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A truck bomb explodes at a popular market in the village of Nineveh, Iraq, killing 5 and injuring 8.
2019-05-26

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

Car-bombings across Iraq kill at least 57 people. The attacks include a rare bombing in the southern Basra province leaving 10 people dead. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is suspected of being behind the attacks.
2015-10-5

A car bomb targets a government building in the Iraqi Kurdish capital Irbil, resulting in four deaths.
2014-11-19

A car bombing occurs in a Shiite suburb of Lebanon's capital Beirut killing the bomber and injuring five other people.
2014-06-24

At least 30 people are killed as a result of car bombings in Iraq.
2013-12-8

A series of car bombings around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, kills at least 38 people.
2013-10-27

At least 20 people are killed when a car bomb explodes outside a local governor's house in Al Diwaniyah in Iraq.
2011-06-21

A car bomb explodes in the southern Iraqi city of Hilla, killing at least 21 police officers and injuring 65; in northern Iraq and in Baghdad, four people are killed in other attacks.
2011-05-5

The death toll of Saturday's explosion in Basra, Iraq, rises to 43, with the number of injured people being over 100. Police say the explosion was as a result of a power generator short-circuiting but other sources claim it was due to a car bomb.
2010-08-8