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The 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings were a series of attacks that occurred when four bombs exploded across Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq, on 18 April 2007, killing nearly 200 people.^[2] The attacks targeted mainly Shia locations and civilians. The Sadriya market had already been struck by a massive truck bombing on 3 February, 2007 and was in the process of being rebuilt when the attack took place. The bombings were reminiscent of the level of violence before Operation Law and Order was implemented to secure the Iraqi capital in February 2007. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... ... 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Combatants United States Army New Iraqi Army Iraqi insurgency Commanders Abboud Qanbar David Petraeus unknown Strength ~90,000 [1] unknown Casualties 80 KIA, 240+ WIA (US)[1] 185 killed (Iraqi Security Forces) 217 killed (36 bombers)[2], ~2,000 captured (not all insurgents) 1,504 civilians killed (by April 12... February 2007 is the second month of that year and has yet to occur. ...

Bombings

The first bombing attack occurred when a bomb detonated on a minibus in the Risafi neighborhood of Baghdad, killing four people and wounding six. A parked car in the Karradah neighborhood exploded afterward, killing 11 and wounding 13. A suicide car bomber crashed his car into an Iraqi police checkpoint; the resulting explosion killed at least 41 people, including five Iraqi police officers, and wounded 76. One hour later, the deadliest attack was in the al-Sadriyah market in central Baghdad, where a powerful car bomb killed at least 140 people and wounded 148, according to an Iraqi hospital official. The bomb was reportedly left in a parked car and exploded at about 1600 local time (1200 GMT) in the middle of a crowd of workers. The market was being rebuilt after it was destroyed by a bombing in February which killed more than 130 people.^[3] Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ...

The attacks came as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that Iraqi forces would assume control of the country's security by the end of the year, and they also came as officials from more than 60 countries attended a UN conference in Geneva on the plight of Iraqi refugees. List of Prime Ministers of Iraq The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraqs head of government. ... Nouri Kamel Mohammed Hassan al-Maliki (Arabic: نوري كامل المالكي, transliterated Nūrī Kāmil al-Mālikī; born c. ... The New Iraqi Army is being developed by the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT) with the ultimate task of assuming responsibility for all Iraqi land-based military operations following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. ...

Locations

• Sadriya: Car bomb killed at least 127 at market
• Sadr City: Car bomb killed at least 41 at checkpoint
• Karrada: Car bomb near private hospital killed at least 11
• al-Shurja: Minibus bomb killed at least four people [1]

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Karrada (Arabic: كرّادة) is a major affluent district of the city Baghdad, Iraq. ...

See also

• 3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing, the previous bombing of Sadriya market

The Baghdad market bombing was the detonation of a large truck bomb in a busy market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on February 3, 2007. ...

External links

• In pictures: Baghdad bombs (BBC)

References