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At least 69 people are killed and 230 injured in a series of bomb attacks targeting Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, Iraq. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claims responsibility for some of the attacks. [https:--www.nytimes.com-aponline-2016-05-17-world-middleeast-ap-ml-iraq-the-latest.html ("The New York Times")] [https:--www.reuters.com-article-us-mideast-crisis-iraq-blast-idUSKCN0Y8103 (Reuters)] [http:--www.presstv.ir-Detail-2016-05-17-466035-Iraq-Baghdad-bomb-blasts-terrorism (Press TV)] 17 May 2016 Baghdad bombings
2016-05-17

An Iraqi Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 jet, returning from a bombing raid against ISIL militants in the north, accidentally drops a bomb on Baghdad destroying several homes and killing at least 7 civilians. American officials claimed that as many as 65% of Iraqi air force bombers do not drop their bombs due to "lack of targets".
2015-07-6

Gunmen kill 29 people in an apartment building in East Baghdad, including twenty women.
2014-07-12

A wave of bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad kills 53 people.
2014-02-27

At least 19 people are killed when two suicide bombers drive cars packed with explosives into targets in the Baghdad area.
2013-06-7

A suicide bomber attacks a government building in Taji, 15 kilometres north of the capital Baghdad, killing 22 and injuring 44 others. Nineteen of the dead are members of the Sahwa militia opposed to al-Qaeda in Iraq, who were waiting for their monthly salaries.
2013-02-4

Two policemen and a civilian are killed and four others wounded in a failed bank robbery in southern Baghdad.
2010-09-30

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

6 policemen are killed during 2 attacks in Baghdad, with 2 of the corpses burning in public.
2010-08-14

Iraqi traffic police are allegedly given AK-47 assault rifles for their use in Baghdad.
2010-08-9