February 2005 in Iraq |
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February 7th Ð Two suicide bombers kill 27 people in Mosul and Baquba. |
February 11th 20 Iraqis are killed in Baghdad. |
February 12th 17 people are killed by a suicide bomber in the town of Musayyib. |
February 19th The holiest day of the Shia calendar Ashura was interrupted by six suicide bombers that killed 30 people and wounded another 150. |
February 20th 15were killed in a car bombing in Tikrit. |
February 24th 25 people were killed in a series of suicide attacks throughout Iraq. 10 Iraqis were killed and 35 were wounded. Other attack included two roadside bomgs in the sunni city of Qaim, near the Syrian border, a bombing in Kirkurk and a shooting inside a bakery in Baghdad. |
February 28th: Suicide car bomb blasts crowd of Iraqi police and army recruits in Hillah, killing 125 people in insurgency's bloodiest attack to date. The attack occurred when a sedan full of explosives drove into a crowd of new recruits waiting for a medical checkup. 170 were wounded in a blast that was so powerful that it set a row of stores afire across the street from the explosion. |
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