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Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly formally designates the United States Department of Defense as a "terrorist organization" in response to the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani in a targeted killing in Baghdad, Iraq. Under the newly adopted bill, all United States Armed Forces personnel and Pentagon employees are "considered terrorists."
2020-01-7

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

Tens of thousands of people, mostly Shi'ites, take to the streets of Baghdad, Iraq in a protest calling for Parliament to vote on a cabinet reshuffle. The protest was called for by powerful Shi'te Muslim critic Muqtada al-Sadr. The proposed cabinet reshuffle is aimed at fighting corruption in the midst of divisions between lawmakers that have hampered the work of the government.
2016-04-26

A suicide bomber kills at least 60 people and wounds 70 others after ramming his explosives-laden truck into a security checkpoint at one of the entrances to the Iraqi city of Hillah, south of Baghdad. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack.
2016-03-6

Iraqi security forces find the bodies of 53 men shot recently in Hamza south of Baghdad.
2014-07-9

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

18 April 2013 Baghdad bombing: At least 27 people, including two children, are killed and 65 injured in a bomb attack on a cafe in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
2013-04-18

Two car bombs explode in the city of Dujail, Iraq, leaving at least 7 dead and 25 wounded.
2013-01-17

10 killed, 13 wounded in Iraq gold market robbery in a market in Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad.
2010-10-26

Gunmen raided a jewelry shop Saturday morning in western Iraq, killing four people before fleeing with a large amount of gold in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad.
2010-06-26