2011 in Iraq
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Events in the year 2011 in Iraq.
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Incumbents
- President - Jalal Talabani
- Prime Minister - Nouri al-Maliki
- Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (autonomous region)
Events
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- January 15 - An Iraqi soldier opens fire on U.S. troops at a training centre, killing two and injuring another before being killed himself.[1]
- January 19 - A suicide bomber driving an ambulance kills at least 12 people and injures another 50 in Iraq's Diyala Governorate.[2]
- April 8 - In the Camp Ashraf massacre, an Iraqi Army raid against a group of Iranian exiles at Camp Ashraf left 34 civilians dead and 318 injured.[3]
- May 3 - A car bomb went off in the Dora district in Baghdad killing at least 9 and injuring more than 27.[4]
- May 5 - At least 26 people killed and 60 wounded in a car bombing against a police compound in the city of Hilla.[5]
- May 29 - An Iraqi soldier and a firefighter were killed and 11 other people were wounded in two bomb explosions in Abu Ghraib.[6]
- June 21 - 20 people are killed and 30+ wounded when a bombs detonates in the city of Al Diwaniyah.[7]
- December 15 - War officially ended.
- December 18 - The last US troops exit Iraq through the Kuwait border.
Notable deaths
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Notes
- ^ "Iraqi soldier kills two U.S. soldiers in Mosul". Reuters. January 15, 2011. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70E0TS20110115.
- ^ "Iraqi police targeted by suicide bomber, 12 killed". Reuters. January 19, 2011. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE70I0DM20110119.
- ^ David Jolly (13 April 2011). "Iranian Group Seeks U.S. Shield After Iraqi Raid". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/world/middleeast/14iht-iran14.html. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "Iraq: Deadly car bomb strikes Shia cafe in Baghdad". BBC News. May 3, 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13275824.
- ^ Sultan, Ali (May 6, 2011). "In Iraq, police station bombing kills dozens as violence sweeps country". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/bomb-at-iraqi-police-station-kills-dozens/2011/05/05/AFd0bfwF_story.html.
- ^ "2 killed, 11 wounded in twin bomb attacks west of Baghdad". Xinhuanews. May 29, 2011. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-05/29/c_13899992.htm.
- ^ "Blast kills 20 near Iraq governor's home". msnbc. June 21. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43474726/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
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