At least 202 people were killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad's district of Sadr City on Thursday, the deadliest attack in a single area since the Iraq invasion.
The bombings followed the release of a UN report Wednesday that Iraq's civilian death toll reached a new monthly high of more than 3,700 in October.
The following is a list of the deadliest attacks in Iraq since America occupied the country.
2006
November 23: At least 202 people are killed and 250 wounded in a string of car bombings in the Sadr City.
August 13: A series of car bombings in Zafaraniyah district of southeastern Baghdad leaves 73 dead.
April 7: Ninety people are killed when three suicide bombers, two of them disguised as women, blow themselves up as worshippers leave a popular Baghdad mosque.
Feb 22: Gunmen bomb a revered Shiite shrine in the town of Samarra, triggering a wave of communal bloodshed that leaves hundreds dead.
Jan 5: A suicide bomber kills 67 at a police recruitment centre in Ramadi, west of Baghdad while a suicide attack in the city of Karbala kills 44.
2005
Nov 18: Suicide attacks against two mosques in Khanaqin, northeast of Baghdad, kill 78.
Sept 29: A triple car bombing claimed by the late leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leaves 99 dead in Balad, north of Baghdad.
Sept 14: At least 128 people are killed as a suicide bomber targeting day labourers brings carnage to the Baghdad district of Kadhimiyah.
July 16: A suicide bomber blows up a propane gas tanker in Al-Musayyib, south of the capital, killing 83 people.
May 11: Bombers strike in three Iraqi cities, killing 84.
March 10: Fifty-one Iraqis are killed in a suicide bombing in Mosul.
Feb 28: At least 118 people are killed and scores more wounded when a suicide bombing hits the city of Hilla.
2004
Dec 19: Car bombs explode near Shiite shrines in Najaf and Karbala, killing at least 66 people and wounding more than 200.
July 28: Seventy people are killed in a suicide car bombing in the flashpoint town of Baquba north of Baghdad.
June 24: Gunmen said to be linked to Zarqawi unleash a wave of coordinated attacks across Iraq killing more than 100 people.
April 21: Bomb attacks targeting police stations around the main southern city of Basra kill at least 74 people, mostly policemen and schoolchildren.
March 2: Bomb attacks in Karbala and Baghdad kill more than 180 people in the deadliest bombings since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Feb 10: At least 55 people are killed in car bombing outside a police station in Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad.
Feb 1: At least 105 people are killed when twin suicide bombers blow themselves up at the headquarters of the two leading Kurdish political parties in Arbil.
2003
Aug 29: A car bomb kills 83 people, including leading Shiite politician Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer al-Hakim, outside one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines in Najaf.
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Iraq War Veteran Speaks out on Killing Civiliansby ishmia939,622 views
I am surely more informed than your left wing diatribes of ignorance. You obviously think Saddam was a good leader and a benefit for the world. Oh yeah, you gotta blame Bush for everything. Like I said previously The War Never Ended. The resolve to end it was ended. Kinda like the Dems did in Vietnam when they pulled the funding like they discussed doing to Iraq. BTW your boy Obama has kept every bit of the Patriout Act in play. Go figure. There's your change. The only change is taxes.
DRNO777 2 years ago
tubub, you make valid points. It appears this man full of hatred for his country should obviously go and do research to find out the real facts. May I suggest Pakistan or Iran. Maybe North Korea. If you won't stand up for your own country and are really so ashamed then leave. You got freedom of speech and freedom to go to a country you deem better. I'll be at the docs waiving you a fond farewell GoldOilDrugs you fool. PS. stick around and help Obama pay for the Socialist Plans then go.LOL
DRNO777 2 years ago
1- Beirut was not an urban assault. Mogadishu in 1993, under Clinton, was. And Bush Sr. didn't push to Baghdad because the UN didn't certify him to. It also was a bad idea in a realist's mind to create imbalance in the region. That is why Iran has way more influence than in 2002, because the Bush JR. Admin was run by neo-cons
2- Again, the CIA never armed Saddam. The United States, along with several other nations,supported him in several ways during the Iran-Iraq war because of realist policy.
tubub 2 years ago
1- The CIA did not put Saddam in power. That's a fact, I don't know where you heard that... its not true anyway
2- The CIA did not arm him... Saddam rose to power on his own, as a brutal politician that didn't mind killing anyone in his way
3- You have no idea what your talking about. "Invest" in war? Your not an actual veteran, just like 90% of the other youtube "veterans"... your too stupid. People invest in the military-industrial complex and profit on war, they don't invest in war
tubub 2 years ago
I dont have a towel you racist fool. You are an assclown and a disgrace to our country. The US invaded Iraq, A country that has never threatened us. It was unconstitutional for the US to invade, but it is obvious that you dont support the constitution. You probably are one of those who support the Patriot Act.
Gold0ilDrugs 2 years ago
DRNO777 I never said that these other places are better and why dont you get the hell out if you cant stand my freedom of speech. As I stated before the CIA put Saddam in Power and even armed him. The CIA also assasinated the leader in Iran and installed the Shaw years ago. Our government is corrupt and war profiteers invest in war. Be informed, it takes more than flag waving to make you a patriot.
Gold0ilDrugs 2 years ago
and Iraq. Let me give you some help it was the Republican Guard not the Red Guard. The soldiers were trained to do the job it was the Muslim nations that where to fault and didn't want the US to take another Muslim Country, but the War in Iraq never ended. Learn before you open your ignorant mouth. To reiterate previous words "GO THE HELL BACK TO THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE YOU LOVE IT SO MUCH. GET THE HELL OUT AND TAKE YOUR TOWEL." I WAS THERE FOR BOTH MYSELF AND CAN OBJECTIVELY SAY YOU A FOOL.
DRNO777 2 years ago
Actually the EPIC FAILURE is the weak people's ability to stand up to such dictators as Sadam Hussein. Oh yeah, he killed his opposition. Now there's democracy for ya. I do agree it has much to do with oil. LOL you are a joke if you really think these other places are so much better then get the hell out and got there. Cut off your wife's head, or is it your neighbor's head while you stone your wife to death? If you served in the Army really then you would know the difference between the US
DRNO777 2 years ago
DRNO777 The reason the military didn't go after Saddam and get him the first time was because he went into Bagdad with his red guard and Bush Sr. didn't want to go into Baghdad because the soldiers weren't trained for urban warfare and he didnt want a Beirut type war that the US Marines failed in back when Reagan was president. It had nothing to do with a weak policy against finishing a war. Hussein should have never been put in power by the CIA nor should have been given arms by them either.
Gold0ilDrugs 2 years ago
It is how both Dems and Repubs do things. Kinda like Obama saying no earmarks (aka pork spending) and no lobbyists. They are here to stay it's just who's lies do you believe more. The war in Iraq was actually never concluded from the Gulf War. I was there then and in OIF so it is no surprise we went back there. The only reason for the delay is we had a weak policy against finishing the war to start with. Not slanting this towards either party, but Hussein shoulda been taken out years ago.
DRNO777 2 years ago