Terror Attack Catalogue

Date: November 2nd, 2010
Method: String of 20 explosions: car bombings, roadside bombings and mortar fire
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Death Toll: 63+
Injury Toll: 285+
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed (Suspected Al-Quaeda)

The Washington Post explains:

U.S. soldiers have become a rare sight in Baghdad since June 2009, the deadline the Iraqi government set for Americans' nominal departure from cities as part of a bilateral agreement signed the year before.
Coming two days after an attack on a Baghdad Catholic church during Mass in which 58 people were killed, the newest wave of violence infuriated Iraqis. Many blamed the worsening security situation on their elected officials, who have been unable to form a government since parliamentary elections March 7.

For a detailed report, please read this New York Times article.

Date: April 23rd, 2010
Method: Car Bomb, Roadside Bomb
Location: Al Amin Neighbourhood Baghdad, Iraq
Death Toll: 8
Injury Toll: 23
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed (Suspected Al-Quaeda)

McClatchy reports:

Baghdad All attacks took place around 12:30 p.m. during Friday prayers:
A car bomb and a roadside bomb exploded in Al Amin neighborhood near Muhsin Al Hakeem killing 8 civilians and injuring 23 others.

The Associated Press reports:

A series of bombings mainly targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 60 people on Friday, officials said, just days after U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the top two al-Qaida leaders in Iraq in what was described as devastating blow to the insurgency.

The apparently coordinated attack, which occurred in a two-hour timespan, demonstrated insurgents remain a potent force despite U.S. and Iraqi claims that the terror network is on the run.

Officials have warned insurgents remain capable of staging high-profile bombings in a bid to reignite sectarian tensions that pushed the country to the brink of civil war.

Extremists are also seeking to exploit political deadlock after the inconclusive March 7 parliamentary election as U.S. forces prepare to go withdraw from the country by the end of 2011.

Read this New York Times article for more information on the wave of attacks that occured in Iraq on April 23rd.

Date: April 23rd, 2010
Method: Roadside Bomb
Location: Rahmaniyah Baghdad, Iraq
Death Toll: 0
Injury Toll: 7
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed (Suspected Al-Quaeda)

McClatchy reports:

Baghdad All attacks took place around 12:30 p.m. during Friday prayers:
A roadside exploded near a market area in Rahmaniyah injuring 7 civilians.

The Associated Press reports:

A series of bombings mainly targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 60 people on Friday, officials said, just days after U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the top two al-Qaida leaders in Iraq in what was described as devastating blow to the insurgency.

The apparently coordinated attack, which occurred in a two-hour timespan, demonstrated insurgents remain a potent force despite U.S. and Iraqi claims that the terror network is on the run.

Officials have warned insurgents remain capable of staging high-profile bombings in a bid to reignite sectarian tensions that pushed the country to the brink of civil war.

Extremists are also seeking to exploit political deadlock after the inconclusive March 7 parliamentary election as U.S. forces prepare to go withdraw from the country by the end of 2011.

Read this New York Times article for more information on the wave of attacks that occured in Iraq on April 23rd.

Date: April 23rd, 2010
Method: Roadside Bomb
Location: Al Sadrain mosque in Zafaraniyah Baghdad, Iraq
Death Toll: 0
Injury Toll: 6
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed (Suspected Al-Quaeda)

McClatchy reports:

Baghdad All attacks took place around 12:30 p.m. during Friday prayers:
A roadside bomb exploded near Al Sadrain mosque in Zafaraniyah injuring 6 civilians.

The Associated Press reports:

A series of bombings mainly targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 60 people on Friday, officials said, just days after U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the top two al-Qaida leaders in Iraq in what was described as devastating blow to the insurgency.

The apparently coordinated attack, which occurred in a two-hour timespan, demonstrated insurgents remain a potent force despite U.S. and Iraqi claims that the terror network is on the run.

Officials have warned insurgents remain capable of staging high-profile bombings in a bid to reignite sectarian tensions that pushed the country to the brink of civil war.

Extremists are also seeking to exploit political deadlock after the inconclusive March 7 parliamentary election as U.S. forces prepare to go withdraw from the country by the end of 2011.

Read this New York Times article for more information on the wave of attacks that occured in Iraq on April 23rd.

Date: April 23rd, 2010
Method: Roadside Bomb
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Death Toll: 0
Injury Toll: 5
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed (Suspected Al-Quaeda)

McClatchy reports:

Baghdad All attacks took place around 12:30 p.m. during Friday prayers: A roadside exploded inside a shop in Dora neighborhood injuring five civilians.

The Associated Press reports:

A series of bombings mainly targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 60 people on Friday, officials said, just days after U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the top two al-Qaida leaders in Iraq in what was described as devastating blow to the insurgency.

The apparently coordinated attack, which occurred in a two-hour timespan, demonstrated insurgents remain a potent force despite U.S. and Iraqi claims that the terror network is on the run.

Officials have warned insurgents remain capable of staging high-profile bombings in a bid to reignite sectarian tensions that pushed the country to the brink of civil war.

Extremists are also seeking to exploit political deadlock after the inconclusive March 7 parliamentary election as U.S. forces prepare to go withdraw from the country by the end of 2011.

Read this New York Times article for more information on the wave of attacks that occured in Iraq on April 23rd.

Date: April 11th, 2010
Method: Roadside Bomb
Location: Diyala, Iraq
Death Toll: 3
Injury Toll: 1
Perpetrators: Suspected Al-Quaeda

Xinhua reports:

Three children brothers were killed and their fourth brother was wounded on Sunday in a bomb explosion as they were heading to their school in a rural area in Iraq's volatile province of Diyala in northeast of Baghdad, a provincial police source said.

The father of the four children is a former leader of an Awakening Council group, a government-backed paramilitary group which fought the extremist Sunni militants of Qaida, he said.

According to the French Associated Press:

The Sahwa (Awakening) movement, known as the "Sons of Iraq" by the US army, joined American and Iraqi forces in 2006 and 2007 to fight Al-Qaeda and its supporters, leading to a dramatic fall in violence across the country.

Date: April 11th, 2010
Method: IED/Roadside Bom
Location: Daman District, Afghanistan
Death Toll: 4 civilians (1 soldier)
Injury Toll: 14
Perpetrators: Suspected Taliban

The Associated Press reports:

A home-made bomb tore through a bus carrying a mine clearance team in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing four people and injuring more than a dozen others, officials said.
The improvised explosive device -- the Taliban and other militants' weapon of choice against foreign forces and government targets -- detonated as they drove on a dirt road near Daman district.

Date: April 10th, 2010
Method: Roadside Bomb
Location: Hamam al-Alil area, about 16 miles (25 kilometers) south of Mosul, Iraq
Death Toll: 2
Injury Toll: Unconfirmed
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed

The Associated Press reports:

A second roadside bomb went off next to an Iraqi army patrol in the Hamam al-Alil area, about 16 miles (25 kilometers) south of Mosul, killing a soldier and a child, according to another police officer who said he had no other details.