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Nine US soldiers die in Iraq this month, the lowest since the start of the war. 12 March – The trial of Muntadhir al-Zaidi, on charges of assault for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush, resumes at the Central Criminal Court of Iraq [18] following an adjournment in late December 2008 so the court could determine whether Bush was in Iraq on an official visit, since he had entered the country ...
A map of Iraq. This article details major terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2009. In 2009, there were 257 suicide bombings in Iraq. On April 23, a suicide bombing to a restaurant in Miqdadiyah killed 57 people, while a separate bombing in southeastern Baghdad killed 28. The next day, on April 24, a Shi'a shrine was targeted, in a bombing that ...
March 2009 Handed over to the Iraqi Police in 2009 [33] Located in Seneia Town: JSS Ezdehar: Kut: Wasit: June 2009 Handed over to the Iraqi Army in 2009 Located in Shaykh Sa'ad [34] JSS Deason: Al-Mahmudiya: Baghdad: October 2011 63rd Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division [35] JSS Arvanitis-Sigua: Baiji Salah ad Din May 2007
The Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing was a suspected suicide bombing in the city of Baghdad, Iraq, that killed 28 people on 8 March 2009. The attack occurred at 10 am local time (UTC+3) in the centre of a crowd outside the police recruitment centre building. Most of the dead were police recruits; others were civilians and serving officers.
In 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stood before lawmakers and experts at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., and proclaimed, “Today, Iraq has become a peaceful, democratic country that relies on its democratic institutions.” At the time, violence in the country was at its lowest since the start of the Iraq War in ...
On May 11, 2009, five United States military personnel were fatally shot at a military counseling clinic at Camp Liberty, Iraq by Army Sergeant John M. Russell. In the days before the killings, witnesses stated Russell had become distant and was having suicidal thoughts.
Baghdad, Iraq. A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police academy killing 28 people and injuring 57 others. [6] March 9 1 0 Craigavon, Northern Ireland. PSNI officer Stephen Carroll was shot dead by a sniper. This was the first killing of a police officer in Northern Ireland since 1998. [7] The Continuity IRA claimed responsibility for ...
The December 2009 Baghdad bombings were attacks in Baghdad, Iraq, which resulted in the deaths of at least 127 people and injuries to at least 448 more. [2] The attacks have been condemned internationally as acts of terrorism.