Notable Deaths
- 3 January – Andrew J. Olmsted, 37, American army blogger in Iraq, shot.
- 27 January – Alan G. Rogers, 40, American Army major, improvised explosive device.
- 10 February – Alaa Abdulkareem Fartusi, 29, Iraqi journalist and cameraman, bomb blast.
- 11 February – Fouad al-Tikerly, 81, Iraqi novelist and judge, pancreatic cancer.
- 15 February – Naziha Salim, 81, Iraqi painter, complications from a stroke.
- 27 February – Shihab al-Tamimi, 74, Iraqi head of the Journalists Syndicate, heart attack following shooting.
- 3 October – Mahir al-Zubaydi, Iraqi al-Qaeda leader, shot.
- 5 October – Mohamed Moumou, 43, Iraqi al-Qaida second-in-command, shot.
- 18 December – Nahla Hussain al-Shaly, 37, Iraqi women's rights activist, shot and decapitated.
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