Iraq War Insurgent Attacks
Timelines
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
Phases
- Invasion
- Post-invasion insurgency
- Civil war
- Insurgency 2008-2011
- US withdrawal violence
Battles and operations of the Iraq War |
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Invasion (2003)
Post-invasion insurgency
Civil War
Surge (2007)
Insurgency (2008-2011)
Drawdown
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Insurgent attacks of the Iraq War |
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‡ indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths
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After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, resistance movements and militias began launching attacks on both domestic and foreign military targets, as well as civilian targets. In the beginning, foreign civilian targets were attacked, like the Jordanian embassy, UN and Red Cross headquarters. When foreigners became more protected or simply fled Iraq, ordinary Iraqi civilians were attacked, because of sectarian divisions.
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