Sunday afternoon at 1400, two mortar rounds slammed into a private power generator in the Zayuna area of eastern Baghdad, wounding two civilians and destroying the generator. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/09/2009: On Sunday evening, in the Zahraa district of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, wounding two children. There was no damage or motive reported and Ansar al-Islam claimed responsibility.
05/15/2009: On Friday morning, in Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq, a bomb in a car was defused by Kurdish securicty forces on the city's main road, causing no casualties or damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/20/2009: On Monday evening at 2100, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a vehicle in the southern Durah neighborhood, wounding one civilian, three others who were passing, and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
05/19/2009: On Tuesday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device when a civilian car was passing in in the al-Taji area of northern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, killing two civilians and injuring five, and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
04/22/2009: On Wednesday evening around 2000, a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in the Al Khulafaa mosque in the town of Duluiyah,  killing five civilians and wounding ten others. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/18/2009: On Sunday, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the eastern al Amin neighborhood, leaving an unknown amount of casualties. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/15/2009: On Tuesday around 0725, the first bombing out of four consecutive explosions detonated in a parking area near the Ministry of Immigration and Displaced Persons in Baghdad, Iraq. At least four people were killed and another 14 were wounded in the blasts. All three explosions occurred within minutes of one another. Baghdad Operations Command said the blasts had been caused by mine and homemade explosives packed inside vehicles. The group said the owners of the parking lots had been arrested for failing to search cars properly or to request documents from the motorists who parked there. One man was struck by shrapnel in the head. No group claimed responsibility.
12/24/2009: On Thursday, at about 1800, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in Zaferaniya neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. Five people were killed and 20 were injured. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday around 1500, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car in the central Tayeran Square, wounding three civilians and damaging the car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/15/2009: On Sunday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle went off near Al Awla market in Sadr City, killing one civilian and injuring four others. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday morning at 0700, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a minibus transporting high school students to their final exams in Al-Hamzah Square in the predominantly Shia northeastern Al Habibiyah neighborhood, killing three students, wounding 12 others and the minibus driver, and damaging the minibus and several shops. This bombing was one of five improvised explosive device attacks to occur in predominantly Shiite areas of Baghdad on this day. No group claimed responsibility.
01/31/2009: On Saturday evening at 2000, near Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted a large truck on the main route between Kirkuk and Tikrit, near Zghaitun Bridge, wounding the driver and damaging the truck. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/14/2009: On Monday, in Jurf al-Sakhar, Babil, Iraq, gunmen stormed an off-duty policeman's home, shot him execution-style and burned his house down. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for this attack.
12/07/2009: On Monday afternoon, at 1300, a stockpile of bombs, hidden inside the school, went off inside Al Shahid Ali Yasser school for boys in Sadr City neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion occurred when the principal gave an order to burn the garbage. Seven children were killed and 41 people, including 25 students, were injured. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
07/13/2009: On Monday, unknown assailants detonated two roadside improvised explosive devices near a wedding procession in the Ba'quba Al Jadidah district of central Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, injuring three civilians and damaging four vehicles. No group claimed responsibility.
09/05/2009: On Saturday afternoon at 1700, near the royal cemetery in Ad Hamiyah, northern Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle- borne improvised explosive device stuck to a civilian pickup truck. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. The blast injured one civilian. No group has claimed responsibility.
05/19/2009: On Tuesday, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a Sahwa Council leader driving his car in Jurf Al Sakhr, Babil, Iraq, injuring the paramilitary member and damaging his vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/06/2009: On Tuesday, while attempting to place a roadside improvised explosive device near a Ramadi Hospital in downtown Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, a gunman was killed when the bomb exploded prematurely. There were no other casualties reported. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/24/2009: On Tuesday morning at 1930, a bomb attached to a civilian car, went off near Abu Afif Sweets shop in Karradah near al Kharad Khareg region in central Baghdad, Iraq. Three civilians were injured. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
04/24/2009: On Friday around 1200 noon, two female suicide bombers struck worshippers outside a heavily guarded Shiite shrine in Baghdad, killing at least 66 people and wounding at least 127 people, including 80 Iranian pilgrims.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/01/2009: On Monday, in Museyib, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device outside a barber shop, injuring two people, including one barber and damaging the shop. No group claimed responsibility.
12/08/2009: On Tuesday morning, the fifth of five suicide car-bombs detonated at the substitute building of the financial ministry building in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. Twenty-five people were killed and 100 were wounded in the attack. It is unknown in the attack caused any property damage. Al Qaeda militants claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/14/2009: On Tuesday, unknown assailants detonated explosives in the National Movement for Reform and Development political party office in Abu Ghurayb, Al Anbar, Iraq damaging the office but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb ripped through a popular market in the al Mansour neighborhood, wounding two people, including a policeman. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/08/2009: On Tuesday morning, at 1025, the first of five suicide car-bombs detonated near a technical college in Doura neighborhood in central Baghdad, Iraq. The vehicle was packed with 850 kilograms of explosives. Twenty-five people were killed and 100 were wounded in the attack. Al Qaeda militants claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/03/2009: On Tuesday afternoon at 1500, on Nidhal Street in central Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, wounding two civilians and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/23/2009: On Thursday, four civilians were wounded when an unidentified gunman threw a hand grenade at a gathering of local residents in the Ras Al Jada neighborhood in western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/07/2009: On Wednesday afternoon, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated in the Al Ghizlani district of southwestern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring three civilians. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday at 1200 noon, an improvised explosive device detonated inside a diner in the commercial part Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed one person and wounded another ten. No group has claimed responsibility.
02/11/2009: On Wednesday, in the Blawat region of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off targeting the commander of emergency police of the al Hamadaniya district, killing one civilian and causing light damage to a nearby store. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/14/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1645, gunmen broke into a house in the Sayf Sa'd district of Baquba, Diyala, Iraq, killing two Sahwa fighters and their mother. No property damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday night, between 1700 and 2000, a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) stuck to a civilian vehicle exploded in Al Eskan neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/29/2009: On Tuesday afternoon, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated around in the parking lot in front of the Transportation Ministry building in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Four people were wounded and 10 civilian cars were destroyed. Iraqi security forces sealed the scene off immediately. No group claimed responsibility.
04/04/2009: On Saturday in Abu Ghurayb, Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen blew up the house of the Sahwa leader. The paramilitary leader was not injured in the attack and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/07/2009: On Friday evening, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants fired upon and wounded an off-duty bomb squad police officer in a drive-by shooting in the Baroud Khana area. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/20/2009: On Thursday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device hidden on a minibus in Al Mahawil, Babil, Iraq, killing between two and eight civilians, injuring between nine and 24 others, and damaging the minibus. No group claimed responsibility.
09/03/2009: On Thursday evening around 1930, in the Dora area of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device stuck to an Awakening group leader's car. The blast injured the leader and four of his bodyguards. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/01/2009: On Sunday, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off in the Jabla Market, killing nine people and wounding 38 others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2009: On Monday morning, in the Aski Mawsil area of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and killed a government contractor involved in a number of Mosul construction projects. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2009: On Sunday, source details that one person was killed and three others, including a cop, were wounded in an explosive charge blast that occurred near the provincial building in Mosul, Ninewah, Iraq. The device was detonated by a mobile phone. There were no claims of responsibility.
05/17/2009: On Sunday evening, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a Sahwa Council leader driving his car in Jurf al-Sakhr, Babil, Iraq, injuring the paramilitary member and damaging his vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
07/17/2009: On Friday, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near Shiite pilgrims in Al Yusufiyah, Babil (Babylon), Iraq, injuring four civilians. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/24/2009: On Tuesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants threw a hand grenade at an office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the al Jazaer region, wounding two civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, the Al Quds gas driven power station was attacked by two rockets that caused damage to the plant. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/08/2009: On Sunday, around noon, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, wounding four civilians and damaging their vehicle. There was no motive reported, but Iraq's Jihadist Leagues claimed responsibility.
11/19/2009: On Thursday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a restaurant in the southern Durah neighborhood in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring nine people and damaging the restaurant. No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2009: On Monday morning at 0700, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the car of a captain from the Ministry of Interior in Zafaraniyah neighborhood near Siaada Gas factory and few yards from an army check point. The captain was killed in the blast and seven people, including a soldier, were wounded. There was no damage reported and no  group claimed responsibility.
05/13/2009: On Wednesday, near Al Amarah, Maysan, Iraq, a landmine blew up on the border of the Abu Ghareeb oilfield wounding a truck driver and a worker and caused no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/14/2009: On Tuesday morning, assailants blew up four homes belonging to Shiite families in the al Mualimeen neighborhood of western Ba'qubah injuring three civilians, including one child.  Al-Qaeda is the group suspected of responsibility for the incident.
07/21/2009: On Tuesday afternoon, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the southern Durah neighborhood near a produce market, killing two civilians, wounding six others, and damaging one market. No group claimed responsibility.
04/26/2009: On Sunday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, gunmen broke into the home of Mouna Latif Daoud, a Christian, and killed her and wounded her daughter before stabbing both women and wounding one more civilian.  No other casualties have been reported.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/07/2009: On Monday afternoon, an explosive charge attached to a civilian car detonated while they were traveling in the Mansour district near the International Exhibition in western Baghdad, Iraq. A civilian was killed and five others were injured. No group claimed responsibility.
03/31/2009: On Tuesday, a mortar round wounded two civilians in eastern Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/25/2009: On Friday morning, gunmen opened fire on the motorcade of Anbar emergency police chief, Colonel Ghazi al Dulaimi using light weapons in al Aameriya district in southern Fallujah, Iraq. Policemen clashed with the attackers and managed to injure and arrest one of them. No other casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/19/2009: On Saturday at 2000, an improvised explosive device was thrown at the house of Yashar Mohammed Shakir, a former Iraqi parliament member, near the provincial council in central Kirkuk, Iraq. The blast caused damage to the house. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
02/15/2009: On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device targeted the car of Talab Muhsin Abbo, a al-Hadbaa National List candidate for the provincial elections, in the al Ghazlani area, wounding him. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/31/2009: On Saturday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted a civilian car in the Gharnata neighborhood, damaging the car without causing any casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/16/2009: On Monday, at about noon, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a minibus transporting pilgrims for the Arbae'en pilgrimage in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, killing three or four civilians, wounding 13 others, damaging one minibus, and two vehicles. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday morning, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device by a civilian car near Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, injuring five civilians and damaging their vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
11/23/2009: On Monday, a 60 millimeter mortar shell attached to a mobile phone was found at Tikrit University. It was safely defused by bomb squad personnel. No damage was reported and no casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated in front of the deputy Sahwa leader's house in the Furat neighborhood, wounding six people, including the Sahwa leader. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/03/2009: On Thursday, a four-year-old boy was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near him in al-Tanak neighborhood in western Mosul, Mosul, Iraq. The explosive charge went off automatically and did not target any military facilities or vehicles. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/04/2009: The commander of Talal-Zahar village was killed when a roadside bomb targeted his car on the road that links his village to Balad. The victimâs son, daughter-in-law, and grandson were also killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
09/15/2009: On Tuesday evening at 1900, in Baghdad, Iraq, four mortar shells landed about 100 yards from the U.S. Embassy in the Green Zone as Joe Biden was present there, killing two civilians and wounding five others. There was no damage reported and the Mujahedeen Army claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming it as a "reception" for the Vice President, urging him to deliver a message to President Barack Obama to pull US forces out of Iraq.
10/07/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at 1400, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a minibus in the southwestern Amiriya neighborhood in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian, injuring five others, and damaging the minibus. No group claimed responsibility.
10/15/2009: On Thursday afternoon, a booby-trapped bicycle bomb went off in downtown Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The blast wounded three civilians. No group has claimed responsibility.
04/26/2009: On Sunday night, in Domiz neighborhood in southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unidentified gunmen killed a Christian man and wounded his father and brother inside their home. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/17/2009: On Monday, in the Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants set fire to the residence of the former chief of police of Al Basrah, Abd-al-Jalil Khalaf, destroying the home but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
11/03/2009: On Tuesday afternoon, in the Nabi Yunis district of central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired two mortar rounds at a Sunni Endowment building, wounding three civilians and damaging the government building. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/18/2009: On Wednesday, in central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside bomb went off targeting a provincial headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic Party, wounding three civilians and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/09/2009: On Wednesday, a bomb targeting the main electricity line in Nassiriya, Thi-Qar, Iraq failed to detonate because it was defused by police. There were no casualties in the incident. No group has claimed responsibility.
02/19/2009: On Thursday, at about 1330, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the Vice President's convoy, wounding eight people, and damaging at least one vehicle. There were no fatalities reported and the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, between Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq and Qara Tapa, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle, killing two children, one civilian, and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
12/26/2009: On Saturday evening, in in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED), killing one politically affiliated person. No group claimed responsibility.
05/14/2009: On Thursday night at 0100, in Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen opened fire at the vehicle carrying Sheikh Mahmoud al-Salhi, an advisor to the chief of the Sunni Endowment Office, in the al-Adl neighborhood, wounding his driver and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
11/02/2009: On Monday, morning, in the Al Islah az Zira'i district of western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, two assailants fired upon and killed Abdul Khalaq Mohammed Saeed, the head of security for Asiacell Telecommunications, in front of his house. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/25/2009: On Sunday the minister's offices at the Ministry of Science and Technology in central Baghdad was torched. No casualties have been reported. No group claimed responsibility.
08/29/2009: On Saturday morning, near Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a market, killing six civilians and two, wounding 20 civilians, and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) could have been responsible.
05/31/2009: On Sunday, in al-Nassiriya, Dhi Qar, Iraq, security forces defused an improvised explosive device planted on the railway coming from Basra to Baghdad. The 5th Emergency Contingent and the Special Weapons And Tactics forces defused a charge of 60 mm. caliber mortar shells that were tied together to a timer planted on the railway. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/31/2009: On Saturday, an improvised explosive device attached to the vehicle of an employee of the Ministry of Justice, killing the government employee and wounding three people in south Baghdad's Saidiya district. The targeted vehicle and several nearby shops were damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday morning, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside bomb wounded three street cleaners as they emptied a garbage container. There was no reported damage. There were no claims of responsibility.
04/07/2009: On Tuesday morning at approximately 0800, in the Al Jadidah neighborhood in the Sab'ah Nisan district of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, assailants threw a hand grenade into a grocery store, burning down the store but causing no casualties. Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq/Islamic Shiite Resistance claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/03/2009: On Sunday, three Katyusha rockets landed near the U.S. consulate in central al-Hilla, Babil, Iraq, damaging some residential buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
08/30/2009: On Sunday, in the Aden district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed one government employee. No group claimed responsibility.
07/26/2009: On Sunday evening around 2130, in Khalidiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated the improvised explosive device he was wearing inside of a funeral mourning tent for a police officer killed the previous evening, killing eight people and wounding 19 others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/21/2009: On Tuesday, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), and assailants detonated a parked VBIED near restaurants frequented by police officers, killing two police officers, three civilians, wounding four police officers, between nine and 13 civilians, several children, and damaging several restaurants. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed Sunni extremists recently released from detention were responsible.
12/24/2009: On Thursday morning, an improvised explosive device (IED) went off, targeting the motorcade of Mosul Mayor Zuhair Muhsen al Aaraji in al Tayaran neighborhood in central Mosul, Iraq. No casualties were reported. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/24/2009: On Thursday at 1500, a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) stuck to a civilian car detonated in Tobchi area in the Al Kazimiyah district of central Baghdad, Iraq. One civilian was killed, three were wounded, and one car was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
08/15/2009: On Saturday evening at around 1900, four mortar shells hit near the Green Zone near the American embassy in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, killing two civilians and wounding five. Vice President Joe Biden was there at the time, but it is unclear if he was the target of this attack. No group has claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday, a local chapter leader of the Awakening Council was targeted in a bombing as he opened his butcher store northeast of Baghdad.  Khazal al-Sammarie was killed and eight other people were injured when a bomb hidden on a motorcycle parked near the store on the outskirts of Baquba. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/05/2009: On Friday evening, in As Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, killing two civilians and wounding two others. No group claimed responsibility.
02/15/2009: On Sunday, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a residence in the northeastern Jamilah neighborhood, wounding two civilians and damaging one home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/23/2009: On Thursday evening at approximately 1800, in the Al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device  in the northern Tobchi neighborhood, wounding two civilians and damaging several buildings.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, unknown assailants wearing Iraqi Army uniforms fired upon a convoy transporting a senior criminal judge in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring one bodyguard and damaging one convoy vehicle. No group claimed responsibility and the judge was unharmed.
08/05/2009: On Wednesday afternoon, on the Mosul-Tall Kayf road, near Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a Kia minibus transporting Ninawa Medicine Factory employees, killing one employee, wounding two others, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday, in Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown gunmen stormed the home of Anwar Mohedin Rasoul, a member of the Kurdistan Communist Party, and shot him dead. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/29/2009:  On Sunday,a parked car bomb detonated and wounded four people in the al-Ghadeer area, southeastern Baghdad.  No other casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/16/2009: On Sunday evening at 2020, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near a falafel restaurant in the eastern al Jadidah neighborhood, killing between four civilians; wounding 18 others; and damaging one restaurant. No group claimed responsibility.
09/23/2009: On Wednesday, unknown assailants targeting a local mayor detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a vehicle in the Al Haswa region of eastern Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, injuring two civilians and damaging the vehicle, but missing their target. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2009: On Monday night, in the Ash Shurta district of northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a vehicle transporting the Mosul Central Criminal Investigation Court judge, wounding two of the judge's aides, the judge and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
11/23/2009: On Monday, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device, wounding four people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/14/2009: On Saturday, at 1500, in Baghdad, Iraq, a sticky bomb stuck to a car detonated in the al Jamia neighborhood, causing no casualties and damaging two nearby shops. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/04/2009: On Sunday evening at 2100, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of a new parking garage in northern Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar, Iraq, causing no casualties or reported damages. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/04/2009: On Sunday, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a public market in Al Haswah, Babil, Iraq, injuring 10 civilians and damaging several buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
10/07/2009: On Wednesday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device that was magnetically attached to a civilian car in the predominately Christian town of Tilkeif, northeast of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, killing the owner and injuring his four family members. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
07/11/2009: On Saturday evening at 2030, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near a pool hall in the Karrada district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing two civilians, injuring two others, and damaging the hall. Assailants detonated a second roadside IED near a mobile police patrol responding to the initial explosion, injuring nine police officers and damaging a police vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unidentified gunmen in a vehicle shot down a policeman currently on a leave of absence while he was walking in the alleys of the area of al-Rashidiya. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/24/2009: On Friday, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the vehicle belonging to the son of a chieftain of the Shamar clan in Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq, killing the son. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/09/2009: On Sunday evening at about 2030, in southeastern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants armed with silencer-equipped small arms fired upon and killed a Sadrist party official on the doorstep of his house. No group claimed responsibility.
02/19/2009: On Thursday, at about 1300, in the Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the central Karradat Mariani neighborhood, wounding four civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/14/2009: On Thursday, in the Ash Shiffa' district of western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed an Iraqi contractor. There was no motive and damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/04/2009: On Thursday night, in the southern Tuama neighborhood of the Rashid district, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device, wounding five civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
02/19/2009: On Thursday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a locally-made bomb went off near a popular restaurant in the al-Salihiya region in central Baghdad, injuring four civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/19/2009: On Thursday, in Baghdad, Iraq, an improvised explosive device, planted by unknown gunmen, detonated on the Al Rashied camp road, wounded four civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday, a sticky bomb detonated inside of a minibus in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq. One civilian was killed and eight others were injured. The magnetic bomb that was stuck to the minibus detonated while travelling near the central markets in the neighborhood of al Sha'ab. The minibus was completely destroyed and the blast also damaged several nearby civilian cars. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/26/2009: On Monday morning, in Bartalah, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle, wounding one civilian and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
07/03/2009: On Friday, in western Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated explosives near four electricity power line towers, destroying all four towers but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
09/03/2009: On Thursday afternoon around 1500, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside bomb targeting civilians in the al-Ghadeer neighborhood. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. The blast injured three civilians. No group has claimed responsibility.
02/04/2009: On Wednesday, at 1500, in Baghdad's district of Yarmouk an explosive charge stuck to the car of Hikmat Al Tikriti, the head of the Awakening council, killed his son and wounded Tikriti. Three other bystanders were also wounded by the blast. No claim of responsibility has been reported and it is unknown if the attack caused any property damage.
10/11/2009: On Sunday evening, in Al Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near a public market, killing one civilian, wounding eight others, and damaging the market, several cars, and several houses. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/30/2009: On Wednesday morning, between 0930 and 1010, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a checkpoint at a road junction leading to the governorate offices in central Ramadi, Iraq. Around thirty minutes later, a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest ran toward the governor of the Anbar province, Qassim Mohammed Abid, who was on his was to assess the initial bombing, and when some security members were holding him back, he blew himself up. The governor was injured in the attack. A total of at least 23 people were killed and 57 were injured in both bombings, two provincial council members and one governor included. The security check point and 20 vehicles were damaged. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
04/19/2009: On Sunday evening at 2100, gunmen assassinated Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Rahman Ibrahim in Baghdad as he was driving in his personal car in Nu’airiyah neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.  No other casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for this incident.
07/15/2009: On Wednesday evening around 2000, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a Shiite funeral tent on Al Sianah Street in the Sadr district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing five civilians and injuring 28 others. The funeral was for the wife of a Shiite tribal leader. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, in the Zanjili district of western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a group of civilians, wounding two civilians. There was no damage motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/12/2009: On Thursday, at about 0730, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the motorcade transporting General Sameer al Wailee, a police major general who worked at the Traffic Directorate, in the al Nahdha neighborhood, wounding two police officers and two civilian bystanders and damaging one convoy vehicle but not injuring the police official. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/24/2009: On Thursday a little after 1330, a car bomb parked at the site of a previous bombing went off after Iraqi security forces and onlookers gathered at a parking lot near a bus and taxi terminal in central Al Hillah, Iraq. Meanwhile, three explosive experts were trying to defuse a roadside IED. The car bomb, which was nearby, went off, detonating the roadside bomb as well. The total casualties of this bombing were 25 deaths, including 14 policemen, and 105 wounded, including 35 policemen. Naama al Bakri, a senior member of the ruling Dawaa Party was among the murdered. Commander of anti-explosive department Colonel Taleb al-Shemri and two of his aides were among those injured. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
03/27/20009: Assailants planted six explosively formed penetrators at the southern entrance of Al Izza neighborhood in Kut, Wasit, Iraq. All six were defused by Iraqi police.
01/30/2009: On Friday, in Kut, Wasit, Iraq, gunmen attacked the home of a Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council official, Ahmad al Hakeem, in al Ahrar district and set his car of fire. There was no motive or casualties reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
05/19/2009: On Tuesday, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded in the Salam district of Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring two civilians.No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/21/2009: On Tuesday afternoon, in Mosul, Ninawa (Nineveh), Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside the residence of a retired Brigadier General who was killed in June of this year, destroying one home but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday at around 1200 noon, in Baghdad, Iraq, three mortars landed in the Jewadin market in the Shaala neighborhood killing seven, wounding six, and damaging nearby shops and homes as well. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
07/21/2009: On Tuesday, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded after being struck by civilians pushing a vegetable cart placed by unknown assailants, killing one civilian, one child, and damaging one vegetable cart. No group claimed responsibility.
03/19/2009: On Thursday, near Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed Khalil Dhahir Abdilrahman, the mayor of Doberdan village, of the Baasheqa district, causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/27/2009: On Tuesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a car bomb exploded near the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, killing four people and injuring one. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday morning at around 1000, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the convoy of the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Higher Education, Ammar Aziz Muhammad Ali, killing three civilians, wounding five police officers, three civilians, and damaging two vehicles in the convoy. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/06/2009: On Saturday, a suicide car bomb targeted the motorcade of Anbar's police commander, Major General Tareq Youssuf al-Asal, while it was leaving Ramadi University. The event took place in downtown Ramadi city. The police chief was injured in the attack, and one member of his security detail was killed. Two other police officers were injured as well. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/14/2009: On Monday, in Buhriz, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded near a civilian car, killing a Ba'qubah Archeology Directorate employee, wounding his son, and damaging their car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/02/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1300, in Al Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device on a commercial street, killing two civilians, wounding 15 others, and damaging several stores and cars. No group claimed responsibility.
09/13/2009: On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosive device detonated in front of a hospital in the al-Shifaa neighborhood, injuring two civilians and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/08/2009: On Monday, a bomb targeted a minibus in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad. The bomb was attached to the minibus in the southern area of Abu Dshir, a Shiite enclave in the mainly Sunni neighborhood of Dora. The explosion killed more than seven people and wounded 24. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/12/2009: On Tuesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb that was planted under the Fifth Bridge was detonated under control by police, wounding one civilian. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/23/2009: On Thursday, four civilians were wounded by a roadside bomb when it detonated in western Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2009: On Monday, at an unspecified location in Wasit, Iraq, four Katyusha missiles hit the office of a U.S. firm in Wasit, damaging the building. The firm is building al-Malih bridge. There were no casualties and no group claimed responsibility.
12/08/2009: On Tuesday, gunmen shot and wounded a police colonel at his home in the town of Garma, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
05/20/2009: On Wednedsay, unknown assailants planted a car bomb that exploded in the Shula quarter in the northwest of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least two people and injuring ten.  No damages were reported and no claim of responsibility has been made.
07/14/2009: On Tuesday, unknown assailants kidnapped the nephew of a police officer near Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, and later fired upon and killed him. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/04/2009: On Wednesday, in the Ninewa province in central Mosual, Iraq, explosive charge detonated near the building, but left no casualties. No damage or motive was reported and the security patrol was not targeted. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
03/14/2009: On Saturday, at 1700, in Baghdad, Iraq, a sticky bomb attached to a car detonated in the Grayaat neighborhood, killing one and wounding four others who were family of a Sahwa leader. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/09/2009: On Thursday morning at approximately 0920, in the Al Amin district of northern Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, killing one civilian, wounding three others, and damaging the car.  No group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday morning, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) near a church, killing two civilians, wounding five others, and damaging the church and several nearby residences and stores. No group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2009: On Friday, in Ishaqi, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted a civilian vehicle, killing three civilians, wounding five others, and causing damage to nearby buildings. There was no motive reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/24/2009: On Tuesday, a bomb stuck to a civilian car exploded in Aantar square in al Aadhamiya neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were injured and a vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
07/09/2009: On Thursday evening approximately 1930, in the Al Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near an outdoor market in the northern Kasra neighborhood, killing eight civilians and one three-year-old child, wounding about 32 civilians and three police officers, and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, an improvised explosive device detonated on al Quds Street, behind al Mansour Mosque in central Kirkuk, Iraq. No casualties or damage occurred. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/25/2009: On Friday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device outside the residence of a judge in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, damaging one home but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, in the Al Jami'ah district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq an improvised explosive device went off targeting a motorcade of the Ninawa council. In the incident, three civilians from the same family, including a three-year-old child were injured. The explosion also injured a member of the Ninawa council from al-Hadbaa list, Lamyaa Mohamed, and her driver. Three vehicles were also damaged. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/13/2009: On Wednesday at about 1200 noon, in Abu Ghurayb, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the car of Abu Ahmed al-Zobaie, a Sahwa Council leader, in a public market, killing the paramilitary member, his son and damaging their car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/05/2009: On Thursday, in the province of Diyala, an Improvised Explosive Device went off near a civilian vehicle, killing a man and wounding two other civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported and it is unknown if this attack caused any property damage.
01/18/2009: On Sunday, in Basra, Al Basra, Iraq, a magnetic bomb planted under a car belonging to an employee of the Basra prisons detonated near a petrol station, wounding one person. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2009: On Sunday afternoon between 1630 and 1645, in one of five related attacks, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated four improvised explosive devices (IED) and one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) near Christian churches, killing four civilians, injuring 32 others, and damaging five churches, many cars, several houses, and several buildings. Assailants detonated the first three IEDs between 1630 and 1645 in the eastern Ghadir neighborhood, in Tahriyat Square in the central Al Wahdah neighborhood, and in the Karrada district, injuring eight civilians at the Ghadir bombing, and damaging many cars and three churches. At 1900 in Beirut Square in the eastern Al Idrisi neighborhood, assailants detonated the VBIED outside the Notre Dame Church, killing four civilians (Three Christians; One Muslim), injuring 21 civilians (15 Christians; six Muslims), and damaging the church, several houses, and several buildings. At 2000 in the southern Al Mualimin neighborhood, assailants detonated the fourth IED near the Virgin Mary Church, injuring three civilians and damaging the church. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
11/29/2009: On Sunday evening, a bomb detonated in Ghazaliyah neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were injured. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
04/03/2009: On Friday night southwest of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, three improvised bombs blew down a power tower, causing material damage to it. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/11/2009: On Wednesday, 20 miles east of Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded, wounding two civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
07/19/2009: On Sunday, in Abu Ghurayb, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device, wounding three civilians and damaging several stores. No group claimed responsibility.
11/29/2009: On Sunday, gunmen driving a civilian vehicle opened fire from a silencer-equipped gun on a municipal council member, Waddah Saadi Saleh al Obeidi, killing him, in front of his house in al Ghazaliya neighborhood in western Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
02/08/2009: On Sunday, at about 0645, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the central Nahdha neighborhood bus station as a civilian vehicle was passing, wounding two civilians and damaging their car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/22/2009: On Wednesday morning, a car rigged with explosives went off targeting the motorcade of the commander of Peshmerga forces at the inlet of the Zamar district, northwest of Mosul, causing material damage to one of the motorcade's vehicle.  No casualties were reported.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/18/2009: On Wednesday at 1315, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off in a popular marketplace in the al Mafraq neighborhood, killing a civilian and injuring three others. There was no damages or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/06/2009: On Sunday, a roadside bomb killed two people and wounded four in a residential area of Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/02/2009: On Friday night, in the Muthana district of northern Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded behind a public hospital, damaging several homes but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
02/15/2009: On Sunday morning, at around 1100, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a minibus, killing two civilians, wounding 20 others, damaging one minibus, and several shops and stalls. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday, in the morning, in Abu Ghurayb, Al Anbar, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the city's municipal council building while a council meeting was in session but struck a civilian car at a checkpoint before reaching the intended target, killing four police officers and three civilians; wounding six police officers, four civilians, three United States soldiers; and damaging the checkpoint, a civilian car, a US military vehicle, and the municipal building. There were no claims of responsibility.
09/13/2009: On Sunday, in Al Muqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq, a vehicle borne improvised explosive device detonated in a local market, killing two people, wounding twelve, and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2009: On Monday afternoon at 1400, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, a magnetic bomb attached to a car belonging to a senior Interior Ministry officer, the director of general security for embassies in Iraq, detonated in the vicinity of Uqba bin Nafie Square, wounding the officer and four nearby civilians. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
07/02/2009: On Thursday morning at 1100, in the Jumhuriyia district of Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device planted on an Interior Ministry intelligence officer's vehicle, killing one police officer, wounding five civilians and a police officer and causing an unspecified amount of damage to the government vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
12/07/2009: On Monday evening, in central Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) attached to the car of an Interior Ministry officer, killing the police officer and a civilian passenger and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
11/20/2009: On Friday night, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt near the convoy of the Chief Guard of the governor in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, damaging one vehicle but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
11/23/2009: On Monday afternoon at about 1230, a magnetic improvised explosive device targeted civilians near a petrol station near Wathiq Square in Karrada district in Baghdad, Iraq. Four civilians were injured in the attack. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/29/2009: On Sunday, gunmen in a car killed Abdullah Al Sebaawi, a local leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party in Mosul, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/23/2009: On Wednesday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to the vehicle of a senior tribal sheikh in Abu Ghurayb, Al Anbar, Iraq, injuring the sheikh and one bodyguard and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/24/2009: On Saturday afternoon, around 1600, an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a car of an off duty policeman was detonated by unknown assailants in central Baghdad, Iraq. The blast wounded the officer and another civilian. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/23/2009: On Monday, seven improvised explosive devices were found by police forces in different parts of Tikrit University, Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq. Six students, three professors and one employee of the Tikrit university were arrested after the incident. No casualties and no damage were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/04/2009: On Sunday around 1200 noon, unknown gunmen opened fire from a car on an off-duty police officer driving his car in the Al Thanya area of Baghdad, Iraq, killing the police officer. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
09/22/2009: On Tuesday night, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a gathering of civilians near Al Furousiya Park in Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, injuring four civilians. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/01/2009: On Sunday, south of Mosul, unidentified gunmen blew up the house of a candidate running in the countryâs local elections for al-Hadbaa list. No one was in the house during the explosion. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/06/2009: On Monday night, unknown gunmen killed Shaykh Farhan Falah Mohammed Yunis, a leader of al-Hadbaa list and the chief of al-Farahat tribe, in Mosul's 17 Tamuz district. No group claimed responsibility.
09/10/2009: On Thursday just after 0000 midnight, in one of two related attacks in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated his truck full of explosives in the village of Wardak. The blast killed twenty people and wounded another twenty-seven, also leveling fifteen houses and damaging another forty. No group has claimed responsibility.
12/15/2009: On Tuesday at 2000, a magnetic improvised explosive device stuck to the car of Abdulrazzaq Mohammad, a colonel in the Major Crimes department, in Baghdad, Iraq. He was injured. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
07/13/2009: On Monday morning around 0530, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a deserted Shiite mosque and the Christian Virgin Mary Church in the Al Faisaliya district of central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring three children and damaging both the mosque and church. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
03/04/2009: On Wednesday, a suicide car bomber targeted a police roadblock in Mosul, killing two police officers and wounding 15 people. Eight of the wounded were also police officers. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/24/2009: On Tuesday, a roadside bomb targeted a store that sells alcoholic beverages in Shaab neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were injured and the liquor store was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
02/13/2009: A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a crowd of Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims, killing 39 people and wounding 69. The attack was on the pilgrimage route in Mesayyab, 40 km south of Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/27/2009: On Sunday morning, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) on a mini-bus, killing one civilian, wounding between four and six others, and damaging the mini-bus. No group claimed responsibility.
05/13/2009: On Wednesday morning, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants, using weapons equipped with silencers, fired upon and killed a department head for the Commission on Public Integrity in the northern Ash Sha'b neighborhood and damaging his car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/19/2009: On Thursday, in Abu Ghurayb, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near a residence, killing three civilians and wounding two others. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/22/2009: On Sunday, unidentified gunmen in a speeding car, opened fire at the official of the Turkilometersen Front Party, Yawiz Ahmed Hussein, killing him in front of his house in al Nour neighborhood in eastern Mosul, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
10/01/2009: On Thursday morning at 0800, on the Abu Nouwas street, Karradah district in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonate an improvised explosive device targeting the patrol of Iraqi oil police, injuring three oil police and three civilians. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2009: On Thursday morning at the Bahraz district's entry near Ba'qubah, Diyala province of Iraq, assailants detonated and improvised explosive device attached to the car used by the Sahwa council leader. Sheikh Hussam Aziz and his driver were injured by the blast and the car was damaged. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Hussam accused al-Qaeda.
02/23/2009: On Monday, in Al Mashru', Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a vehicle on the Maseeb-Alexandria road, killing one civilian, wounding one other, and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2009: On Sunday, authorities found the body of a National Accord Party official in the northern Ash Sha'b neighborhood of the Al Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, bearing signs of torture. No group claimed responsibility.
12/16/2009: On Wednesday, gunmen killed an off-duty policeman in Mosul, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
02/09/2009: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, five mortars hit the Bab Sinjar neighborhood, killing three people, including two policemen, and wounding seven others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/29/2009: On Tuesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants threw a hand grenade into a liquor store, damaging the store but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/16/2009: On Friday evening, gunmen in two cars opened fire upon the deputy chief of police of the city of Samarra, Salahuddin, Iraq, in the al-Qalaa area. All six gunmen were captured and turned out to be policemen in the Samarra police force. There were no casualties in the incident.
01/09/2009: On Friday afternoon at about 1330, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the Shia Al Bawia Mosque in the eastern Ma'mal neighborhood as worshippers were leaving afternoon prayers, killing between one and three Shiite civilians and wounding six others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/25/2009: On Wednesday, an improvised explosive device planted on the main road near the National Theatre near al Fath Square targeted an Interior Ministry vehicle in al Karrada district in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. Four civilians were injured, including an Interior Ministry employee. The targeted vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
04/06/2009: On Monday, two car bombs in the same market killed 12 people and wounded five in southern Baghdad's Um al-Maalif. It should also be noted that this was one of several attacks that took place in Baghdad on 04/06/2009, and there was an assortment of speculation in regards to who may be responsible. Among those named in the speculation were Al Qaeda in Iraq and members of the Sunni Awakening Councils. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. The U.S. military later asserted that the attacks appeared to be coordinated by Al Qaeda.
03/18/2009: On Wednesday, in central Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen shot and wounded two Interior Ministry personnel during an attack on their vehicle, causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/24/2009: On Thursday, three gas cylinders that were used to prepare dinner meals for the pilgrims reviving the Muharram 10th anniversary, or Ashuraa, exploded near a Husseini procession 750 meters away from Imam Hussein tomb in Karbala, Iraq. Twenty-two people were wounded, including an Iranian national. No group claimed responsibility. There was no reported damage.
07/21/2009: On Tuesday morning, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the central Bab al Muazzam neighborhood as a funeral procession passed, killing two civilians, wounding 13 others, and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
05/05/2009: On Tuesday, unknown gunmen wounded an official from the oil police in central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. The attack caused damage to a his vehicle. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/31/2009: On Saturday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a mortar hit the Omar Ibn Jandoub Center in the al-Qadissiya neighborhood, causing no casualties. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/10/2009: On Tuesday night, in the Ibn Mustafa district of central Arbil, Arbil, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed a Kurdish security forces captain. No group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, an improvised explosive device detonated in front of a barbershop in Suz area in the downtown district of Jalawlaa, approximately 30 km southwest of Khanaqin, Iraq. Two civilians were injured. Damage was caused to several nearby stores. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/01/2009: On Friday at approximately 1200 noon, in the Wasti district of southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a would-be suicide bomber, wearing an improvised explosive device, attempted to attack a Shiite mosque during afternoon prayers but was spotted by police officers, two of whom were shot and wounded as they wrestled the bomber to the ground. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities stated the bomber was a member of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).
06/22/2009: On Monday morning at 0700, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the predominantly Shiite northeastern Al Habibiyah neighborhood, wounding three civilians. This bombing was one of five IED attacks to occur in predominantly Shia areas of Baghdad on this day. No group claimed responsibility.
08/16/2009: On Sunday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device outside a music shop, damaging the shop but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
09/01/2009: On Tuesday evening, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, after evening prayer, gunmen opened fire on worshippers as they were leaving a Sunni mosque. Two worshippers were killed in the attack and another was injured. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/23/2009: On Monday evening at 1900, an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a civilian car detonated in the Baghdad al Jadieda region of southeastern Baghdad, also known as the New Baghdad district of Baghdad, Iraq. The driver and the passenger were injured. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/08/2009: On Monday in northern Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants fired on the home of a provincial council member from the Shia Iraqi List Party, damaging the home but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
12/04/2009: On Friday, on Commercial Street in al-Sayediya neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a car bomb exploded wounding five civilians and damaging several stores. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/27/2009: On Friday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb planted near the home of an Iraqi police officer wounded one policeman and one civilian. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/18/2009: On Friday evening at 2010, a roadside bomb detonated in the Dora neighborhood in southern Baghdad, Iraq, wounding four civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/14/2009: On Tuesday evening around 2100, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near an internet cafe in the southern Al Durah neighborhood in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian, injuring nine others, and damaging the cafe. No group claimed responsibility.
04/15/2009: On Wednesday, a bomb stuck to a civilian car by unknown gunmen went off in the Al Attifiya region in northern Baghdad, wounding two civilians and causing material damage to the car. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/01/2009: On Monday, at about 1200 noon, in the al-Waziriyah neighborhood of northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near an intersection on Palestine Street. Three civilians were wounded and taken to a nearby hospital. No group claimed responsibility.
02/19/2009: On Thursday, in Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in the Karmat al Falluja district, wounding two civilians. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/14/2009: On Saturday, in Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle, wounding the driver and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
02/16/2009: On Monday, in Sada Village, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting Shiite pilgrims in a ceremony for the Arbae'en of the Imam Hussein at a Shiite mosque, no casualties or damage were reported. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/09/2009: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, gunmen threw a hand grenade at a wedding party in the al Rashidiya area, wounding nine civilians and causing no reported damage.  There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2009: On Friday afternoon, in Hilla, Babil, Iraq, gunmen ambushed a car carrying a leading candidate in Iraq's provincial elections,Haitham al-Husseini, of the Dawa Party, killing him, wounding four of his guards, and riddling the car with bullets. There has been no group to claim responsibility for the attack.
08/09/2009: On Sunday evening at 1900, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded near a private electricity generator in the western Al Ma'mun neighborhood, wounding four civilians and damaging the generator. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/18/2009: On Wednesday, unknown gunmen opened fire on Mohammed Aziz Al Shamari, an advisor for the Iraqi government, in Sleikh neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, injuring the advisor but causing no reported damages. No group claimed responsibility.
09/17/2009: On Thursday, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the car of a Sunni Waqf Islamic Studies director in the Al Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring the driver and a bodyguard and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
03/08/2009: On Sunday morning, in Baghdad, Iraq, a sticky explosive charge attached to a civilian vehicle went off in the al Allawi, wounding two civilians and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/24/2009: On Tuesday morning at 1030, an explosive-charge planted in a Sunni cleric, Shiekh Adnan Waheed Mohammed's pick-up truck detonated in al Mikaneek neighborhood in Doura district in Baghdad, Iraq. He was killed. One other civilian was killed and another injured due to the attack. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/12/2009: On Sunday evening around 2000, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a car in the southwestern Saidiya neighborhood in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian, injuring four others, and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
03/08/2009: On Sunday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up killing at least 28 people and wounding 58 more outside a police academy on Palestine street.  There was no damage reported and the Islamic State of Iraq has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2009: On Sunday evening at 2030, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated in front of Ibtisam restaurant on Palestine street, wounding eight people, but causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/17/2009: On Friday night around 0300, unknown assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near the residence of a police captain in Al Karmah, Al Anbar, Iraq, killing two children, injuring two others, between four and eight civilians and one police officer, and destroying one home. No group claimed responsibility.
04/21/2009: On Tuesday, unknown assailants targeted and blew up a car belonging to the official spokesman of the chieftains council in Anbar, injuring the spokesman, two of his bodyguards, and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/23/2009: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a vehicle near the local headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the al Faisaliya neighborhood, causing no casualties but damaging several nearby stores and one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, an improvised explosive device that was attached to a civilian car injured the driver when it detonated in central Ramadi, Iraq. The victim is named Ahmed al Dulaimi and is an employee of the Anbar Investment Department. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/29/2009: On Tuesday, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the southern Durah neighborhood, wounding five civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
07/15/2009: On Wednesday evening around 2100, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a group of Shia pilgrims en route to the Al Kazimiyyah Mosque in the Karrada district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring nine civilians. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/29/2009: On Tuesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a vehicle, killing one political affiliate and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
04/19/2009: On Sunday evening around 2130, a roadside bomb detonated in the Zafraniyah neighborhood of southeast Baghdad, injuring five people including three policemen.  There has been no claim of responsibility.
07/07/2009: On Tuesday, 30 kilometers south of Al Diwaniyah, Al Qadisiyah, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the car of the director of the tribal affairs office, damaging the vehicle but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
12/24/2009: On Thursday, at about 1700, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near a funeral gathering, killing nine people and wounding 33 others. No group claimed responsibility. There was no reported damage.
12/24/2009: On Thursday, gunmen killed Shokor Tayyeb, the father of Amal, a candidate of the Kurdistan Alliance List, in Jalawlah, Iraq. The armed men stabbed Tayyeb with knives before slitting his throat. No group claimed responsibility. There was no reported damage.
06/22/2009: On Monday morning at 0800, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the Shu'bah marketplace in the predominantly Shiite northern Ur neighborhood, killing three civilians and a four-year-old child, wounding 20 to 30 civilians, and damaging the market. There were no claims of responsibility.
08/31/2009: On Monday evening at about 1800, in Al Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a market, killing two civilians, wounding 10 others, and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility.
10/06/2009: On Tuesday morning, an improvised explosive device detonated in the Al Muthanna neighborhood of northern Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, damaging several houses but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/21/2009: On Friday afternoon around 1300, unknown assailants fired upon a sheik leaving a mosque in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, injuring two of the sheik's bodyguards. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0830, five people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded on Abu Nawas Street in central Baghdad's Karrada district. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2009: On Saturday, in the al-Biaaj area of Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq, in the afternoon, two leaders of Zubayd al-Arabiya tribes in al-Biaaj were killed and a third one was wounded when a sticky explosive charge targeted their vehicle. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/03/2009: On Saturday, In Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off in the southern Mosul area of Mafraq al Qiyara, killing a man and damaging his truck that he was driving. No group has claimed responsibility.
09/28/2009: On Monday, in Riyadh, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants fired a mortar round into a village, wounding three civilians and causing unspecified damage to the area. No group claimed responsibility
09/21/2009: On Monday, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device at a fuel station in Al Latifiya district in the northern Al Hilla city of Babil, Iraq, killing three civilians, injuring two more, and damaging three nearby vehicles. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
04/23/2009: On Thursday afternoon, a female suicide bomber set off her explosive vest among a group of women and children in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 31 civilians, wounding around 50 others, and damaging an apartment building and some shops. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/25/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1300, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a bus terminal in the predominantly Shiite southwestern Madinat al Bayaa neighborhood in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, injuring five civilians and damaging the bus station. No group claimed responsibility.
03/14/2009: On Saturday, between the villages of Baiji and Haditha, al Anbar, Iraq, unidentified gunmen killed six detained Al Qaeda members while they were being transported to Boka prison. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/25/2009: On Friday morning, a sticky improvised explosive device (IED) stuck to a civilian vehicle, went off on a road in al Karma district in eastern Fallujah, Iraq. No casualties were reported. The explosion caused material damage to the targeted car. No group claimed responsibility.
04/23/2009: On Thursday evening, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to the vehicle of a Sahwa Council commander in Adhaim, Diyala, Iraq, killing three Sahwa Council members including the commander, wounding five others, two children, and damaging one vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
04/09/2009: On Thursday morning at approximately 1100, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle in the southwestern Saidiya neighborhood, wounding eight civilians and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday morning at 0700, in the Yarmouk area of Baghdad, Iraq, an explosive charge stuck to a vehicle belonging to al-Mansour municipality manager, killing its driver, Faeq Mohammed Mahdi, and wounding one civilian. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/12/2009: On Friday, a roadside bomb killed two civilians and injured four others in The Al Iskan neighborhood of Karbala. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/12/2009: On Friday, an unknown gunman killed Harith Al Obeidi, head of the major Sunni Parliamentary bloc of Accordance front, as he left the Shawaf mosque in the Yarmouk district of Baghdad. The attacker hurled a grenade to crate chaos so he could flee the scene, but Obeidi's guards killed him before he could escape. Three worshippers were also killed and 12 others were wounded by the grenade blast. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/02/2009: On Monday,  in al-Azza area, western Kut, unknown gunmen attacked the house of a policeman, wounding his 29-year-old wife. The policeman was not in the house at the time of the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported and it is unknown if this attack caused any damage.
07/11/2009: On Saturday afternoon around 1500, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in an alley in Gugjali, Ninawa, Iraq, killing five civilians, injuring between 38 and 52 other civilians, and damaging eight homes, several shops, and several cars. No group claimed responsibility.
03/04/2009: On Wednesday, at 1300, a roadside bomb detonated in the Saidiyah neighborhood of southern Baghdad, wounding three civilians. No claim of responsibiltiy has been reported.
09/18/2009: On Friday afternoon at 1500, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a popular market crowded by people who were shopping for food to break the fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Al Mahmudiyah, just south of Baghdad, Iraq, killing seven civilians, injuring 21, and damaging several nearby shops and civilian cars. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/28/2009: On Monday, Iraqi security forces defused a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) somewhere on the main road to Karbala, Iraq. The IED was meant to target Shia pilgrims on their way to Karbala to celebrate Ashura. No casualties were reported. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, Iraqi Security Forces defused a bomb with 100 tons of TNT placed inside an oxygen cylinder planted on the side of the main route between Tikrit and Kirkuk. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/22/2009: On Sunday night around 2300, an improvised explosive device detonated in a compact disc store on al Khayyam Street in Bab Al Sharji in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, injuring six civilians and damaging some stores in the area. No group claimed responsibility.
02/13/2009: On Friday at noon, in Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, a female suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device she was wearing near a tent filled with Shia pilgrims walking to Karbala' for Arbae'en, killing 40 civilians including children and wounding 80 others. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility, but the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was suspected of perpetrating this attack.
08/29/2009: On Saturday evening, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device outside a coffee shop in the eastern Baghdad al Jadidah neighborhood, killing two civilians, wounding 12, and damaging the coffee shop. No group claimed responsibility.
08/24/2009: On Monday afternoon between 1430 and 1500, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) magnetically attached to a bus transporting passengers near Numaniyah, Wasit, Iraq, killing six, injuring 10 and damaging the bus.  Another bus was bombed with a magnetic IED in an unknown location north of Kut, Wasit, Iraq, killing nine, injuring 11, and damaging the bus. No group claimed responsibility for the related attacks.
05/28/2009: On Thursday morning, in As Sinniyah, Al Qadisiyah, Iraq, assailants killed Jawad Khaled Gayad, a member of the Diwaniya council, in the al-Sinniyah district. Gayad was the director of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council's officer in the province. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/22/2009: On Sunday morning, Colonel Adnan Khayro, the director of the Rahimawa police station, survived an assassination attempt when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle in Wahed Athar neighborhood in southern Kirkuk, Iraq. The attack caused damage to the vehicle as well as a nearby civilian vehicle. This was the second attempt on his life in less of three weeks No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/21/2009: On Thursday, armed assailants kidnapped one child whose father was a Sahwa Council leader in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq.  On 23 May 2009 around 10:00 AM, near Ba'qubah, authorities found the body of the child bearing a gunshot wound to the head.  No group claimed responsibility.
12/16/2009: On Wednesday, a sticky explosive device targeted a civilian vehicle in al Athoryeen neighborhood in southern Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians who were inside the car were wounded. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday evening, in Ad Diwaniyah, Al Qadisiyah, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and wounded the Al-Sadr Trend tribal affairs committee chairman as he stood in front of his house. No group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2009: On Thursday, in Amirli, Touz Khormato, Salah ad Din, Iraq,  unidentified gunmen opened fire at an official of the Badr Organization office in front of his house, killing him instantly. There was no damage or motive reported and no one claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/25/2009: On Wednesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to the vehicle of Qais Safaa, the secretary to the Minister of Justice, on Haifa Street, wounding the minister, a government employee, two police officers, and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/11/2009: On Wednesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a car bomb detonated near the Raba al-Adawiya school in the Tiseen neighborhood, killing one and wounding ten others. There was no damage or  motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday, in Hilla, Babil, Iraq, an improvised explosive device stuck to a civilian vehicle detonated in al-Asriya village in al-Askandariya district, killing the driver. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/30/2009: On Wednesday morning, at about 0700, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, armed men in a car fired upon the car of Mohammed Salih Ahmed, a director general at the Ministry of Interior. Ahmend, his driver, and his son were injured and the vehicle damaged. The Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation (SCJL) claimed responsibility.
06/13/2009: On Saturday, unknown militants planted a sticky improvised explosive device on the car of a Sahwa awakening tribal forces commander in eastern Fallujah. The commander recognized the strange object on his car and alerted the police. No injuries were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
09/27/2009: On Sunday morning at approximately 1000, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device hidden inside a trash container, wounding two children and two civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
07/21/2009: On Tuesday morning, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two roadside improvised explosive devices concealed in a food stall and a trash pile, killing four civilians, wounding 31 others, and damaging several stalls at an outdoor market. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed Mahdi Army (JAM) splinter groups were responsible.
07/21/2009: On Tuesday morning, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in an outdoor market, killing two children, two civilians, wounding 39 civilians, and damaging several stalls in the market. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed Mahdi Army (JAM) splinter groups could be responsible.
08/21/2009: On Friday morning between 0730 and 0800, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a light truck transporting vegetables to a market in the southern Durah neighborhood in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing two civilians, injuring twenty others, and damaging the truck and three nearby shops. No group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday around 0830, in the al-Adhamiya district of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near the vehicle of the Imam of the Abu Haniefa al-Nuaaman mosque, Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abdul Jabbar, wounding the Imam and his driver and damaging the Imam's car and several nearby cars. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
05/04/2009: On Monday morning, two explosions went off in the Iraqi oil ministry parking lot, killing two people and injuring five. One of the bombs is reported to have been a car bomb. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/21/2009: On Tuesday evening, in Husayniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices hidden in trash about 54 yards apart in an open air market, killing between four and five civilians, wounding between 24 and 31 others, and damaging several stalls inside the market area. No group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday, in the Ba'qubah al Jadidah district of Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the headquarters of the National Movement for Reform and Development political party, wounding three civilians and damaging four vehicles belonging to the party. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, near the town of Buhruz, Diyala, Iraq, a civilian car was hit by a roadside bomb, wounding four civilians inside the car. Iraqi security forces captured three suspects for interrogation. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday, Garma, Al Anbar, Iraq,  an unspecified number of militants burned two schools being prepared as polling stations for the upcoming provincial elections. No casualties were reported and those responsible later confessed that they were members of Ashbal Al Qaeda.
03/31/2009: On Tuesday, a mortar round wounded three civilians in the Zaafaraniya district of southeastern Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/27/2009: On Tuesday, in the al Mohandiseen neighborhood of Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, the house of Diala's land forces commander was totally destroyed when a number of explosive charges went off inside it, causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/03/2009: On Thursday, a bomb planted in a cart selling fruit juice killed one person and wounded six others in Ad Hamiya, Baghdad, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/23/2009: On Monday, a roadside bomb detonated near al Wathiq Square in al Karradah area in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were wounded. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
08/25/2009: On Tuesday morning at about 1000, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to the vehicle of a local mayor in the Al Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring the local official, two or three police officers, one civilian bystander, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, gunmen in a car fired on two guards protecting a communications tower, killing them both, but causing no damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/14/2009: On Saturday morning, in Baghdad, Iraq, unknown militants fired a Katyusha rocket at the Green Zone, causing no casualties. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/15/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0900, in the Al Kazimiyah of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car on Haifa Street in the central Utayfiya neighborhood, wounding two civilians and damaging their car.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday afternoon at about 1400, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in the al Arabi neighborhood, wounding one civilian. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility
08/13/2009: On Thursday around 1200 noon, in Al Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a group of civilians, wounding two civilians and one child. A police source said that the explosion also damaged a number of shops and a civilian car. No group claimed responsibility.
04/26/2009: On Sunday, armed assailants fired upon and killed one police officer outside his residence in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/11/2009: On Monday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the vehicle of the head of Sahwa in the Taji area, killing the leader and wounding two civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/24/2009: On Friday night, in a drive-by shooting, four assailants fired upon a minibus transporting Shia pilgrims near Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq, wounding six or seven Shia civilians and damaging their vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
03/08/2009: On Monday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the convoy of the governor of the province, wounding five bodyguards and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/18/2009: On Wednesday, unknown gunmen stormed a house in a village near Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, and killed a local Sunni Arab pro-government militia leader and his cousin. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/09/2009: On Thursday morning at approximately 0700, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices (IED) in an outdoor market, killing six civilians, wounding between 25 and 31 others, and damaging the market and at least one minibus. Police officers subsequently found and safely defused a third IED. No group claimed responsibility.
12/26/2009: On Saturday, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants threw a hand grenade at Shiite pilgrims, wounding five civilians. No group claimed responsibility. There was no reported damage.
10/22/2009: On Thursday night at 2200, in the Obaidi neighborhood, Sab'ah district, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to an empty tanker truck, damaging the truck and causing unspecified damage to the neighborhood. No group has claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, a mortar shell landed on a popular marketplace in Abu Ghurayb in western Baghdad, Iraq. Three civilians were wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
12/25/2009: On Friday afternoon, a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) targeted pilgrims on their way to Karbala, in al Nasr neighborhood on the old route to Ba'quba, east of Baghdad, Iraq. Three civilians were killed and 20 were injured. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
05/09/2009: On Saturday, in Zubair, Al Basrah, Iraq, gunmen equipped with pistols with silencers shot dead an off-duty high-ranking officer in a shop, causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/04/2009: On Saturday, in the Corniche district of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, an off-duty police officer was killed with silencer-equipped small arms while he was driving his motorcycle home. Ansar-al-Islam claimed responsibility.
07/04/2009: On Saturday evening at 2030, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the southwestern Madinat al Bayaa' neighborhood, killing one civilian and wounding four others. No group claimed responsibility.
12/16/2009: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb targeted Sheikh Latif, commander of Sahwa in Daraa neighborhood in Mada'in district, south of Baghdad, Iraq. The sheikh was killed and two of his companions were injured. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
11/11/2009: On Wednesday night, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car in the northern Ash Sha'b neighborhood, wounding four civilians and damaging their vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
02/08/2009: On Sunday, in Kan'an, Diyala, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed a provincial election polling observer. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/11/2009: On Wednesday morning, an improvised explosive device went off in al-Resala neighborhood, wounding a nine-year-old pupil who was waiting for his school bus. No group has claimed responsibility. No damage was reported.
08/14/2009: On Friday morning at 1100, in Falaht, west of Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a gasoline station, killing one civilian. No group claimed responsibility.
07/06/2009: On Monday evening, in Maysan, Iraq, assailants fired six Katyusha rockets at an emergency police headquarters, causing no injuries or damage. No group claimed responsibility.
07/15/2009: On Wednesday evening, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a group of Shia pilgrims in the western Al Ma'mun neighborhood in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring six civilians. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday in al-Jameaa neighborhood, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed one water department employee. No group claimed responsibility.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday morning at 0830, gunmen using silencer pistols, shot and killed an officer working at the Juvenile hall in the al-Shafaa neighborhood, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday in the al-Muhandsen neighborhood, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, two workers were wounded by a magnetic bomb that was stuck to their car. No group has claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday morning at 1030, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a public market in the predominantly Shiite southwestern neighborhood of Al Bayaa, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, killing two civilians, injuring between 26 and 28 others, and damaging the market. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/31/2009: On Monday evening at about 2000, in Al Khalis, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a local market as a government motorcade was passing by, wounding a district commissioner, his son, his brother, and three bodyguards and damaging the market and at least one convoy vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
03/18/2009: On Wednesday, near Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device detonated, targeting a car on the main road in the al Sa'idiyah district, killing two civilians and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/23/2009:  On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted a car in the Wadi Hajar neighborhood, killing two people and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/05/2009: On Friday morning at 0615, in Al Huwayjah, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a convoy transporting Colonel Khalaf Ibraheem, the local Sahwa Council leader, wounding three Sahwa Council paramilitary members, one civilian bystander and damaging one convoy vehicle but not injuring the Sahwa Council leader. No group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday evening at about 1730,  in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the southwestern Az Za'faraniyah neighborhood near a group of Shia pilgrims on their way to Karbala' in observance of Ashura, killing two Shia civilians, wounding between eight and 10 others, and damaging a minibus. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, in an unknown city in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, a Sahwa leader's house was blown up without casualties because the house was abandoned. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/27/2009: On Tuesday morning at about 0800, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the convoy of Maj. Gen. Ahmed Jasim al-Attiyah, the director of the central Iraq customs office, in the central Uqbah Bin-Nafi square, wounding three police officers and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday night, in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants simultaneously detonated two explosives in the Sergkhana region, causing no casualties and damaging five stores. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/23/2009: On Monday morning at 0830, an improvised explosive device went off near the convoy of Jaafar al Khafaji, the head of traffic police directorate, in Baghdad's central district of Karradah. Two civilians bystanders were wounded and no damage was reported. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
02/16/2009: On Monday, around 2030, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in front of a house in the southern Durah neighborhood, wounding one civilian. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/02/2009: On Wednesday, in the night, in central Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a police lieutenant colonel's house on Ishrin Street, wounding four police officers and one civilian and damaging the house, several police vehicles, and several nearby buildings. No group claimed responsibility
08/13/2009: On Thursday, in the Al Jahiza area south of Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device he was wearing near a group of Sufi Muslims. The explosion killed only the suicide bomber. No group has claimed responsibility.
07/08/2009: On Wednesday, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) was detonated in the Sada Bawiz area of Mosul, killing nine people and wounding at least 15 others. According to reports, the blast occurred at the same time that another VBIED blast that wounded seven in al-Kabbah. No group claimed responsibility.
03/07/2009: On Saturday, in al-Saadiya, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off near a civilian vehicle in the Imam and Yassin area, wounding four civilians and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/24/2009:  On Tuesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, an improvised explosive device targeted a civilian vehicle near the al-Aameriya Bridge in the al-Jihad area, wounding three civilians and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/27/2009: On Monday, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting Basra's police chief in the Jaraf Al Nadaf area of southeastern Baghdad, causing damage to the official's vehicle, but no casualties were reported. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/15/2009: On Tuesday, a booby-trapped car exploded near the Virgin Mary Church (Mariamana) in al Shifaa neighborhood in western Mosul, Iraq. The blast caused serious damages to the church building. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
07/11/2009: On Saturday, an improvised explosive device planted by unknown assailants exploded in the Al Ghabat district of northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring three civilians. No damages or claim of responsibility have been reported.
06/18/2009: On Thursday morning at 0700, in As Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, wounding a man and his son and damaging the car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/11/2009: On Tuesday, in Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian car, wounding a six-year-old boy and damaging the car he was riding in. No group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday, gunmen murdered the director of the Tribal Affairs Office in the Nineveh province, Brig. Zhannoun Ballou, in northern Mosul, Iraq. He was shot in front of his house in al Hadbaa neighborhood. Two civilian passers-by were injured by the gunfire. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, in Al Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a market near Shiite pilgrims, wounding five civilians and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility.
05/09/2009: On Saturday evening, in Hamamiyat, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the vehicle transporting Sheikh Abed Mohammed Hussein al-Dulami, the leader of the At Taji Sahwa Council, killing him and one of his bodyguards and damaging their vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/09/2009: On Thursday morning at approximately 0900, in the Al Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the motorcade transporting the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, killing one civilian, wounding three others and two bodyguards, and damaging a civilian car and one motorcade vehicle. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
08/06/2009: On Thursday evening, in the Ad Dargazliya district of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device placed at the doorstep of a Christian occupied home, wounding two civilians and damaging the home. No group claimed responsibility.
07/25/2009: On Saturday morning, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a vehicle on Ishreen street, killing one civilian, wounding one other, and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday evening at about 1700, in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and killed an off-duty Facilities Protection Service guard. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/09/2009: On Saturday, in Saadiya, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off in the Imam Wis area, wounding five people and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday, in Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq, Brig. Kawa Ghareeb, the director of the Kirkuk Police Academy, survived an attempt on his life when a sticky IED attached to his vehicle detonated in central Kirkuk. There were no casualties or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday, in Mendli, Diyala, Iraq, three civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device went off near their car in the Nada region. The blast damaged the car and no group has claimed responsibility.
03/20/ 2009: On Friday afternoon, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the vehicle of Brigadier Mohammed Nejeeb, the provincial police chief, in the Qadisiyah neighborhood, wounding one police officer and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/16/2009: On Wednesday, an improvised explosive device planted on a car wounded an off-duty policeman in Kirkuk, Iraq. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
03/20/2009: On Friday, in Fallujah, al Anbar, Iraq, a suicide bomber, strapped with an explosive belt, blew himself up targeting the house of Sheikh Talib al-Hassnawi al-Issawi, a chieftain of the Albu Eissa tribe, in the Amiriyat al-Falluja area, killing one policeman and wounding two of the cheiftan's guards. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/07/2009: On Tuesday afternoon at 1530, a white and orange booby trapped taxi driven by a suicide bomber targeted the motorcade of Saad Abu Qutaiba, a high ranking member in the Support Councils in southern Fallujah's Garma area, Al Anbar, Iraq. Abu Qutaiba survived the attack but was severely injured. One policeman was killed and four others were critically wounded. Four civilians were also injured in the attack. No one claimed responsibility.
12/16/2009: On Wednesday, a sticky improvised explosive device (IED) exploded and wounded two civilians in Doura district in southern Baghdad, Iraq. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a local-made improvised explosive device went off near al-Nour al-Kabier mosque, killing one civilian, wounding another, and damaging three civilian vehicles. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
03/27/2009: On Friday, unknown gunmen killed a former leading member of the Iraqi Baath Party and his brother in the heavily Shiite city of Karbala, Karbala, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/18/2009: On Friday evening around 1800, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded in the southwestern Saidiyah neighborhood in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two civilians and damaging several houses and shops. No group claimed responsibility.
05/13/2009: On Wednesday, in the Al Qadisiyah district of northeastern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed the driver for the Northern Oil Company's director of accountant department. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/01/2009: On Tuesday, one civilian was killed and another one was injured in a sticky bomb explosion on al-Jamaaiya street in al-Doura neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. The bomb was attached to a civilian vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/04/2009: On Monday, gunmen wounded a local official with the Sunni Arab Islamic Party in the town of Khalidiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/07/2009: On Friday afternoon at 1300, in Shirakhan, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a Shiite Turkmen mosque as worshippers were leaving a joint prayer and funeral service, killing 39 civilians, wounding 276 others, and destroying the mosque and a dozen surrounding houses. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, but authorities suspected the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
09/27/2009: On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device hidden in trash, killing one child and wounding three others. No group claimed responsibility.
05/04/2009: On Monday, a roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol wounded a traffic policeman in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/15/2009: On Tuesday, around 0730, the second explosion out of three consecutive explosions detonated in a parking area near the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. At least four people were killed and another 14 were wounded in the blasts. All three explosions occurred within minutes of one another. Baghdad Operations Command said the blasts had been caused by mine and homemade explosives packed inside vehicles. The group said the owners of the parking lots had been arrested for failing to search cars properly or to request documents from the motorists who parked there. One man was struck by shrapnel in the head. No group claimed responsibility.
01/31/2009: On Saturday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a mortar shell fell near a electoral center in the Pasha Street, causing no reported damage or casualties. The electoral center was the second polling center in Tikrit to be struck in a coordinated mortar round attack. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, a roadside bomb set by unknown assailants detonated in the Ur district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two civilians. No damages or claim of responsibility have been reported.
10/03/2009: On Saturday, in central Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attached to Abdul Razaq Jubair, the mayor of Hadithah's car, wounding two bodyguards and the mayor and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday afternoon in the al-Khadraa neighborhood in Kirkuk city, Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside bomb was detonated near a civilian car killing a cameraman working for the al-Rasheed television, and injuring a journalist with the al-Baghdadiyah channel. No group has claimed responsibility and It is unknown if the target of the blast were the journalists.
10/25/2009: On Sunday morning at 1030, one of two suicide bombers detonated nearby Baghdad provincial government offices in the Al Karkh District of the Salhiyeh neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, which also houses Baghdad's governor. A minibus packed with explosives detonated killing 76, including twenty-five staff members of the Baghdad Provincial Council. The attack also wounded 360, including one U.S. contractor. The explosion damaged the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works, and the Baghdad Provincial Administration building, one hotel, one embassy, and 156 vehicles, as well as destroyed dozens of cars and smashed water pipes. The Islamic State of Iraq has claimed responsibility for the attack by posting the claim on the internet.
03/06/2009:  On Friday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosive device detonated near the home of Faraj Soliman, a prominent member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in the Ayaziya district, wounding him and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/07/2009: On Saturday, the Missan Police Department’s Facility Protection Force (FPF) personnel found a large improvised explosive device planted inside al Sadr Public Hospital in central Amarah, Babil, Iraq. The bomb squad men defused the bomb. No group claimed responsibility.
04/23/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1430, a suicide bomber blew himself up targeting Iranian Shiite pilgrims in a restaurant in the province of Diyala, killing at least 48 people wounding 77.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/04/2009: On Sunday, two improvised explosive devices (IED) exploded in a village northeast of An Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar, Iraq, injuring two civilians. Police officers safely defused two other IEDs found in the same area. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/01/2009: On Thursday, near Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, armed assailants kidnapped Shaykh Husayn Hamid al-Shammari, a Shammar tribal leader after stopping his car. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
03/26/2009: On Thursday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a car bomb exploded near a crowded market in the mainly Shiite Shaab neighborhood, killing 20 civilians, wounding 38 others, and setting several cars and 10 small buses on fire. The car was parked behind concrete barriers surrounding a private hospital, near a bus stop. There was no motive reported in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility.
03/14/2009: On Saturday morning at about 1000, in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed an off-duty police officer as she was shopping in the al-Sarai market. There was no damage or motive reported and  no group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2009: On Sunday, police forces defused an improvised explosive device that targeted the home of a police officer in downtown Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq.  No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/11/2009: On Tuesday evening, in Al Qayyarah, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed the Ninawa Police Regiment Affairs chief near his house after he had returned from a funeral service. No group claimed responsibility.
02/08/2009: On Sunday, at about 0630, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a group of Shia pilgrims on their way to Karbala' to observe Arbain in the northern Al Qahirah neighborhood, killing two Shia civilians, wounding 12 others, and damaging several shops and cars. No group claimed responsibility.
07/19/2009: On Sunday afternoon, in Madain, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to the vehicle of Mahmoud Abdullah, a senior Sahwa Council leader, killing Mahmoud Abdullah, wounding one of his guards, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
08/11/2009: On Tuesday, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near an outdoor market in the northern Ash Sha'b neighborhood, wounding nine civilians and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility.
10/01/2009: On Thursday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device planted on a car, killing one civilian and wounded another and damaging the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility.
07/28/2009: On Tuesday evening, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a cafe in the northern Kasra neighborhood, killing two people, wounding 28, and damaging one restaurant. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2009: On Thursday, in Samarra, Salah ad Din, Iraq, the director of al-Mo'tassem, Hussein Mohammed al-Shatab, escaped an attempt on his life when a hand grenade was thrown at his motorcade, injuring one person and damaging his vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/30/2009: On Monday, unknown gunmen opened fire on the Al Hamadaniya office of the Ninewa immigration department, killing the director and wounding another employee, in Al Hamdaniyah, Ninawa, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/01/2009: On Thursday, in the Ghazaliyah neighborhood in western Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants fired three Katyusha rockets were fired towards Baghdad International Airport. One soldier was killed in the attack. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
01/29/2009: On Thursday evening at 1900, in the Ameriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, a gunman killed Omar Farooq al Ani, a candidate of Tawafoq front, near his house on Madhayif Street. The attack caused no reported damage and no group claimed responsibility.
12/26/2009: On Saturday, an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted a Shia procession in Jadida neighborhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and eight were injured. No monetary damage as reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/25/2009: On Friday at 1700, a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) struck a procession to mark the anniversary of the third Shia Imam's martyrdom in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Six people were killed and 26 were wounded. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/25/2009: On Friday, gunmen planted a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) that detonated in al Shamaiya region in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. One civilian was killed and four were injured. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/16/2009: On Wednesday at 1600, an improvised explosive device went off on a bus near Salah al Din Square in al Kadhemiya neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and five were wounded. The bus was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2009: On Sunday morning at about 0815, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a truck transporting blast walls in the western Yarmuk neighborhood, wounding two civilians. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/21/2009: On Saturday evening at 2000, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle in the central Al Wahdah neighborhood in the Al Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one police officer from the counterterrorism department, injuring two interior ministry personnel and one civilian, and damaging the vehicle. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
01/09/2009: On Friday, in the village of Hamrin, al-Saadiya district, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device was detonated, killing a 12-year-old boy and seriously wounding a 10-year-old girl. There was no damage or motive reported and no one claimed responsibility.
04/07/2009: On Tuesday at approximately 1200 noon in the Al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device on Nuwab Street near a Shiite mosque, killing nine civilians, wounding 19 others and one 6-month-old child, and damaging seven vehicles.  No group claimed responsibility but, the United States military suspects the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
03/25/2009: On Wednesday, at 830, in Diyala, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the motorcade of Azbar al Azawi, a civil society official, as he left his home going to work, wounding one person and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/21/2009: On Monday, in Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up near a car carrying the head of the Tall 'Afar municipal council, Hussein Mohammad Ali al Akreesh, in al Nour neighborhood. The munipal council member was killed along with one civilian and eight were wounded, including another council member. No monetary damage was reported. Interrogations following the incident led investigators to believe that Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) was responsible for the incident.
06/05/2009: On Friday afternoon at 1330, in the Allawi neighborhood of the Al Karkh district, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded near the Bunniyah Mosque. No damage was reported however two civilians were injured. No group claimed responsibility.
03/02/2009: On Monday, in central Khalis, Iraq, a bicycle bomb went off in front of a Shiite mosque, killing two civilians and wounding 15. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/11/2009: On Monday afternoon, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed Rakan Aziz, a candidate of the Al Hadbaa list of the recent elections, in front of the Al Arqam Mosque in the Al Muthanna neighborhood. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/18/2009: On Wednesday, at around 1400, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and wounded an employee from the Displacement and Migration Department in the al Arabi neighborhood. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday evening at 2000, in Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen threw a grenade at people on the Adhemiyah coast road, wounding three people. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/02/2009: On Friday afternoon between 1400 and 1430, in Al Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device he was wearing near a political campaign meeting and luncheon being hosted by a Sunni tribal leader in a meeting hall adjacent to his home, killing 30 people including tribal leaders, Sahwa Council members, and civilians; wounding 110 other people including tribal leaders, Sahwa Council members, and civilians; and damaging the meeting hall. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
10/06/2009: On Tuesday, at the time of evening prayers, unknown assailants detonated a bomb and a car bomb in sequence in Al Amiriyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, killing eight people and injuring 25 others. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, near Hibhib, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near an ambulance, wounding one civilian and damaging the ambulance. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/06/2009: On Monday morning at 0700 , a parked car bomb detonated near a row of grocery stores and restaurants in central Baghdad's Alawi neighborhood, killing six civilians and wounding sixteen others. The explosives were detonated remotely. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. It should be noted that this was one of several attacks that took place in Baghdad on 04/06/2009, and there was an assortment of speculation in regards to who may be responsible. Among those named in the speculation were Al Qaeda in Iraq and members of the Sunni Awakening Councils. The U.S. military later asserted that the attacks appeared to be coordinated by Al Qaeda.
06/01/2009: On Monday night at 0400, in the Dora neighborhood of southern Baghdad, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off near a vegetables store in the Alwat al-Rasheed market. In the incident, four people were killed and 14 were injured. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near two electrical transformers in the Al Karradah district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, damaging the electrical transformers but causing no casualties. One electrical power line transmission tower was also bombed in the Al Habibiya neighborhood, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, damaging the tower but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday morning at 1100, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated in the Ameriyah neighborhood, wounding three people. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
08/05/2009: On Wednesday evening, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants simultaneously detonated two improvised explosive devices near an Asia Cell Company mobile phone tower in the western Al Arabi neighborhood, wounding three civilians, destroying the tower, and damaging several shops. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2009: On Monday morning at about 0900, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two magnetic improvised explosive devices attached to minibuses in the northern Ash Sha'b neighborhood, killing two civilians, wounding six others, and damaging both minibuses. No group claimed responsibility.
07/08/2009: On Wednesday, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) was detonated in the al-Kabbah area of Mosul city, in northern Iraq. According to reports, the blast occurred in almost exact coordination with a second VBIED detonation in another part of Mosul. At least seven civilians were wounded in this attack. No group has claimed responsibility.
08/01/2009: On Saturday morning, in Jurf as Sakhr, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside the Sunni al-Sahaba Mosque, wounding a Sahwa Council member and the mosque's muezzin and damaging the mosque. No group claimed responsibility.
04/06/2009: On Monday afternoon at about 1200, a  vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in a market in Baghdad's southwestern Um Al Maalif neighborhood. The combined casualties of this blast and another nearby attack were reported to be at least 12 dead and at least 25 wounded. The site of the attack was 50 yards from a police checkpoint and near an elementary school and a Shiite mosque. The explosives were detonated remotely. It should also be noted that this was one of several attacks that took place in Baghdad on 04/06/2009, and there was an assortment of speculation in regards to who may have been responsible. Among those named in the speculation were Al Qaeda in Iraq and members of the Sunni Awakening Councils. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. The U.S. military later asserted that the attacks appeared to be coordinated by Al Qaeda.
04/06/2009: On Monday afternoon at around 1300, a  vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near the clinic of Dr. Hafith in Baghdad's southern Um Al Maalif neighborhood. The casualties caused by this and another nearby attack reportedly totaled at least 12 dead and at least 25 wounded. The explosives were detonated remotely. It should also be noted that this was one of several attacks that took place in Baghdad on 04/06/2009, and there was an assortment of speculation in regards to who may be responsible. Among those named in the speculation were Al Qaeda in Iraq and members of the Sunni Awakening Councils. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. The U.S. military later asserted that the attacks appeared to be coordinated by Al Qaeda.
09/10/2009: On Thursday just after 0000 midnight, in one of two related attacks in the village of Wardek, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a second suicide bombing was foiled when the driver of a truck full of explosives was killed by local Kurdish Peshmerga forces. The attempted bombing was coordinated with an earlier bombing that left twenty people dead and another thirty wounded. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, south of Baquba, Diyala, Iraq, the vehicle of the mayor of Abu Khamees neighborhood and his three sons was targeted by a roadside bomb that killed two of his sons and wounded him and one of his other sons. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
04/15/2009: On Wednesday evening at 2115, a roadside bomb detonated in the Dora neighborhood in southern Baghdad, Iraq, wounding two civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
12/27/2009: On Sunday morning, an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted a Shia procession in the town of Taza Kharmatu, near Kirkuk, Iraq. Four people were killed and 19 were wounded, including a child. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, an improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated in al Mashtal neighborhood in the Shaab district in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, targeting a number of Shia worshippers who were on their way to the city of Karbala to commemorate Ashura. At least three people have lost their lives and 28 others were injured. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/28/2009: On Wednesday night unknown gunmen opened fire on an electoral center in Tozkhormato, killing a police officer and wounding another. No group claimed responsibility.
07/28/2009: On Tuesday evening at about 1900, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a motorbike used a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in an outdoor market in the al Jadidah neighborhood, killing eight people, wounding 17, and damaging several market stalls. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/07/2009: On Saturday, a local Sunni Arab leader was killed and three civilians were wounded when a booby-trapped bicycle went off in a neighborhood in Abu Ghurayb, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
07/28/2009: On Tuesday, near Jalula, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle in the village of Jaghat, killing one civilian and destroying one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/28/2009: On Saturday, the U.S. consulate, which is taking the Babel Tourist Hotel, as its headquarters in central al Hillah, Iraq, was the target of an attack with six mortars. The shells landed outside the building, leaving six civilians and two policemen wounded. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
07/04/2009: On Saturday morning at 0700, in Al Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a vegetable market, killing one civilian, wounding 12 others, and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility.
05/17/2009: On Sunday night at about 2100, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, hidden inside a plastic bag, near a cafe in the predominantly Shiite southern neighborhood of Abu Dishir, killing three or four civilians, wounding 12 others, and damaging the cafe. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/25/2009: On Saturday, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device under a power line in the Al-Rashid area, damaging one power line and causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/06/2009: On Thursday evening at 2020, in the Rahimawa district of northern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a predominantly Kurdish outdoor market, near a bus station, killing five civilians, wounding 36 others, and damaging several shops and buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
02/17/2009: On Tuesday, in Hamreen village, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, wounding two children. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/16/2009: On Wednesday, a grenade seriously wounded police Colonel Mudher Ahmed in Baiji, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
12/25/2009: On Friday, mortars were fired into the residential area of Obaidi in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Four people were killed and five were wounded. No group claimed responsibility. There was no reported damage.
08/23/2009: On Sunday, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the motorcade of a prominent tribal chief in Al Amiriyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, injuring three bodyguards and damaging two convoy vehicles. No group claimed responsibility.
08/23/2009: On Sunday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in the home of a police officer in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, damaging the residence but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
07/19/2009: On Sunday evening, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a popular cafe in the eastern Baghdad al Jadidah neighborhood, wounding nine or 10 civilians, damaging one cafe, and several nearby shops. No group claimed responsibility.
03/11/2009: On Wednesday at 0800, in Baghdad, Iraq, four mortars hit the Al Muhandseen neighborhood, wounding four civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday, in Haswah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device placed inside a vehicle, killing one teacher and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/20/2009: On Monday, unknown gunmen killed the driver of the Director General in the Ministry of Planning in the New Baghdad area of eastern Baghdad. There were no other casualties and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/04/2009: On Tuesday, in Al Qiyarah, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to an empty fuel tanker truck at the Al Qiyarah oil refinery, damaging the truck but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2009: On Sunday, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the seven-vehicle motorcade transporting the United States ambassador to Iraq, in An Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar, Iraq, damaging several residential buildings and one motorcade vehicle but causing no casualties. Both the Jaysh al-Mahdi/Promised Day Brigade (JAM/PDB) and Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq/Islamic Shiite Resistance claimed responsibility, however the JAM/PDB claim was supported with a videotape.
08/10/2009: On Monday morning, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants near-simultaneously detonated two improvised explosive devices in the northern Raghibah Khatun neighborhood, wounding four civilians and damaging several stores and several homes. No group claimed responsibility.
05/16/2009: On Saturday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside explosive device planted by unknown men in the Al Ghadeer neighborhood detonated, killing two civilians and injuring five others. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/08/2009: On Saturday afternoon, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded in the southwestern Hayy al 'Amil neighborhood, wounding two civilians and damaging several shops. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/16/2009: On Thursday, around noon, unknown assailants detonated an adhesive bomb stuck to car belonging to the Sahwa leader in downtown Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, killing the Sahwa leader and injuring four policemen.  No group has claimed responsibility for this attack.
05/04/2009: On Monday evening at 1815, a roadside bomb targeted a convoy of cars celebrating a wedding in the Diyala province, Iraq. One civilian was killed and six others were wounded in the explosion. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/19/2009: On Monday, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a vehicle in the Saeeda area, wounding four civilians and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/20/2009: On Friday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, which was attached to the vehicle of a local Sahwa Council leader, near a police checkpoint in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, injuring one police officer, two Sahwa Council members, one civilian, and damaging the vehicle and the checkpoint. No group claimed responsibility.
03/10/2009: On Tuesday, in western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an unknown explosive device detonated near a civilian home, killing one child and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/03/2009: On Tuesday, near Jalula', Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a taxi cab on the road between Jagat and Jalawlaam, killing one civilian, wounding two others, and damaging the taxi. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/12/2009: On Tuesday evening at 2137, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated near the Kababchi restaurant in the Arsat neighborhood, wounding two people and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/01/2009: On Tuesday, an adhesive bomb, stuck to a civilian car, detonated in the Athemiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. The blast injured two civilians. No group has claimed responsibility.
09/23/2009: On Wednesday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device outside the residence a man associated with a Sunni leader who has been accused of supporting insurgents, in Ar Radwaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, killing one civilian, injuring two children, and damaging the home. No group claimed responsibility.
08/05/2009: On Wednesday, on a highway in Abu Gharaq, Babil, Iraq, armed assailants kidnapped 11 Shia pilgrims and the driver of a minibus while on their way to Karbala' to observe Shabaniyah. No property damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility. The status of the hostages was unknown.
10/01/2009: On Thursday morning, near Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device as a civilian car drove by, wounding two civilians, damaging nearby shops and buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
03/06/2009: An improvised explosive device went off in a local birds market in Bald Ruz, injuring three civilians. The explosion also caused material damage to nearby stores. No claim of responsibility was reported.
11/23/2009: On Monday afternoon at 1300, a improvised explosive device left under Sinak Bridge detonated in central Baghdad, Iraq. One civilian was injured in the attack. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/03/2009: On Tuesday, in Al Miqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded near a electrical power generator, wounding two civilians and damaging the generator. There was motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/14/2009: On Saturday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted civilians in the Dawoodi neighborhood, wounding two people and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/01/2009: On Thursday, in the Kafaat district of northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of a Mosul Technical Institute professor's house, damaging the home but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
08/13/2009: On Thursday, in Jalula', Diyala, Iraq, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) exploded, wounding two civilians. A bicycle was used as the VBIED. No group claimed responsibility.
08/11/2009: On Tuesday evening at 2040, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices and an improvised explosive device within 20 minutes of each other in the eastern Al Amin neighborhood, killing eight civilians, wounding 30 others, and damaging a gas station, a coffee shop, a public market, and the Shiite Al Muhsin Mosque. Iraqi forces discovered a roadside bomb in the same area and detonated it. No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrated this attack.
07/08/2009: On Wednesday, on the Jalula'-As Sa'diyah road near Jalula, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded near a civilian vehicle, killing one civilian, wounding three others, and damaging their vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
12/26/2009: On Saturday, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near Shiite pilgrims in the southern Abu Dishir neighborhood, killing one civilian and wounding nine or ten others. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility.
11/18/2009: On Wednesday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to the vehicle of a government employee as he entered a government facility in Baghdad, Iraq, injuring the government employee and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
12/26/2009: On Saturday, an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted Fedhailia neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Three people were killed and five were wounded. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday, a roadside bomb targeted a civilian car in the town of Shahraban, Diyala, Iraq. The blast killed the driver of the car. No group has claimed responsibility.
07/04/2009: On Saturday, in the Az Zuhur district of northeastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants using silencer-equipped small arms fired upon and killed a government contractor as he left a mosque. No group claimed responsibility.
10/31/2009: On Saturday morning at 0700, six civilians were injured when a magnetic improvised explosive device stuck to a mini bus carrying passengers exploded in central Baghdad near a busy bus station. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage.
05/09/2009: On Saturday morning, in Amara city, a woman and her child were injured when two Katyusha rockets hit their neighborhood.  No group claimed responsiblity.
04/12/2009: On Sunday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in the  area of Jist Diala in southeastern Baghdad, wounding seven civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/06/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1400, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle transporting Shia pilgrims, killing one civilian, wounding three others, and damaging the car. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
08/22/2009: On Saturday morning, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the office of a neighborhood mayor in the northeastern Qahira district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, killing the local mayor and two children who were playing nearby and damaging one government office. No group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2009: On Thursday, in al-Saadiya, Diyala, Iraq, unidentified gunmen shot down the brother of a leading member of Kamal Shakir's Kurdistan Communist Party, inside a souk (market). The gunmen opened fire on 34-year-old Abdelrazeq Mohsen Ulwi, the brother of Nusseir Ulwi, who is the leader of the party in the Saadiya district branch, killing him instantly. The killed man and his brother had received death threats from the unknown organizations. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/06/2009: On Monday morning at approximately 0900, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car near a market in the southwestern Saidiya neighborhood, wounding two civilians and damaging their car and several shops.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/24/2009: On Saturday afternoon, around 1500, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest at the office of the National Unity Gathering, a political party, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq. The blast killed one security guard who stopped the attacker from entering inside the building, injured seven other guards and two civilians. The explosion left severe damage to the building. No group has claimed responsibility, but the bomber is believed to be an Arab citizen.
03/29/2009:  On Sunday, 15 civilians were injured when a parked car bomb detonated in a popular market in the al-Qayara district in southern Mosul.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/18/2009: On Wednesday, at about 0900, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, armed assailants fired upon and killed one political affiliate in the southeastern Az Za'faraniyah neighborhood. There was no damage reported and the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility.
12/30/2009: On Wednesday afternoon, in Al Khalis, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near Shiite pilgrims returning from Karbala', killing six civilians and one police officer and wounding between six and 24 civilians and four police officers. No group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2009: On Sunday afternoon between 1630 and 1645, in the Karrada, Rashid, Sab'ah Nisan, and Ar Rusafa districts of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated four improvised explosive devices (IED) and one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) near Christian churches, killing four civilians, injuring 32 others, and damaging five churches, many cars, several houses, and several buildings. Assailants detonated the first three IEDs between 1630 and 1645 in the eastern Ghadir neighborhood, in Tahriyat Square in the central Al Wahdah neighborhood, and in the Karrada district, injuring eight civilians at the Ghadir bombing, and damaging many cars and three churches. At 1900 in Beirut Square in the eastern Al Idrisi neighborhood, assailants detonated the VBIED outside the Notre Dame Church, killing four civilians (Three Christians; One Muslim), injuring 21 civilians (15 Christians; six Muslims), and damaging the church, several houses, and several buildings. At 2000 in the southern Al Mualimin neighborhood, assailants detonated the fourth IED near the Virgin Mary Church, injuring three civilians and damaging the church. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
09/30/2009: On Wednesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the residence of a college professor, damaging the home but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday morning, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a market, wounding six people and damaging the market and several nearby shops and buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday morning at about 0830, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian car in al-Dula'i neighborhood, part of Hurriyah neighborhood, Al Kazimiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast wounded two civilians and damaged the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility.
08/10/2009: On Monday afternoon at 1330, in the western Shu'lah neighborhood of Al Kazimiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a minibus, killing the driver, wounding between three and seven passengers, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
09/30/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at about 1500, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle, killing one civilian, wounding one other, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday, a roadside bomb targeted the convoy of the 12th division commander of the Iraqi army, the major general Abdul Ameer Al-Zaidi. The incident took place in the Sufra village in western Kirkuk. A source from the division confirmed the incident saying that several guards were wounded without further details. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/31/2009: On Saturday, in Sadr City of Baghdad, Iraq, one civilian was killed and another was wounded while entering Sulaiman al-Khazaie polling center in an attack launched by gunmen from the top of a nearby building. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2009: On Sunday morning at 1030, one of two suicide bombers detonated at an intersection near the justice and municipalities ministries in Haifa street in the Al Karkh district in the As Salihiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. One of the vehicles was identified in footage, when driving up to the justice ministry building, as a white Renault truck with the logo of the Department of Water in Fallujah. The truck was loaded with two tons of explosives. A total of 77 people were killed, including thirty-five employees of the Ministry of Justice, and 360 were wounded including two U.S. contractors. The explosions damaged the Ministry of Justice building, one hotel, one embassy, 156 vehicles, and destroyed dozens of cars and smashed water pipes. The Islamic State of Iraq has claimed responsibility for the attack by posting the claim on the internet.
04/06/2009: On Monday morning at 0830, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in the Areba market in northeastern Baghdad's Sadr City slum, killing 10 people and wounding 65 others. Residents said the driver of the car tried to jump a median, then parked the car. Ten minutes later, the explosive were detonated by remote. A gray minibus ignited, killing most of the passengers inside. It should also be noted that this was one of several attacks that took place in Baghdad on 04/06/2009, and there was an assortment of speculation in regards to who may be responsible. Among those named in the speculation were Al Qaeda in Iraq and members of the Sunni Awakening Councils. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. The U.S. military later asserted that the attacks appeared to be coordinated by Al Qaeda.
07/18/2009: On Saturday, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a garage, wounding three civilians and damaging one garage. No group claimed responsibility.
07/17/2009: On Friday afternoon around 1630, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a group playing soccer in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, killing one civilian, injuring nine others, and damaging one playing field. No group claimed responsibility.
11/23/2009: On Monday evening at 1800, gunmen open fire at former Iraqi Prime Minister, Ayad Allawi's motorcade in Gailani neighborhood, Ar Rusafa district, central Baghdad, Iraq. Allawi was not with the motorcade, but two of his security guards were injured in the incident. This is the second attempt on Ayad Allawi's life. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
03/26/2009: On Thursday, a bomb planted near a high-voltage tower wounded four electricity ministry personnel in Samarra, Salah ad Din, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/08/2009: On Tuesday morning, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a Health Ministry vehicle transporting the ministry's director general on Palestine Street, killing one government employee, wounding eight civilian bystanders and four government employees, and damaging the government vehicle but not harming the director general. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
03/10/2009: On Tuesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt targeting Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders touring an outdoor market after a reconciliation meeting in Abu Ghraib, killing 33 people and wounding 46. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility, but U.S. and Iraqi officials blamed Al Qaeda in Iraq.
01/17/2009: On Saturday morning, near Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, an improvised explosive device targeted a truck near the al-Humeira gas station on Kirkuk-Tikrit road, causing the vehicle to overturn and wound its driver. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/12/2009: On Friday morning at 0930, in the Al Jadidah neighborhood in the Sab'ah Nisan district of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded. Two civilians were killed, ten others were wounded and several shops were damaged by the explosion. No group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2009: On Saturday afternoon at 1300, in Tuz Khurmatu, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a suicide bomber, driving a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, attacked the Shia Al-Rasul Mosque as worshippers were departing noon prayers, killing 82 civilians, wounding 211 others, and damaging between 30-50 homes, several shops, two dozen cars, and the mosque. A truck, carrying over an estimated ton of explosives was used as the VBIED. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed that the Islamic State of Iraq perpetrated this attack.
03/09/2009: On Monday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device targeted a vehicle carrying Jaafar al Mousawi, a senior official of the Iraqi Shiite endowment, and his son in the al Qadissiya neighborhood, wounding both and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/06/2009: On Monday morning at 0830, a  vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near a market in northeastern Baghdad's Husseiniya suburb, killing four and wounding 20 others. The explosives were detonated remotely. It should also be noted that this was one of several attacks that took place in Baghdad on 04/06/2009, and there was an assortment of speculation in regards to who may have been responsible. Among those named in the speculation were Al Qaeda in Iraq and members of the Sunni Awakening Councils. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. The U.S. military later asserted that the attacks appeared to be coordinated by Al Qaeda.
03/26/2009: On Thursday evening, in Jalawlah, Diyala, Iraq, gunmen, using pistols with silencers, fired upon Sheikh Abdul-Kareem Saleh, the imam of the Grand Mosque at Jalawla, as he was walking home with his son, killing Saleh and wounding his son. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/26/2009: On Sunday night at 2200, in the Wahid Huzairan neighborhood of southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown gunmen killed two Christian women inside their home. The gunmen then fled on foot. No group claimed responsibility.
03/29/2009:  On Sunday, unknown gunmen fired upon and killed a government employee from Ninawa's health department in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No other casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/19/2009: On Monday, near Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in the al-Eishaqi region, killing two civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/28/2009: On Wednesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded in Aleppo Street, wounding three civilians and causing no damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/20/2009: On Thursday afternoon around 1430, unknown assailants detonated two roadside improvised explosive devices in an open air market in Al Mahawil, Babil, Iraq, killing nine civilians, injuring 42 others, and damaging three stalls in the market. No group claimed responsibility.
07/11/2009: On Saturday evening around 2130, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a car driven by government official who worked in the Council of Ministers office in the Saidiya neighborhood in southwestern Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing the government official and his wife, injuring 10 civilian bystanders and the child of the government official, and damaging the car. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility.
02/13/2009: On Friday morning, in Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen stormed the home of Brigadier General Thamir Yusuf, a defense ministry officer, and shot him and his son in the head in the al Jihad neighborhood. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday, the motorcade of the district commissioner of the Abta district, Abdulrahman Khalid, was targeted by a roadside bomb in Salahuddin, Iraq. There were no casualties in the attack. The blast only caused material damages to the vehicles. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/23/2009: On Friday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a improvised explosive device attached to the vehicle of municipal council member, killing the council member and one civilian family member, wounding three other family members, and damaging their vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/31/2009: On Saturday afternoon at 1600, three mortar shells landed near the Abu Disheer intersection in Baghdad’s southern neighborhood of al-Doura. Nine civilians were wounded and one building was damaged. No group has claimed responsibility.
07/24/2009: On Friday morning at about 0900, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a health center in the southwestern Saidiya neighborhood, wounding six civilians, damaging one health center, and several nearby buildings and cars. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/08/2009: On Saturday, in western Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near the home of a jewelry store owner on Arba'in Street, damaging two homes but causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/05/2009: On Monday, unknown assailants detonated a roadside bomb in Al Nabuls, western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring one civilian but causing no specified damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday afternoon at 1330, a magnetic bomb attached to a car exploded near the courthouse in Khalis in the Diyala province. The car belonged to the poet Khalid al Saadi, who was in the car at the time. All six people, including Saadi were killed in the explosion. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0900, in Baghdad, Iraq,  four civilians were injured by a roadside bomb in Palestine Street. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
07/08/2009: On Wednesday, in the Ma'mun district of southwestern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device on the doorstep of a house in the Ras al Jadda neighborhood, wounding one civilian and damaging the house. No group claimed responsibility.
09/01/2009: On Tuesday morning around 1100, an adhesive bomb attached to a car detonated on Palestine Street in northeast Baghdad, Iraq. The blast wounded three civilians. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday evening at 2100, in Basra, Al Basrah, Iraq, assailants fired four Katyusha rockets at the Basra International Airport, causing no reported casualties or damages. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
05/15/2009: On Friday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unidentified gunmen kidnapped the nephew of Essam Ayed, a member of the Ninawa local council for al-Hadbaa, after he went out of his intermediate school in the area of al-Yarmuk. There was no reported casualties or damages and no group claimed responsibility. The status of the hostage is not known.
12/24/2009: On Thursday in the late afternoon, an improvised explosive device (IED) in Karbala, Iraq. One person was killed and 12 others were wounded. No monetary damage was reported. No casualties were reported.
06/10/2009: On Wednesday afternoon around 1500, a mortar round hit a mosque in Karradah, central Baghdad. Four civilians were injured in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/30/2009: On Thursday, in the Al Jadida district of central Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside the National Movement for Reform and Development Party building, killing seven political activists, wounding 10 others, and partially collapsing the building. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/26/2009: On Wednesday, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near civilians at an unknown location in Baghdad, Iraq, injuring four civilians. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, police forces defused a sticky bomb that was attached to the car of Major Ziyad Mohammed at the gate of the Nineveh provincial authority in Mosul, Iraq. No casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
04/06/2009: On Monday morning at approximately 0730, in the Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the central 'Alawi al Hillah neighborhood near a gathering place for day laborers by the Baghdad Cinema, killing five civilians and wounding 15 others. No group claimed responsibility but the United States (US) military blamed this attack on the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) while an Iraqi government source blamed Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) splinter groups.
08/25/2009: On Tuesday evening around 2000, unknown assailants fired upon the vehicle convoy of the Minister of Planning and Development in the Al Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, damaging one vehicle but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/22/2009: On Sunday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the vehicle of Jamal al Kilani, the local head of the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party, wounding his driver and damaging the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/02/2009: On Friday afternoon at 1400, in the al Jihad neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated and injured four people. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/03/2009: On Tuesday, an explosive charge planted by unknown men near the Al Dar area of southeastern Baghdad, wounded two civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/10/2009: On Thursday morning at 0900, in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated two consecutive roadside bombs in an open air market, killing four people and wounding another twenty-nine. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
05/17/2009: On Sunday night at about 2110,  in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a coffee shop, wounding five civilians and damaging the coffee shop. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/02/2009: On Thursday evening, near Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, assailants fired upon a vehicle in which three judges were traveling, wounding the three judges and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday, in Mandali, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle on the highway the district, killing one civilian, wounding three others, and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/08/2009: On Tuesday, in Tuz Khurmato, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of a judge's house, damaging the house but causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/07/2009: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, gunmen shot and killed Leith Abid, a former brigadier general of the Iraqi army, near his house in the 17 July neighborhood. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/13/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1700, in the Kala'a district of Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq, two suicide bombers detonated improvised explosive devices they were wearing near the Ayoub Cafe, killing 21 civilians (20 Iraqi; 1 Egyptian), wounding 30 others, and damaging the cafe. The majority of those killed were members of the Yazidi religious sect. No group claimed responsibility.
04/06/2009: On Monday afternoon at approximately 1700, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, wounding four civilians and causing an unknown amount of property damage.  Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq/Islamic Shiite Resistance (AAH) claimed responsibility.
12/25/2009: On Friday, an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted Shia pilgrims in the area of al Maamil in eastern Baghdad, who were heading for Karbala, Iraq. A member of the Baghdad local council, Sabbar al Saadi, and two other government officials were wounded in the incident. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2009: On Sunday afternoon between 1630 and 1645, in one of three related attacks, in the Karrada, Rashid, Sab'ah Nisan, and Ar Rusafa districts of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated four improvised explosive devices (IED) and one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) near Christian churches, killing four civilians, injuring 32 others, and damaging five churches, many cars, several houses, and several buildings. Assailants detonated the first three IEDs between 1630 and 1645 in the eastern Ghadir neighborhood, in Tahriyat Square in the central Al Wahdah neighborhood, and in the Karrada district, injuring eight civilians at the Ghadir bombing, and damaging many cars and three churches. At 1900 in Beirut Square in the eastern Al Idrisi neighborhood, assailants detonated the VBIED outside the Notre Dame Church, killing four civilians (Three Christians; One Muslim), injuring 21 civilians (15 Christians; six Muslims), and damaging the church, several houses, and several buildings. At 2000 in the southern Al Mualimin neighborhood, assailants detonated the fourth IED near the Virgin Mary Church, injuring three civilians and damaging the church. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
08/11/2009: On Tuesday around 1200 noon, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device planted on a civilian car in the southern Durah neighborhood, wounding two civilians in the car and two civilian bystanders and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday morning at about 0900, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device  near a gasoline station on Nidhal Street, wounding four civilians but causing no damage. There was no motive reported and The Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI) claimed responsibility.
08/13/2009: On Thursday evening at 1930, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a market in the southern Abu Dishir neighborhood, killing two Shia civilians, wounding 13 others, and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility.
02/08/2009: On Sunday evening, in the al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired two mortar rounds at an unknown target but missed, striking a courtyard and wounding seven civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/03/2009: On Tuesday morning, in the Wahed Athar neighborhood, Kirkuk, Iraq, unidentified gunmen shot and killed the assistant director of the seeds department, Worya Fattah Khalil Agha Kakaie, in front of his house. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2009: On Sunday, in Gayara, Ninawa, Iraq, a prominent Sunni Arab tribal sheik and former general, who was among the leaders of a coalition running in the coming provincial elections in northern Iraq, was killed by a suicide bomber. The sheik, Hassan Zaidan al-Luhaibi, 59, was in his tribal guesthouse in the town of Gayara in Nineveh Province after attending a campaign event in the area when a teenager wearing an explosives-laden vest and armed with a machine gun stormed in. He detonated his explosives, killing Mr. Luhaibi and two of Mr. Luhaibi's relatives and wounding two Iraqi policemen. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday at 2115, a sticky improvised explosive device inside the car of Captain Zamel Mohammad Khidr detonated near a gas station in al Iskan neighborhood in northeastern Kirkuk, Iraq. The Captain was injured and the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
03/30/2009:  On Monday, at 1000, three civilians were killed and 15 others  injured by a bicycle bomb in downtown Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/15/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at about 1600, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a bus transporting Interior Ministry Oil Police (OP) personnel in the Wasti district of southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, killing 11 OP officers, wounding 13 others, destroying the bus, and damaging several shops and civilian cars. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
03/17/2009: On Tuesday, at 2325, in Baghdad, Iraq, a Katyusha missile hit the Al Arasat residential district of the Karrada neighborhood, wounding one civilian and damaging a house. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/09/2009: On Saturday morning at 1000, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed an off-duty police officer and wounded three civilians in the Bab al-Saray market. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday night, unknown assailants fired a mortar shell into the eastern Fudhayliyah neighborhood, and hit a busy intersection in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing three people, injuring eight, and causing unspecified damage to the community.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/18/2009: On Saturday evening at 2030, unknown gunmen killed the Colonel of the Ministry of Interior Intelligence in front of his house in the Ur neighborhood in eastern Baghdad. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/31/2009: On Friday afternoon at about 1330, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated improvised explosive device near the Al-Imam al-Sadiq Mosque in the I’lam neighborhood, wounding four civilians and damaging the mosque. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) is being blamed for the attack. This is one of six coordinated bombings that occurred in Baghdad targeting Shia mosques.
06/19/2009: On Friday evening, in the Mu'alimin district of central Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the car of a health department employee, wounding two people and damaging the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/10/2009: On Monday morning at 0700, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device on a commercial street, wounding eight civilians and damaging several shops. No group claimed responsibility.
12/15/2009: On Tuesday, an improvised explosive device blew up near Sayyidat al Bashaer Church in al Mohandiseen neighborhood in northern Mosul, Iraq. The explosion caused damage to the outside door of the church. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
11/17/2009: On Tuesday afternoon, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device at a liquor store on Atlas Street in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, injuring two civilians and damaging the store and one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/17/2009: On Friday evening, around 1800, assailants hit houses with three mortar rounds in Jisr Al Diyala, Baghdad, Iraq, killing three civilians and injuring eight. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/01/2009: On Tuesday, the son of a local provincial political official was kidnapped by unidentified militants in the town of al-Muqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq. The status of the hostage is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility.
07/30/2009: On Thursday morning at about 0800, in the Al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a group of civilians in 'Adan Square, wounding 18 civilians and damaging several cars and buildings. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/26/2009: On Wednesday night around 2300, unknown assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices magnetically attached to two civilian vehicles in the Al Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring 12 people and damaging two vehicles and several nearby shops. No group claimed responsibility.
08/10/2009: On Monday morning at 0550, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a group of Shia day laborers in the southwestern Hayy al 'Amil neighborhood, killing seven civilians and wounding 46 others. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed that the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrated this attack.
09/07/2009: On Monday night around 2200, Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside the Shia Abdel Karim al-Madani mosque. The blast killed five people, including three police officers, and wounded another twenty civilians. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/23/2009: On Monday morning at 0730, an improvised explosive device targeted the convoy of former prime minister and current lawmaker and prime ministerial candidate Ayad Allawi, on al Nidal Street in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were injured. One of the motorcade vehicles was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/17/2009: On Tuesday evening, in one of two related attacks, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) near the house of a policeman in Dour Al-Sement neighborhood in east Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, injuring three civilians but causing no specified damages. In the second attack assailants detonated an IED near the house of another policeman in Al Dubat neighborhood in central Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, injuring two civilians and causing no reported damages. No group claimed responsibility for the related attacks.
03/26/2009: On Thursday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a man was wounded when an assailant hurled a hand-grenade at his store in the area of Al Dawasa. There was motive or damage reported and, even though the culprit was later arrested, no group claimed responsibility.
12/15/2009: On Tuesday, a roadside bomb targeted al Athraa Church in al Majmu'a al Thaqafiyah neighborhood in northern Mosul, Iraq. No casualties were reported. The explosion caused material damages to the church. No group claimed responsibility.
04/11/2009: On Saturday, unknown gunmen shot and wounded an off duty Iraqi police officer Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/23/2009: On Monday morning, a roadside improvised explosive device targeted the car of the deputy chief of criminal investigation in Kirkuk city, Colonel Aras Mohammed, in a main street near Kirkurk park in south Kirkuk, Iraq. Mohammed survived the blast with some damage to his car. No group claimed responsibility and no casualties were reported.
01/31/2009: On Saturday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a mortar shell fell near a electoral center near the vegetables market, causing damage to nearby shops and houses. The electoral center was the third center to be hit in a coordinated mortar round attack in Tikrit. There were no casualties reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/17/2009: On Tuesday, unknown armed assailants fired upon and killed one Sahwa Council leader and one civilian in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility, though it was believed Al Qaeda was responsible.
11/18/2009: On Wednesday, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle in Bunayra village in Jalawlah, Diyala, Iraq, killing one civilian, injuring one other, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a bomb hidden in an oven on a wooden cart detonated in the Palestine neighborhood, wounding three people, but causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday evening, an improvised explosive device attached to a bus went off in the Albu Ulwan region of Mahawil district, Babel, Iraq. The blast killed two women and injured another twelve people, including children. No group has claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday, near Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a vehicle, killing two children, wounding four civilians, and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
07/08/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at approximately 1700, in Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device planted in a vehicle at a wedding celebration, killing two civilians, wounding 18 others, and damaging several vehicles. No group claimed responsibility.
12/25/2009: On Friday evening, an improvised explosive device (IED) attack targeted a Shia procession in al Rashad district of eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Three people were killed and seven were wounded. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday night, in Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, assailants fired four mortar rounds targeting the United States consulate located at the Babil Hotel, causing no casualties or damage. Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq/Islamic Shiite Resistance (AAH) claimed responsibility.
11/21/2009: On Saturday evening, a group of gunmen opened fire on a teacher in front of his house in al Qadissiya district, al Thaniya neighborhood, eastern Mosul, Iraq. The teacher was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
09/07/2009: On Monday night at 2230, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle- borne improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle in the western Khad'ra neighborhood, severely wounding the civilian driver and damaging his vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
04/01/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at approximately 1600, in the Shorijah district of eastern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a public market, killing two civilians, wounding seven others, and damaging four shops and three vehicles.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2009: On Friday morning, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a crew of municipal street sweepers in the Ad Dargazliya district of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring three government employees. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, in al Dubbat neighborhood in downtown Fallujah, Iraq a roadside improvised explosive device went off killing one civilian and no damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
07/05/2009: On Sunday morning, in the Al Mahata district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a government office, causing damage to the building and wounding twelve civilians and two police officers. No group claimed responsibility.
01/31/2009: On Saturday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, two mortar shells fell near an electoral center on the Al Arbaen Street, causing no casualties. The electoral center was the first of three polling centers that were hit by a coordinated mortar round attack. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/25/2009: On Friday, a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) targeted Shia pilgrims taking part in the religious festival of Ashura in the Kamaliya district of eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Three civilians were killed. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday between 1700 and 2000, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, injuring two Shiite pilgrims in ad Dora district of southern Baghdad, Iraq. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, four sound bombs went off in the gardens of the literature, education, economy faculties and the technical institute in Mosul University. The operation aimed to scare the students during their mid-term tests. No damage or casualties were reported in the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
02/28/2009: On Saturday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a car bomb detonated near the al Sayer restaurant in the al Mansour neighborhood, killing a senior Iraqi police officer and three civilians and wounding nine others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/21/2009: On Saturday, at 1100, in central Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a sticky bomb targeted police lieutenant Arkan Jabir as he was driving his car, injuring him and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/10/2009: On Monday night at 0450, in Khaznah, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants near-simultaneously detonated two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, killing between 25 and 30 civilians, wounding between 70 and 155 others, and damaging 72 homes and dozens of cars. The village was home to the Kurdish Shiite Shabak minority. No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, near Samarra', Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to the vehicle of a Sahwa Council official, wounding one civilian and damaging the vehicle and one residence. No group claimed responsibility.
04/02/2009: On Thursday in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a parked car bomb wounded nine civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/12/2009: On Friday, a roadside bomb planted on the main route between Abu Khemees village and Buhruz, 6 km to the south of Ba'qubah went off targeting civilian cars on the highway. The explosion caused no injuries or damage. No group claimed responsibility.
08/26/2009: On Wednesday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, injuring three people. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/06/2009: On Tuesday evening around 1800, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a public market in Al Amiriyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, killing eight or nine civilians, injuring between 20 and 26 civilians and five police officers, and damaging 12 cars and nine market stalls. No group claimed responsibility, but police suspected the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
09/10/2009: On Thursday morning, in Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the motorcade transporting the district commissioner, killing one civilian, wounding eight others and three bodyguards, and damaging three motorcade vehicles, four civilian cars, and five houses but not injuring the government official. No group claimed responsibility.
11/26/2009: On Thursday, an improvised explosive device went off in front of the church in al Jadieda region of western Mosul, Iraq. No casualties were reported. The main gate and the wall of the church were damaged in the incident. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday afternoon at approximately 1500, in Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, the house of a displaced Shiite family was blown up in the Amin neighborhood by an improvised explosive device. The family had just repaired the house that was previously damaged and were about to return to their neighborhood. No casualties were reported in the incident.  No group claimed responsibility.
11/23/2009: On Monday, gunmen opened fire at Imad al Ibadi, correspondent, presenter and reporter for al Diyar satellite channel near the channel's main offices in Salhiyah neighborhood, central Baghdad, Iraq. Imad al Ibadi was injured in the head and neck and is in a critical condition in hospital. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/20/2009: On Monday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device planted next to a house belonging to an Iraqi army captain in Fallujhah, AL Anbar, Iraq, killing two children but leaving the Captain unharmed.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
02/21/2009: On Saturday morning, in al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, armed assailants broke into the home of a former candidate in the provincial elections from the secular al-Umma party, killing one political affiliate and damaging one residence. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/10/2009: On Tuesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated in the central area of the city, wounding two civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, 10 miles west of Fallujah in Al Amiriyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the vehicle a tribal sheikh, a U.S. allied Sunni militia leader and a member of Al Anbar provincial council, Eifan Saadon al-Eifan, wounding two bodyguards and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
09/10/2009: On Thursday morning, in Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants kidnapped a college student and daughter of the press liaison in the local government of Ba'qubah, Wafa Natiq, as she was leaving a college campus. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown, and it is also unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday evening at about 2100, in the al-Shorta al-Rabea neighborhood of the Rashid district, Baghdad, Iraq, an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded inside a popular cafe in Baghdad. The IED was hidden in a bag brought in by an unidentified man who fled the scene before the blast. The blast caused severe damage to the cafe and killed nine civilians while injuring between 31 and 39 others. No group claimed responsibility.
11/25/2009: On Wednesday, a cart rigged with explosives went off near a marketplace in Zuhoor neighborhood in eastern Mosul, Iraq. No casualties were reported. The explosion caused minor damage to nearby buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
10/10/2009: On Saturday, in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, killing one civilian and wounding one other. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/10/2009: On Tuesday, in downtown Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a municipal bus, wounding the bus driver and destroying the bus. No group claimed responsibility.
12/15/2009: On Tuesday, a member of the local government in Baghdad's Sadr City district was targeted in a drive-by shooting in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq. He was injured, as well as another civilian. No group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, a sticky explosive device targeted a civilian vehicle in a market in al-Saadiya district of Khanaqin, Iraq. The civilian was wounded. The blast caused damage to the surrounding shops. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
11/21/2009: On Saturday afternoon at 1300, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device on Haifa Street, in the direction of the main Sayyed Ali Street in Baghdad, Iraq, injuring six civilians and damaging several nearby shops. No group claimed responsibility.
09/17/2009: On Thursday night, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near an electricity tower in Riyadh, At Ta'mim, Iraq, damaging the tower but causing no casualties. Authorities found and safely defused a second IED which was likely intended for first responders. No group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday evening at 1945, a roadside bomb detonated in Palestine street, wounding one civilian and causing no reported damage. There was motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/26/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1500, a sticky explosive charge attached to a vehicle went off as the vehicle was passing on a street in al Sayediya district in southern Baghdad, Iraq. One civilian was killed and three were wounded. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
07/25/2009: On Saturday morning, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device outside an office of the Iraqi Islamic Party, killing five civilians, wounding 30 civilians, damaging one political party office, one private health clinic, and several nearby stores. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility.
06/12/2009: On Friday, a roadside bomb killed a civilian and wounded seven other civilians in Baiji. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/02/2009: On Saturday, an improvised explosive device went off in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring four people, including one police officer who happened to be near the explosion scene. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday morning around 0900, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the convoy of a high-ranking official in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two civilians, damaging several nearby buildings and one civilian vehicle.No group claimed responsibility.
03/07/2009: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosvie device detonated inside a food shop in the Sumar neighborhood, wounding four civilians and causing no reported damage.There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/07/2009: On Monday morning at 830, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle- borne improvised explosive device attached to a Council of Ministers' Political Prisoners Department government vehicle in Al Wathiq Square in the central Al Wahdah neighborhood, wounding the government employee and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
08/19/2009: On Wednesday morning at approximately 1100, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in the southwestern Madinat al Bayaa' neighborhood, killing two people and wounding sixteen others. No group claimed responsibility.
04/06/2009: On Monday morning at 0800 , a parked car bomb targeted the motorcade of Brigadier General Sadoun, Deputy Director of the Internal Security Court, in the al Niayriyah neighborhood in northeast Baghdad. The blast killed one civilian and one security guard. Three civilians and another guard were wounded as well. The explosives were detonated remotely. It should also be noted that this was one of several attacks that took place in Baghdad on 04/06/2009, and there was an assortment of speculation in regards to who may be responsible. Among those named in the speculation were Al Qaeda in Iraq and members of the Sunni Awakening Councils. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. The U.S. military later asserted that the attacks appeared to be coordinated by Al Qaeda.
11/26/2009: On Thursday morning at 1100, two home-made bombs exploded in al Asri market in al Musayyib, Iraq. At least three civilians were killed and 28 were wounded, including two children. The explosions damaged many nearby shops and stalls and to the surrounding buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb went off in the Zayouna neighborhood, wounding two civilians, but causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2009: On Sunday afternoon between 1630 and 1645, in one of three related attacks, in the Karrada, Rashid, Sab'ah Nisan, and Ar Rusafa districts of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated four improvised explosive devices (IED) and one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) near Christian churches, killing four civilians, injuring 32 others, and damaging five churches, many cars, several houses, and several buildings. Assailants detonated the first three IEDs between 1630 and 1645 in the eastern Ghadir neighborhood, in Tahriyat Square in the central Al Wahdah neighborhood, and in the Karrada district, injuring eight civilians at the Ghadir bombing, and damaging many cars and three churches. At 1900 in Beirut Square in the eastern Al Idrisi neighborhood, assailants detonated the VBIED outside the Notre Dame Church, killing four civilians (Three Christians; One Muslim), injuring 21 civilians (15 Christians; six Muslims), and damaging the church, several houses, and several buildings. At 2000 in the southern Al Mualimin neighborhood, assailants detonated the fourth IED near the Virgin Mary Church, injuring three civilians and damaging the church. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/22/2009: On Thursday morning, a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle was detonated on al-Aamal al-Shaabi street in the al-Aamiriya neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed the driver of the car and wounded the passenger. No group has claimed responsibility.
02/17/2009: On Tuesday, in Al Khalis, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the convoy of the police chief, causing no injuries or damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/29/2009:  On Sunday evening, at approximately 2000, a magnetic bomb targeted a car, killing one police officer, one civilian, wounding eight others, and damaging one vehicle, on Omar Bin Abdulaziz St. in Baghdad, Iraq.  No group claimed responsibility.
02/16/2009: On Monday, in the Ma'mun district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device on top  the residence of a police officer, wounding one police officer, two civilians, one of whom was the police officer's wife, and damaging one home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday, on Falasteen street, Baghdad, Iraq, an explosive charge went off near a gas station, wounding four people amidst celebrations commemorating the Ashura Day. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/11/2009: On Saturday, one civilian was killed and two others were wounded when a roadside bomb went off south of Mandali, Diyala province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/29/2009: On Friday, in Khalis, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a bomb targeting a bus station, killing four civilians and wounding at least ten. The bomb was attached to a car parked at the station. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/08/2009: On Tuesday afternoon, in the al-Touz district of At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted, Lt. Col. Zayd Hussein Khalaf, the director of the anti-terrorism department in the Amerli district, near the village of Janjaly, killing the director and three of his security detail and wounding another. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
12/12/2009: On Saturday, an unknown number of gunmen threw a hand grenade at a government vehicle known to belong to Tall 'Afar's municipality in the al-Nour neighborhood or Tall 'Afar. There were no casualties and no claims of responsibility has been made.
09/17/2009: On Thursday evening at 2100, unknown assailants fired three rockets at the International Zone in the Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring four civilians and damaging the Babylon Hotel. No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed that Shia extremists were responsible.
09/28/2009: On Monday, in Al Diwaniyah, Al Qadisiyah, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device stuck to a minibus, killing six civilians, wounding five others, and damaging the minibus. No group claimed responsibility.
11/02/2009: On Monday, morning, in central Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near a real estate office on al-Arbaeen Street, wounding one civilian and damaging several stores and the real estate office. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday between 1700 and 2000, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded near a Shiite mosque in al Karradah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian and wounding four others. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/30/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at about 1500, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a improvised explosive device attached to a minibus in the southern Durah neighborhood, killing one university student, wounding eight others, and damaging the minibus. No group claimed responsibility.
09/08/2009: On Tuesday, in Ad Daghgharah, Al Qadisiyah, Iraq, assailants threw a hand grenade at the house of a Shia Dawa Party leader, damaging the house but causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/18/2009: On Sunday morning around 0800, an adhesive bomb attached to a car exploded in the Jadiriyah neighborhood in the Karradah district, central Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed one civilian and injured another three. No group has claimed responsibility.
08/01/2009: On Saturday, in the Mafraq district of western Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the house of the Director of the Diyala Border Administration, wounding five civilian family members and damaging the house but not injuring the government official. No group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device outside the residence of a police officer, heavily damaging the home but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday morning at 1030, in the al-Karradah neighborhood in Jadriyah, southern Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb was detonated as the convoy of a senior officer in the Iraqi National Police, Major General Ahmed Sabri, passed by, wounding one security guard and three civilians. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
07/16/2009: On Thursday morning around 0730, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a civilian car that was targeting a minibus filled with Shiite pilgrims in the Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring 18 civilians and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/11/2009: On Thursday, an improvised explosive device planted by an unidentified person detonated on the Falastine street in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, wounding four civilians. No claim of responsibility was made for the attack.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device near the Rafidain Bank branch in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, injuring two civilians and damaging the bank and several nearby shops.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/29/2009: On Wednesday evening at approximately 2015, assailants detonated two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices near a Shiite mosque in Madinat al Hurriyah neighborhood in the Al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing three civilians and wounding eight others.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
04/02/2009: On Thursday in Maysan, Iraq, four Katyusha rockets landed on a sugar factory setting one of the warehouses on fire. The rockets also set ten vehicles belonging to the facility on fire. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/27/2009: On Thursday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the convoy of the city mayor of Mosul, killing one police officer and one person, wounding four police officers, and damaging at least one vehicle but not injuring the mayor. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2009: On Sunday, a roadside bomb went off in Haswa, Babel, Iraq. The blast killed two people and wounded another nine. No group has claimed responsibility.
09/10/2009: On Thursday, in Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated two or three improvised explosive devices hidden on pushcarts in a public vegetable market, killing two civilians, wounding 20 others, and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, gunmen killed an off-duty policeman. There was no damage reported in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility.
07/05/2009: On Sunday evening, in the Nahr al-Hajiya district of central Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a CD shop, wounding seven civilians and two shop owners and damaging a shop. No group claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, a university professor, Saud al Dulaimi found a sticky improvised explosive device inside his car while he was leaving his house in al Dubbat neighborhood in downtown Fallujah, Iraq. Bomb squad personnel managed to dismantle the device without causing any casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/11/2009: On Thursday, a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in the Al Mansour neighborhood in western Baghdad, wounding three civilians and severely damaging the vehicle. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/18/2009: On Sunday, a bomb attached to a motorcycle went of in the Adhamiya district of Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed three people and wounded another fourteen. No group has claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday from 1700 and 2000, a booby-trapped parked motorcycle exploded in the al Ilaam district of southern Baghdad, Iraq. One Shia pilgrim was killed and five were wounded. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
08/27/2009: On Thursday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed one member of the Ninawa provincial council as he left a mosque. No group claimed responsibility.
09/08/2009: On Tuesday, in the Al Arabi district of northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded as a civilian car drove past, killing one civilian and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
11/16/2009: On Monday morning, an improvised explosive device planted by unknown assailants detonated in the Raas al Jaada area, in downtown Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring two civilians. No damage was reported, and no group claimed responsibility.
05/16/2009: On Saturday afternoon at about 1700, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded in the southwestern Jihad neighborhood, wounding three civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/06/2009: On Sunday, Iraqi security forces defused a roadside explosive charge on a main road in al Khanafisa area, north of Karbala, Karbala, Iraq. No damages or casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday afternoon around 1500, unknown assailants detonated a car bomb in the town of Al Mahmudiyah, Baghdad, Iraq, injuring three civilians.  No claim of responsibility or damages have been reported.
03/23/2009: On Monday, in the afternoon, in the Hassan Qoi district of Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device he was wearing in a market, killing one police officer, wounding eight civilians, and causing damage to the market. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/22/2009: On Tuesday morning at 0900, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device wounded two civilians near Umm al Tobool mosque. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2009: On Monday at about 1200 noon, in Al Khalis, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded, wounding two civilians. Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq/Islamic Shiite Resistance (AAH) claimed responsibility.
04/10/2009: On Friday, a woman was killed and her daughter wounded when an improvised explosive device went off on a main street in the Al Zahraa neighborhood in eastern Mosul, Ninawa province, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed an off-duty police officer. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, a magnetic bomb attached to a minibus, detonated near al Baladiyat intersection in Al Hamza Sq. in the Shia neighborhood near Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed three women and injured four other people. No group has claimed responsibility.
09/07/2009: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device stuck to the car of a Colonel in the Nineveh police force as the car approached a checkpoint on the way to Tilkeif. The blast killed the officer, along with one of his sons, injured his two other sons, two Peshmerga fighters, and damaged the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/10/2009: On Saturday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a store in the Al Iskandariyah area of Babil, Iraq, injuring the storekeeper, two children, and damaging the store. No group claimed responsibility.
11/16/2009: On Monday morning before dawn, in one of two related attacks, a group of armed men dressed in Iraqi Army uniforms raided the home of Attala Ouda al Shuker, a prominent leader in the Sahwa (Awakening) movement of Sunni tribesmen, in Seadan village in Abu Ghurayb, Baghdad, Iraq, killing three of his sons and four other relatives. In the related attack, the armed assailants attacked Zauba village in Abu Ghurayb, west Baghdad, where they took six locals hostage and soon after shot them dead. In total from the related attacks, eight victims were killed by gunfire and five were beheaded. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb detonated at a grain mill factory in Adan Sq. of al Hurriya neighborhood in the northwestern Kadhimiya district of Baghdad, Iraq. The blast wounded six people, including three guards. No group has claimed responsibility.
09/08/2009: On Tuesday, a sticky bomb attached to a car belonging to a bodyguard of a parliament member, MP Mahmoud al-Azawi, detonated in the al-Shurta neighborhood, north Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The blast injured two bodyguards. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/26/2009: On Thursday morning at 1100, a sticky bomb attached to a civilian car injured the owner of the vehicle in al Maghrib St. of al Adhamiya neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
04/29/2009: On Wednesday evening around 1830, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the Rashid district, western Baghdad, Iraq, injuring five civilians.  No group has claimed responsibility.
11/17/2009: On Tuesday at 1200 noon, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device planted inside a stationary store on 60 Street in the Al Doura district in southern Baghdad, Iraq, killing two soldiers and injuring six civilians. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/17/2009: On Thursday, armed assailants fired on a district chief as he was leaving his house in Al Khidr, Babil, Iraq, killing the government official and injuring his son and grandson. No damages were reported and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
01/02/2009: On Friday, in the Dawasa neighborhood of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted civilians, wounding two people. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
12/23/2009: On Wednesday, Al Anbar, Iraq, a magnetic improvised explosive device that was stuck to the vehicle of a presidential candidate's car exploded killing one off-duty soldier, injuring the candidate and his relative were injured, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
12/22/2009: On Tuesday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device wounded a civilian. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/22/2009: On Tuesday, in Tarmiyah, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device wounded three civilians. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
04/29/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at approximately 1700, an improvised explosive device exploded near a minibus in the al-Durah neighborhood in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing five civilians and injuring eight.  No other casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/24/2009: On Saturday, in Hilla, Babil, Iraq, gunmen opened fire on an independent candidate in the upcoming elections near his house in Al-Bu Alian village, causing no casualties or damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday afternoon at about 1300, in the Abu Dishir neighborhood of the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, wounding five civilians and damaging four cars and several shops. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, near Al Khalis, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed one Sahwa Council leader. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic state of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
01/23/2009: On Friday, in Baghdad, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off in the intersection of al-Khadraa neighborhood, killing one person and wounding two others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
09/07/2009: On Monday, in the Mafraq district of western Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded near a civilian on a motorcycle, killing the civilian and damaging the motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility.
11/23/2009: On Monday, a force from the 28th infantry division managed to defuse a car bomb and to kill its Kuwaiti driver in al Qa'im, Al Anbar province, Iraq. The car was loaded with three tons of Chlorine and C4 as well as other chemical materials. No damage was reported and no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/22/2009: On Tuesday, Al Karradah, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device that was hidden in a plastic bag near a Shia mourning tent in, killing one civilian and five were wounded. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/06/2009: On Sunday, a sticky explosive device hit a civilian car in al Adhamiya neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. The civilian was injured and the car was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/28/2009: On Sunday evening at 2100, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the vehicle of a female member of the local council of Al Anbar in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, killing the member of the Sunni Iraqi Islamic party, injuring one civilian, and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/18/2009: On Sunday, a bomb attached to a car exploded in northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The blast injured two construction workers. No group has claimed responsibility.
11/17/2009: On Tuesday evening, in one of two related attacks, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) near the house of a policeman in Al Dubat neighborhood in central Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, injuring two civilians and causing no reported damages. In the second attack assailants detonated an IED near the house of another policeman in Dour Al-Sement neighborhood in east Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, injuring three civilians but causing no specified damages. No group claimed responsibility for the related attacks.
01/05/2009: On Monday night, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and wounded an off-duty police officer. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/10/2009: On Thursday, a bomb exploded in al Intesar neighborhood in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. One civilian was injured. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday morning at 0800,  in the Mu'askar ar Rashid neighborhood of the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two roadside improvised explosive devices near a group of Shia pilgrims en route to Karbala' for Ashura, wounding seven pilgrims and five civilians. There was damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
11/26/2009: On Thursday morning at 0900, a magnetic bomb attached to a car exploded as the vehicle was moving on Qanat al Jiesh street in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. The driver was killed and his passenger was injured and two bystanders were injured. The car was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
12/11/2009: On Friday, an improvised explosive device attached to a water tanker in the al-Mahawii district of the Babel province exploded, wounding the driver. The blast caused severe damage to the tanker. No claims of responsibility have been made.
07/31/2009: On Friday afternoon at about 1300, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near the Al-Sadriyyum Mosque in the Az Za’faraniyah neighborhood, killing one civilian, wounding seven others and damaging the mosque. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) is being blamed for the attack. This is one of six coordinated bombings that occurred in Baghdad targeting Shia mosques.
11/26/2009: On Thursday morning at 0800, a parked, booby-trapped car went off at a taxi and a bus station in Yusufiyah, Iraq. One civilian was killed and 10 were wounded. A garage was damaged in the bombing. No group claimed responsibility.
07/31/2009: On Friday evening at around 2000, in northern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the predominantly Kurdish Azadi Market, killing two civilians, wounding 15 others, and damaging the market. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/06/2009: On Sunday afternoon around 1300, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle- borne improvised explosive device in the Baladiyat neighborhood. The blast wounded six people. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
04/20/2009: On Monday, a child was wounded when a hand grenade went off at a civilian home near a soccer field in Al Hindiya, 20 km east of Karbala, Iraq. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/28/2009: On Sunday morning, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle in Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq, killing one civilian, injuring three others, and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
07/31/2009: On Friday afternoon at about 1300, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near the Al-Rasul al-A’zam Mosque in the Diyala neighborhood, killing four civilians, wounding 17 others and damaging the mosque. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) is being blamed for the attack. This is one of six coordinated bombings that occurred in Baghdad targeting Shia mosques.
10/17/2009: On Saturday, at 1900, a roadside bomb targeted civilians in the Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast injured three civilians. No group has claimed responsibility.
09/16/2009: On Wednesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, one civilian was injured in a sticky bomb attack in the Adhamiyah neighborhood. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2009: On Thursday night, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car in central Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, injuring six civilians and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
11/25/2009: On Wednesday at morning at 1030, an improvised explosive device targeted diners inside the restaurant in central Karbala, Iraq. A booby trapped motorcycle detonated minutes later targeting the ambulance and medics that arrived to help the wounded, causing most of the casualties. The total amount of casualties from all sources were conflicted. The most substantiated casualty report from both explosions was 46. At least 21 civilians and five police personnel were injured. An unknown amount of people were killed. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/13/2009: On Tuesday evening at 1930, in Baghdad, Iraq, three mortar rounds fell in Raghiba Khatun, a residential neighborhood. Seven civilians were wounded in the attack and three houses received severe damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/10/2009: On Wednesday morning at 900, in Al Bathah, Dhi Qar, Iraq, assailants detonated a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a predominantly Shia outdoor vegetable market crowded with shoppers, killing 28 civilians and five children, wounding 45, and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities suspected that the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrated this attack.
12/22/2009: On Tuesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the vehicle of Captain Ahmed Abdulghafoor, the director of al Rashad police. The captain and one of his bodyguards were injured in the attack. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
03/05/2009: On Thursday at 0800,  in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired upon and wounded an Interior Ministry brigadier general behind the Al-Gaylani gas station as he was heading to work.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/22/2009: On Thursday, at night, in As Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated four improvised explosive devices magnetically attached to trucks transporting concrete barriers to schools that will be used as polling stations for upcoming elections, killing one driver, wounding one other, and damaging four trucks. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/31/2009: On Friday afternoon at about 1300, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the Al-Shurufi Mosque in the Ash Sha’b neighborhood, killing 24 people, wounding 107 others and damaging the mosque. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) is being blamed for the attack. This is one of six coordinated bombings that occurred in Baghdad targeting Shia mosques.
10/08/2009: On Thursday afternoon around 1700, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a barber shop in the Shuhada'a district of Al Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq, killing three Sunni civilians, injuring 10 others, and damaging the barber shop and several adjacent shops. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
04/01/2009: On Wednesday, in Kirkuk, Karbala', Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a barber shop, wounding the barber shop owner and damaging the barber shop and several other adjacent stores. No group claimed responsibility.
08/19/2009: On Wednesday night, unknown assailants fired upon an office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Jalula, Diyala, Iraq, killing two Kurdish private security guards, injuring two others, and damaging the office. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic State of Iraq was responsible.
04/01/2009: On Wednesday night at 2330 in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a parked car bomb targeted the motorcade of the chief of police of Ninawa,  wounding nine civilians and one policeman. The Chief of Police wasn't wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
07/30/2009: On Thursday night, in the Ras al Jadda district of southwestern Mosul, Ninawa (Nineveh), Iraq, assailants threw a hand grenade inside a house, killing two people, wounding two others, and damaging the home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/22/2009: On Tuesday evening, in Hilla, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a bus in al Qarya al Asriya village. One civilian was killed and two were injured, and damaging the bus. No group claimed responsibility.
12/09/2009: On Wednesday morning, an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near al Sabah library in al Aadhamiya neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and three were wounded. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
07/31/2009: On Friday afternoon at about 1300, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the Al Hikmah Mosque in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, wounding six worshippers and damaging the mosque. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) is being blamed for the attack. This is one of six coordinated bombings that occurred in Baghdad targeting Shia mosques.
10/18/2009: On Sunday evening around 1800, a booby-trapped car detonated near a play station shop in the Raghiba Khatoon area of the Adhamiyah neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed five people and wounded another fifteen. No group has claimed responsibility.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday, unknown gunmen planted an explosive charge that went off in the Sahet al-Houriya area in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two civilians.  No claim of responsibility or damages have been reported.
06/11/2009: On Thursday around noon, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded near Mustansiriya Square in the northern Al Waziriyah neighborhood, wounding four civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted students as they were leaving Al Hadbaa College, injuring seven students. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2009: On Friday, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the car transporting the Sunni Imam of the Abdul-Qadir al-Kilani Mosque in As Saqlawiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, killing the iman and two bodyguards and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility, but was widely believed that the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
04/10/2009: On Friday, a roadside bomb targeted a civilian vehicle on the main route from the village of Mansouriyat Al Jabal to Muqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and three children were wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
11/16/2009: On Monday, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the Khan al-Tamir market in central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, killing six civilians, injuring eight others, and damaging several shops and several vehicles. No group claimed responsibility.
08/19/2009: On Wednesday morning between 1030 and 1100, in the Ar Rusafa and Al Karkh districts of Baghdad, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) on an overpass near the Finance Ministry in the central Bab al Muazzam neighborhood. Simultaneously, assailants detonated a VBIED outside the Foreign Ministry near the central International (Green) Zone, killing 101 government employees, civilians, and children; wounding 552 government employees, civilians, and children; and damaging one overpass, scores of vehicles, three government buildings, at least one hundred residences including apartment buildings, one school, one hotel, and over at lease one hundred other buildings. Authorities discovered and safely defused two more VBIEDs near the Foreign Ministry. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility, but authorities also blamed Baathists from the former regime.
07/07/2009: On Tuesday evening, in the Nablus district of northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, wounding one civilian. No group claimed responsibility.
11/26/2009: On Thursday afternoon, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) bureau official, Raheem Agha Bakhtiyar, who ran in Saadiya, Khanaqin district, was killed when an improvised explosive device went off in front of his house in Sa diyah, northeast of Ba'quba, Iraq. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
03/26/2009: On Thursday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted a truck belonging to technicians of the Iraqi electricity ministry in the Rashad neighborhood, wounding four people and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/10/2009: On Monday morning at 1100, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in an outdoor market in the predominantly Sunni southwestern Sa'diyah neighborhood, killing two civilians, wounding 14 others, and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility.
11/16/2009: On Monday morning before dawn, in one of three related attacks, unknown assailants targeted a policeman's house with three improvised explosive devices (IED) in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, which detonated and injured four police officers, four civilians, and damaged the house. In one related attack, another policeman's house was targeted with an IED which exploded, injuring two family members and damaging the house. In a third attack, one IED was detonated outside another police officer's house in Fallujah, injuring four civilians, but causing no reported damage. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the related attacks.
09/08/2009: On Tuesday, the motorcade of the deputy governor of Salahuddin province, Ahmed Abduljabbar al-Kareen, was targeted by a roadside bomb in downtown Tikrit. The blast injured three of his security guards and caused damage to two vehicles of the motorcade. No group has claimed responsibility.
12/09/2009: On Wednesday morning, at 0800, a roadside bomb killed two people and wounded seven others in Adhamiya district in northern Baghdad, Iraq. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
04/29/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at approximately 1630, two car bombs went off targeting markets in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, killing 45 people, injuring around 78, and damaging several stalls in the market. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
09/07/2009: On Monday afternoon, in Baiji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the office building of an Electricity Ministry inspector, damaging the building but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/16/2009: On Friday, armed men blew up a pontoon bridge connecting the Zawbaa village and the district of al-Ameriyah, Fallujah, Anbar, Iraq. The bridge served as the only route to the Hitawiyeen area, which is now isolated. No group has claimed responsibility.
09/07/2009: On Monday afternoon, in Karbala', Karbala', Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle- borne improvised explosive device attached to a Kia minibus traveling from Al Hillah, killing three civilians, wounding four others, and damaging the minibus. No group claimed responsibility.
12/09/2009: On Wednesday morning, at 0900, a roadside bomb went off on the main road in al Qahera neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and 11 were injured. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
11/05/2009: On Thursday, in Al Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a barber shop, killing one barber, wounding one other, and damaging the shop. No group claimed responsibility.
09/16/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at about 1600, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the car of Mohammad al-Rabaie, a Baghdad provincial councilman, damaging the car but causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, in the western Mafraq district of Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle, wounding three civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
07/23/2009: On Thursday afternoon at about 1630, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the residence of a returning displaced family in the Ghazaliya area, wounding three civilians and damaging one home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/17/2009: On Saturday, a bomb attached to the car of an Interior Ministry Official detonated in the Yarmouk district of central Baghdad, Iraq. The blast wounded the official and one civilian. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/17/2009: On Saturday, unknown gunmen planted improvised explosive devices and TNT around the house of a police officer and detonated the charges in the al-Aameriya district of southern Fallujah, Anbar, Iraq. The blast destroyed the house and wounded Captain Anwar al-Issawi. No group has claimed responsibility.
12/10/2009: On Thursday, a roadside bomb went off near the convoy of Brigadier General Majed al-Bayati, head of a brigade of federal police, in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. Three of his guards were injured. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
06/11/2009: On Thursday night at about 2200, in Karbala', Karbala', Iraq, assailants detonated a remote controlled vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a cafe, killing two civilians, wounding three others, and damaging the cafe. No group claimed responsibility.
02/12/2009: On Thursday, at about 1315, in the Sabatash Tammuz district of northwestern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, three assailants fired upon and killed Abdul-Kareem al-Sherabi, the deputy manager of the National Dialogue Front Party, near his house in the 17th of July neighborhood. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/09/2009: On Wednesday night, at 1700, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated on a minibus on al Mahmudiyah road in Al Mahmudiyah, Baghdad, Iraq. Three civilians were killed and eight were injured. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
04/10/2009: On Friday, a cycle bomb detonated near a wedding party in the Al Askari, 30 km east of Ba'quba, Iraq, wounding ten civilians. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
04/10/2009: On Friday, a roadside bomb targeted civilians in the city of Yousifiyah, 25 km to the south of Baghdad. Two civilians were killed and four others were wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
09/06/2009: On Sunday morning around 1000, a roadside bomb detonated in the Karradah neighborhood in downtown Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast wounded five people. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
12/22/2009: On Tuesday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attached to a car, wounding Fallujah local council member Abdul Hadi al Irsan. No monetary damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday evening at 2030, in the southern Durah neighborhood of the Rashid District, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, wounding three civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
12/11/2009: On Friday, two improvised explosive devices (IED) detonated simultaneously in the Qorat Ghoul area of south Baghdad. The first IED was concealed in a TV and brought to a shop for fixing televisions. The device exploded, killing the owner of the shop. The second IED detonated when many citizens gathered in response to the first explosion, killing two and wounding six others. Four suspects have been arrested and a search is being conducted for a fifth.
08/10/2009: On Monday morning, in one of two related attacks at 0620, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a group of Shia day laborers in the southwestern Shurtah ar Rabi'a neighborhood, killing nine civilians and wounding 35 others. No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrated this attack.
11/16/2009: On Monday morning before dawn, in one of three related attacks, unknown assailants targeted a policeman's house with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, which detonated and injured four family members, but caused no reported damages. In one related attack, another policeman's house was targeted with an IED which exploded, injuring two family members and damaging the house. In a third attack, three IED's were detonated outside another police officer's house in Fallujah, injuring four police officers, four civilians, and damaging the home. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the related attacks.
02/03/2009: On Tuesday, near a popular market in downtown Baaquba city, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated inside an ambulance. Another IED blast followed in the same place, leaving a number of casualties that was not immediately known. No claim of responsibility has been reported. It is unknown if this attack caused any property damage.
11/16/2009: On Monday morning before dawn, in one of three related attacks, unknown assailants targeted a policeman's house with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, which detonated and injured two family members and damaged the house. In one related attack, another policeman's house was targeted with an IED which exploded, injuring four family members, but causing no reported damage to the house. In the third attack, three IED's were detonated outside another police officer's house in Fallujah, injuring four police officers, four civilians, and damaging the home. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the related attacks.
04/10/2009: On Friday, unknown gunmen killed a member of the Political Council for National Powers in front of his house in the Al Zohour neighborhood of northeastern Mosul. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
08/10/2009: On Monday evening at 2000, in one of two related attacks in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a restaurant in the southwestern Shurtah ar Rabi'a neighborhood, killing two civilians, wounding 18 others, and damaging the restaurant. No group claimed responsibility.
03/05/2009: A roadside bomb wounded the head of the education office of Salah ad Din, near the city of Tikrit. The driver of the car was also wounded in the blast. No claim of responsibilty was been reported.
06/27/2009: On Saturday, a roadside bomb planted by unknown assailants exploded in the northern Mustansiriya district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring three civilians. No damages or claim of responsibility have been reported.
10/17/2009: On Saturday, unknown gunmen set a booby-trapped car bomb on a bridge crossing the Euphrates River in Ramadi, Anbar, Iraq's southern area of al-Jazeera. The blast did not cause any casualties, but it did destroy part of the bridge. No group has claimed responsibility.
09/16/2009: On Wednesday, in As Saqlawiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated explosives in a Sahwa Council leader's newly built house, destroying the home but causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/12/2009: On Thursday morning, at about 1115, in downtown Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, two improvised explosive devices (IED) hidden in garbage cans exploded almost simultaneously in the Khan al Nis area, wounding two municipal garbage collectors and one civilian. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility. Police officers safely defused a third IED located nearby.
09/06/2009: On Sunday night around 2200, in the Saidiyah neighborhood, south Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside bomb. Four civilians were injured in the blast. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
02/12/2009: On Thursday afternoon, in the Sarej Khana district of central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants fired upon and wounded Akram khalaf, a provincial elections candidate from the National Movement for Reform and Development party. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/10/2009: On Friday, a Katyusha missile hit a house in the Taji district of Baghdad wounding two civilians and causing extensive material damage to the house. No group claimed responsibility.
09/16/2009: On Wednesday, in al Ghalbiyah, Diyala, Iraq, five civilians were injured when a parked car bomb exploded. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/16/2009: On Monday, in a drive-by shooting, unknown assailants fired upon a group of people in Rabrin neighborhood in eastern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, killing a Kurdish Asayesh intelligence officer and injuring two civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
02/12/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1615, in Karbala, Iraq, a  home-made propane gas cylinder explosive charge, that was triggered by remote control by a suicide bomber, went off in Qiblat al-Imam al-Hussein street, killing eight Shiite pilgrims and wounding 56 others. The incident took place around 50 meters from the Shrine of Imam Hussein. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
12/22/2009: On Tuesday night, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants opened fire on Defense Ministry Inspector Brigadier General Riad Abdul Majid while he was in front of his house in Ghazaliya in western Baghdad, Iraq, killing the general. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
09/16/2009: On Wednesday evening at around 1800, in the Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired two rockets at the International (Green) Zone that landed in Abu Nawas Street, wounding two civilians. United States Vice President Joseph Biden had just concluded a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prior to this attack. There was no damage or motive reported and the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq/Islamic Shiite Resistance (AAH) claimed responsibility.
11/16/2009: On Monday morning before dawn, in one of two related attacks, a group of armed men dressed in Iraqi Army uniforms attacked Zauba village in Abu Ghurayb, west Baghdad, where they took six locals hostage and soon after shot them dead. In the related attack, the armed assailants then raided the home of Attala Ouda al Shuker, a prominent leader in the Sahwa (Awakening) movement of Sunni tribesmen, in Seadan village in Abu Ghurayb, Baghdad, Iraq, killing three of his sons and four other relatives. In total from the related attacks, eight victims were killed by gunfire and five were beheaded. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/12/2009: On Thursday, near al Khalis, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device targeted a civilian car in the al Idheem district, killing two civilians, wounding three others, and damaging the car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday, in Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq, gunmen chased down the car of Subhi Hassan Mohammed, a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan official, killing him and one of his guards and injured another in the Cheman area. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/20/2010: On Tuesday, in Jadidat al-Shat to the west of Baquba, Diyala, Iraq, one Iranian pilgrim was killed, and five were wounded by a car bomb targeting a bus. The amount of damages caused by the attack are unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/27/2010: On Friday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, seven civilians were wounded when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the residence of a police officer. The amount of property damage that occurred in the attack is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/04/2010: On Saturday, in the Shula neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device when it hit a bus carrying Iranians. Two people were killed and 28 others were wounded in the blast. The amount of damage from the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2010: On Thursday, in Al Muqdadiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a convoy of Iranian pilgrims, wounding three Iraqi guards and seven pilgrims, including two women and five men. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the convoy and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/15/2010: On Wednesday, on Palestine Street in northern Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device detonated near a vehicle belonging to the Baghdad municipality, wounding two of its employees and causing an unknown amount of property damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/12/2010: On Sunday morning after 1000, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, in one of two linked attacks, a second bomb was found in a nearby parking lot. The bomb did not cause any casualties or damages because it was found by officials and detonated in a safe place. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/20/2010: On Tuesday, in Radhwaniyah district, southwest Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the house of sheikh Hameed Hasen al Zowba'i, a Sahwa commander, injuring his wife, daughter and causing an unknown amount of property damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2010: On Friday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, the Deputy Chief of the Kirkuk's Kurdish security forces in Asayesh survived an attempt on his life when an improvised explosive device detonated, targeting his motorcade. The blast caused damage to two of Colonel Salar Khalid's vehicles, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
08/07/2010: On Saturday, in the Al Rashad area of Fallujah city, Al Anbar, Iraq, in one of three related attacks, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device inside the house of an off-duty police officer, killing his wife, wounding seven members of his family, and damaging the home. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday, near the Alwiya Hospital in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, three civilians and an employee of the Iraqi Directorate of Nationality and Civil Affairs were wounded when an improvised explosive device planted in the vehicle of the government employee was detonated. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/13/2010: On Friday, in one of two related attacks in the al-Shohadda neighborhood, in Samarra, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device consisting of highly explosive C-4, targeting the house of a policeman in the rank of major, wounding three policemen, wounding six civilians, and damaging the home. The casualties were mostly women and children. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/23/2010: On Tuesday in the afternoon, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device hidden inside a plastic bag in a book market in the western Mutanabbi neighborhood, killing one civilian, wounding three others, and damaging several stores. No group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2010: On Friday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown militants fired two rockets at a residence in Al Khadraa neighborhood, damaging the residence but causing no casualties. There were no claims of responsibility.
09/23/2010: On Thursday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, four civilians were killed and four others were wounded when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting their vehicle in the Muthana Zayuna area of Nissan district. The vehicle was damaged in the blast. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/13/2010: On Friday, in one of two related attacks in the al-Shohadaa neighborhood, Samarra, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a second improvised explosive device consisting of highly explosive C-4, targeting the home of a Sahwa force commander, wounding nine civilians. The blast caused an unknown amount of damage to the house. No group claimed responsibility.
09/21/2010: On Tuesday, in central Nassiriya, Dhi Qar, Iraq, seven people were wounded and a U.S. vehicle and three civilian cars were damaged when a roadside bomb exploded. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2010: On Thursday, in the Al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle in the northwest 'Atayfiyah neighborhood, wounding the driver and four nearby civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
07/08/2010: On Thursday, a car filled with explosive devices exploded in the al-Aalam neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion targeted and injured ten Shiite pilgrims and caused damage to surrounding vehicles. No group claimed responsibility.
02/21/2010: On Sunday, in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed a policeman while off-duty near his home. No group claimed responsibility.
07/08/2010: On Thursday, a roadside improvised explosive device in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq, wounded fourteen Shiite pilgrims. The pilgrims were walking home from the shrine of the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim when the blast occurred. No damages have been reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/13/2010: On Saturday evening between 2100 and 2200, in one five related attacks; Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near a political party office in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq. Four other IEDs were detonated near political party offices in the Mansur, Karradah, Sab'ah Nisan and Adhamiyah districts in Baghdad over a span of a few hours. Four Sunni offices and one Shia office were targeted. An IED was detonated near a Sunni office belonging to the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, headed by Saleh al-Mutlak, in Adhamiyah, injuring three campaign workers. It is unclear which district the Shia political party office was attacked in. In total, 11 people were injured and all five offices were damaged in the attacks. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
04/20/2010: On Tuesday, in the Tarmiyah district, Salah ad Din, Iraq, the family of a local Awakening Council chief was killed in their home. The wife, a daughter of 22, and three boys between 12 and 16 years old were shot dead, with the assassins also beheading the last three. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday, in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of an employee of Iraq’s Defense Ministry, wounding him and two people in a nearby car. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the two vehicles and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/01/2010: On Monday morning at 1100, in the al-Ghazaliya neighborhood of the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the car of Talal Khadr al-Zobaie, an employee of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Two civilian bystanders were wounded and the vehicle was damaged from the explosion but al-Zobaie was not wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
03/23/2010: On Tuesday morning at about 1000, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the Babil Hotel in the central Jadriya neighborhood. Two civilians were wounded. The hotel was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday afternoon at 1400, in Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified gunmen shot and killed five people and injured two others in a non-governmental relief and development agency Mawteny (my country) office. Members of other aid groups operating in the area said no gunshots were heard, suggesting that silenced weapons were used. The attackers also planted a bomb in the entrance to the office which exploded when security forces arrived, injuring two soldiers. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/26/2010: On Sunday morning at 800, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near Bayrut Square. The blast wounded three civilians during the attack. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/14/2010: On Tuesday, in Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device detonated while Shia pilgrims were participating in a mourning ceremony commemorating the 10th of Muharram, leaving two dead and 22 wounded. An unknown amount of property damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/12/2010: On Sunday, on the main bridge in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, one bus driver and one passenger were killed and two passengers were injured when militants detonated an improvised explosive device that had been attached to the bus. The bus was also damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility.
07/12/2010: On Monday evening at 2100, near Muhsin al Kathimi Square in the Kathimiyah neighborhood of northwest Baghdad, Iraq, a magnetic bomb that was stuck to a civilian car detonated, destroying the car without causing any casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2010: On Thursday, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a senior official of the Industry and Minerals Ministry, wounding the government employee and three bodyguards. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/08/2010: On Thursday, in the Zafaraniyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting pilgrims, killing four, and wounding 20. No group claimed responsibility and no damage was reported.
04/08/2010: On Thursday, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants armed with silenced firearms fired upon and killed the Iraqi Interior Ministry, Brigadier Fadhel Abbas, in front of his home. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/07/2010: On Saturday night, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle born improvised explosive device attached to the car of a civilian, killing the driver. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
08/10/2010: On Tuesday, in Jurf Al Sakhr, Babil, Iraq, gunmen stormed the house of Malik al-Janabi, a leader of the government-backed Sahwa militia, killing him and three of his guards. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
02/13/2010: On Saturday evening between 2100 and 2200, in one five related attacks; Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near a political party office in Mansur, Baghdad, Iraq. Four other IEDs were detonated near political party offices in the Karradah, Rashid, Sab'ah Nisan and Adhamiyah districts in Baghdad over a span of a few hours. Four Sunni offices and one Shia office were targeted. An IED was detonated near a Sunni office belonging to the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, headed by Saleh al-Mutlak, in Adhamiyah, injuring three campaign workers. It is unclear which district the Shia political party office was attacked in. In total, 11 people were injured and all five offices were damaged in the attacks. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
04/01/2010: On Thursday, in the Adhamiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device that had been placed on a vehicle, injuring three civilians and damaging one car. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/23/2010: On Tuesday, in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants shot and killed a woman in front of her house. No group claimed responsibility.
05/10/2010: On Monday, in Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated a generic improvised explosive device in the house of an Awakening Council fighter. No casualties were reported but the residence was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility.
03/22/2010: On Monday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, an Iraqi police officer survived an attempt on his life when an explosive was detonated targeting his house. The improvised explosive device went off in front of the officer's house at Huweija market, causing damage to the officer's car and house. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/17/2010: On Sunday, in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device, stuck to a civilian car carrying an Industry Ministry employee detonated, wounding the employee and two other civilians and damaging the car. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/05/2010: On Wednesday, a roadside improvised explosive device was detonated in Tuz Khurmatu, Salah ad Din, Iraq targeting the motorcade of the local chief of the Asayesh. A police officer, a civilian and a child were wounded, and a vehicle was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/28/2010: On Sunday, in the Ath Thawra district of western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants forced several civilians to leave a house then detonated improvised explosive devices which were planted in the home, destroying the home but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
02/23/2010: On Tuesday morning, in the Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired three mortar rounds at the International (Green) Zone, causing no casualties or damage. Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq/Islamic Shiite Resistance claimed responsibility.
03/25/2010: On Thursday evening, in central Tozkhurmato, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the motorcade of a district police chief. One civilian was killed. Five civilians were wounded. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
03/25/2010: On Thursday, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the vehicle of a local Sahwa Council leader in the southwestern Rai neighborhood. The Sahwa Council leader was killed. Two other Sahwa Council members were wounded. Their vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
12/16/2010: On Thursday morning, in al-Dujeil neighborhood, Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, in one of 10 related events, an improvised explosive device detonated, injuring a police major and seven civilians. It is unknown if the blasts resulted in any property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
04/16/2010: On Friday, in the Touz district near Kirkuk, in At Ta'mim, Iraq, an improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle owned by an interior ministry lieutenant in Baghdad exploded, leaving him and four others near the blast scene wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/08/2010: On Thursday morning at 0700, in the New Baghdad district, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting pilgrims returning from Kathimiyah, to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Musa al Kathim, killing three pilgrims and wounding 21 others. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/01/2010: On Sunday, in the neighborhood of Dora in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting civilians. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage, although no casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/03/2010: On Sunday night, in the Mousili area of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unidentified assailants threw a grenade at an office belonging to one of the Turkmen parties, wounding two guards and causing an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle carrying Propane cylinders, causing an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. The blast killed one civilian, and wounded four others. No group claimed responsibility.
11/10/2010: On Wednesday, in Garma city, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed Jassim al-Essawi, the cleric of a local Sunni mosque. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/09/2010: On Tuesday night, in the Al Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, in one of three related attacks, unidentified militants with hand grenades attacked and damaged the houses of two Christian families. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/01/2010: On Thursday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device, injuring one civilian. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2010: On Sunday, in Ad Hamiya, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a generic improvised explosive device attached to a car on Al Dhobbat street, killing one person, injuring three others and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
07/11/2010: On Sunday evening at 1800, in Waziriyah, north Baghdad, Iraq, a magnetic bomb that was stuck to a civilian car detonated, seriously injuring the driver. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/11/2010: On Sunday, in the Abu-Ghraib area, western Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb went off near the house of Sheikh Sabah al-Hammad, Imam of the al-Gaylani mosque. The attack left no casualties, but caused damage to the Imam’s house and nearby houses. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/10/2010: On Monday evening at about 1930, in Basra, Al Basrah, Iraq, in the third of three related attacks, unknown militants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) near a fuel station in a residential area north of the city that is populated by supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr. Cumulatively, the explosions from this attack and the VBIED attack that took place 30 minutes prior in a marketplace killed at least 12 civilians and wounded at least 123 others. It was not reported if the fuel station sustained any damage. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed by the government that either Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
07/17/2010: On Saturday, in western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, gunmen in a speeding car shot and killed a former Iraqi intelligence officer. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/21/2010: On Tuesday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified assailants shot and killed a council member in his private residence. The home was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
08/07/2010: On Saturday, in Garma town in Al Karmah, Al Anbar, Iraq, in one of three linked attacks, unidentified militants detonated multiple improvised explosive devices outside the home of an off-duty policeman, killing four members of the policeman's family. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
04/11/2010: On Sunday, in the western Amiriya district of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded and wounded one man. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/08/2010: On Thursday, two Shiite pilgrims were killed and twenty were wounded when a improvised explosive device exploded on Falasteen street, eastern Baghdad, Iraq. They were returning from a visit to the Imam Musa al-Kadhim shrine when their bus was attacked. The attack damaged the bus and no group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2010: On Saturday, in eastern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed an employee of the Trade Ministry inside his car. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
03/23/2010: On Tuesday, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a bank in Kahramanah Square in the Al Wahdah neighborhood. The bank and three nearby stores were damaged. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
08/03/2010: On Tuesday night around 2300, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a traffic police stand in the Bayaa intersection, injuring two traffic police. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/06/2010: On Saturday, on the Kirkuk-Al Huwayjah road, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the vehicle transporting the Mahuz chief of police, injuring one police officer and damaging the vehicle but not injuring the chief of police. No group claimed responsibility.
09/26/2010: On Sunday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified assailants shot and wounded an employee of the Electricity Ministry. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
04/13/2010: On Tuesday, in the town of Mahmoudiya, Baghdad, Iraq, a bomb attached to a car killed a police lieutenant colonel and injured five civilians. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/10/2010: On Wednesday, in al-Wahda neighborhood in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, in one of eight related attacks, two people were killed and four others were wounded when two bombs exploded at a Christian home. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/07/2010: On Saturday, in Rashad, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside the house of a policeman, killing two, and wounding five members of his family. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
07/03/2010: On Saturday, in the Al-Andalus neighborhood in central Al-Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, unidentified armed men came to the house of Sheikh Abdulaleem Abdulrahman, the director of Fatwa Office's, and fatally shot him with pistols in front of his home. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/20/2010: On Tuesday, in Palestine Street, northern Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, a sticky bomb attached to the car of a traffic policeman wounded him, another civilian and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in central Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen stormed the al-Warkaa exchange office near al-Said al-Sultan mosque on al-Rashied Street, killing five persons, including three employees, and injuring two more. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/21/2010: On Tuesday, in western Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a sticky bomb attached to a civil servant’s car, who works for the Baghdad Provincial Council, went off in the al-Amiriya neighborhood, causing no casualties, but damaging the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/20/2010: On Tuesday, in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq, six civilians were wounded when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a marketplace. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/12/2010: On Wednesday, in the Shulla neighborhood, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a shop, killing two, wounding 23 others, and caused severe damage to nearby shops and buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
09/26/2010: On Sunday afternoon at 1300, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting civilians. Among those civilians targeted, three were wounded. There was an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility for this attack.
07/20/2010: On Tuesday, on Haifa Street, central Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted civilians detonated without causing any casualties or damages. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/30/2010: On Thursday evening, on 62 Street in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a restaurant, wounding three civilians. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
08/07/2010: On Saturday, in the Majmoua’a al-Thaqafiya area, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber wearing a belt detonated near a 2nd emergency police contingent patrol killing one policeman, wounding three policeman including contingent commander Colonel Khalid Jaroua, and wounded two civilians near the blast. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2010: On Monday, in the Saydiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen in a car opened fire on the Senior Director-General of the Electricity Minister, Saad Bakr, while he was driving his car, killing the employee. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/21/2010: On Sunday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device inside a store, killing one civilian, wounding two others, and damaging the store. No group claimed responsibility.
07/11/2010: On Sunday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, small fuel containers filled with TNT explosive material that were left beside the outer wall of a major police officer's home detonated causing material damages only. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/19/2010: On Sunday, near the Green Zone in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, three civilian men were injured when unidentified militants fired a mortar shell that landed near the Babel Hotel. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/22/2010: On Monday, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle of a physician, wounding the physician and damaging his vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
02/22/2010: On Monday morning, near al-Hodood Club, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, an unknown gunmen killed a university professor, Thamir Kamel, with a silencer-equipped firearm. No group claimed responsibility.
11/23/2010: On Tuesday, in the al-Suliekh neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed Dr. Muthfer Mohammad, an official of the higher education ministry's cultural relations department, inside his house. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
12/30/2010: On Thursday, in al-Aalam neighborhood in the al-Sidiya area of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown militants detonated an improvised explosive device and injured three Christian civilians. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/22/2010: On Monday morning, in the Badoush neighborhood of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, two car bombs detonated in a residential compound for prison security guards. Among the dead was Lieutenant Colonel Hussein Khalaf, the head of the prison's emergency response team, and another civilian working in the prison. The explosions also wounded 11 prison guards and five civilians. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday, in central Karrada district, Baghdad, a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the vehicle of an Education Ministry official wounded three civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
02/14/2010: On Sunday, in the Domiz district of southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon two Kurdish civilians riding a motorcycle, killing one civilian, injuring the other, and damaging the motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/17/2010: On Sunday, in the Al Bayaa area of southwestern Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off near a civilian vehicle close to a car store and killing the driver and damaging the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
11/10/2010: On Wednesday, in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, in one of eight related attacks, a mortar round and three bomb attacks struck homes of Christians, wounding ten civilians. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/23/2010: On Friday afternoon, in one of three related attacks, a car bomb exploded outside a mosque in the Al Hurriyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, causing unspecified damages and casualties. Two other car bombs were detonated outside mosques in the same area, causing unspecified casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
08/03/2010: On Tuesday, at the al-Amel crossing, Kut, Wasir, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated two vehicle borne improvised explosive devices, killing 12, wounding another 50, damaging several nearby shops, and destroyed multiple cars. No group claimed responsibility.
02/14/2010: On Sunday evening, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a cafe on al-Jawader Street, killing one civilian, injuring three others, and damaging the cafe. No group claimed responsibility.
05/09/2010: On Sunday, in the city of Fallujah in Iraq's Anbar province, an electrical pylon was badly damaged in an improvised explosive device attack by unidentified militants. The attack caused blackouts in several areas west of Baghdad. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
09/23/2010: On Thursday, in the town of Taji north of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown gunmen killed Lieutenant Colonel Hazim Salih, a member of the staff of the Council of Ministers, wounded his wife, and damaged his car. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/17/2010: On Monday night at 0300, in Al Bushahin village, near Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants burst into the home of Sheikh Hashim Arif, dragged him into his garden, and then fired upon and killed a Sunni imam in front of his family. No group claimed responsibility.
01/22/2010: On Friday, in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded outside the home of a Christian family, injuring one child. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2010: On Saturday, in the Saidiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, killing the driver. No group claimed responsibility and the amount of property damage from the attack is unknown.
12/11/2010: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed an off duty police lieutenant near his home. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/23/2010: On Tuesday at 1200 noon, in the Wasti district of southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a food distribution center, wounding one police officer and one civilian. No group claimed responsibility.
07/27/2010: On Tuesday, in Maydan Square in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeting civilians detonated injuring 16. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2010: On Monday morning at 0730, in Palestine street, in northern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a improvised explosive device attached to an sport utility vehicle outside a restaurant, causing an unknown amount of property damage and wounding one civilian passing by. No group claimed responsibility.
07/31/2010: On Saturday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown gunmen kidnapped a Christian man working for a money exchange office. No casualties or damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility and the status of the hostage is unknown.
12/01/2010: On Wednesday, in Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the convoy of Mohammed Abdul-Majeed, the police chief of the city. Two of his guards were killed, and two others wounded in the blast. Majeed escaped unhurt and the attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
09/17/2010: On Friday, in the Mansour district, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, Major Jihad Ghazi, an official at the Interior Ministry's Passports Affairs Department, was killed when a magnetic bomb attached to his vehicle was detonated. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2010: On Sunday, in the al-Suleikh area of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, one police colonel, one policeman, and one civilian were injured when militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a traffic police patrol. No material damage was reported in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2010: On Friday afternoon at 1545, in Tozkhurmato, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unidentified assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. The bomb targeted the residence of a Salah ad Din Provincial Council member, killing 18 civilians, wounding 61 others, ten children, destroying the residence and damaging several others. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
02/22/2010: On Monday morning, in Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired three mortar rounds that landed inside the International Green Zone, wounding five civilians and damaging several residences and vehicles. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed Shia militia groups were responsible.
07/16/2010: On Friday morning, in the al-Jihad neighborhood of southwestern Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off near a civilian vehicle, injuring two civilians inside the vehicle. The explosion damaged the car and the nearby stores. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/12/2010: On Saturday, in the central Nabi Yunis district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unidentified gunmen threw a hand grenade at an office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, wounding two guards and lightly damaging the political party grounds. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
12/02/2010: On Thursday, in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a bus station. Four nearby civilians were wounded in the blast. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/14/2010: On Sunday, on the Mandali-As Sa'diyah road, near Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, unidentified assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian car, killing two civilians, wounding two others, and damaging their car. No group claimed responsibility.
02/15/2010: On Monday morning, in Kabeesa, Anbar, Iraq, in one of three related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near the residence of a police official. The assailants detonated two other IEDs at the residences of another police official and a candidate from the Iraqi Accord Front. One child was killed, one police officer was injured, three civilians were injured, all three homes and neighboring homes were damaged, along with three cars. No group claimed responsibility.
11/10/2010: On Wednesday, in Camp Sarah neighborhood in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, one Christian was killed and three others were wounded when unidentified militants detonated two unknown explosive devices near their home. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
03/24/2010: On Wednesday afternoon, near Al Khalis, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded, killing one civilian and wounding three others. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
04/13/2010: On Tuesday, in the Ali al-Saleh region of Baghdad, Iraq, a bomb exploded and injured two persons. No damages or claim of responsibility were reported.
01/13/2010: On Wednesday morning around 0900, in al-Saqlawiya district, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, a suicide truck bomber detonated his/her explosives, killing two civilians and injuring seven others. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
09/26/2010: On Sunday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified armed men with pistols fitted with silencers opened fired at a car carrying Ali Mohammed Ghanim, a senior employee in the President's staff in Iskan neighborhood. Ghanim and a civilian in the car with him were both seriously injured and the vehicle was damaged in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
04/12/2010: On Monday, in al-Zanjili area of western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, two persons, including a traffic policeman, were killed and 22, including five policemen, women and children, were injured in a suicide car bomb blast that hit a Federal police patrol. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/20/2010: On Tuesday, in Ameriyah neighborhood, west Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, a magnetic bomb stuck to a civilian car detonated after the driver had parked and walked a small distance away. The blast caused damage to the car but caused no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
07/02/2010: On Friday, near an Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine, in Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting Shiite pilgrims, wounding three pilgrims, and causing damage to nearby vehicles. No group claimed responsibility.
08/08/2010: On Sunday, in the al-Kadhimiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a traffic police car, wounding two police officers, and a nearby civilian. No group claimed responsibility.
08/06/2010: On Friday, in the Mansour district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded near a shop called Mr. Milk wounding two civilians. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
11/10/2010: On Wednesday, in the Adhamiya neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, in one of eight related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a Christian residence, injuring three civilians. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
07/01/2010: On Thursday, in the Yarmuk district, in Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices successively, killing one civilian, and wounding seven others, including three soldiers. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
08/12/2010: On Thursday, on the Baghdad-Fallujah road, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed a police captain inside his car, and also damaged his car. No group claimed responsibility.
07/08/2010: On Thursday, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown gunmen blew up three houses belonging to police officers, killing two civilians and injuring two more, including a child. The houses were destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility. This attack was one of three linked events also attacking a policeman's house.
07/26/2010: On Monday, in Karbala, Karbala province, Iraq, two car bombs went off near a checkpoint leaving 50 people dead and 24 others wounded. An Iraqi army officer and six women are among the deaths. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
02/13/2010: On Saturday evening, in the Al Hadbaa district of northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants kidnapped a Christian civilian from his place of work. On 02/19/2010, in the evening, between the Al Hadbaa and Baladiyyat districts, police officers found the victim's body bearing gunshot wounds to the head. No group claimed responsibility.
09/19/2010: On Sunday morning around 10:15, in the western Mansur district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeting an office of mobile phone operator, Asiacell, killing six civilians and wounding 51. The attack damaged the office, one other building, three nearby houses, and ten vehicles. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
06/14/2010: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed one government employee. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic State of Iraq was responsible.
10/25/2010: On Monday afternoon, in the al-Arsat district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a convoy of Interior Ministry, injuring three policemen and causing an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.