Major Attacks in Iraq Since Jan. 1

[tekisui]

Source: AP

Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:

_ Oct. 25 — Two powerful car bombs explode in downtown Baghdad, killing at least 136 people in an apparent attempt to target the fragile city's government offices.

_ Aug. 19 — A series of bombings against ministries kills 102 people, including 65 at the Foreign Ministry, 28 at the Finance Minister and 8 at the Health Ministry. More than 500 are wounded in the attacks.

_ Aug. 7 — A suicide truck bomb targets a Shiite mosque in a northern suburb of Mosul, flattening the mosque and killing at least 44 people. The attack also injures more than 200 people. Bombings against Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad kill seven.

_ June 24 — Bomb rips through crowded market in Baghdad's Sadr City, killing 78.

_ May 20 — A parked car bomb explodes near several restaurants in northwest Baghdad, killing 41.

_April 29 — Twin car bombing in a popular shopping area in Sadr City, the biggest Shiite district in Baghdad, kills 51 people.

_ April 24 — Back-to-back female suicide bombings kill 71 people outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad in Kazimiyah.

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Why don't the AfPak War apologists and cheerleaders cite these terrorist actions on civilians as reasons to stay in Iraq? Or at least, we should be bombing their holdouts with drones, right? Right?

[rgbecker]

1. Move along, nothing to see here, Iraq War is over.....nt