2005 Khanaqin bombings
{{Short description|Suicide attacks on Shia mosques in Khanaqin, Iraq}}
{{Infobox terrorist attack
| title = 2005 Khanaqin bombings
| partof = Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006) in Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
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| target = 2 Shiite mosques
| date = November 18, 2005
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| time-end =
| timezone = UTC+3
| type = car bombs
| fatalities = at least 74
| injuries = more than 100
| motive = Anti-Shi'ism
| perpetrator = Unknown
}}
2005 Khanaqin bombings were suicide attacks on two Shia mosques in Khanaqin, Iraq (near the Iranian border), on November 18, 2005.{{Cite news |date=2005-11-18 |title=Iraq suicide attacks kill dozens |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4448798.stm |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2009-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930113902/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4448798.stm |url-status=live }}
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Category:Bombings in the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
Category:Diyala Governorate in the Iraq War
Category:Attacks on Shiite mosques in the Iraq War
Category:Suicide bombings in 2005
Category:November 2005 crimes in Asia
Category:Al-Qaeda activities in Iraq
Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq
Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2005
Category:November 2005 in Iraq
Category:Mosque bombings in Iraq
Category:2005 building bombings
Category:Car and truck bombings in 2005
Category:21st-century attacks on mosques
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