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January

January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...

• Hundreds of Saddam Hussein supporters protest the ousted Iraqi dictator's December 30, 2006, execution and vow revenge. Protests are held in Baghdad, Tikrit, and Samarra. [1]

January 2 December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• The Wall Street Journal publishes a December 24, 2006 interview with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Maliki said that he only accepted his job out of duty and that he wished he could resign as PM before his term ends in 2009. [2]

January 3 The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with an average daily circulation of 1,800,607 (2002). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Three officials are arrested in connection with the filming of Saddam Hussein's execution. [3]
• A video of five kidnapped contractors in Iraq--four Americans and an Austrian--is delivered to the Associated Press. They spoke briefly and appeared unharmed. The five were kidnapped on November 16, 2006. [4]

January 4 The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Two car bombs explode in Baghdad at a gas station, killing 13 and wounding more than 20 others. [5]

January 10 January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• President Bush announces new strategy that includes an additional 20,000 troops, eliciting vocal resistance from the US House and Senate.^[1]

January 15 This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court; and Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief, were both executed by hanging before dawn in Baghdad. Ibrahim was beheaded by the noose, sparking anger from Sunnis who claim his body was "mutilated." [6]

January 16 January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Sixty-five people are killed outside the Baghdad's Al-Mustansiriya University in an explosion, one of a series of attacks across Iraq that killed at least 109, the deadliest day in weeks. [7]

January 20 Mustansiriya University, established in 1233 as an college of Sunni Islam, is one of the oldest institutions of its kind in the region. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• The third deadliest day for US troops in Iraq occurred, with at least 25 US soldiers killed.
• Five US soldiers were killed during the Karbala provincial headquarters raid, in which about a dozen militiamen --who spoke English, wore US military uniforms, carried US-issued arms and drove vehicles used by dignitaries-- attacked the gobernor's compound and kidnapped and later executed some of the American soldiers located inside in what is considered one of the most sophisticated attacks of the war. [8][9][10]
• Twelve were killed when a US helicopter was shot down northeast of Baghdad. Four more were killed in Anbar province, and three were killed in seperate roadside bombings.

January 21 Combatants United States Iraqi insurgents Strength at least 12 9-12 Casualties 5 killed (4 initially captured then killed), 3 wounded none The raid of the Karbala provincial headquarters was an infiltration attack carried out on 20 January 2007 by insurgent commandos, with possible Iranian involvement,[1] on a meeting... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Moqtada al-Sadr announces his political bloc will return to parliament, ending his two-month boycott.[11]

January 22 January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Two blasts in a Shiite area of Baghdad kill at least 78 and wound at least 150, the deadliest bombing in two months.[12]

January 23 There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Five US civilians working for Blackwater USA are killed in Baghdad when their helicopter came under fire and crashed. The helicopter was coming to the aid of a US Embassy convoy that had come under fire, a US diplomatic official said. NBC News reports that four of the contractors were shot execution style. Two Sunni insurgent groups claimed responsibility for the attack. [13]

January 25 January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Two mortars slam into the Green Zone and a suicide car bomb detonates in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad, killing at least 26. A second explosion in Baghdad occurred later. The attacks came hours after a pledge from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that the upcoming security crackdown in Baghdad will track down militants and make the city safer. [14]

January 28 January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Battle of Najaf (2007)

Combatants Iraq United States United Kingdom Soldiers of Heaven Commanders Othman al-Ghanemi Ahmed Ismail Katte† Dia Abdul-Zahra†[1] Strength unknown 800 Casualties 11-25 killed (Iraqi forces) 2 killed (US) Iraqi estimates of about 263 killed, 502 captured (disputed; see below) The 2007 Battle of Najaf took place...

February

February 2 February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq released by U.S. intelligence. [15]

February 3 National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) express the coordinated judgments of the US Intelligence Community, and thus represent the most authoritative assessment of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) with respect to a particular national security issue. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• A suicide truck bomber struck a market in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad, killing at least 128 and wounding 343. Eight car bombs also detonate in Kirkuk. [16]

February 5 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. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• In al-Madaen, three dumped bodies were recovered.[17]
• Two policemen were killed and another injured when gunmen attacked their al-Saidiya checkpoint.[18]
• In al-Shurqat, the body of Ammar Ubaid Mohammed, an electricity department employee was found a week after he was kidnapped. [19]
• Three unidentified bodies were found in Khalis.[20]
• A bullet-riddled body bearing torture wounds was found in Kirkuk. In nearby Shwan, a second body was discovered.[21]
• Five civilians were wounded during clashes in Mosul.[22]
• Also, Laith al-Othman, the assistant governor of Ninewa was wounded along with three bodyguards when a roadside bomb blasted his convoy.[23]
• A police officer was gunned down and another injured while guarding a mosque in Samawa.[24]
• On a highway east of Baghdad, a roadside bomb injured two people.[25]
• And gunmen wearing police uniforms attacked an armored truck. They kidnapped five people and stole US$350,000; the kidnap victims were found alive later with the truck.[26]
• In Baghdad, a car bomb at a petrol station killed 15 people and wounded 65 in the Saidiya district. [27]
• Eight people were killed and 40 injured in an explosion at a garage in the Nadha neighborhood.[]
• At Andulus Square, a car bomb near a children’s hospital killed six and wounded nine others. [28]

February 6 February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• A policeman was killed and two others wounded in Baquba on Tuesday. Eight were killed in a series of shootings.[29]
• In Fallujah, a sniper killed two Iraqi soldiers.[30]
• Two separate bombs near Khalis killed seven people and injured three more.[31]
• Ten people were wounded in Kirkuk when two consecutive bombs exploded. One was at the home of a police officer and wounded his mother. The other took place just north of the city in a residential area.[32]
• On the Baghdad-Kut highway, roadside bombs blasted Baghdad Governor Hussein al-Tahhan’s convoy; no casualties were reported.[33]
• Also in the capital, authorities reported that a senior Iranian official was kidnapped on Sunday.[34]
• Five people were killed and 12 wounded during a car bombing in the Mashtal district.[35]
• A separate car bomb in a southern neighborhood killed three and wounded three others.[36]
• Another five were wounded during a car bomb explosion in the Bayaa district.[37]
• In the Zaafaraniya district, a roadside bomb injured two more.[38]
• And another car bomb injured five, including one soldier, in the Yarmouk district.[39]

February 7 February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• A Chinook helicopter crashes in western Iraq, killing 7; the fifth US helicopter to crash in two weeks. [40]
• A roadside bomb killed a policeman and wounded three others in a central neighborhood.[41]
• In the New Baghdad area, a separate roadside bomb wounded four more.[42]
• Mortars killed one person and wounded seven others in northeastern Baghdad.[43]
• Gunmen killed three people in a drive-by shooting in Yarmouk.[44]
• No one was injured when gunmen set fire to 16 homes in the Amil area.[45]
• At al-Iraqiya TV, three guards were shot outside their headquarters in the Salhiya district.[46]
• Ihsan al-Mashhadani, a finance ministry official was kidnapped.[47]
• Also, 33 bodies were found scattered around the capital.[48]
• In Fallujah, a car bomb at a market killed 10 people, including two children, and injured 30 others.[49]
• Also, a mortar round killed four people, including two women.[50]
• Iraqi soldiers killed at least 10 gunmen during clashes in Ramadi.[51]
• Three children were killed and 12 people were injured during a mortar attack north of the capital at Mzerat.[52]
• Six bodies were found in Baquba. They bore the torture and gunshot wounds common to victims of sectarian violence.[53]
• In Mosul, gunmen killed a government employee and her husband.[54]
• An Iraqi soldier’s body was found in Shirqat.[55]
• A roadside bomb near Suwayra killed a woman and wounded two others.[56]
• Three bodies were discovered in Mahmudiya.[57]
• Two bodies were found in Yusufiya.[58]
• At a Muqdadiyah checkpoint, nine people were kidnapped.[59]
• Two men and a woman were shot dead in Ishaqi.[60]
• On the road to Baghdad at Kut, a roadside bomb killed a woman and injured two others.[61]
• One person was wounded in Musayyib during a mortar attack.[62]
• A police officer and a civilian were injured by a roadside bomb near Iskandariya.[63]

February 8 February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• The much-awaited security crackdown was implemented in Baghdad yesterday.[64]
• Today, U.S. troops reported killing 13 militia members in an air raid outside of Baghdad at Amiriyah and eight more at Arab Jabour.[65]
• Local officials are insisting that U.S. air strikes killed 45 civilians, including women and children, and injured 20 more in Zaidan.[66]
• During another raid, U.S. troops raided the health ministry building and arrested Hakim Zamili, the deputy health minister.
• In Baghdad, 37 bodies were found scattered around town.[67]
• A car bomb killed eight and wounded 12 in the al-Amin area.[68]
• Gunmen attacked a checkpoint in central Baghdad; an army officer and a soldier were killed while another soldier and three policemen were injured.[69]
• Also, a convoy belonging to a member of the Fadhila Shi'ite political party, Ammar Tu'uma, was attacked; one guard was injured in the incident which took place in the Mansour district.[70]
• In Rafiyaat, gunmen stormed two neighboring homes where they separated the men from the women and children. They dragged the men outside and machine-gunned 14 to death; a 15th man survived his wounds.[71]
• Gunmen attacked a police unit in Baquba, killing four policemen and a civilian.[72]
• And, police said they killed three snipers.[73]
• At a market in Aziziya, a car bomb killed 20 and injured 45 others.[74]
• Sixteen bodies were discovered in Mosul.[75]
• Two civilians were shot dead in separate incidents.[76]
• In Garma, three bodies bearing gunshot wounds to the head were discovered.[77]
• Seven people were abducted from a minibus.[78]
• In Suwayra, three successive roadside bombs killed seven and wounded 23 late yesterday.[79]
• A worshipper was killed and four others wounded yesterday at a mosque in Fallujah.[80]
• Mortars killed seven people and wounded ten in Iskandariya.[81]
• In Haditha, seven policemen were killed and three wounded when a suicide bomber attacked their checkpoint.[82]
• A former army officer was gunned down in Muqdadiya.[83]
• Eight unidentified bodies were turned in to the morgue in Khalis; five were beheaded.[84]

February 9 February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• In what is being described as a friendly fire incident, U.S. forces killed eight Kurdish Peshmerga militiamen and wounded eight more in Mosul; the U.S. military said they were targeting an al Qaeda cell.[85]
• In other Coalition raids, at least two gunmen were killed in Mosul and another was killed in Baquba.[86]
• A man was injured near Taji when Coalition forces detained him after seeing him planting a roadside bomb.[87]
• Also, four civilians were killed and two others injured during a U.S. raid in Duluiya.[88]
• In Baghdad, clashes erupted between Iraqi police and gunmen in the Doura neighborhood; three civilians were killed and 10 were wounded.[89]
• A car bomb exploded near the home of a Kirkuk police colonel; seven were wounded, including the colonel and members of his family.[90]
• Two people were killed and eight wounded when a roadside bomb exploded at a marketplace near Hilla.[91]
• A roadside bomb in Mosul wounded 17 people including 10 policemen. Two people were killed in separate incidents.[92]
• Thirteen people were kidnapped in Imam village; two were rescued immediately. Later, 11 bodies were fished out of the Maleh River in Mahaweel.[93]
• Two men were killed when the roadside bomb they were planting detonated prematurely in Muqdadiya.[94]
• In Tuz Khormato, a man was injured when a grenade was tossed at his home.[95]
• A 14-year-old was kidnapped during a home invasion robbery.[96]
• Also, two workshops were burned down in separate incidents.[97]

February 10 February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• In Baghdad, a suicide car bomber killed five and wounded 10 outside a bakery in the Karrada district.[98]
• In the eastern al-Kamaliyah area, a separate car bomb killed three and wounded six people.[99]
• Shi’ite gunmen stormed Sunni homes in the Ghazaliya neighborhood where they killed one person and wounded five others.[100]
• An Iraqi army officer was killed during a drive-by shooting in the Abu Ghraib area.[101]
• A 15-year-old girl was killed in crossfire between rival groups.[102]
• Also, 30 bodies were found throughout the city.[103]
• Twenty-four bodies were discovered in the area around Kut.[104]
• Ten police officers and seven civilians were injured when a bomb blew up outside the governor of Ninevah’s office.[105]
• In Mussayab, gunmen stormed a home where they killed three and wounded two more members of the same family.[106]
• A roadside bomb killed one person in a separate incident.[107]
• Two women and a man died when a mortar round fell on their home.[108]
• A suicide car bomb targeted a checkpoint in Tal Afar; one Iraqi soldier was killed and five people were wounded including three civilians.[109]
• A mortar round fell on Iskandariya where it killed one person.[110]
• In al-Thawra, one policeman was killed and another wounded in a drive-by shooting; three civilians were wounded in a related car bombing.[111]
• Gunmen in Hilla shot dead three people and wounded two others during drive-by shooting; women were among the dead and injured.[112]

February 11 February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• Clashes erupted between combined U.S-Iraqi forces and gunmen in Buhriz; five people were killed and 25 wounded, including women.[113]
• In Baquba, clashes left 17 militants dead and 20 more wounded.[114]
• Near Tikrit, a suicide truck bomber attacked the Adwar police station; at least 30 people were killed and 50 wounded in the explosion, including 21 dead police officers.[115]
• On a highway on the outskirts of Tikrit, a roadside bomb killed two civilians and wounded two others.[116]
• In Mosul, eight border security recruits were machine-gunned to death in their vehicle.[117]
• Five bodies, including three belonging to policemen, were found around town.[118]
• Twenty-one civilians were wounded during a mortar attack in central Mosul.[119]
• In Baghdad, four people were killed and five others wounded by a car bomb parked at an intersection in the upscale Mansour district.[120]
• Also in Mansour, gunmen killed Kerbala police Colonel Hatam Abdul-Hussein and wounded his son; another civilian was also killed.[121]
• Near the Nahdha bridge, gunmen killed two people and injured a third.[122]
• Brigadier General Ayad Fadhil and Colonel Abdul Kareem Abdul Abba, both of the criminal evidence directorate, were wounded in a drive-by shooting.[123]
• Also, 27 bodies were found scattered about the city.[124]
• A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a police station in Ilam, killing one policeman.[125]
• Gunmen assassinated Lieutenant Colonel Jamal Mohammad who was the chief of the serious crimes office in Taiji. Two guards were wounded and two of the attackers were killed.[126]
• A former Baath Party member was assassinated in Amara.[127]
• Three dumped bodies were found scattered around Hilla.[128]
• Colonel Faris Al Ameri of the Balad Ruz police survived an assassination attempt; two of his guards were injured.[129]
• A female security guard was killed in Baquba.[130]
• A body was found dumped in Basra.[131]
• And a mine thought to be left over from the Iraq-Iran war injured a child in Al Rumaila Al Shamalia.[132]

February 12 February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• Three car bombs explode in Baghdad, killing at least 80. The bombings coincided with the first anniversary, according to the Muslim lunar calendar, of the destruction of the Shiite Golden Dome Mosque in Samarra. [133]
• Also in the capital, gunmen attacked an Interior Ministry employee; she survived the attack but one bodyguard was killed and a second wounded.[134]
• The editor of a daily newspaper, al-Safir Hussein al-Juburi, was seriously injured in an attack near his home in the Doura district.[135]
• 32 bodies were recovered throughout the capital.[136]
• In Mosul, three bodies were found.[137]
• During clashes with gunmen, six policemen were injured.[138]
• A primary school guard was killed in Kut; the guard was a former member of the Baath party.[139]
• Also, gunmen attacked a police checkpoint, killing one policman and injuring three others.[140]
• The body of a policeman who was kidnapped last week was found in Falahiya.[141]
• Five bodies belonging to Iraqi soldiers were found yesterday in Garma.[142]
• In Samawa, gunmen killed a policeman and in a separate incident a former member of Saddam’s secret police.[143]

February 13 February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Gunmen using hand grenades attacked a U.S. patrol, injuring three GIs, and damaging their vehicle in Duluiya.[144]
• In Baghdad, a suicide truck-bomb killed 18 and wounded 40 near the College of Economic Sciences in the Iskan district.[145]
• Four people were killed and another four injured when a car bomb exploded in the al-Ameen district.[146]
• Mortar rounds falling in Abu Disheer injured two people.[147]
• Also, 20 bodies bearing the usual gunshot and/or torture wounds were discovered scattered around the capital.[148]
• Three bodies were found in Mahmudiya; they bore gunshot wounds and torture marks.[149]
• Mortar rounds fell on Nahwaran where they killed five people and wounded 12 more.[150]
• Two Mahdi army members were gunned down in Amara.[151]
• Six gunmen were killed in Mandili when the car bomb they were loading was set off prematurely.[152]
• In al-Hakimiya, two kidnapped children were freed by police.[153]
• Police in Kharnabat became suspicious of men bearing a coffin. The coffin turned out to be booby-trapped and was disarmed; however, two of the policemen were killed and a third kidnapped by the gunmen.[154]
• A suicide bomber was killed by police when he tried to detonate his vest in a crowd of people waiting for kerosene.[155]
• The main hospital at Baquba received 12 bodies and four injured.[156]

February 14 February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• In Baghdad, a car bomb killed five people and wounded ten near a hospital in the Camp Sara area.[157]
• In al-Sulaikh district, a roadside bomb killed a man and wounded three others.[158]
• At a market in the Bayaa area, a car bomb killed two people and wounded seven.[159]
• In the Yarmouk district, a roadside bomb killed one person while clashes that wounded three Iraqi soldiers erupted nearby.[160]
• And in the Rashdiya suburb, mortar rounds killed one person and wounded 16 others.[161]
• In Ramadi, five people were killed and twenty were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle at a police station; the head of police station was killed in the blast.[162]
• A car bomb in Mosul killed five people and wounded 20 others; women were among the casualties.[163]
• Gunmen killed four policemen and injured several bystanders in central Fallujah.[164]
• A policeman was killed yesterday in Samawa.[165]
• One Iraqi was killed when a roadside bomb targeting a British patrol blasted him instead.[166]

February 15 February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• Tribal chief Sheikh Abdul-Razzaq al-Farhood was shot dead near Kut.[167]
• A roadside bomb near Kirkuk killed two people and wounded a third.[168]
• A car bomb killed 11 in Ramadi.[169]
• In Hawija, three car bombs killed three people. The explosions were followed by an attack where dozens of gunmen stormed the town. Four people were killed in those clashes. Eight security personnel were also injured.[170]
• Forty-eight bodies were discovered on the outskirts of Mosul.[171]
• Gunmen killed a policeman, and another policeman was killed by a roadside bomb in the city.[172]
• In Baghdad, three people were killed and 25 wounded during a bomb attack on a minibus in the Sadr City district.[173]
• In the Doura district, two separate car bombs killed five people and wounded 20 others. [174]
• A car bomb near the al-Shurta tunnel wounded an Iraqi soldier; two civilians were injured in the attack.[175]
• The Iraqi army reported killing two militants and arresting 33 others in various parts of the country.[176]
• A policeman was gunned down in Balad Ruz.[177]
• The Iraqi army killed a man who was planting a bomb in Muqdadiyah.[178]
• One policeman was killed and another wounded during a small arms attack on their vehicle in Khalis.[179]
• Gunmen attacked the village of al-Gasreen with mortars and automatic weapons; eight villagers were killed and 14 more were injured.[180]

February 16 February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• A girl was killed and her mother wounded during a mortar attack near their home in Balad.[181]
• Ten bodies were recovered in Baghdad.[182]
• In Baquba, militants bulldozed a Shiite shrine belonging to the son of the Seventh Imam Moussa Al-Kadem.[183]
• Iraqi security forces arrested dozens of people in several raids.[184]
• the International Organization for Migration released a grave report on the migration situation; millions have been displaced or fled the country.[185]
• Four dead bodies were found in Mosul.[186]
• Katyusha rockets hit two homes in Hibhib where they killed two people.[187]

February 17 February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Elsewhere in the capital, five people were wounded in a bombing near the al-Ghadir bridge.[188]
• In Kirkuk, a double car bombing at a marketplace killed 10 and wounded 83 others.[189]
• Heavy clashes took place in Hit where two policemen were killed, five were wounded and up to 50 gunmen were arrested.[190]
• In Hilla, a policewoman and her young daughter were killed when gunmen stormed her home. [191]
• A roadside bomb killed a policeman and wounded three others.[192]
• Also, a body was found floating in the Euphrates.[193]
• Two headless bodies were fished out of the al-Malih River at Suwayra.[194]
• Three bodies were found in Khalis.[195]
• A police officer was gunned down after work in Kut.[196]
• At a checkpoint just north of Karbala, a suicide car bomber wounded two policemen.[197]
• Three decomposed bodies were discovered dumped together near a Shi'ite mosque in Balad.[198]
• In Baquba, mortar shells fell on al-Huwayder village where they killed one civilian and wounded ten others.[199]
• Elsewhere, ten gunmen were killed during an attack on a checkpoint in town.[200]

February 18 February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• Three suicide bombs detonate in Baghdad, killing 63. [201]
• Gunmen killed two farmers in Balad Ruz.[202]
• During clashes in Tikrit, two police officers and several gunmen were killed and three policemen were injured.[203]
• In Suwayra, a body was recovered from a river.[204]
• Two tortured and shot bodies were discovered in Sulaiman Paek.[205]
• Three bodies bearing gunshot wounds were found in Balad.[206]
• In Mosul, a roadside bomb left a police colonel and two policemen injured. A civilian was gunned down in a separate event.[207]
• Also, three dumped bodies were found in the capital.[208]
• Fifteen gunmen were killed and two Iraqi policemen were injured during operations conducted by combined U.S.-Iraqi forces.[209]
• Also, British forces killed three gunmen during a clash near Basra; at least four others were wounded.[210]

February 19 February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• Iraqi insurgents attacked a US base, sending in a suicide bomber and clashing with US troops. Two US soldiers were killed and 17 were wounded in the attack, according to the military. [211]
• Coalition forces killed a man during a shootout in Basra.[212]
• In al-Qura Ghawli, clashes broke out during a combined raid by U.S.-Iraqi forces. No casualties were reported, but scores of gunmen were arrested.[213]
• A car bomb killed six and wounded 30 others in Mahmudiya.[214]
• A policeman was killed and three others were wounded during a search of a booby-trapped home in Tal Afar.[215]
• Two dumped bodies were found near Mussayab.[216]
• Eight dumped bodies were discovered in Mosul.[217]
• At a checkpoint near Tikrit, gunmen killed three and wounded four.[218]
• In town, seven militants were arrested in town and their cache of explosives detonated in a controlled explosion.[219]
• In Dhuluiya, a suicide car bomber attempted to kill an army chief; the bomber killed five people and wounded 12 others.[220]
• Eleven were killed and four injured in Ramadi when two suicide car bombs exploded outside the home of a tribal leader.[221]
• Thirteen members of a Sunni family were killed after suspected al-Qaeda members dragged them off a minibus near Falluja; the family, which included small children, was returning from a funeral.[222]
• At an army barrack in town, soldiers repelled an attack; an unspecified number of casualties occurred.[223]
• In Baiji, the governor of Salah ad Din province went uninjured during a roadside bomb attack which killed three of his bodyguards and wounded four more.[224]
• Two roadside bombs killed six people and injured 40 more in the Zaafaraniya district.[225]
• In the Karrada area, a bomb in a minibus killed seven and wounded 11 people. [226]
• An evening mortar attack left 11 people dead and 10 injured in southern Baghdad neighborhood. [227]
• Also, twenty bodies were found dumped on the streets.[228]

February 20 February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• Two people were injured in Basra when mortars aimed at British targets landed on their home instead.[229]
• In Samawa, the Muthanna provincial council vice chairman was shot dead.[230]
• Gunmen were repelled at Jumaylah, but an explosives-laden truck injured three, including the driver, a policeman and a civilian.[231]
• During clashes in Buhriz, a Humvee struck a roadside bomb which killed four Iraqi soldiers aboard.[232]
• A suicide bomber in Tikrit was shot dead before he completed his mission.[233]
• Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and a third wounded during a roadside bomb attack near Hawija.[234]
• An oil facility guard was wounded when a roadside bomb blasted his patrol.[235]
• On a highway near al-Azim, gunmen killed three truck drivers and set their vehicles on fire.[236]
• Just north of the capital near Taji, an apparent "dirty bomb" was used to kill nine people and sicken over 150 others; a bomb placed on a chlorine truck exploded releasing the truck’s toxic gases near a roadside restaurant.[237]
• In Baghdad, car bomb killed six and wounded 14 near a petrol station in the Saidiya district.[238]
• A suicide car bomber exploded his cargo in the Doura area where it killed five and injured 30 others.[239]
• Seven mourners were killed and 20 wounded during an attack on a funeral on Palestine Street.[240]
• Also, the bodies of a journalist and his cousin were found a week after they disappeared.[241]

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