Some of the recent attacks in Iraq

As one can clearly recognize from the list below, the war in Iraq is certainly not over as proclaimed by that “brilliant” former president of the United States, George W. Bush back in 2002. TGO

Refer to information below. Source: Associated Press

A look at recent major attacks in Iraq:

• April 6 — Bombs rip through apartment buildings and a market in Baghdad, killing at least 50 people.

• April 4 — Suicide attackers detonate car bombs near embassies in Baghdad, killing 42.

• April 2 — Gunmen kill 24 villagers execution-style in a Sunni area south of Baghdad.

• March 26 — Twin bombings strike a restaurant in Khalis, north of Baghdad, killing 57.

• March 7 — Series of bombings and rocket and mortar attacks kill 36 in Baghdad on Election Day.

• March 3 — Suicide bombers strike in quick succession in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, killing 32.

• Feb. 18 — Suicide car bomb explodes outside the main government compound in Ramadi, killing 13.

• Feb. 5 — Coordinated blasts targeting Shiite pilgrims in the holy city of Karbala kill 40.

• Feb. 1 — Female suicide bomber strikes Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, killing 54.

• Jan. 26 — Suicide car bomber strikes a police crime lab in Baghdad, killing 22.

• Jan. 25 — Suicide attacks hit several Baghdad hotels in well-planned assaults that kill 37.

• Dec. 8, 2009 — Coordinated attacks strike Baghdad, killing at least 127.

• Oct. 25, 2009 — Two powerful car bombs explode near government buildings in central Baghdad, killing at least 155.

• Aug. 19, 2009 — Suicide bombers hit the Finance and Foreign ministries, killing more than 100 people.

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