2010 in Iraq
Incumbents
Events
=January=
- January 25 - 3 suicide car bombs explode in Baghdad, killing at least 37 people {{Cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2010/1/25/triple-bomb-blasts-rock-baghdad | title=Triple bomb blasts rock Baghdad }}
- January 27 - the Islamic State of Iraq claims the suicide car bombing attack
=February=
- February 1 - A female suicide bomber killed 54, and injured 100 Shia Pilgrims on their way to Karbala{{Cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2010/2/2/deadly-blast-hits-iraq-pilgrims | title=Deadly blast hits Iraq pilgrims }}
=March=
- March 7 – A parliamentary election was held in Iraq on 7 March 2010. The secular, non-sectarian Iraqi National Movement received the most votes.
- March 8 – Oil extraction rights to the Maysan Oilfields were granted to China March 8, 2010.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ameinfo.com/226043.html|title=Iraq inks deal for Maysan oilfields|date=2010-03-08|work=AME Info|access-date=2019-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311210953/http://www.ameinfo.com/226043.html|archive-date=2010-03-11|url-status=dead}}
=April=
- April 4 – A series of car bombs explode in Baghdad. The attack, which targeted mainly foreign embassies in Iraq, resulted in the death of at least 41 people and over 200 injured. {{Cite news |date=2010-04-04 |title=Triple car bombing hits Baghdad |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8602478.stm |access-date=2025-02-23 |language=en-GB}}
- April 18 – Iraqi SOF conducted an operation southwest of Tikrit that killed Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the two leaders of the ISI, a U.S. UH-60 Blackhawk supporting the operation crashed killing a Ranger Sergeant and injuring the aircrew.Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror (General Military), Osprey Publishing, 2015 {{ISBN|978-1-4728-0790-8}},p.226
- April 20 – Al-Qaeda's Northern commander (Kirkuk, Salahuddin and Nineveh Governorates) was killed in a joint raid in Mosul.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8632239.stm|title=Third Iraqi al-Qaeda leader killed: Iraqi military|publisher=BBC|date=20 April 2010}}
=May=
- May 10 - A series of attacks in Baghdad, Mosul, Fallujah, along with other cities, kills 85 people and injures 140 {{Cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2010/5/11/al-qaeda-in-iraq-blamed-for-attacks | title=Al-Qaeda in Iraq blamed for attacks }}
=June=
- June 20 - 2 suicide car bombs detonate near the Trade Bank of Iraq, killing 26 and wounding 50 people
=July=
===August===
- August 2 – The New York Times reported that the United States would "withdraw designated combat forces from Iraq by the end of August."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/politics/03prexy.html?hp |work=The New York Times |title=In Speech on Iraq, Obama Reaffirms Drawdown |first=Peter |last=Baker|date=August 2, 2010 |access-date=August 2, 2010}}
- August 3 – At least 5 police officers are shot dead at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq.{{Cite news|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/factbox-security-developments-iraq-aug-3|title=Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, Aug 3|date=2010-08-03|agency=Reuters|access-date=2019-05-20|publisher=ReliefWeb}}
- August 7 – 5 Iraqi policemen are killed in an overnight shootout in western Baghdad, while 1 policeman is killed at a checkpoint outside Fallujah.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/07/five-iraqi-police-shot-bomb |location=London |work=The Guardian |title=Six Iraqi police killed in night of violence |date=August 7, 2010}}
- August 18 – The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division crosses the international border between Iraq and Kuwait, effectively ending U.S combat operations within the country of Iraq. 52,600 U.S. military personnel remain in Iraq to take on an advisory role as Operation New Dawn begins.{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iraq_americans_head_home |title=Goodbye Iraq: Last US Combat Brigade Heads Home |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=2010-08-19 |access-date=2010-08-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821132013/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iraq_americans_head_home |archive-date=August 21, 2010 }}
- August 31 – U.S. President Barack Obama announced that all U.S.combat operations will end. 50,000 troops will stay in an advise and assist role. The full withdrawal is scheduled for December 2011.{{Cite web |date=2010-08-31 |title=President Obama's Address on the End of the Combat Mission in Iraq |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2010/08/31/president-obamas-address-end-combat-mission-iraq |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=whitehouse.gov |language=en}}
=September=
- September 13 – A civilian is killed and six people injured in fighting in Iraq's Diyala Governorate.{{Cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/13/c_13492800.htm |title = Civilian killed, 6 wounded in Iraq's volatile Diyala |access-date=2010-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217113942/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/13/c_13492800.htm |archive-date=2012-02-17 |url-status=dead }}
- September 15 – US and Iraqi forces raid a neighbourhood in Fallujah resulting in at least six casualties.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cleveland.com/world/2010/09/after_combat_halt_us-iraqi_rai.html|title=After 'combat' halt, U.S.-Iraqi raid kills at least 6 in Fallujah Wednesday|last=Ahmed|first=Hamid|date=2010-09-15|agency=Associated Press|access-date=2019-05-20|publisher=Cleveland.com}}
- September 17 – An Iraqi Army soldier is killed and eleven people are wounded following two bombs going off in Baghdad.{{Cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/18/c_13518512.htm|title=Iraqi soldier killed in twin bombing in Baghdad|date=2010-09-18|work=Xinhua News Agency|access-date=2019-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022005242/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/18/c_13518512.htm|archive-date=2010-10-22|url-status=dead}}
- September 19 – 2 car bombs explode in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 31 people and injuring 111.{{Cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jT9mmbqOoe8AQV7fthHBL7HaPSmQ|title=Twin Baghdad car bombs kill at least 29|date=2010-09-23|work=AFP|access-date=2019-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923170944/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jT9mmbqOoe8AQV7fthHBL7HaPSmQ|archive-date=2010-09-23|url-status=dead}}
- September 26 – The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cross the border into Iraq and kill 30 Kurds.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11415710 |work=BBC News |title=Iran 'kills 30 Kurdish militants across Iraq border' |date=September 26, 2010}}
=October=
- 31 October – A number of terrorists storm the Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral and hold worshippers as hostages. The Siege lasted few hours until security forces broke into the church, the confrontation led to at least 58 dead and around 100 injured.{{Cite news |last=Chulov |first=Martin |date=2010-10-31 |title=Christian worshippers killed in Baghdad church raid |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/31/christian-worshippers-killed-baghdad-raid |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |last=Chulov |first=Martin |date=2010-12-17 |title=Iraqi Christians flee Baghdad after cathedral massacre |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/17/iraq-christians-flee-baghdad-cathedral |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
=November=
- 1 November – Iraq Security forces storm the offices of the Al-Baghdadia TV station and take few of its employees into custody based on terrorism related charges. During the siege of the Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral the day before, the attackers used the Al-Baghdadia's hotline to broadcast their demands, thus placing the station under suspicion.{{Cite news |date=2010-11-01 |title=Iraq TV station taken off air after deadly church raid |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-11668634 |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
=December=
- 15 December – The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1957 is adopted, lifting all sanctions on Iraq after 19 years of imposing them. {{Cite news |date=2010-12-15 |title=UN lifts sanctions against Iraq |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12004115 |access-date=2025-02-23 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
Notable deaths
- January 25 – Ali Hassan al-Majid, 68, Iraqi military commander and government minister, execution by hanging.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8479115.stm |work=BBC News |title='Chemical Ali' executed in Iraq |date=January 25, 2010}}
- March 15 - Kazim al-Samawi, 85, in Stockholm, Iraqi poet.{{cite web |title=في ستوكهولم رحل شيخ المنفيين العراقيين الشاعر كاظم السماوي |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/3563956 |website=sverigesradio.se |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905213032/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/3563956 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |language=ar |date=17 March 2010}}
- April 18 – Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi, Iraqi terrorist (Al-Qaeda), airstrike.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/19/AR2010041901693.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Ernesto |last=Londoño |title=Two top leaders of the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq are killed in raid |date=April 20, 2010}}
- 4 July – Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese Shia cleric.{{Cite news |date=2010-07-04 |title=Hezbollah 'mentor' Fadlallah dies in Lebanon |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10500869 |access-date=2025-02-23 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
- September 7 – Riad al-Saray, 35, Iraqi television presenter, shot.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11217922 |work=BBC News |title=Gunmen kill prominent Iraqi TV presenter Riad al-Saray |date=September 7, 2010}}
- September 8 – Safah Abdul Hameed, Iraqi journalist, shot.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11235930 |work=BBC News |title=Second Iraq TV presenter shot, Baghdad bombs kill four |date=September 8, 2010}}
- September 9 – Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar,Iraqi armed forces chief of staff. {{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-10-30 |title=Iraq Most Wanted Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/30/world/meast/iraq-most-wanted-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=CNN |language=en}}
- October 7 – Selma Al-Radi, Iraqi archaeologist.{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=2010-10-15 |title=Selma Al-Radi, Restored Historic Madrasa, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/world/15alradi.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
See also
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Notes
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External links
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- [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/8/20/obama_admin_claims_end_to_combat Obama Claims End to Combat Operations in Iraq, But Iraqis See Same War Under a Different Name] - video report by Democracy Now!
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