May 2: A suicide car bomber struck a police car near Al Rafidein police station in Sadr city, killing between four and nine people.[518][519]
May 4: A suicide car bomber targeted the national police HQ in Baghdad's Doura neighbourhood, but it was not clear if any casualties were caused.[520]
May 5: A suicide car bomber killed one person when he targeted the Karkh police directorate in Baghdad's Yarmuk neighbourhood.[521][522] A suicide vest bomber exploded himself amongst a queue of Iraqi army recruits in Abu Ghraib, killing 15.[523] A suicide vest bomber exploded himself amongst a queue of Iraqi army recruits in Abu Ghraib, killing 15.[524] McClatchy reported that that attack was caused by two suicide car bombs, but all other news reports and also Al Qaeda's own communique attributed it to a lone vest bomber.[521][525][526]
May 6: A suicide car bomb exploded near the police directorate in Samarra, killing up to 12 police officers. CNN reported that two US soldiers were also killed in the attack.[527][528]
May 7: Two suicide car bombers struck a market and a police checkpoint near Ramadi, killing 13 people.[528] A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint on the outskirts of Baghdad, killing eight policemen and wounding 12.[529]
May 8: A suicide car bomber struck a market in the Shi'ite city of Kufa, killing 16 people and wounding 70 others.[530] A suicide vest bomber wearing a police uniform exploded himself inside a police station in the town of Jalawla during morning roll call, killing two to five police officers.[531][532]
May 9: A suicide truck bomb detonated outside the Interior Ministry in Irbil, killing at least 19 people and wounding 80.[533]
May 11: A pair of suicide car bombers hit Iraqi police checkpoints on two bridges crossing the Diyala River, a Tigris tributary. The attacks on the southern edge of Baghdad in a Shi'ite area killed 23 people, including 11 police officers, and badly damaged one of the bridges.[534] A third truck bomb struck a bridge near the town of Taji just north of Baghdad, followed immediately by a car bomb which killed four soldiers, but agencies did not report whether either of those bombings were suicide attacks.[535][536]
May 12: According to McClatchy, police commandos manning a checkpoint opened fire on a truck bomb as it was being driven up to a petrol station in Baghdad's Al-Meda'en neighbourhood, causing it to explode and kill just the driver.[537] CNN, however, reported that the explosion killed two civilians and was caused by a parked car bomb.[538]
May 13: 50 people were killed in a suicide truck bombing targeting a KDP office in the town of Makhmoor in northern Iraq.[539]
May 14: Two Iraqi soldiers were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a military checkpoint in Baghdad's Mansour neighborhood.[540][541]
May 15: McClatchy reported that a suicide car bomb struck a market in Abu Saida town, Diyala province, killing 12 and injuring 22.[542] Reuters meanwhile put the death toll as high as 45 and reported that the attack was a chlorine bombing, but made no reference to it being a suicide attack.[543][544] A suicide car bomber hit an Iraqi army checkpoint near Mosul, wounding four soldiers.[545][546]
May 16: Heavy street fighting erupted in Mosul in which there were up to 10 car bombs exploding, seven of which were suicide bombings. 10 police officers, one soldier, one civilian and 15 insurgents were killed in the fighting.[547] Seven tribesmen were killed during a suicide bombing at a checkpoint near Fallujah.[548] A soldier died in a suicide bombing at a checkpoint in the Hadeed area of west Baquba.[549]
May 18: A suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint in Mussayab killing three people and wounding four, mostly policemen. A suicide bomber killed three policemen and wounded two in Hilla. A suicide bomber detonated his cargo near a U.S. convoy in Fallujah.[550]
May 20: Two suicide bombers targeted an Iraqi army checkpoint and military HQ in Baghdad, killing one soldier and one civilian.[551] A suicide truck bomber using chlorine gas attacked a police checkpoint in Zangora district west of Ramadi, killing between two and 11 people.[552][553][554]
May 21: A suicide car bomber rammed his cargo into a checkpoint in Fallujah. No casualty figures were released.[555][556]
May 22: A 17 year old suicide vest bomber blew himself up in the house of two brothers affiliated with the Anbar Salvation Council. Ten people were killed, including the intended targets Sheik Mohammed Ali & police Lt. Col. Abed Ali, as well as their wives and children.[557][558] A suicide car bomber targeted a police checkpoint on the Al Mikaneek bridge in Baghdad's Doura district, killing one police officer and wounding three other people.[559][560]
May 23: A suicide vest bomber killed 15-20 people in a cafe in Mandali, a mainly Shiite Kurd town near the Iranian border. A suicide bomber killed a policeman and wounded three others in the Doura section of Baghdad.[557]
May 24: Reuters reported that a suicide car bomber targeted a funeral procession in Falljuah, killing at least 28 people.[561] AP attributed the explosion to a parked car bomb however.[562] A suicide car bomber killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded three others when he struck an Iraqi army checkpoint in northern Baghdad. A suicide vest bomber killed three civilians on a minibus in eastern Baghdad.[563]
May 26: In Baghdad's Ghazaliya district, two people were killed and 11 wounded during a suicide car bomb attack on a checkpoint.[564]
May 28: A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into a police checkpoint, injuring three officers and a child.[565]
May 31: A suicide bomber killed 25 people, including 10 policemen, and wounded 30 more at a police recruitment center in Fallujah. In Ramadi, a suicide truck bomber killed five people and wounded 15 more. A suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. military checkpoint in Baghdad wounding 8 U.S. soldiers and 3 civilians.[566]
June 1: A suicide truck bomber attacked what is thought to be an al-Qaeda safehouse; at least two insurgents were killed. A suicide truck bomber attacked a police lieutenant colonel's home in Shurkat killing 12 civilians.[567][568][569]
June 2: A suicide car bomber at a checkpoint in Shurqat killed five Iraqis, including two soldiers and two policemen. A suicide bomber attacked a U.S. military patrol in Babil province killing one soldier. Another bomber was killed when his vest detonated after the soldiers fired on him.[570][571]
June 3: A chlorine-laden car bomb - possibly driven by a suicide attacker - targeted FOB Warhorse near Baquba. In the aftermath of the attack at least 62 soldiers were sickened by noxious gas, but no-one was seriously injured.[572] A suicide car bomber killed at least 10 people and injured 30 others when he targeted a police convoy in a busy market area in Balad Ruz.[573]
June 4: Three Iraqi soldiers were killed yesterday when a suicide car bomber attacked their checkpoint near Taji. Two guards were wounded when a suicide truck bomber attacked the home of a police brigadier; 11 people were also injured.[574]
June 5: A suicide car bomber killed 19 people and wounded 25 in a Fallujah marketplace.[575] In Baghdad, a female suicide bomber detonated prematurely after security forces opened fire on her at an Interior Ministry police recruitment center in the Sadr al-Qanat neighborhood. Three police commandos were injured during the incident.[576][577]
June 7: Near the Syrian border at Rabea, a suicide bomber killed 10 people, while wounding at least 30 Iraqis and five British contractors. Six people were wounded during a botched suicide truck attack at a police checkpoint near Ramadi; police fired at the driver and blew the truck up before it reached its destination.[578]
June 9: A suicide truck bomber killed 14 Iraqi soldiers and wounded 30 more during an attack at a checkpoint near Hilla. In Baquba, two suicide bombers at a police checkpoint killed one officer.[579]
June 10: A suicide truck bomber killed 14 policemen and wounded 42 more at a police station in Tikrit.[580]A suicide truck bomber destroyed a pillar of a bridge over the main highway between Mahmudiya and Baghdad collapsing part of the bridge and killing 3 U.S. soldiers and wounding 6 soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter.[581] South of Baquba, a suicide bomber killed two policemen and wounded three others at a police station.[582]
June 12: A suicide car bomber in Ramadi killed three policemen and wounded 15 others.[583]
June 13: In Ramadi, four policemen were killed an 11 wounded during a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint outside town. A suicide bomber in a Mandali police station killed three people, including the police chief and wounded five others. A suicide bomber was killed in Baquba before he could detonate his cargo.[584][585]
June 14: A gunman blew himself up in front of the Arabic Advisory Council office in Diyala province. A suicide bomber killed two policemen and injured five others in an attack in Fallujah.[586]
June 17: A suicide vest bomber killed at least four civilians when he detonated himself amongst a crowd gathering to renew their Falluja residency badges in Jbil district.[587] Three policemen were killed and seven more were wounded during a suicide car bombing in Baiji.[588]
June 18: A suicide truck bomber targeted Iraqi security troops occupying the Al Mutawakil school in central Samara. Gunmen also attacked the building as a diversion, and in total four soldiers and one civilian were killed.[589]
June 19: Al-Khilani Mosque bombing: A suicide bomber killed 87 people and wounded some 200 more when he rammed his truck into the Khilani Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad.[590][591]
June 20: A suicide car bomber killed five policemen and wounded 13 other officers in Ramadi.[592]
June 21: A suicide truck bomber killed at least 20 people and wounded 75 when he rammed his vehicle into the municipal headquarters of Sulaiman Bek, about 90 km south of Kirkuk. A suicide truck bomb detonated near a building housing police commandos in Madaen 45 km south of Baghdad, killing three policemen and wounding 12.[593]
June 22: Aswat Aliraq reported that a suicide bomber targeted a police checkpoint in al-Baghdadi, killing 20 policemen and wounding 10.[594] A suicide bomber killed two people and wounded four when he blew himself up in a telecommunications office in Falluja.[595] A suicide vest bomber attacked a police checkpoint at al-Somoud bridge in western Fallujah, killing three policemen.[596]
June 23: A suicide vest bomber killed two policemen inside Fallujah market after being confronted by them.[597] A car bomb with two apparent suicide bombers on board targeted a U.S. military patrol in Tikrit. The soldiers fired at the car, killing both occupants and causing the vehicle to crash without its cargo being detonated.[598]
June 25: A suicide vest bomber blew himself up in the lobby of the Mansour Hotel in Baghdad, killing at least 12 people. Amongst the dead were six tribal leaders, two of their bodyguards, and an anchorman with Iraqiya state television. A suicide bomber in a fuel tanker struck Baiji police headquarters in northern Iraq, killing 27 people including up to 17 policemen.[599] A suicide car bomber targeted a government compound in Hilla, killing at least eight people.[600][601] Shortly after midday a suicide vest bomber detonated on a side-road near Al Waziriyah fuel station in Baghdad. No casualties were reported.[602] In Siniyah, a suicide bomber killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded three others at a checkpoint.[603]
June 27: A suicide car bomber killed one police commando and wounded six others at a police checkpoint in al-Jaderiyia in Baghdad.[604][605]
June 29: A suicide car bomber killed four people and wounded 11 when he targeted an Iraqi army position in the Tarmiya neighborhood of Baghdad.[606] A suicide truck bomber killed six Iraqi soldiers and wounded five at an army post in Mishada.[607]
June 30: A suicide bomber dressed as a policeman killed up to 25 people when he blew himself up outside a police recruitment centre in Muqdadiya, mostly policemen and volunteers.[608]
July 1: A suicide truck bomb hit a police checkpoint in Fallujah, killing two policemen. In Ramadi a suicide car bomb struck a police station or checkpoint, killing five policemen.[609][610] It was also reported that a suicide truck bomb exploded north of Ramadi on a bridge crossing the Euphrates, damaging the bridge and injuring two civilians, though this and the other Ramadi attack were likely one and the same.[611] A suicide bomber killed one civilian and wounded four others when he detonated his cargo during an approach to a police checkpoint near al-Jadriya bridge in Baghdad.[612]
July 2: A suicide vest bomber targeted a Fallujah tribal leader, Sheik Kamel Mohammed al-Essawi, killing four civilians and wounding 10 others.[613][614]
July 4: A suicide car bomber killed 15 people at a checkpoint near Ramadi. A suicide car bomber killed between three and seven people when he targeted a police patrol outside a restaurant in Baiji.[615][616][617] A suicide car bomber killed two policemen and wounded seven others at a police checkpoint in al-Salam district of Baghdad.[618][619] A suicide bomber killed four police commandos and wounded eight more in Doura district of Baghdad.[620]
July 5: A suicide car bomber struck the convoy of a wedding party in Baghdad, killing 17 people.[621]
July 6: A suicide car bomb detonated outside a cafe in the Shiite Kurdish village of Ahmad Maref near the Iranian border, killing 26 people. A suicide vest bomber attacked a funeral tent in the Shiite Kurdish village of Zargosh in Jalwla, killing 22.[622][623][624] A Saudi man was detained while trying to carry out a suicide bomb attack in a truck carrying canisters of chloride in Ramadi.[625]
July 7: Amirli bombing: Approximately 150 Iraqis were killed and 250 wounded when a suicide truck bomb resembling an Iraqi military vehicle exploded in a busy market in the village of Amirli near Tuz Khurmatu.[626][622] Some reports put the death toll higher than 160, which would make it the deadliest single insurgent bombing since the 2003 invasion.[627][628] A suicide car bomber killed five Iraqi soldiers and one other person at an Iraqi army checkpoint in the Zayuna neighborhood of southeastern Baghdad.[629][630] A suicide bomber attacked a military checkpoint in eastern Baghdad, reportedly wounding 23 people, though it was unclear if this and the Zayuna attack were one and the same.[631]
July 8: A suicide bomber attacked a truck carrying military recruits south of Baghdad near Haswa, killing 23 recruits and wounding 27 more.[632] A suicide bomber attacked a U.S. military patrol just west of Baghdad, killing one American soldier and wounding three others.[633] A suicide bomber was killed along with three accomplices in Hilla when their bomb exploded prematurely.[634]
July 9: A suicide car bomber killed three Iraqi soldiers and four policemen in an attack on a checkpoint in the Doura district of Baghdad.[635][636] An unknown number of people were killed or wounded during a suicide car bombing at funeral in the village of Zarghosh.[637]
July 10: A suicide bomber killed one police commando and injured eight in an attack in Saidiya district of Baghdad.[638] A suicide vest bomber on a bicycle detonated next to two police vehicles in the Al Jumhuriyah area of central Fallujah, wounding between one and three people.[639][640][641][642]
July 11: In the town of Garmah, two suicide vest bombers blew themselves up amongst a crowd of the al-Jumailat tribe in the house of Sheikh Meshhin al-Khalaf. Later, two more suicide vest bombers mingled in with people evacuating the casualties before detonating their explosives. In total some 21 people were killed and 50 wounded, many critically.[643] In the Al Saidiyah neighborhood of Baghdad police manning a checkpoint opened fire on an approaching car bomb, causing it to detonate and killing the driver.[639]
July 12: Seven people were killed when a suicide vest bomber targeted guests celebrating the wedding of an Iraqi policeman in Tal Afar.[644][645] For the second time in three days, a suicide vest bomber on a bicycle wounded a policeman at a checkpoint in Falluja.[646] A suicide bomber killed two people when he targeted a police recruitment centre in Fallujah.[647]
July 14: A suicide bomber plowed his explosives-packed vehicle into a line of cars queuing at a Baghdad gas station, killing seven people.[648]
July 16: A double suicide car and truck bomb attack in Kirkuk left at least 85 people dead. The targets were the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and the Haseer food market. In Baghdad a suicide car bombing struck a police checkpoint on a road leading to an Interior Ministry building, killing four policemen and a civilian.[627][628][649]
July 17: A suicide car bomb targeting an Iraqi Army patrol in Baghdad's Zayouna district killed between eight and 20 people.[650]
July 22: Two suicide bombers in a minivan struck a house in Taji where Sunni tribal leaders opposed to al Qaeda were meeting, killing between three and five people.[651][652][653][654]
July 23:Seven policemen were killed when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a police checkpoint in Ramadi.[655]
July 24: A suicide truck bomber struck a crowded market near a children's hospital in Hilla, killing 26 people.[656][657][658]
July 25: Two suicide car bombers in Baghdad killed 50 Iraqi soccer fans celebrating their national team's semi-final victory in the Asian Cup. The first struck in Baghdad's Mansour district, and the second hit an army checkpoint in the east of the city.[659][660][661]
July 26: A suicide vest bomber blew himself up at the gate of a police station in the northern Tal Abta area, killing five policemen and one civilian.[662][663]
July 30: A suicide truck bomb targeting a joint Iraqi army and police checkpoint killed six security members near the town of Balad.[664][665]
August 1: A suicide bomber killed 50 people after luring motorists to an explosives-laden fuel truck near a petrol station in Baghdad's Mansour district.[666] A suicide car bomb killed 15-20 people near a popular ice cream shop in the al-Hurriya Square of Baghdad's Karrada district.[667][668]
August 2: A suicide car bomber targeted recruits lining up outside a police station in the northern town of Hibhib, killing 13 people.[669]
August 5: A suicide car bomb targeted a vehicle workshop at the entrance to the town of Mahmudiya, killing two people and wounded five.[670]
August 6: A suicide truck bomber killed at least 28 people including 19 children in Tal Afar.[671][672]
August 7: A suicide bomber killed seven people and wounded eight near a market in the village of Salih Al Khalaf, north of Baghdad.[673] A suicide car bomber struck a checkpoint near the Arab Shoka village north of Baquba, killing one soldier.[674]
August 8: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a barber shop in the Gatoon neighbourhood in Baquba, killing five people and wounding eight.[675]
August 9: Police detained a suicide bomber about to detonate an explosive vest in a crowded market in Ba'quba.[676]
August 10: In Kirkuk a suicide car bomber killed 11 people and wounded 45 in an attack on a market.[citation needed]}}</ref>DUD CITATION--> Four Peshmerga fighters were killed and 14 wounded when a suicide car bomber struck their convoy in Ein Zala village north of Mosul.[677]
August 14: Qahtaniya bombings: Four suicide vehicle bombers massacred hundreds of members of northern Iraq's Yazidi sect in the deadliest post-war attack to date. The final death toll given by the Iraqi government was 411, but the Iraqi Red Crescent reported that over 500 people had been killed and 1500 wounded.[678][679][680] A suicide truck bomber struck the Thiraa Dijla Bridge near Taji, killing ten people and sending three civilian vehicles plunging into the river below.[681][682][683]
August 15: A suicide car bomber killed between two and five people when he targeted a senior judge in Hilla.[684] A suicide car bomb struck a police patrol in Mosul, killing one officer.[685] Two suicide bombers were killed in heavy fighting in Buhriz, near Baquba, when their vests detonated prematurely. In total the battle killed 21 insurgents and six civilians.[686]
August 21: A suicide vest bomber wounded eight people when he targeted a queue outside a police station in Fallujah. In al-Arafiya, a man died preventing a suicide bomber from reaching a meeting between US soldiers and members of a civilian defence force.[687][688]
August 22: A suicide fuel tanker bombing killed 27 people at a Baiji police station. Officials initially put the death toll at 45, but later revised that figure down.[689][690] Ten people were killed when a suicide motorcycle bomber struck a police patrol in a Muqdadiyah marketplace.[691][690] Ten people were killed when a suicide motorcycle bomber struck a police patrol in a Muqdadiyah marketplace.[692][690] Two suicide car bombers killed four Iraqi soldiers and wounded 11 US soldiers in an attack on a joint US-Iraqi outpost in Taji.[693][694]
August 23: A suicide bomber was killed by police when he targeted a checkpoint in Fallujah's Dam street. Two people were wounded.[695]
August 26: The Iraqi army foiled three suicide truck bomb attacks in Mosul, resulting in the death of one of the bombers and the detention of the other two.[696][697]
August 27: A suicide vest bomber in Fallujah killed 12 people at the al-Raqeeb Mosque after evening prayers.[698][699]
August 28: Police reportedly killed a gunman wearing a suicide vest in Mosul.[700][701]
August 31: A suicide car bomber killed four police commandos and wounded seven when he targeted their patrol in al Jallam village near Samarra.[702][703]