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:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2008

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This article details major terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2008. In 2008, there were 257 suicide bombings in Iraq. On February 1, a pair of bombs detonated at a market in Baghdad, killing 99 people and injuring 200. Two other particularly deadly attacks occurred on March 6 (53 deaths), and June 17 (63 deaths).

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January

  • January 1: A suicide bomber killed more than 30 people and injured 32 in an attack in Baghdad. The blast was targeted at mourners at the funeral of a Shia army officer, Nabil Hussein Jassim, who had been killed by a car bombing in central Baghdad three days earlier.{{cite news |author=|date=January 1, 2008 |title=Iraq suicide bomber hits funeral |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7166918.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104132823/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7166918.stm |archive-date=January 4, 2008 |access-date=January 26, 2023}}
  • January 7: A double bombing in Baghdad killed at least 14 people, including Riyadh Samarrai, leader of the US-backed Adhamiya Awakening group, which fights al-Qaeda in Sunni areas of the city.{{cite news |author= |date=January 7, 2008 |title=Iraq bombs hit Sunni stronghold |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7174641.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110012356/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7174641.stm |archive-date=January 10, 2008 |access-date=January 26, 2023}}
  • January 16: A female suicide bomber blew herself up near a Shia mosque in the town of Khan Bani Saad Diyala, killing 11 others. Eighteen people were wounded in the attack, near a market in the town, south of Baqubah in the Diyala Governorate.{{cite news |author= |date=January 16, 2008 |title=Woman bomber kills 11 in Iraq |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7191234.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119175342/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7191234.stm |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |access-date=January 26, 2023}}
  • January 24: A suicide bomber killed a high-ranking police chief and two other police officers in Mosul at the site of an explosion that had killed at least 34 people and wounded at least 217 the day before. Brigadier General Salah Mohammed al-Jubouri, the director of police for Ninawa Governorate, was inspecting the scene of Wednesday's blast when gunmen ambushed his convoy.{{cite news |author= |date=January 24, 2008 |title=Iraqi police chief dies in ambush |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7206391.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127154212/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7206391.stm |archive-date=January 27, 2008 |access-date=January 26, 2023}}

February

  • February 1: Two bombs exploded in Baghdad animal markets killing 99 people and wounding 200. The Iraqi government claimed that the bombs were carried by women and detonated remotely.{{cite news |author= |date=February 2, 2008 |title=Iraq market bomb toll nears 100 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7223769.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206135348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7223769.stm |archive-date=February 6, 2008 |access-date=January 26, 2023}}
  • February 24: A leader of a Sunni Awakening Council group, Sheikh Ibrahim Mutayri al-Mohammedi, was killed in a suicide bombing in Falluja.{{cite news |author= |date=February 24, 2008 |title=Iraqi Sunni tribal leader killed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7261288.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227055812/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7261288.stm |archive-date=February 27, 2008 |access-date=January 26, 2023}}
  • February 25: A man in a wheelchair blew himself up in a northern Iraqi police station, killing three National Police officers, including a commander.{{cite news |last=Tawfeeq |first=Mohammed |date=February 25, 2008 |title=Wheelchair bomber kills 3 in Iraq police station |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.main/index.html |url-status=live |publisher=CNN News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229002049/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.main/index.html |archive-date=February 29, 2008 |access-date=January 26, 2023}}

March

  • March 3: A pair of car bombings targeting Iraqi security forces killed at least 18 people and wounded dozens in Baghdad.{{cite news |author= |date=March 3, 2008 |title=Car bombs targeting Iraqi security forces kill 18 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/03/iraq.main/index.html |url-status=live |publisher=CNN News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309014639/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/03/iraq.main/index.html |archive-date=March 9, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2023}}
  • March 6: Fifty-three people were killed and 125 were wounded in two bomb attacks in a Baghdad commercial district.{{cite news |last=Tawfeeq |first=Mohammed |date=March 6, 2008 |title=Pair of bombs kills 53 in Baghdad, officials say |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.html |url-status=live |publisher=CNN News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311012155/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.html |archive-date=March 11, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2023}}
  • March 10: A suicide bomber struck in central Baghdad killing 5 American soldiers on foot patrol, 3 other soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were wounded in the Blast.{{cite news |last1=Tawfeeq |first1=Mohammed |last2=McIntyre |first2=Jamie |author-link2=Jamie McIntyre |last3=Wald |first3=Jonathan |date=March 10, 2008 |title=Two blasts in Iraq kill eight U.S. troops |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/10/iraq.main/index.html |url-status=live |publisher=CNN News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315003637/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/10/iraq.main/index.html |archive-date=March 15, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2023}}
  • March 13: An Iraqi woman detonated a suicide vest in a small crowd in the Kirkuk Province killing two Iraqi citizens and wounding six. One Soldier who sustained minor wounds was treated at the scene{{cite web |url=http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/female-suicide-bomber-kills-2-wounds-6-zaab |title=Female suicide bomber kills 2, wounds 6 (Zaab) |date=March 13, 2008 |publisher=Multi-National Corps – Iraq |access-date=January 27, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175857/http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/female-suicide-bomber-kills-2-wounds-6-zaab |archive-date=July 17, 2011}}
  • March 17: A female suicide bomber apparently targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 40 people and wounded at least 65 in Karbala.{{cite news |last=Tawfeeq |first=Mohammed |date=March 17, 2008 |title=Female suicide bomber kills 40 in Iraq, official says |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.html |url-status=live |publisher=CNN News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319023829/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.html |archive-date=March 19, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2023}}
  • March 19: In Baquba, five people were killed and 16 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt in a public market. Another suicide bomb wounded 11 Iraqi soldiers and 3 civilians in Mosul. [http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=254143&Itemid=85&cattitle=Iraq]{{Dead link|date=January 2023|fix-attempted=yes}}
  • March 22: A roadside bomb blast struck an Iraqi police patrol in Kirkuk, killing a civilian and wounding nine people.{{cite news |last=Tawfeeq |first=Mohammed |date=March 22, 2008 |title=Roadside bomb kills 3 soldiers, 2 Iraqis |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.main/index.html |url-status=dead |publisher=CNN News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327013729/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/22/iraq.main/index.html |archive-date=March 27, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2023}}
  • March 23: 13 Iraqi soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber who drove a fuel tanker into an army base in Mosul and at least 40 people were injured.{{cite news |author= |date=March 23, 2008 |title=Dozens die in attacks across Iraq |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7310173.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326180729/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7310173.stm |archive-date=March 26, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2023}}
  • March 27: A car bomb explosion killed three people and wounded five others near a police patrol in central Baghdad.{{cite news |last1=Tawfeeq |first1=Mohammed |last2=Wald |first2=Jonathan |date=March 27, 2008 |title=International Zone under curfew as attacks continue |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/27/iraq.main/index.html |url-status=live |publisher=CNN News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402231739/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/27/iraq.main/index.html |archive-date=April 2, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2023}}
  • March 31: A suicide car bomber killed 5 US backed Sunni fighters at a checkpoint in Siniya, at least eight other people were injured.{{cite news |author= |date=March 31, 2008 |title=Suicide car bomber kills 5 Sunni fighters |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Suicide_car_bomber_kills_5_Sunni_fighters_Report/articleshow/2912602.cm |url-status=dead |work=The Times of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113114145/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Suicide_car_bomber_kills_5_Sunni_fighters_Report/articleshow/2912602.cms |archive-date=January 13, 2009 |access-date=January 27, 2023}}

April

  • April 3: A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint near Mosul, killing 7 people and wounding 12 (the US military claims 5 killed and 19 injured).{{Cite web |title=Zee News: Latest News, Live Breaking News, Today News, India Political News Updates |url=http://zeenews.india.com/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Zee News |language=en}}
  • April 4: A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people in an attack on the funeral for a Sunni policeman in the province of Diyala, in the town of Saadiyah.{{cite news |author= |date=April 4, 2008 |title=Iraq PM halts battle with militia |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7330033.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408035037/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7330033.stm |archive-date=April 8, 2008 |access-date=January 28, 2023}}
  • April 11: Suicide bombings killed at least four people—three of them police. The first bombing was in Ramadi, the provincial capital of the predominantly Sunni Anbar province. At least three national police officers were killed. The second attack took place at a checkpoint about 20 km north of Baiji, the bomber and one other person a local Awakening Council were killed. Also, at least three people were killed in a mortar attack on Baghdad's Palestine Hotel.{{cite news |last1=Bassil |first1=Yousif |last2=Karadsheh |first2=Jomana |date=April 11, 2008 |title=Iraqi, U.S. troops accused of Sadr City attack |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/11/iraq.main/index.html |url-status=live |publisher=CNN News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412141900/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/11/iraq.main/index.html |archive-date=April 12, 2008 |access-date=January 28, 2023}}
  • April 14: Three people died in the nearby city of Tal Afar when a suicide attacker blew himself up at an Iraqi soldier's funeral.{{cite news |last=Karadsheh |first=Jomana |date=April 15, 2008 |title=Bombings kill at least 60 in Iraq |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/15/iraq.mainbombs/index.html |url-status=live |publisher=CNN News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416195216/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/15/iraq.mainbombs/index.html |archive-date=April 16, 2008 |access-date=January 28, 2023}}
  • April 15: A wave of bombings blamed on Al-Qaeda in Iraq-jihadists shook Baghdad, Baquba, Ramadi and Mosul, killing at least 60 people. Nonetheless, the overall violence in Baquba has decreased by 80% since June 2007. In Baquba, as many as 40 people were killed and at least 75 more were wounded during a car bombing near the courthouse. A suicide bomber killed 15 people and injured 13 more outside a kebab restaurant in Ramadi. Five policemen were killed and four more were wounded during a suicide bombing at a checkpoint in the Hamidiya area of Ramadi. In Mosul, a double car bombing killed three people and wounded at least 16 people. In Baghdad, a car bomb targeting a police patrol killed four people and wounded 15 in a central neighborhood.
  • April 17: A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and wounded many others in a suicide attack on a crowd of mourners in Baquba, during the funeral of two members of a local group who had died fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq militants.{{cite news |author= |date=April 17, 2008 |title=Suicide bomb kills Iraqi mourners

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7352093.stm |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418012033/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7352093.stm |archive-date=April 18, 2008 |access-date=January 28, 2023}}

  • April 18: A suicide bomber attacked a U.S. military patrol near Tikrit killing 1 US soldier and wounding 4 others.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18576&Itemid=21 |title=Multi-National Force - Iraq - MND-N Soldier attacked in Salah ad Din |access-date=2009-11-29 |archive-date=2009-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907105326/http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18576&Itemid=21 |url-status=dead }}
  • April 21: A female suicide bomber attacked a U.S.-allied militia post, killing four people and wounding five others in Baquba.
  • April 22: A female suicide bomber killed six people and wounded a dozen others when she blew herself up north of Baghdad according to Iraqi police.{{Cite news |date=2008-04-22 |title=Female suicide bomber kills six north of Baghdad |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-bomber-idUSL2262172420080422 |access-date=2023-05-08}} A suicide car bomber at a checkpoint near Ramadi killed 2 U.S. Marines and wounded 3 more. Two policemen and 24 civilians were also wounded. A second car bombing, this one at a police station in the city, wounded 20 people, including women and policemen.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18678&Itemid=21 |title=Multi-National Force - Iraq - Marines attacked by SVBIED near Ramadi |access-date=2009-11-29 |archive-date=2009-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904110507/http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18678&Itemid=21 |url-status=dead }} In Jalawla, a female suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 17 at a police station.
  • April 26: A series of co-ordinated bomb attacks has killed at least seven people and injured more than 20 in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.{{Cite news |date=2008-04-26 |title=Seven killed in Iraq bomb attacks |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7369419.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}}
  • April 29: At least 9 people were killed and were 23 wounded in a bomb attack in central Baghdad, Iraqi police say.{{Cite news |date=2008-05-01 |title=Iraqi MPs call Maliki 'depraved' |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7377005.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}}

May

  • May 1: At least 35 people have been killed in a double suicide bombing in the Iraqi province of Diyala, officials say. At least 76 other people are said to have been injured.{{Cite news |date=2008-05-01 |title=Iraq suicide bombing hits market |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7378406.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}}
  • May 14: A suicide bomber killed 20 people and wounded dozens more when he blew himself up at a funeral west of Baghdad on Wednesday, there was no claim for responsibility but Iraqi police suspect al-Qaeda in Iraq.{{Cite news |date=2008-05-14 |title=Suicide bomber kills 20 west of Baghdad: police |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-bombing-idUSL1452335820080514 |access-date=2023-05-08}} A teen aged girl blew herself up outside an Iraqi army post south of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing one soldier, the U.S. military said.{{Cite news |date=2008-05-14 |title=Teenage girl kills one in Iraq suicide attack |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-suicide-teenager-idUSYAT46111020080514 |access-date=2023-05-08}}
  • May 17: A female suicide bomber targeted a US-backed militia office in Baquba, killing one woman and wounding 16.{{cite web |title=Suicide bomber targets US-backed militia |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/suicide-bomber-targets-us-backed-militia-400861 |website=IOL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807015729/https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/suicide-bomber-targets-us-backed-militia-400861 |archive-date=2023-08-07 |date=2008-05-17 |url-status=live}}
  • May 26: A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck a checkpoint manned by Iraqi police and US-backed Sunni militia, killing four people including a policeman, two awakening council guards and a civilian.{{cite web |title=Roadside Blasts Kill Two U.S. Soldiers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-roadside-blasts/129572046/ |website=The Santa Fe New Mexican |pages=A003 |date=27 May 2008}}
  • May 27: A car bombing in the city of Talafer, some 70 km west of Mosul, killed 4 people and injured 46.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-12 |title=Car bomb kills 4, injures 46 in N Iraq_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/28/content_8265815.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112071321/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/28/content_8265815.htm |archive-date=2009-01-12 }}
  • May 29: A suicide bomber killed 14 police recruits and two policemen in northern Iraq.{{Cite news |date=2008-05-29 |title=Suicide bomber kills 16 police, recruits in Iraq |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-bomb-idUSL2965792320080529 |access-date=2023-05-08}} 17 others were killed and 80 were wounded in suicide bombings that day.{{Cite news |date=2010-01-26 |title=Death toll in Iraq suicide blast climbs to 17 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE60P0N4 |access-date=2023-05-08}}

June

  • June 1: At least two people were killed and five others wounded in a car bomb explosion at a parking lot near the Iranian embassy in central Baghdad.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-12 |title=Car bomb kills 2 near Iranian embassy in Baghdad_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/01/content_8294348.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112071326/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/01/content_8294348.htm |archive-date=2009-01-12 }}
  • June 2: A suicide bomber killed at least five policemen and four civilians in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and wounded 46.{{cite web |title=Suicide Bomber Kills 9 in Mosul |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ledger-enquirer-suicide-bomber-kills-9-i/129572643/ |website=Ledger-Enquirer |pages=10 |date=3 June 2008}} Also 1 US soldier was killed and 4 wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted their check point near Fallujah.[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Suicide_bomber_kills_nine_in_Iraqi_city_of_Mosul_/articleshow/3094305. Suicide bomber kills nine in Iraqi city of Mosul/middleeast/news/1soldierkilled4othersinjured],June 2{{Dead link|date= May 2023|fix-attempted=yes}}
  • June 4: A suicide bomber drove a truck towards the house of police Brigadier-General Nadhim Taeih, in northern Baghdad, killing at least 13 people and wounding 50.{{Cite news |date=2008-06-04 |title=U.S. blames militia for Iraq blast that kills 18 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-idUSL0434078820080604 |access-date=2023-05-08}}
  • June 7: A suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols Saturday on opposite sides of Baghdad, killing at least six people.
  • June 8: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a patrol base killing one U.S. soldier, wounding 18 others in al-Rashad, 15 miles southwest of the city of Kirkuk.{{Cite news |date=2008-06-08 |title=Iraq suicide bomber kills U.S. soldier, wounds 18 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-usa-bomb-idUSL0842623320080608 |access-date=2023-05-08}}
  • June 9: A car bomb, targeting an Iraqi police checkpoint near a shopping centre in Baghdad's district of Karada killed 1 policeman, 4 civilians and injured 10 people. Bombings in Diyala killed 1 and injured 7.{{Cite web |title=Earth Times {{!}} News and Information about Environmental Issues |url=https://earthtimes.org/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=earthtimes.org}}
  • June 10: The head of Saddam Hussein's tribe was blown up in a car bomb explosion in the town of Al-Awja.{{Cite news |date=2008-06-10 |title=Head of Saddam tribe blown up by car bomb |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-saddam-idUSL1027246220080610 |access-date=2023-05-08}}
  • June 15: In Mosul, a suicide car bombing killed a policeman and wounded six people.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-11 |title=Suicide car bomb kills policeman in N Iraq_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/16/content_8374962.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111170603/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/16/content_8374962.htm |archive-date=2009-01-11 }}
  • June 17: A car bomb explosion at a busy bus stop in northern Baghdad killed 51 people and injured 75.{{Cite news |date=2008-06-17 |title=Baghdad bus stop bomb 'kills 51' |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7459842.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}} The Death toll later went up to 63.{{Cite news |date=2008-06-18 |title=U.S. blames Shi'ite group for Baghdad bomb |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-idUSL1549095220080618 |access-date=2023-05-08}}
  • June 20: A suicide car bomb attacked a police checkpoint in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, killing 5 policemen.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-12 |title=Suicide car bomb wounds 5 policemen in north Iraq_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/20/content_8409259.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112071346/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/20/content_8409259.htm |archive-date=2009-01-12 }}
  • June 22: At least 15 people were killed by a female suicide bomber in the northern Iraqi city of Baquba. The attack was blamed on al-Qaeda.{{Cite news |date=2008-06-22 |title=Suicide bombing rocks Iraqi city |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7467884.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}}
  • June 24: An overnight suicide car bomb explosion near a police station in the city of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, killed two people and wounded more than 70 others.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-11 |title=Suicide car bomb kills two people, wounds 70 in N Iraq _English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/25/content_8436011.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111225322/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/25/content_8436011.htm |archive-date=2009-01-11 }}
  • June 25: Iraqi police say a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive belt inside the municipal council headquarters in a town west of Baghdad during a meeting of tribal sheikhs, at least seven people were killed in the blast, including some sheikhs and the town's administrative director.{{Cite web |title=Suicide bomber strikes municipal council building west of Baghdad |url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/suicide-bomber-strikes-municipal-council-building-west-of-baghdad |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}}
  • June 26: At least 38 people were killed in two massive bomb attacks, 20 of them were killed by a suicide bomber as they held an anti-al Qaeda meeting. The other 18 were killed in a car-bombing in Mosul, which also injured 80.{{cite web |title=3 Marines killed in attack on Iraq officials |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25384438 |website=NBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818025015/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25384438 |archive-date=2022-08-18 |language=en |date=26 June 2008 |url-status=live}}
  • June 27: In al-Anbar province a suicide bombing killed 3 U.S. soldiers and injured another 2, including 20 people and anti-al Qaeda Sheikhs.{{Cite web |date=2008-08-26 |title=Three U.S. soldiers killed in W Iraq suicide bombing_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/27/content_8450475.htm |access-date=2023-01-30 |archive-date=2012-07-11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711215003/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/27/content_8450475.htm |url-status=dead }} al-Qaeda in Iraq later claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Macro World Lån {{!}} Forbrukslån {{!}} Kredittlån |url=https://www.macroworldinvestor.com/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=macroworldinvestor.com |language=en-US}}
  • June 29:A suicide car bomber killed seven policemen and wounded three in an attack on a patrol in northern Iraq's Salahuddin province.{{Cite web |title=Reuters {{!}} Breaking International News & Views |url=https://www.reuters.com/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=Reuters |language=en}}

July

  • July 1: A car bomb hit an Iraqi police patrol in the city of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, killing a civilian and injuring six.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-11 |title=Five Iraqis wounded in Baghdad car bombing_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/01/content_8471187.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111225327/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/01/content_8471187.htm |archive-date=2009-01-11 }}
  • July 6: A car bomb killed 4 and wounded 16 in Baghdad.[http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/06/car-bomb-kills-1-wounds-3-in-iraq/ Car bomb kills 4, wounds 16 in Iraq]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, July 6, 2008 Later the death toll rose to 6 killed (and 14 wounded).{{Cite web |date=2009-01-10 |title=Death toll rises to 6 in Baghdad car bombing_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/06/content_8499465.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110152531/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/06/content_8499465.htm |archive-date=2009-01-10 }}
  • July 7: A female suicide bomber kills 9 and injures 12 in Baquba.{{Cite news |date=2008-07-07 |title=Female bomber kills nine in Iraq |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7492987.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}}
  • July 8: Two car bombings in Fallujah kill 3 policemen and a civilian.[http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=454174&sid=WOR Iraq bomb kills 3 police officers, civilian], July 9, 2008{{Dead link|date=May 2023}}
  • July 9: A suicide car bomber in targeting soldiers in northern Iraq on Wednesday killed five civilians and wounded 21.[http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/09/5-killed-in-iraq-suicide-bombing/ 5 killed in Iraq suicide bombing]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, July 9, 2008
  • July 10: A suicide car bomb attacked an Iraqi army patrol in western Baghdad on Thursday, killing two civilians and wounding 13 people.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-10 |title=Suicide car bomb kills two Iraqis in Baghdad_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/10/content_8525333.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110152536/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/10/content_8525333.htm |archive-date=2009-01-10 }}
  • July 15: At least five people were killed and 54 others wounded in a suicide attack near an Iraqi army base north of Baghdad.{{Cite web |title=XINHUANEWS |url=http://www.chinaview.cn/world/middle.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=www.chinaview.cn}} In Baquba there were 2 suicide bombings and in total 23 people were killed and 70 injured. The bombings targeted Iraqi Army recruits.{{Cite news |date=2008-07-15 |title=Bombers kill Iraq army recruits |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7506749.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}} Later the death toll there rose to 28 people killed (and 64 injured){{Cite web |date=2009-01-12 |title=Death toll rises to 28 in Iraq's Diyala twin suicide bombings_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8551412.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112071406/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8551412.htm |archive-date=2009-01-12 }} A car-bombing in Mosul wounded 6 people.[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8551417.htm　 Car bomb wounds six Iraqis in N Iraq]{{dead link|date=July 2022|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, July 15, 2008
  • July 16: In Mosul a car bomb killed 16 and wounded 94.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-12 |title=Car bomb kills 16, wounds 94 in N Iraq_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/17/content_8558169.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112030024/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/17/content_8558169.htm |archive-date=2009-01-12 }}
  • July 18: A suicide car bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol in Nineveh province on Friday, killing three soldiers and injuring seven others, a provincial police source said.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-10 |title=Suicide car bomb kills three soldiers in N Iraq_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/18/content_8570102.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110152546/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/18/content_8570102.htm |archive-date=2009-01-10 }}
  • July 24: Iraqi police say at least eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a checkpoint manned by U.S.-allied Sunni guards northeast of Baghdad.[http://cbs13.com/national/suicide.bomber.iraq.2.779156.html Suicide Bomber Kills 8 In Iraq]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, July 24, 2008
  • July 27: A car bomb on Sunday wounded a Sunni political leader and his son and killed two of his bodyguards.{{cite web |url=https://en.trend.az/world/other/1256460.html |title=Car bomb wounds Sunni Iraqi politician |website=Trend News Agency |date=27 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313184225/https://en.trend.az/world/other/1256460.html |archive-date=13 March 2023 |url-status=live}}
  • July 28: Three suicide bombers struck a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq, killing at least 57 people and wounding nearly 300.{{cite news

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  • July 31: A suicide car bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the wall of a police station near Mosul, killing three policemen and wounding four.{{cite web|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603135805/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT|title=News from The Associated Press|archivedate=3 June 2004|publisher=|accessdate=28 December 2014}}

August

  • August 3: A series of bomb attacks in Baghdad early on Sunday killed 12 people and wounded at least 31, government sources said.[http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=459900&sid=WOR Car bomb kills 12 in Baghdad: Police], August 3, 2008{{Dead link|date=May 2023}}
  • August 12: Two Iraqis were killed and at least six others wounded when a female suicide bomber struck a convoy carrying senior Iraqi officials in Baquba.{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/suicide-bomber-kills-2-iraqis-in-baqouba-20080812-3u91.html |title=Suicide bomber kills 2 Iraqis in Baqouba |website=Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313183602/https://www.smh.com.au/world/suicide-bomber-kills-2-iraqis-in-baqouba-20080812-3u91.html |archive-date=13 March 2023 |url-status=live}}
  • August 13: A suicide truck bomber targeted the mayor of a town near the oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, while another car bomb struck civilians elsewhere in northern Iraq, two people were killed.[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/ats-ap-iraqaug13,0,3366859.story Truck bomb targets city official near Kirkuk; bomb kills 2 elsewhere in northern Iraq]{{dead link|date=March 2023|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, August 13, 2008
  • August 17: A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and wounded 29 near a mosque in a mainly Sunni part of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.{{Cite news |date=2008-08-17 |title=Baghdad suicide bomber kills 15 |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7567104.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}}
  • August 24: A suicide bomber has blown himself up at a car dealership in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing at least five people and wounding nine.{{Cite web |title=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=www.abc.net.au |language=en-AU}}
  • August 25: At least 21 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Abu Ghraib district of Baghdad. Around 32 people, including women and children, were injured in the attack.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-08 |title=Suicide bombing kills 21 in Iraq- Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=WorldSectionPage&id=692bb7f6-7824-4b72-bd6d-f51dfbc2ce01&&Headline=Suicide+bombing+kills+21+in+Iraq&strParent=strParentID |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108195508/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=WorldSectionPage&id=692bb7f6-7824-4b72-bd6d-f51dfbc2ce01&&Headline=Suicide+bombing+kills+21+in+Iraq&strParent=strParentID |archive-date=2009-01-08 }}

September

  • September 1: A suicide car bomber on Tuesday struck an Iraqi army checkpoint in the city of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, killing seven people and wounding seven others.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-11 |title=Suicide car bomb kills seven in northern Iraq_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/02/content_9757202.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111054411/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/02/content_9757202.htm |archive-date=2009-01-11 }}
  • September 6: Six people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack on Iraqi deputy prime minister Ahmad Chalabi's convoy in western Baghdad. 50 people were wounded{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20080917012509/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/09/06/6682351-ap.html Official: six killed in Baghdad bombing]}}, September 6, 2008
  • September 12: At least 27 Iraqis were killed and about 40 others wounded in a suicide bombing targeting a police station in northern province of Salahuddin.{{Cite web |date=2008-09-15 |title=Suicide bombing kills 27, wounds 40 in N Iraq_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/13/content_9959609.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915230632/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/13/content_9959609.htm |archive-date=2008-09-15 }} At least 28 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing in a town north of Baghdad. The blast targeted a police station in the commercial district of the mainly Shia town of Dujail. At least 40 others were injured in the explosion.{{Cite news |date=2008-09-12 |title='Many killed' in Iraq car bombing |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7613344.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}} A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq as worshippers left prayers at midday on Friday, killing two civilians and wounding 15.{{Cite web |title=Iraqi police: Suicide bomber kills 2 at mosque - USATODAY.com |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-09-12-Iraq-violence_N.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=usatoday30.usatoday.com}}
  • September 15: At least 12 people were killed and 36 injured when two car bombs exploded in quick succession in central Baghdad.{{Cite news |last=Orr |first=James |date=2008-09-15 |title=Baghdad car bombs kill 12 civilians |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/15/iraq.usa |access-date=2023-05-08 |issn=0261-3077}} In Diyala 20 were killed and 30 wounded when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up.{{Cite web |date=2008-09-19 |title=Up to 20 killed in Diyala suicide bombing_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/16/content_10024499.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919105649/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/16/content_10024499.htm |archive-date=2008-09-19 }}
  • September 17: Two car bombs exploded in quick succession, killing eight people and wounding 25 others in western Baghdad's Harithiya district.[http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnLH413774.html Baghdad bombs kill eight and wound 25]{{dead link|date=March 2023|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Sep 17, 2008
  • September 24: One U.S. soldier was killed by a suicide bomber while conducting operations in Jisr Naft, Diyala province.{{Cite web |date=25 September 2008 |title=MND-N Soldier attacked by SVEST (Baqubah) |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/09/mnfi-22569.htm |website=Multi-National Force – Iraq}}
  • September 28: At least 12 people were killed and dozens more wounded in 2 car bombings in a western Baghdad.{{Cite news |date=2008-09-28 |title=Many killed in Baghdad bombings |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7640782.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}}

October

  • October 2: Suicide bombers struck Shi'a worshippers as they gathered for prayers at two mosques in Baghdad to celebrate the Muslim Eid al-Fitr feast, killing 16 people and wounding nearly 60.{{Cite web |title=Reuters {{!}} Breaking International News & Views |url=https://www.reuters.com/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=Reuters |language=en}}
  • October 8: A woman suicide bomber blew herself up at an entrance of an Iraqi court in the city of Baquba, killing 6 and wounding 18.[http://english.sina.com/world/2008/1008/190586.html Female suicide bomber kills six in northeast of Baghdad], October 8, 2008{{Dead link|date=May 2023}}
  • October 9: A suicide bomber killed three policeman and wounded eight more at a station in Habbaniya.
  • October 12: At least nine people were killed and 13 wounded in a car bombing at a market in Baghdad.[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/9_killed_in_Baghdad_market_bombing_/articleshow/3586906.cms Nine killed in Baghdad market bombing], October 12, 2008{{Dead link|date=May 2023}}
  • October 13: Suicide car bombers struck twice yesterday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others.[http://mobile.baltimoresun.com/news.jsp?key=221314 bombs, sniper attacks kill, wound many in Iraq], October 13, 2008{{Dead link|date=May 2023}} In Balad a suicide bomber wounded 3 policemen.
  • October 17: Iraqi officials say bomb near north Baghdad mosque kills 3 Shiite worshippers.[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6055298 Bomb Near North Baghdad Mosque Kills 3 Shiites], October 17, 2008{{Dead link|date=May 2023}}
  • October 22: A car bombing by al-Qaeda killed four people and wounded three in Mosul.[http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081022\ACQDJON200810220736DOWJONESDJONLINE000559.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Car%20Bomb%20Kills%20Four,%20Wounds%20Three%20In%20N%20Iraq%20-Police Car Bomb Kills Four, Wounds Three In N Iraq -Police], October 22, 2008{{Dead link|date=May 2023}}
  • October 23: 9 people were killed and 20 injured when a suicide bombing targeted a convoy carrying Iraqi minister Mahmoud Jawad al-Radi, in Baghdad. al-Radi himself remained unharmed.{{Cite news |date=2008-10-23 |title=Baghdad bombing targets minister |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7685626.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}} Later the death toll rose to 11 killed and 22 injured.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-11 |title=Up to 11 killed, 22 wounded in Baghdad suicide-car bombing_English_Xinhua |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/23/content_10240311.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111091646/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/23/content_10240311.htm |archive-date=2009-01-11 }}

November

  • November 5: 4 Iraqis were killed and 10 injured in a suicide car-bombing at a checkpoint near Baghdad Airport.{{Cite web |title=Car bomb kills four near Baghdad airport - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/05/Car-bomb-kills-four-near-Baghdad-airport/80271225911184/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=UPI |language=en}}
  • November 8: In West of Baghdad, a suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 17 more at a police checkpoint near the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Ramadi in Anbar province.[http://www.zeenews.com/world/2008-11-08/481960news.html Suicide bomber kills 8 in Iraq], November 8, 2008{{Dead link|date=May 2023}}
  • November 10: 25 people were killed and 48 injured during a suicide bombing and a car-bombing in Baghdad.[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/25_killed_in_Baghdad_double_bombings/articleshow/3694676.cms 25 killed in Baghdad double bombings], November 10, 2008{{Dead link|date=May 2023}}
  • November 15: A suicide car bombing near a car dealership killed 11 Iraqis and wounded 36 in the northern city of Tal Afar.[http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/15/11-killed-in-suicide-car-bombing-in-tal-afar/ 11 killed in suicide car bombing in Tal Afar]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
  • November 16: A suicide car bombing killed 14 people and wounded 20 others Sunday in the town of Jalawla.{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/16/iraq.main/index.html?eref=rss_latest|title=Car bombing in Iraq kills 14|publisher=|accessdate=28 December 2014}}
  • November 24: A female suicide bomber killed 5 people outside Baghdad's Green Zone compound.[https://archive.today/20130217023924/http://www.zeenews.com/world/2008-11-24/486035news.html Bomb attacks kill 18 in Baghdad]
  • November 28: A suicide bombing attack killed at least 8 people and wounded 15 at a Shiite mosque in Baghdad.{{cite web|url=http://english.sina.com/world/2008/1128/201238.html|title=Baghdad bombing at mosque kills 8|publisher=|accessdate=28 December 2014}}

December

  • December 1: A car bombing and suicide vest bombing targeting a police academy in eastern Baghdad Monday killed at least 16 people and wounded 46 others.{{Cite web |last1=Gamel |first1=Kim |last2=Press |first2=The Associated |date=2008-12-01 |title=Iraq: Bombs kill more than 30 in Baghdad, Mosul |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-ml-iraq-120108-2008dec01-story.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}
  • December 2: 5 people (including a policeman) were killed and 30 (including 4 Security Forces) were injured in a suicide bombing in Tal Afar.{{cite web|url=http://english.sina.com/world/2008/1202/202105.html|title=Bomb attacks kill 11 people in N Iraq|publisher=|accessdate=28 December 2014}}
  • December 3: A double suicide car bomb attacks struck two police stations in the city of Fallujah, in Anbar province, killing 15 and wounding 147.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/04/content_10456808.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104141100/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/04/content_10456808.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2012|title=Up to 15 killed, 147 injured in Fallujah twin suicide attacks_English_Xinhua|publisher=|accessdate=28 December 2014}} The death toll later rise to 17.{{Cite web |title=Iraqi police arrest 30 in fatal truck bombing |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-12/10/content_7290300.htm |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}
  • December 4: 2 U.S. soldiers were killed and 9 Iraqis wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded in the northern city of Mosul.{{cite web|url=http://news.morningstar.com/newsnet/DJCatNews.aspx?pgid=wwhome1d&Cat=TopDJStories|title=News Archive: Top Stories|publisher=|accessdate=28 December 2014|archive-date=1 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301024221/http://news.morningstar.com/newsnet/DJCatNews.aspx?pgid=wwhome1d&Cat=TopDJStories|url-status=dead}}
  • December 6: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowd of police recruits outside a police academy in Iraq's northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, killing a police recruit and wounding 15 others.{{cite web|url=http://english.sina.com/world/2008/1206/203014.html|title=Suicide bomber kills police recruit in N Iraq|publisher=|accessdate=28 December 2014}}
  • December 11: A suicide bombing in a Kirkuk restaurant killed at least 61 people, wounding 75.[http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/11/at-least-61-killed-in-northern-iraqi-suicide-attack/ At least 61 killed in northern Iraqi suicide attack]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
  • December 14: A woman suicide bomber on Monday killed an Awakening Council group leader at the front door of his house in a town north of Baghdad.{{cite web|url=http://english.sina.com/world/2008/1215/204851.html|title=Female suicide bomber kills anti-Qaida group leader in north of Baghdad|publisher=|accessdate=28 December 2014}}
  • December 15: At least 9 policemen were killed and up to 31 others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on an Iraqi security checkpoint in a town west of Baghdad.{{cite web|url=http://english.sina.com/world/2008/1215/204827.html|title=3 killed, 31 injured in suicide car bombing in W Baghdad|publisher=|accessdate=28 December 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4BE2NG20081215|title=Nine Iraqi policemen killed in suicide attack: police|work=Reuters|date=15 December 2008 |accessdate=28 December 2014}}
  • December 25: A car bomb outside a restaurant in Baghdad killed four persons and wounded 25 others.[https://archive.today/20130220160535/http://www.zeenews.com/world/2008-12-25/493764news.html Baghdad car bomb kills 4, wounds 25]
  • December 27: A car bomb killed at least 22 people and wounded 54 more when it exploded at a Baghdad bus station.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081227230926/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Car_bomb_kills_22_in_Baghdad/articleshow/3901008.cms Car bomb kills 22, wounds 54 in Baghdad]
  • December 28: A suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up amid a crowd of demonstrators in northern Iraq who were protesting Israel's airstrikes on Gaza, killing 1 demonstrator and wounding 16. Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party spokesman Yahiya Abid Majhoub stated: "The ones who targeted our brothers in Gaza are the same who targeted us in Mosul today. They are agents of Israel"{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6536286|title=International News - World News - ABC News|author=ABC News|work=ABC News|accessdate=28 December 2014}}

See also

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