2016 in Iraq
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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Iraq.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Fuad Masum
- Prime Minister: Haider al-Abadi
- Vice President: Nouri al-Maliki, Usama al-Nujayfi, Ayad Allawi
Events
[edit]- The Islamic State attacked and briefly seized an Iraqi army base in Al Tarah using suicide car bombers and fighters wearing explosive belts on 1 January. The Iraqi army retook the base with the help of coalition airstrikes on the same day.[1]
- Camp Speicher, an Iraqi military base, was attacked by multiple ISIL suicide and car bombers on 3 January. At least 15 Iraqi military and police personnel were killed.[2]
- On 12 January, two Islamic State militants set off a bomb outside Al-Jawhara mall in Baghdad, threw hand grenades at passersby, shot at people, and one then killed himself in a suicide bomb attack, killing nine people and injuring 13. Police shot and killed the other militant. In another attack that same day, the Islamic State killed 20 people in a café in Muqdadiya with an IED and a suicide bomb attack.[3]
- After months of protests Saturday April 30, 2016 Protesters who are supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr breached the Green Zone in Baghdad and stormed the Iraqi Parliament.[4]
- On 11 May, at least 62 people died in a truck bombing in Bagdad.[5]
- July 3 – Several suicide car bombings are carried out in a local shopping district in Karrada, Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 281 and injuring more than 200.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Iraqi forces attempt to clear 'IS' pockets out of Ramadi". Deutsche Welle. 2016-01-01.
- ^ "At Least 15 Dead After Islamic State Suicide Bombers Attack Iraqi Military Base". Vice News. 3 January 2016.
- ^ Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Pair of Iraq Attacks The Wall Street Journal
- ^ "Iraqi protesters breach Baghdad's Green Zone". CBS News. 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
- ^ "Islamic State Claims Baghdad Bombing That Killed at Least 62". The Wall Street Journal. May 11, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- ^ "Baghdad bombing death toll rises to 281". BBC. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.