List of Iraqi Security Forces Fatality Reports in Iraq - 2004

2004

The list for 2004, only includes incidents of deaths of soldiers because it was estimated that 1,040 policemen were killed during 2004.

• January
  • January 14 - A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Baqubah killing one soldier.
  • January 17 - Two soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad.
  • January 29 - One soldier was killed when his checkpoint was attacked south of Kirkuk.
  • January 30 - Three soldiers were killed when their checkpoint was attacked in Mosul.
• February
  • February 11 - A suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi Army recruiting station killing 47 recruits in Baghdad.
  • February 14 - 10 soldiers were killed when a police station was overrun in Fallujah.
• March
  • March 8 - Three soldiers were killed when they were ambushed while on their way to work in Baghdad.
  • March 17 - One soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Mosul.
  • March 22 - One soldier was killed by a car bomb at Anaconda air base in Balad.
  • March 26 - Four soldiers were killed during a raid in Tikrit.
• April
  • April 4 - Three soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded near their checkpoint in Samarra.
  • April 9 - One soldier was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the ICDC Headquarters in Samarra.
  • April 15 - Two soldiers were killed in an ambush in Kirkuk.
  • April 16 - One soldier was killed in a mortar attack south of Fallujah.
• May
  • May 2 - Two soldiers were killed in Baghdad.
  • May 12 - One soldier was killed in Baqubah.
  • May 15 - Gunmen attacked a military recruiting station in Mosul killing four recruits.
  • May 21 - Four soldiers were killed when their checkpoint was attacked in Baqubah.
  • May 29 - One soldier was killed in Kirkuk.
  • May 31 - One soldier was killed when his checkpoint was attacked northeast of Baghdad.
• June
  • June 1 - A suicide bomber attacked a military base in Baiji killing seven soldiers.
  • June 17 - A car bomb attack on an Iraqi Army recruiting station killed 35 recruits in Baghdad.
  • June 18 - Six soldiers were killed when a car bomb exploded at their checkpoint north of Baghdad.
  • June 24 - Various insurgent attacks in the country killed five soldiers.
  • June 27 - Six soldiers were killed in fighting outside Baqubah.
• July
  • July 3 - Six soldiers were killed by a bomb at their checkpoint south of Baghdad.
  • July 9 - One soldier was killed along with five Americans in a mortar attack on a military headquarters in Samarra.
  • July 14 - A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint near the British Embassy and the interim Iraqi government's headquarters in Baghdad killing four soldiers.
  • July 17 - A suicide bomber attacked an ING base killing two soldiers in Mahmudiya.
  • July 29 - Seven soldiers were killed during a raid near Suwaira.
• August
  • August 3 - Various insurgent attacks in the country killed seven soldiers.
  • August 5-August 27 - Four soldiers were killed during the Battle of Najaf.
  • August 8 - One soldier was killed by a roadside bomb north-east of Baghdad.
• September
  • September 6 - Three soldiers were killed along with seven U.S. Marines when a car bomb hit their convoy on the outskirts of Fallujah.
  • September 15 - One soldier was killed by a car bomb in Suwayrah.
  • September 18 - A suicide bomber attacked the ING headquarters in Kirkuk killing 19 soldiers and recruits.
  • September 19 - Three captured soldiers were executed in Mosul. One soldier was killed by a car bomb in Samarra.
  • September 22 - A suicide bomber attacked an ING recruiting station killing 11 recruits in Baghdad.
  • September 25 - Seven captured Army recruits were executed in Baghdad. A U.S. soldier is facing 25 years of jail for the killing of a soldier in May.
  • September 28 - Various insurgent attacks in the country killed eight soldiers.
• October
  • October 9–11 soldiers were killed in an attack on the ING compound in Karabilah.
  • October 19 - Four soldiers were killed in a mortar attack on an ING headquarters near Taji.
  • October 23 - 49 captured Army recruits were beheaded near Kirkuk. Various insurgent attacks in and near Samarra killed six soldiers.
  • October 29 - 11 captured soldiers were executed.
• November
  • November 3 - Three captured soldiers were beheaded.
  • November 6 - An Army commander is killed in an attack in Samarra.
  • November 7-December 23 - 11 soldiers were killed in the Second Battle of Fallujah.
  • November 8-November 16–26 soldiers were killed during the Battle of Mosul and another 76 were captured and executed.
  • November 12 - One soldier was killed when his post was attacked in Baqubah.
  • November 15 - Five soldiers were killed in attacks in Suwaira.
  • November 20 - An Army recruit was killed in Baqubah.
  • November 21 - 17 captured soldiers were executed in Kisik. Nine soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed in Ramadi.
  • November 23 - One soldier was killed in Kirkuk.
  • November 25 - Three soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed near Mosul.
• December
  • December 3 - An Army captain was killed in Karbala.
  • December 4 - A suicide bomber attacked a Kurdish militia bus killing 18 soldiers in Mosul.
  • December 5 - Various insurgent attacks in the country killed six soldiers.
  • December 7 - Three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad.
  • December 8 - The body of an executed soldier was found in the Hillah river, south of Baghdad.
  • December 11 - Seven soldiers were killed in an attack on their bus in Hit.
  • December 14 - Various insurgent attacks in the country killed five soldiers.
  • December 16 - Three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad.
  • December 21 - A suicide bomber attacked a U.S. military base in Mosul killing four soldiers along with 18 Americans.
  • December 25 - Five soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Mosul.
  • December 26 - Five captured soldiers were executed in Ramadi.
  • December 28 - Five soldiers were killed by a car bomb in Baqubah.