2007
January 8: A suicide truck bomber attacked a checkpoint in Ramadi killing two policemen.[387]
January 10: Two suicide bombers attacked separately in Tal Afar killing five people and wounding 15 others.[388]
January 15: A suicide bomber attacked an office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Mosul killing 5 people and wounding 28.[389]
January 16: Mustansiriya University bombings: A double car bombing, including one suicide attack, killed 70 people and wounded 180 at the Mustansiriya University in Baghdad.[390] Shortly after a bomb exploded in a Baghdad motorcycle market a suicide bomber attacked the police and first responders who had arrived at the scene, killing 13 people.[391]
January 17: A suicide car bomb struck a market in Sadr City, killing 17 people.[392] A suicide bomber attacked near a police headquarters in Kirkuk killing 10 people.[393] Police shot and killed a suicide bomber after he attempted to attack a police checkpoint in Ramadi.[394]
January 18: A suicide bomber attacked a police patrol in Mosul killing one civilian and wounding six people, including four policemen.[395]
January 21: A suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi army patrol in Mosul killing one woman.[396]
January 22: Bab al-Sharqi market bombings: A parked car bomb followed immediately by a suicide car bomber struck a predominantly Shiite commercial area in the Bab al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, killing 88 people.[397][398]
January 23: A suicide car bomber attacked the Kurdistan Youth Federation, an affiliate of the KDP, in Mosul killing wounding nine people.[399]
January 24: A suicide bomber attacked a police patrol in Baghdad killing four policemen.[400]
January 25: A suicide car bomber killed 26 people and wounded 55 at a busy intersection in the Karrada district of Baghdad.[401]
January 26: A suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite mosque near Mosul killing one person. A suicide bomber attacked an army patrol in Baghdad killing two soldiers.[402] Police killed a suicide car bomber as tried to attack their checkpoint in Ramadi.[403]
January 27: 13 people were killed in a double suicide bombing in Baghdad.[404] A suicide car bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque in Kirkuk killing the vehicle driver and passenger.[405]
January 28: In the first attack of its kind, a suicide bomber targeted an Emergency Response Unit in Ramadi with a chlorine-laden truck bomb. 16 People were killed in the blast, but the chlorine did not appear to injure anyone.[406] A suicide bomber blew himself up in Kirkuk, killing eight people.[407]
January 29: A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in the Hurriyah district of Baghdad killing 4 people and wounding 5.[408]
January 30: A suicide bomber killed 23 people and wounded 57 in an attack on a Shi'ite mosque in Balad Ruz.[409] A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint protecting religious pilgrims commemorating the Ashura holiday in Hafriya killing two people.[408]
February 1: Six people were killed and 12 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a minibus in the central Baghdad district of Karrada.[410] Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowded outdoor market in Hilla, south of Baghdad, killing 73 people.[199][411]
February 3: Sadriyah market bombing: A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle in Baghdad's Sadriya market, killing 135 people and wounding 305, in the deadliest single bombing since the 2003 US-led invasion.[412][413][414] A suicide bomber inadvertently veered into & blew up an ambulance in Mosul, killing a pregnant woman and wounding two others. Police sources suggested his intended target was the Al Boursah Market.[415]
February 8: A suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint north of Haditha in Anbar province, killing seven policemen and wounding three.[416]
February 10: A suicide car bomber killed five people and wounded 10 near a queue outside a bakery in the mainly Shi'ite district of Karrada. A suicide car bomber killed one Iraqi soldier and wounded five people, including three civilians, as it targeted an army checkpoint in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar.[417]
February 11: In Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad, a suicide truck bomber slammed into a crowd of police lining up for duty Sunday near Tikrit, collapsing the station and killing at least 30 people and wounding 50.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION--> One policeman was wounded when a suicide bomber exploded near a Shi'ite mosque in the Ilaam district in southern Baghdad.[418]
February 13: A suicide bomber blew up a truck near a Baghdad college in the western district of Iskan, killing 18 people and wounding 40.[419]
February 14: A suicide car bomber killed at least eight policemen and wounded 20 others when he blew up his vehicle at the entrance of a police station in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, police sources said. The officer in charge of the station, Colonel Salam al-Dulaimi, died in the blast.[420]
February 17: A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint near Kerbala wounding two policemen. A double suicide attack killed 10 people and wounded 83 in Kirkuk.[421]
February 19: At least one, and possibly as many as three suicide car bombers attacked a US combat outpost north of Baghdad, killing two American soldiers and wounding 29 others.[422][423][424] Two suicide bombers killed 11 people, including five police officers, when they attacked the house of a tribal leader in Ramadi.[425] A chlorine-laden truck was detonated by a suicide bomber in Ramadi, killing two Iraqi security forces.[426] A suicide bomber attacked the house of the army chief in Dhuluiya, killing five and wounding fifteen.[427]
February 20: Seven are killed by a suicide bomber during a funeral in Baghdad.[citation needed] A suicide car bomber hit a vegetable market in a Shiite enclave of the Sunni Dora district in southern Baghdad. At least five people were killed and seven injured.[428]
February 21: In a suicide bombing in Najaf on a police checkpoint 12 people, including seven policemen, where killed.[429]
February 24: A suicide truck bomber killed 52 people at a mosque in Habbaniyah.[430]A suicide car bomber killed one civilian in southern Baghdad.[431] A suicide bomber attacked outside an SCIRI compound in Baghdad killing three people, the compound was not his target.[432]
February 25: A suicide bomber attacked a college campus in Baghdad killing 41 people, mostly students.[433]
February 26: A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Ramadi killing 14 people.[434] A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint near Kirkuk killing one Iraqi soldier.[435]
February 27: A suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi police station in Mosul killing 7 policemen and wounding 47 people, including 15 other policemen. A suicide bomber killed four people near Mosul.[436]
February 28: A suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi police station in Baghdad killing 2 policemen and wounding another 4.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION-->
March 3: A suicide bomber killed 3 policemen and 9 civilians in Ramadi.[437]
March 5: A suicide bomber killed 38 and wounded 105 people at a Baghdad book market.[438]
March 6: Hillah bombings: Two suicide vest bombers killed 120 people and wounded 190 when they targeted Shi'ite pilgrims in Hillah.[citation needed]
March 7: A suicide bomber kills 30 at a restaurant in Balad Ruz, in the Diyala province.[citation needed] A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint in Baghdad killing 12 policemen and 10 civilians.[439]
March 8: A suicide car bomber struck a police patrol in Mosul, killing four policemen.[440]
March 10: A suicide bomber targeting a military patrol in Sadr city kills 18 people, including 6 soldiers, and wounds 48.[441]
March 11: A suicide car bomber rammed a truck carrying Shiite pilgrims returning from a religious commemoration, killing 32 people. A suicide bomber attacked the offices of Iraq Islamic Party in Mosul, killing three guards.[442] A suicide bomber killed 10 people in an attack between Talbiya Bridge and Mustansiriya Square.[443]
March 14: A man wearing an explosives belt strolled into an outdoor market in Tuz Khormato and blew himself up, killing 8 and wounding 25. A suicide car bomber slammed into an Iraqi army checkpoint in the Sunni neighborhood of Yarmouk, killing 2 civilians and wounding 4 others.[444]
March 15: A suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi army and police checkpoint in central Baghdad, killing eight policemen and soldiers and wounding 25. A suicide bomber targeted an Iraqi army checkpoint killing one Iraqi soldier in the Yarmouk district in Baghdad.[445] A suicide bomber struck in the Karada district in Baghdad killing two civilians.[citation needed]}}</ref> A suicide bomber struck in the Karada district in Baghdad killing two civilians.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION--> A suicide bomber attacked a military checkpoint under construction west of Baquba wounding 10 Iraqi Army soldiers.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION--> A suicide bomber rammed his car into a bus killing four people in Iskandariyah.[446]
March 16: Three suicide bombers driving chlorine-laden trucks wounded 350 Iraqis in co-ordinated attacks across Al Anbar province. The bombers struck in Ramadi, Amiriyah, and the Albu Issa tribal region south of Fallujah.[447][448] A suicide bomber wounded 11 people, including 4 policemen, in Diyala province.[citation needed]}}</ref>[449] A suicide bomber wounded 11 people, including 4 policemen, in Diyala province.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION-->
March 17: A suicide car bomb hit a checkpoint in Baghdad's Harthiya district, killing three and wounding five.[450] Iraqi soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division killed a suicide bomber south of Shakarat. The bomber ignored several verbal warnings to stop, and upon being shot his vest detonated.[451][452]
March 18: An insurgent car bomb was waved through a security checkpoint in Azamiya, Northern Baghdad, after troops noticed two children were sitting in the back seats. Using the children as a decoy, the driver then gained permission to leave his vehicle parked next to a crowded marketplace in the district. With both minors still on board the car bomb detonated, killing them along with at least three other people.[453]
March 19: A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in Baghdad killing 6 people and wounding 32.[454]
March 20: A suicide car bomber targeted an Iraqi army checkpoint in the Jami'a district of Baghdad, killing one soldier and wounding another.[455]
March 21: A suicide truck bomber killed five and wounded 40 when he attacked the headquarters of a Kurdish party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, in Mosul.[456]
March 23: Deputy prime minister Salam Al-Zubaie was seriously injured in a high profile assassination attempt by a suicide bomber at a prayer hall in his own residential compound. Eight members of his entourage were killed, and there were reports the bomber could have been one of his own bodyguards.[457][458][459]
March 24: A suicide truck bombing destroyed a Baghdad police station, killing 33 officers and wounding another 44 people.[460] In Haswa, a suicide truck bomber killed 11 people and wounded 45 more near a mosque. A suicide bomber blew himself up in a Tal Afar marketplace, killing ten and wounding three people. A suicide bomber attacked a US-Iraqi joint checkpoint in Ramadi wounding three Iraqi soldiers.[citation needed]}}</ref> In Haswa, a suicide truck bomber killed 11 people and wounded 45 more near a mosque. A suicide bomber blew himself up in a Tal Afar marketplace, killing ten and wounding three people. A suicide bomber attacked a US-Iraqi joint checkpoint in Ramadi wounding three Iraqi soldiers.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION--> Three suicide bombers attacked a police station and two checkpoints near Al Qaim on the Syrian border killing 17 policemen and 3 civilians.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION-->
March 25: Two soldiers died after a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army checkpoint in Baqouba.[461]
March 26: Near the Shorja marketplace in central Baghdad, a suicide car bomber killed two people and injured five others.[462] Two suicide truck bombers attacked a U.S. military outpost near Fallujah wounding 8 American soldiers.[463]
March 27: Tal Afar bombing: In the deadliest single blast of the four-year-old insurgency, 152 people were killed and 347 wounded when a suicide truck bomber targeted a Shi'ite district of Tal Afar. 100 homes were destroyed in the blast.[464][465] Outside Ramadi, a suicide truck bomber attacked a roadside restaurant where he killed 17 people and wounded 32 others. In an internal conflict between insurgent groups a suicide bomber killed a leader of an opposite group in the Abu Ghraib suburb of Baghdad.[466][467] Outside Ramadi, a suicide truck bomber attacked a roadside restaurant where he killed 17 people and wounded 32 others. In an internal conflict between insurgent groups a suicide bomber killed a leader of an opposite group in the Abu Ghraib suburb of Baghdad.[468] In Ramadi, a suicide bomber killed one person and injured seven others.[469] A suicide bomber killed himself and two policemen in Baquba.[citation needed]}}</ref> A suicide bomber killed himself and two policemen in Baquba.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION-->
March 28: Two suicide truck bombs, one of which contained chlorine gas, detonated outside the Fallujah Government Center. The initial blasts were followed by a sustained attack involving gunfire and two suicide bombers on foot. In total 14 US personnel and 57 Iraqi forces suffered injuries.[470][471] A suicide car bomber drove into an Iraqi army post in Hay al-Jamiya in Baghdad killing one soldier and wounding three others.[citation needed]}}</ref>[472] A suicide car bomber drove into an Iraqi army post in Hay al-Jamiya in Baghdad killing one soldier and wounding three others.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION--> A suicide bomber attacked a school used by U.S. forces in Haditha.}}</ref>DUD CITATION-->
March 29: Al-Shaab market bombings: A pair of suicide bombers on foot killed 82 people in a market in Baghdad's Shaab neighborhood.[473] Three suicide car bombers attacked a market in the town of Khalis, killing 43-53 people.[474][475] Three suicide car bombers attacked a market in the town of Khalis, killing 43-53 people.[476][477]
March 31: In Tuz Khormato, a suicide car bombing killed two Shi’ite laborers and wounded 11 more.[478]
April 1: East of Mosul at an Army base in Sinaea, two suicide truck bombs killed two people and wounded 17 others.[479]
April 2: A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Kirkuk killing 15 people, including one U.S.soldier. In Baghdad, a suicide car bomber drove into a police checkpoint in the Doura neighborhood where he killed two people and wounded five others. A suicide bomber killed three people and wounded 20 near a popular Khalis restaurant.[480]
April 5: A suicide truck bomber attacked a Baghdad satellite television station run by Iraq's biggest Sunni political party, killing one person and wounding three.
April 6: A suicide truck bomb containing chlorine detonated at a police checkpoint in Ramadi, killing 27 people.[481] A suicide car bomb with two attackers on board hit a checkpoint south of Baghdad, but only the bombers were harmed.[482]
April 7: A suicide bomber attacked a security checkpoint in Samara killing five policemen.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION--> A suicide bomber in Baghdad killed one Iraqi soldier in an attack on a checkpoint in Sadr city.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION-->
April 8: A suicide bomber killed seven people in the Ilaam district of Baghdad.[483]
April 10: A female suicide bomber on foot killed 17 recruits and injured 33 others outside a police station in the majority Sunni Muslim town of Muqdadiya.[484]
April 12: Parliament bombing: A suicide bomber penetrated the Green Zone and exploded himself in a cafeteria within the parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awadh and wounding more than twenty other people.[485] A suicide truck bomb killed 10 people when it detonated in the middle of Baghdad's al-Sarafiya bridge, collapsing large parts of the steel structure and sending cars plunging into the river below.[486]
April 14: A suicide car bomber killed at least 44 people and wounded 224 at a crowded bus station near a major Shi'ite shrine in Kerbala. A suicide car bomber detonated his device near a checkpoint at Baghdad's Jadriyah bridge, killing 10 people.[487][488] A suicide car bomber killed five Iraqi soldiers and wounded four others when he targeted a checkpoint in Baiji.[489] Four would-be suicide attackers were killed in Kirkuk when one of them detonated his explosives belt prematurely, said Police Brig. Adil Zain-Alabideen. No civilians were hurt.[490][491][488] A suicide car bomber killed five Iraqi soldiers and wounded four others when he targeted a checkpoint in Baiji.[492] Four would-be suicide attackers were killed in Kirkuk when one of them detonated his explosives belt prematurely, said Police Brig. Adil Zain-Alabideen. No civilians were hurt.[493][494]
April 15: A suicide bomber blew himself up on a small bus killing six people and wounding 11 in a Shiite are of northwestern Baghdad. In Mosul six people were killed in a double suicide car bomb attack on an Iraqi army base. Four Iraqi soldiers were among the dead.[488][495]
April 16: Nine people were killed and ten wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a police directorate in Ishaqi.[495]
April 17: A suicide bomber in a tanker targeted a police patrol east of Mosul, killing one civilian and wounding four Iraqi soldiers.[496]
April 18: Baghdad bombings: A suicide bomber killed 41, including 5 policemen, and wounded 76 in Sadr City.[497] A suicide bomber attacked a police checkpoint in Baghdad's Sadiyah district killing two policemen and wounding eight. A suicide bomber killed two policemen and wounded four people when he targeted a police patrol near Baghdad.[498] A suicide bomber injured seven people near Mosul.[499]
April 19: In Baghdad a suicide car bomber drove his vehicle into a fuel tanker killing 12 and wounding 34 people.[500]
April 20: A suicide truck bomber killed a civilian and wounded 8 U.S. troops when he detonated his vehicle under a highway overpass near Saqlawiya. A suicide truck bomber targeted a police station near Falluja, killing two civilians and wounding 37.[501]
April 22: A double suicide attack on a police station in Baghdad killed 12 people and wounded 95 others. Most of the dead were civilians.[502]
April 23: Nine American soldiers were killed and 20 wounded in a double suicide truck bombing at a military base in Diyala province. The U.S. military claimed only one vehicle was involved, but witnesses & Al Qaeda insisted two separate suicide truck bombs had been used.[503][504] A suicide belt bomber attacked a restaurant near the entrance to the Green Zone, killing seven people and wounding 16.[503] Three suicide car bombs hit a restaurant and two checkpoints in Ramadi, killing between 20 and 29 people.[505] A suicide car bomber killed 10 people and wounded 20 at a PDK office near Mosul. A suicide car bomber killed 10 policemen, including the chief of police, and wounded 23 more when he targeted a gathering of senior police officials in Baquba.[506] A suicide car bomber targeted Diyala Governorate's hall, killing 4 and injuring 25.[507]
April 24: A suicide truck bomb targeted a police patrol in the Albufarraj area near Ramadi, killing 25 people and wounded 44.[508]
April 25: A suicide vest bomber attacked a police station in Balad Ruz killing nine people, including at least four policemen, and wounding 16 others.[509]
April 26: A suicide car bomber killed at least ten Iraqi soldiers and wounded 15 other people at an Iraqi army checkpoint in Khalis. Two suicide bombers detonated 50 yards from a PDK office in Zumar near Mosul, killing three security guards.[510]
April 27: A suicide bomber attacked the home of the chief of police in Hit, killing 10-15 people.[511] A suicide bomber exploded himself near a checkpoint in Kisk north of Kirkuk, killing four policemen.[512][513]
April 28: A suicide car bomber killed 60 people in Karbala when he struck a checkpoint outside the al-Abbas shrine.[514] A suicide bomber attacked a military checkpoint in Khalis, killing one Iraqi soldier and wounding three others.[515][513]
April 30: A suicide vest bomber targeted a Shi'ite funeral in Khalis, killing at least 32 people.[516] A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle inside a subway tunnel near Nisour square in Baghdad, killing two civilians and injuring 15. A suicide car bomb injured four people when it exploded in Baghdad's Hay Al-Ja'mia neighborhood near the Mula Huaish mosque.[517]