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At least five people are killed in a second day of spontaneous protests against unemployment, government corruption and lack of basic services in Iraq. Police say they have "lost control" of the city of Nassiriya after exchanging gunfire with protesters. Curfews are imposed on the Iraqi cities of Baghdad, Nassiriya, Amarah and Hillah.
2019-10-2

Multiple bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill at least nineteen people and wound another thirty-six.
2015-03-23

Sunni militants and the Iraqi Army clash west of Baghdad, Iraq leaving 4 children dead.
2014-08-14

A series of attacks in Baghdad and north Iraq kills four policemen and wounds dozens.
2013-11-16

A car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, kills at least 16 people in a cafe with young men watching a football match.
2011-05-3

A large explosion hits an Iraqi Ministry of Defence complex in Baghdad.
2010-09-5

In Baghdad, Iraq multiple suicide bombings go off during mid-day rush hour, killing 4 and injuring about 16, another strike at 7:15am hits a mini-bus heading from Sadr City into downtown Baghdad, killing 3 including a police officer, and 9 others are wounded. Also, three other bombs go off simultaneously in a business district killing 1 and injuring 7.
2010-08-15

Around 60 unsuccessful Iraqi asylum applicants are forcibly and controversially deported to Baghdad from Britain, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. Amnesty International condemns the move as the deportees face violence and mutilation in that city.
2010-06-9

The Iranian ambassador in Baghdad says the recent release of two Iranians from Iraqi custody is not an indication of any impeding deal to free three Americans held in Tehran on spying charges since their capture in July 2009 while hiking in northern Iraq's mountainous Kurdish region.
2010-06-1

Dozens of people are killed and more than 100 others are wounded by a series of bomb explosions in Baghdad, mostly near Shia mosques around the time of Jumu'ah
2010-04-23