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The Mosque in 2006 after the first bombing. The Al-Askari Mosque was bombed twice, over two years. On February 22, 2006, at 6:55 a.m. local time (0355 UTC) explosions occurred at the mosque, effectively destroying its golden dome and severely damaging the mosque. Several men belonging to Iraqi Sunni insurgent groups affiliated with Al-Qaida ...
December 2009 Baghdad bombings; 17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings; ... 2016 Al-Kazimiyya Mosque bombing; S. February 2016 Sadr City bombings; January 2017 Sadr City ...
On 28 August 2011, an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq was launched at the Umm al-Qura Mosque in western Baghdad.A suicide bomber wearing a fake cast on his arm walked into the building and blew himself up inside the main hall, killing 32 people including parliamentarian Khalid al-Fahdawi. [1]
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On 30 April 2016, a car exploded in southeastern Baghdad, targeting Shia pilgrims that were walking to the Al-Kazimiyya Mosque. It resulted in at least 38 deaths and 86 other wounded, according to local police officials. [2] Other government security officials suggested the target was an open-air market. [3]
June 2004 Baghdad bombing; 14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing; 30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing; 2005. 17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings; 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombings; 2006. Buratha Mosque bombing; 1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing; 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings; 2007. Mustansiriya University bombings; 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings
The explosion occurred just two days after a four-day curfew banning vehicle movement in the city was lifted after the al-Askari Mosque bombing (2007), [1] and just hours after 10,000 US troops began the Arrowhead Ripper offensive to the north of Baghdad. Because the site was a Shia mosque, the bombing is presumed to have been the work of ...
QUETTA/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Suicide bombings ripped through two mosques in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 57 people, including seven children, as believers marked the birthday of ...