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List of massacres in Iraq

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the area of modern Iraq, and does not include collateral damage, especially from raids and airstrikes, which were due to mistaken identity or unfortunately getting caught in the line of fire.

Pre-20th century

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!Location

!Attack

!Deaths

! (Alleged) Perpetrator

!Notes

!Source

29 January – 10 February 1258

|{{flagicon image|Black flag.svg}} Baghdad

|Siege of Baghdad (1258)

|200,000 – 2,000,000

|{{flag|Ilkhanate}} Mongol Empire
{{flagdeco|Georgia (country)}} Kingdom of Georgia
{{flagdeco|Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia}} Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

|estimates range from 200,000 to 2,000,000 civilian deaths

|Andre Wink, Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Vol. 2, (Brill, 2002), 13.The different aspects of Islamic culture: Science and technology in Islam, Vol.4, Ed. A. Y. Al-Hassan, (Dergham sarl, 2001), 655.

21 April 1802

|{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} Karbala

|Wahhabi sack of Karbala

|2,000-5,000

|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Emirate of Riyadh (1902-1913).svg}} Emirate of Diriyah

|About 12,000 Wahhabi Sunnis under the command of Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, the second ruler of the First Saudi State attack and sack Karbala, kill between 2,000 and 5,000 inhabitants and plunder the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib.

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Pre-Saddam 20th Century

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4 May 1924

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1924}} Kirkuk

|Kirkuk Massacre of 1924

|200{{Cite book |last1=Anderson|first1=Liam D.|last2=Stansfield|first2=Gareth R. V.|year=2009|title=Crisis in Kirkuk: The Ethnopolitics of Conflict and Compromise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MqXyFmFSlTgC|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=978-0-8122-4176-1}}-300

|Assyrian Levies

|Assyrian Levies massacre an estimated 200-300 people after a Turkmen shop keeper and Assyrian soldier get into an argument.

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.trt.net.tr/portuguese/programas/2020/05/04/4-de-maio-na-historia-1410154|title=4 de maio na história - TRT Portuguese|date=5 May 2020|access-date=23 December 2023|website=Turkish Radio and Television Corporation|language=pt}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tarihistan.org/salihi-levi-katliami-nin-97-yil-donumu-icin-bir-mesaj-yayimladi/23523/|title=Salihi, Levi Katliamı'nın 97. yıl dönümü için bir mesaj yayımladı - www.tarihistan.org|date=5 May 2021|access-date=23 December 2023|website=www.tarihistan.org|language=tr}}

7 August 1933 – 11 August 1933

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1924}} Northern Kingdom of Iraq, notably at Simele

|Simele massacre

|Several hundred (British estimate){{cite journal |last1=Sykes |first1=Percy |title=A summary of the history of the Assyrians in 'Iraq, 1918–1933 |journal=Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society |date=1934 |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=255–268 |doi=10.1080/03068373408725306}} "At other villages batches of men were killed, the total number aggregating 550."{{Cite journal |last=Zubaida |first=S |title=Contested nations: Iraq and the Assyrians |journal=Nations and Nationalism |date=July 2000 |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=363–382 |doi=10.1111/j.1354-5078.2000.00363.x |url=http://www.aina.org/articles/contestednations.pdf |access-date=23 September 2011 |quote="The total number of Assyrian victims of these events was estimated by British officials at about 600, but Assyrian sources put it at several thousand."}}{{cite journal |last1=Llewellyn-Jones |first1=Rosie |title=The Assyrians in World War One and the 1933 Massacre: New Discoveries in the Rsaa Archives |journal=Asian Affairs |date=2019 |volume=50 |issue=4 |pages=569–587 |doi=10.1080/03068374.2019.1672427|s2cid=211652462 }} "Nearly 1,000 men, women and children were killed by Iraqi armed forces – and their villages were looted by Kurdish tribesmen."
3,000–6,000 (Assyrian estimate){{Cite book |last=Benjamen |first=Alda |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/assyrians-in-modern-iraq/D71F07D0E9B0E137386605D5671CD2BF |title=Assyrians in Modern Iraq: Negotiating Political and Cultural Space |date=2022 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-83879-5 |location=Cambridge |pages=17}}{{Cite book |last=Donabed |first=Sargon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vCwZuAEACAAJ |title=Iraq and the Assyrian Unimagining: Illuminating Scaled Suffering and a Hierarchy of Genocide from Simele to Anfal |date=2010 |publisher=University of Toronto |pages=69–72 |language=en}}

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1924}} Royal Iraqi Army (led by Bakr Sidqi, Arab and Kurdish tribes

|the Iraqi army massacred 600–3,000 Assyrian Christians

|{{Cite web|url=https://providencemag.com/2021/08/resolution-us-house-recognize-simele-massacre-assyrians-iraq/|title=Resolution in US House Would Recognize Simele Massacre against Assyrians in Iraq - Providence|date=5 August 2021|access-date=17 January 2024|website=providencemag.com|last=Bulut|first=Uzay}}

1935–1936

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1924}} Kingdom of Iraq

|1935–1936 Iraqi Shia revolts

|200

|Kingdom of Iraq, Iraqi Shia tribesmen, Ikha Party

|Series of Shia tribal uprisings in the mid-Euphrates region against the Sunni dominated authority of the Kingdom of Iraq. In each revolt, the response of the Iraqi government was to use military force to crush the rebellions with little mercy

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1–2 June 1941

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1924}} Baghdad

|Farhud

|~180 to 1,000+ Jews killed{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13610702|title=Farhud memories: Baghdad's 1941 slaughter of the Jews|date=June 2011 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=19 January 2015}}
~300–400 pogromists killed during suppression

|Rashid Ali, Yunis al-Sabawi, al-Futuwa youths, and Iraqi mobs

|Considered "The Beginning of The End of The Jewish Community of Iraq

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-708241|title=On This Day: The Farhud pogrom begins against Iraq's Jews 81 years ago - The Jerusalem Post|date=1 June 2022|access-date=17 January 2024|website=The Jerusalem Post|last=REICH|first=AARON}}

12 July 1946

|{{Flagicon|Kingdom of Iraq}} Kirkuk

|Gavurbağı massacre

|16-20

|Iraqi police

|Turkmen protestors were massacred

|{{cite web|access-date=10 February 2023|archive-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506023350/https://akhbaar.org/home/2018/5/243645.html|title=ميسون نعيم الرومي: الى العامل في عيده - الأخبار|url=https://akhbaar.org/home/2018/5/243645.html|language=ar}}

January 1948

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1924}} Baghdad

|Al-Wathbah uprising

|300-400

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1924}} Iraqi Police

|It is estimated that 300 – 400 demonstrators were killed

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April 1950 – June 1951

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1924}} Baghdad

|1950–1951 Baghdad bombings

|3–4

|Iraqi Zionist agents,
Israeli Mossad agents,
Iraqi Istiqlal Party agents

|Series of bombings of Jewish targets in Baghdad

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-shocking-truth-behind-the-baghdad-bombings-of-1950-and-1951/|title=A shocking claim about the Baghdad bombings of 1950 and 1951 - The Spectator|date=17 June 2023|access-date=17 January 2024|website=The Spectator|last=Marozzi|first=Justin}}

14 July 1959

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1959}} Kirkuk

|Kirkuk massacre of 1959

|71-79

|{{flagicon image

} Iraqi Communist Party,
Fourth Brigade

|Kurdish members of the Iraqi Communist Party target Turkmens leaving an estimated 20 dead. This was followed by Kurdish soldiers from the Fourth Brigade targeting Turkmen residential areas with mortars, causing the destruction of 120 homes. Between 31 and 79 Turkmen were killed with 130 wounded. The Iraqi government referred to the incident as a "massacre".

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkmen-man-recalls-1959-massacre-in-iraqs-kirkuk-3666686|title=Turkmen man recalls 1959 massacre in Iraq's Kirkuk - Politics|date=15 July 2023|access-date=17 January 2024|website=www.yenisafak.com}}

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|27 January 1969

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Baghdad

|1969 Baghdad hangings

|14

|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg|link=Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)}} Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

|Iraqi authorities hanged 14 Iraqis for allegedly spying for Israel during a public execution in Baghdad; nine were Jewish, three were Muslim and two were Christian

|{{Cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/the-baghdad-hangings-581955|title=Baghdad hangings: When Jews were snatched and accused of spying for Israel|date=1 March 2019|access-date=18 January 2024|website=The Jerusalem Post|last=Stutland|first=Ilana}}

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|16 September 1969

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Surya

|Surya massacre

|47

|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg|link=Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)}} Ba'athist regime

|The Iraqi military headed by Lieutenant Abdul Karim al-Jahayshee massacred 47 people in the Assyrian village of Soriya (Ṣawriyā) including the Chaldean priest Ḥannā Yaʻqūb Qāshā and left 22 wounded.

|{{Cite book|last=Donabed, Sargon George.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1044658876|title=Reforging a forgotten history : Iraq and the Assyrians in the twentieth century|date=2016|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-1-4744-1212-4|oclc=1044658876}}HMML Hill Museum & Manuscript Library{{Cite web|url=https://kgna.krd/blog/info/Massacre-Crime-in-the-village-of-Surya--1969|title=Massacre Crime in the village of Surya- 1969|access-date=22 January 2024|website=kgna.krd}}

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|1975

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Najaf

|Najaf purges{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

|100

|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg|link=Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)}} Ba'athist regime

|Over 100 Shi’ite clerics killed and 1250 arrested.

|{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

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|4-9 February 1977

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Najaf and Karbala

|1977 Shia uprising in Iraq

|unknown

|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg|link=Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)}} Ba'athist regime

|Despite brutally enforced ban on public religiousness, thousands of people defy it and head to Karbala during the Arba'een Pilgrimage. Hundreds were killed and thousands arrested by the regime.

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Saddam Era

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!Source

22 July 1979

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Khuld hall

|1979 Ba'ath Party Purge

|21

|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg|link=Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)}} Ba'athist regime organized by Saddam Hussein

|Internal purge of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party after the new president Saddam Hussein assumed power and alleged a Syrian back coup d'etat. 68 people were arrested, of which 21 were executed by firing squad.

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1968–2003

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Ba'athist Iraq

|Ba'athist Arabization campaigns in northern Iraq

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1,000,000 and 10,000 to 2,000,000 and 100,000 Kurds were displaced and killed respectively between 1963 and 1987; 250,000 of them in 1977 and 1978. If deaths are proportional to the displacement then 2,500 to 12,500 Kurds would have died during this period depending on the scale of overall displacement and deaths used. to 12,500{{cite journal |first1=M. |last1=Farouk-Sluglett |first2=P. |last2=Sluglett |first3=J. |last3=Stork |title=Not Quite Armageddon: Impact of the War on Iraq |journal=MERIP Reports |date=July–September 1984 |page=24 }}

|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg}} Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

|Between 1968 and 2003, the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of the Iraqi Republic perpetrated multiple campaigns of demographic engineering against the country's non-Arabs. While Arabs constitute the majority of Iraq's population as a whole, they are not the majority in parts of northern Iraq, and a minority in Iraqi Kurdistan. In an attempt to Arabize the north, the Iraqi government pursued a policy of ethnic cleansing, killing and forcefully displacing a large number of Iraqi minorities—predominantly Kurds, but also Turkmen, Yazidis, Assyrians, Shabaks, Mandaeans, and Armenians, among others—and subsequently allotting the cleared land to Arab settlers

1980s

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Ba'athist Iraq

|Persecution of Shi'a muslims and political dissidents under Saddam Hussein

|50,000-70,000 Shi'a and 50,000 dissidents disappeared. Full death toll unknown.

|Saddam Hussein

|50,000 to 70,000 Shi'a, and 50,000 opposition activists, communists, Kurds and other minorities disappeared into Iraqi prisons in the 1980s

|{{cite book |last1=Greitens |first1=Sheena Chestnut |title=Dictators and their Secret Police: Coercive Institutions and State Violence |date=16 August 2016 |pages=289 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781316712566 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NgfFDAAAQBAJ&q=feyli%2Bkurds%2Bdisappeared%2B12%2C000&pg=PA289 |ref=dicandsecrpolice}}

1970-2003

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Nationwide

|Persecution of Feyli Kurds under Saddam Hussein

|25,000 killed

|Saddam Hussein, Tariq Aziz

|May 7, 1980, Persecution of Feyli Kurds under Saddam Hussein, Nationwide; 15,000–25,000 Feyli Kurds were targeted in a genocide via exportation and forced relocations.

|{{cite news|title=Scars that won't heal: Iraq recognises Fayli Kurd persecution as 'genocide'|url=http://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2011/8/state5330.htm|access-date=23 May 2017|work=ekurd.net}}{{cite news|last1=Marsh|first1=Robin|title=International Recognition of the Kurdish Genocide - Concerning the Faili Kurds|url=http://www.uk.upf.org/ukupf/peace-and-development/553-international-recognition-of-the-kurdish-genocide-concerning-the-faili-kurds|access-date=23 May 2017|work=www.uk.upf.org|language=en-gb|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042808/http://www.uk.upf.org/ukupf/peace-and-development/553-international-recognition-of-the-kurdish-genocide-concerning-the-faili-kurds|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|last1=Jaffar Al-Faylee|first1=Zaki|title=Tareekh Al-Kurd Al-Faylyoon|date=2010 |pages=485, 499–501}}{{cite book|last1=Al-Hakeem|first1=Dr. Sahib|title=Untold stories of more than 4000 women raped killed and tortured in Iraq, the country of mass graves|date=2003|pages=489–492}}{{Cite web|title=33-Year Post Faili Kurds Genocide|url=https://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/4/state6979.htm|access-date=2021-07-25|website=ekurd.net}}{{Cite web|title=The Faili Kurds of Iraq: Thirty Years Without Nationality - Iraq|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/faili-kurds-iraq-thirty-years-without-nationality|access-date=2021-07-25|website=ReliefWeb|date=2 April 2010 |language=en}}

8 July 1982

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Dujail

|Dujail massacre

|148

|File:Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg Iraqi Ba'ath Party

|Judicial reprisal targeting Shia Muslims following a failed assassination attempt on Saddam Hussein by the Islamic Dawa Party. Saddam would eventually be executed for crimes against humanity in relation to the massacre.

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10 May 1983

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Specific location unknown

|Massacre of the Hakim family

|Hundreds

|Saddam Hussein

|Saddam ordered further arrest of all Hakim family. Hundreds were killed and buried in mass graves.

July–August 1983

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Kurdistan Region

|Repression of Barzani Kurds under Ba'ath regime

|8000

|Saddam Hussein

|In July and August 1983, on the orders of President Saddam Hussein, over 8,000 men and boys of the Barzani Kurds, some as young as 13, were killed by the Ba'athist Iraq.

|{{cite web |title=Saddam Hussein confirms the execution of the Barzanis |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLAL0SVn3OQ |website=YouTube}}{{cite web |title=FROM BLUEPRINT TO GENOCIDE? |url=http://drmohammedihsan.com/Images/Service/FROM%20BLUEPRINT%20TO%20GENOCIDE.pdf |website=drmohammedihsan.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109061446/http://drmohammedihsan.com/Images/Service/FROM%20BLUEPRINT%20TO%20GENOCIDE.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-09}}{{cite web |title=Iraqi tribunal rules Barzani killings in 1983 were genocide |url=https://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2011/5/state5086.htm |website=ekurd.net}}{{cite web |title=Various waves of Kurdish genocide |url=http://uk.gov.krd/genocide/pages/page.aspx?lngnr=12&smap=170000&pnr=48 |website=uk.gov.krd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901063048/http://uk.gov.krd/genocide/pages/page.aspx?lngnr=12&smap=170000&pnr=48 |archive-date=2017-09-01}}

16 March 1984

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Abu Ghraib prison

|Abu Ghraib purge

|4000

{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg}} Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region

|A mass grave was discovered at the Abu Ghraib prison, containing the bodies of thousands following a purge. Estimated 4000 dead.

|{{cite book|last=Chauhan|first=Sharad S.|title=War on Iraq|publisher=APH Publishing|year=2003|isbn=9788176484787|page=65}}

23 February - 6 September 1988

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Kurdistan Region

|Anfal Campaign

|50,000-182,000

|Saddam Hussein, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Hussein Rashid

|Counter insurgency operation during the Iran Iraq War targeting primarily Kurds, as well as other minority groups that had allegedly collaborated with the Iranian Army. During the campaign, the Iraqi government made extensive use of chemical weapons which resulted in thousands of casualties. Use of enforced disappearances, mass deportation and detention camps were also present. The operation is recognized as a genocide by Human Rights Watch.

|[http://hrw.org/reports/1993/iraqanfal/ GENOCIDE IN IRAQ] Human Rights Watch, 1993[https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/iraq501/events_anfal.html The Crimes of Saddam Hussein – 1988 The Anfal Campaign] PBS Frontline{{Cite web|url=https://ilkha.com/english/analysis/remembering-anfal-34-years-since-the-kurdish-genocide-in-iraq-387895|title=Remembering Anfal: 36 years since the Kurdish genocide in Iraq - [İLKHA] Ilke News Agency|date=14 March 2024|access-date=6 December 2024|website=ilkha.com}}

16 March 1988

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Halabja, Kurdistan Region

|Halabja massacre

|3,200–5,000{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6991512.ece |title=Halabja, the massacre the West tried to ignore |work=The Times |access-date=28 August 2013 |archive-url=https://swap.stanford.edu/20100128200211/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6991512.ece |archive-date=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}

|{{flagdeco|Iraq|1963}} Iraqi Republic

|Iraqi government used chemical weapons on Kurdish town, At least 3,200–5,000 people died as an immediate result of the chemical attack and it is estimated that a further 7,000-10,000 people were injured or suffered long-term illness.

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.newarab.com/news/halabja-massacre-survivors-seek-compensation-iraqi-gov|title=Halabja massacre survivors seek compensation from Iraqi gov|date=17 March 2024|access-date=6 December 2024|website=The New Arab|last=Menmy|first=Dana Taib}}

13 February 1991

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Al-A'amiriya, Baghdad

|Amiriyah shelter bombing

|408+

|{{flagicon|United States Air Force}} United States Air Force

|Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy an underground bunker in Baghdad, killing 408+ civilians of Iraqis. US military intelligence claims it was a military facility while Iraqi officials identify it as a bomb shelter

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/2/13/amiriyah-bombing-30-years-on-no-one-remembers-the-victims|title=Amiriyah bombing 30 years on: 'No one remembers' the victims - Conflict - Al Jazeera|date=13 February 2021|access-date=28 December 2024|website=Al Jazeera|last=Barbarani|first=Sofia}}

1 March - 5 April 1991

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Nationwide

|1991 Iraqi uprisings

|25,000–180,000 killed (Predominantly civilians)

|{{flagdeco|Iraq|1963}} Iraqi Republic, {{flagicon image|Flag of the People's Mujahedin of Iran.svg}} MEK (Allegedly, denied)

|In response to multiple insurrections led by a variety of Kurdish, Leftist and Shia Islamist groups, the Iraqi government violently repressed the rebellion. Chemical weapons and nerve agents such as Mustard Gas, Sarin and Phosgene were allegedly used, though this has been disputed.

|{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-05-fg-graves5-story.html |title=2 Mass Graves in Iraq Unearthed |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 5, 2006}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/22/iraq.ianblack |title='Chemical Ali' on trial for brutal crushing of Shia uprising |work=The Guardian |date=August 22, 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/1992/Iraq926.htm |title=ENDLESS TORMENT, The 1991 Uprising in Iraq And Its Aftermath |publisher=Hrw.org |access-date=2009-09-25}}{{cite web |title=The Cult of Rajavi |url=http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/sloth/2003-07-15.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223193344/http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/sloth/2003-07-15.html |archive-date=February 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 3, 2009 |df=mdy }}{{Cite news|title=Iran's Armed Opposition Wins a Battle — In Court |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1569788,00.html |magazine=Time |last=Graff |first=James |date=December 14, 2006 |access-date=April 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428210515/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1569788%2C00.html |archive-date=April 28, 2011 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url = http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn43.htm |title = Behind the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MeK) |archive-url = https://archive.today/20030811121253/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn43.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2003|quote="the MeK was alleged to have assisted the Iraqi Republican Guard in suppressing Shiite and Kurdish uprisings, although this has always been denied by the MeK"}}

28 March 1991

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1991}}Altun Kupri, Kirkuk Governorate

|1991 Altun Kupri massacre

|1,000-3,500

|{{flagicon|Iraq|army}} Iraqi Army on the order of Saddam Hussein,{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg|link=Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)}} Iraqi Ba'ath Party, Arab nationalists

|The massacre targeted Turkmens, in particular males, both children and adults alike, and was organized by security forces affiliated with Saddam Hussein's army

|

7 October 1991

|{{flagicon|Iraq|1991}}Sulaymaniyah, Sulaymaniyah Governorate

|Sulaymaniyah massacre

|60+

|{{flagicon|Kurdistan}} Kurdish fighters (allegedly affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party)

|Executed unarmed and surrendered Iraqi Army soldiers following the 1991 uprisings. Witnessed by journalists and condemned by human rights organizations.

|{{cite news |last=Schork |first=Kurt |title=Kurds Kill 60 Unarmed Iraqi Soldiers |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/10/08/kurds-kill-60-unarmed-iraqi-soldiers/189598f1-07cc-410c-b5a3-dde3ee27d27d/ |work=The Washington Post |date=8 October 1991}}{{cite report |title=Human Rights in Iraq |publisher=Human Rights Watch |year=1992 |url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/1992/Iraq926.htm}}

After 2003

  • August 1, 2004, 2004 Iraq churches attacks, Baghdad and Mosul; 12 died, 71 injured.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3527032.stm|title=Leaders condemn Iraq church bombs|publisher=BBC News|date=2004-08-02|accessdate=3 January 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070105011256/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3527032.stm| archive-date=January 5, 2007| url-status= live}}
  • October 24, 2004 Massacre of New Iraqi Army recruits by Sunni insurgents, 49 killed.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec04/iraq_10-25.html|title=Iraqi Insurgents Massacre 49 Iraq Recruits|work=PBS NewsHour|access-date=6 April 2015}}
  • November 19, 2005 Haditha killings, Haditha 24 Iraqi civilians were killed by United States Marines.{{cite news | url = https://6abc.com/archive/8518011/ | title = Iraqi town says justice failed victims of US raid | date = January 25, 2012 | work = action news | publisher = Associated Press, WPVI-TV/DT | first1 = Barbara | last1 = Suek | first2 = Faris | last2 = Mohammed | access-date = December 12, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131212141534/http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?id=8518011 | archive-date = December 12, 2013 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}
  • March 12, 2006 Mahmudiyah killings on by U.S. Army soldiers, 4 killed.{{cite news|work=BBC News|date=2009-05-07|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8039257.stm|title=US ex-soldier guilty of Iraq rape|access-date=2009-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509234023/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8039257.stm|archive-date=2009-05-09|url-status=live}}
  • March 15, 2006, the Ishaqi incident, where four women and five children, one aged five months were allegedly killed by U.S. Forces. This was denied by the Americans, who said a building collapsed during a firefight, killing four people—a suspect, two women and a child.{{cite web|url=http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/wikileaks-releases-unredacted-us-cables|title=WikiLeaks releases unredacted U.S. cables|work=Alaska Dispatch News|access-date=6 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331134513/http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/wikileaks-releases-unredacted-us-cables|archive-date=31 March 2012|url-status=dead}}
  • March 2006, US troops killed 4 Iraq prisoners.{{Cite news|last=Zielbauer|first=Paul Von|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/africa/27iht-27abuse.15665991.html|title=U.S. officers killed blindfolded Iraqis, statements say|date=2008-08-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-20|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
  • Between May 7 and 8, 2006, 51 bodies were found in Baghdad, all handcuffed, blindfolded and shot in the head and abdomen.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/07/AR2006050700199.html|title=30 Iraqis Killed in Karbala, Baghdad|newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=6 April 2015}}
  • July 9, 2006, Hay al Jihad massacre on by Shia militia, 40 killed.{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/09/AR2006070900139.html| newspaper=Washington Post| title=Scores Of Sunnis Killed in Baghdad| date=10 July 2006| first1=Joshua| last1=Partlow| first2=Saad| last2=al-Izzi| accessdate=2010-05-04| archive-date=2010-12-05| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205060458/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/09/AR2006070900139.html| url-status=live}}
  • April 23, 2007, 2007 Mosul massacre, Mosul; 23 died; the murders were considered to be a reprisal for the honor killing of a 17-year-old Yazidi girl.
  • On April 17, 2007, 51 bodies of Iraqi civilians and military personnel, who were killed in the previous two years, were found in Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad.
  • June 29, 2007, Al Ahamir Massacre, Al Ahamir, 10-14 Iraqi civilians were killed by Al Qaeda.
  • On June 30, 2007, 35 to 40 bodies were recovered from a recently dug mass grave in the town of Ferris, south of Fallujah, most likely victims of sectarian violence.
  • July 16, 2007, massacre of Shiite villagers in a village in Diyala province on by Sunni insurgents, 29 killed.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/17/840804-iraq-officials-report-massacre-in-diyala|title=New Village Massacre Reported in Iraq|author=Bassem Mroue|date=6 April 2015|work=Newsvine|access-date=6 April 2015}}
  • September 16, 2007, Nisour Square massacre, Baghdad: Blackwater Baghdad shootings by a private military company, 17 killed. The private military company, Blackwater Security Consulting, shot at Iraqi civilians killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, Baghdad while escorting a US embassy convoy.
  • Following the conclusion of the 2007 Diyala province military campaign dozens of mass graves were found. It is unclear who was responsible although Al-Qaeda is suspected.
  • April 4, 2010, insurgents dressed as US and Iraqi soldiers killed 25 people including 5 women in a village south of Baghdad. They were linked to the Awakening movement. They were handcuffed and shot in the head or chest. Seven were found alive in handcuffs. Major General Qassim Atta spokesman for the Iraqi security forces' Baghdad operations said Al-Qaeda in Iraq was behind this.[https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jqRw7lgwRVMfJstdU0xcIbWDUgQg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407190709/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jqRw7lgwRVMfJstdU0xcIbWDUgQg|date=April 7, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/04/20104363558653741.html |title=Dozens dead in Baghdad shooting – Middle East |publisher=Al Jazeera English |access-date=2014-08-07}}
  • October 31, 2010, Baghdad church attack, Baghdad; 58 died; Islamic State of Iraq attacked a Catholic church.
  • April 8, 2011, Camp Ashraf raid, Camp Ashraf; 34 unarmed members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran were killed by Iraqi security forces. 300+ injured.
  • March 2012, Emo killings by terrorists in Baghdad.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17450437 | publisher=BBC News | title=Iraq's Emo killings: A horror story out of control? | date=21 March 2012}}
  • 2013 Camp Ashraf massacre that killed 52 people by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on September 1, 2013.{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Carol J.|title=Envoys urge U.N. probe of massacre at Iranian exile camp in Iraq|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-iraq-iranian-exiles-massacred-20130919-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=19 September 2013|access-date=30 October 2013|archive-date=5 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105083916/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/19/world/la-fg-wn-iraq-iranian-exiles-massacred-20130919|url-status=live}}
  • June 10, 2014, Badush prison massacre that killed 670 by the Islamic State of Iraq.{{cite news|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/10/30/iraq-isis-executed-hundreds-prison-inmates|title=Iraq: ISIS Executed Hundreds of Prison Inmates|date=30 October 2014|agency=Human Rights Watch|accessdate=29 January 2017}}
  • June 10, 2014 – August 8, 2015, Mass executions in Islamic State-occupied Mosul where over 6,539 people have been killed.
  • June 12, 2014, Camp Speicher massacre, where 1,700 people were murdered in Mosul by the Islamic State of Iraq.{{cite web |title=Survivors from the Speicher massacre: We were 4000 unarmed soldiers fell into the hands of ISIS |url= http://burathanews.com/news/247028.html |website=Buratha News Agency|date= 7 September 2014 |access-date=13 September 2014|language=ar}}
  • August 2014 – Sinjar massacre, about 5,000 Yazidis massacred by ISIS.{{cite web |last=Spencer |first=Richard |title=Isil carried out massacres and mass sexual enslavement of Yazidis, UN confirms |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11160906/Isil-carried-out-massacres-and-mass-sexual-enslavement-of-Yazidis-UN-confirms.html |work=Daily Telegraph |date=14 October 2014|access-date=27 October 2015}}
  • January 28, 2015 – Barwana massacre, 70 unarmed boys and men by Shia militas (allegedly).
  • September 1, 2016 – Islamic State reportedly executed nine Mosul youths with a chainsaw for being part of an opposing group.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/isis-kills-children-chainsaws-islamic-state-brutal-killings-rise-amid-airstrike-2410236|title=ISIS Kills Children With Chainsaws: Islamic State Brutal Killings On The Rise Amid Airstrike Campaign|website=International Business Times|last=Silva|first=Cristina|date=1 September 2016}}
  • January 21, 2022, 2022 Diyala massacre that killed 11 people by the Islamic State of Iraq.{{cite web|url=https://crisis24.garda.com/insights-intelligence/intelligence/risk-alerts/wip1001349821/iraq-armed-attack-in-al-azim-district-diyala-province-early-jan-21|website=Crisis24|title=Iraq: Armed attack in Al-Azim District, Diyala Province, early Jan. 21|date=January 21, 2022|access-date=January 22, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105729/https://crisis24.garda.com/insights-intelligence/intelligence/risk-alerts/wip1001349821/iraq-armed-attack-in-al-azim-district-diyala-province-early-jan-21|url-status=live}}
  • July 20, 2022 — Zakho resort attack killed 9 tourists, the perpetuator is disputed.

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