18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings

{{Short description|2007 series of bomb attacks in Baghdad}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox terrorist attack

| title = 18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings

| partof = Iraqi civil war

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| location = Baghdad, Iraq

| target =

| date = 18 February 2007

| time =

| timezone = UTC+3

| type = Car bombings

| fatalities = 63

| injuries = 131

| perps = Unknown

| motive = Anti-Shi'ism

}}

{{Campaignbox Iraq War terrorism}}

On 18 February 2007, three car bombs exploded in predominantly Shia areas of Baghdad, killing at least 63 people and injuring 131.{{Cite news |date=2007-02-18 |title=Baghdad car bombs leave 60 dead |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6373213.stm |access-date=2024-09-22 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} The bombings occurred despite a huge military offense, led by US and Iraqi troops, starting days before.

Two blasts occurred at a market on the Mohammad Al Qasim Highway in the New Baghdad area,{{Cite news |first= |date=2008-04-30 |title=2007 Report on Terrorism |url=https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/stats-services-publications-terror_07.pdf |work=National Counterterrorism Center |pages=45}} which killed 60 people. Two more were killed in another attack in Sadr City, where another car bomb rammed a police checkpoint.

One of the killed, Ehab Karim, was a midfield footballer for Al Sinaa.{{cite news|title=Blast kills Iraqi player|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/sports/20iht-world21.4658265.html|access-date=1 August 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 February 2007|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306050630/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/sports/20iht-world21.4658265.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Iraqi Player Dies of Blast Injuries |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/member-association-news/west-asia-news/8020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203170106/http://www.the-afc.com/en/member-association-news/west-asia-news/8020 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2013 |work=Member Association News |publisher=The Asian Football Confederation |access-date=1 August 2011 }}