List of massacres of the Iraq War
- List of massacres of the Iraq War
During the bloody Iraq War of the 2000s, a variety of massacres occurred. Most were done by Sunni/Shia death squads.
This list currently covers only notable events or events in which civilians or prisoners were killed in mass; far more numerous smaller massacres occurred. It is not necessarily exhaustive, and sources frequently disagree on the number of deaths.
List
*Second battle of Fallujah in late 2004; 4000-6000 civillians killed.
*Massacre of New Iraqi Army recruits on October 24, 2004 by Sunni insurgents, 49 killed. [ [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec04/iraq_10-25.html Online NewsHour: Iraqi Insurgents Massacre 49 Iraq Recruits - October 25, 2004 ] ]
*Haditha killings on November 19, 2005 by U.S. Marines, 24 killed.
*Mahmudiyah killings on March 12, 2006 by U.S. soldiers, 4 killed.
*Between May 7 and 8, 2006, 51 bodies were found in Baghdad, all handcuffed, blindfolded and shot in the head and abdomen. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/07/AR2006050700199.html 30 Iraqis Killed in Karbala, Baghdad - washingtonpost.com ] ]
*Hay al Jihad massacre on July 9, 2006 by Shiia militia, 40 killed.
*2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre, by Shiite-affiliated policemen after a bombing, 70 killed.
*2007 Mosul massacre on April 23, 2007 by Sunni insurgents, 23 killed.
*On June 30, 2007, 35 to 40 bodies were recovered from a recently dug mass grave in the town of Ferris, south of Fallujah, most likely it was an act of sectarian violence.
*Massacre of Shiite villagers in a village in Diyala province on July 16, 2007 by Sunni insurgents, 29 killed. [ [http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/17/840804-iraq-officials-report-massacre-in-diyala Newsvine - New Village Massacre Reported in Iraq ] ]
*2007 Qahtaniya bombings on August 14, 2007 by Sunni insurgents, 796 killed.
*Blackwater Baghdad shootings on September 16, 2007 by Private military contractors, 17 killed.
*On April 17, 2007, 51 bodies of Iraqi civilians and military personnel, who were killed in the previous two years, were found in Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad.
*2007-2008, following the conclusion of the 2007 Diyala province military campaign dozens of mass graves were found over the next year containing hundreds of bodies, all most likely victims of Al Qaeda and other insurgent death squads while the insurgency was in control of the area.
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