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2004 was most notably marked by a series of battles in Fallujah. See Fallujah during the Iraq War.

January

January 14: A suicide bomber detonated a bomb outside an Iraqi police station in Baquba. At least three Iraqis are killed and 29 wounded.^[1]
January 18: 18 January 2004 Baghdad bombing - A suicide bomber blew up a Toyota pickup truck packed with 1,000 pounds of explosives outside the headquarters of the US-led coalition, killing 24-31 people, including two American soldiers, and injuring more than 60.^[1]^[2]
January 31: A suicide car bombing at the Shahine Hotel in Baghdad killed three people, including a South African security contractor.^[3]^[4]
January 31: A suicide car bomber killed nine and wounds 44 at a police station in Mosul.^[1]

February

February 1: 2004 Erbil bombings - At least 105 people are killed and nearly 250 wounded in Erbil when twin suicide bombers blew themselves up at the headquarters of the two leading Kurdish political parties - the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan & the Kurdish Democratic Party. A former government minister, the deputy governor of Erbil Province, and the city's police chief are among those killed.^[5]
February 9: A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the Ramadi home of Majid and Amer Ali Suleiman, two tribal leaders who had cooperated with US forces. Three of their bodyguards were seriously injured by the blast, but the leaders were unhurt.^[6]
February 10: At least 55 people were killed in a car bombing outside a police station in Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad.^[5]
February 11: Forty-seven Iraqis are killed in a suicide attack outside an army recruitment centre in Baghdad. Ansar al-Islam is blamed.^[1]
February 18: Two suicide bombers attack a Polish military barracks in Hillah, killing 11 Iraqis.^[1]
February 23: Shortly before a visit by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, at least ten people were killed by a suicide car bomber targeting a police station in Kirkuk.^[7]

March

March 2: 2004 Ashura massacre - In the deadliest coordinated attacks since the fall of President Saddam Hussein, a series of explosions killed 181 Shiites celebrating the Ashura festival in Baghdad and Karbala. 49 Iranian pilgrims were among the victims of the bombings, at least four of which were suicide attacks.^[1]^[8]^[9]
March 17: A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near the Hotel Lebanon in Baghdad, killing 16, including one Briton.^[1]
March 30: A suicide car bomber detonated outside the house of a police chief in Hillah, wounding seven people.^[10]
March 31: 2004 Fallujah ambush

April

April 21: 21 April 2004 Basra bombings - five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people including 18 schoolchildren and wounding 160 others.^[11]^[12]
April 24: In one of the most extravagant insurgent attacks to date, three suicide boats targeted the al-Basra oil terminal, seven miles off the southern coast of Iraq. Three US sailors were killed after they attempted to board one of the insurgent dhows, and oil exports from al-Basra were shut down for at least one day, costing Iraq one million barrels in lost exports.^[13]^[14]

May

May 6: Six people, including one US soldier, were killed when a suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint outside the Green Zone.^[15]
May 7: Killing of Nick Berg
May 17: A suicide car bomber killed Izzadine Saleem, the head of the Iraqi Governing Council, as his car waited at a checkpoint outside the Green Zone in Baghdad. Up to seven other people were killed.^[16]
May 22: Another senior Iraqi official was the target of a suicide car bomb which killed at least four people and wounded deputy interior minister Abdul-Jabar Youssef al-Sheikhli at his home in Baghdad.^[17]

June

June 1: A suicide car bomb attack at a checkpoint near a US Army base in Baiji killed at least ten Iraqis.^[18]
June 8: A suicide car bomber hit a US outpost at the former al-Faris air force base in Baquba, killing four Iraqis and one US soldier, and injuring 16 Iraqis and ten US soldiers. In Mosul, an orange and white taxi with three suicide bombers on board detonated outside the mayor's office, killing ten people.^[19]^[20]
June 13: Four police officers and eight civilians were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a police post in southern Baghdad.^[21]
June 14: A suicide bombing in Baghdad killed 13 people, including two Britons, a Filipino, a Frenchman, and an American.^[22]^[23]
June 17: June 2004 Baghdad bombing - A suicide car bomber driving a white 4x4 detonated his vehicle amongst a crowd of 300 unemployed young men queuing at the gates of an Iraqi army base in central Baghdad. 35 people were killed and 138 injured.^[24]
June 24: A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint in Baghdad, killing four Iraqi soldiers. The attack came a week before the scheduled handover of power from the US government to the Iraqi Interim Government.^[25]

July

July 6: A suicide car bomber targeted a funeral tent in Khalis, killing 13 people and wounding at least 37 others.^[26]
July 14: A suicide car bomber killed at least nine people and wounded 40 others at a checkpoint next to the British Embassy in Baghdad.^[27]
July 17: Five people were killed and eight others injured when a suicide car bomb rammed into a convoy carrying Iraqi Justice Minister, Malik Dohan al-Hassan, in Baghdad. Al-Hassan managed to escape the attack, but three of his bodyguards and two civilian bystanders were killed.^[28] uncertain number of suicide attacks on this day
July 19: Nine people were killed and at least 60 others injured when a large fuel tanker, rigged as a car bomb, exploded as it drove toward a police station in the Seidiyeh neighbourhood of Baghdad.^[29]
July 20: A suicide truck bomb blew up outside a Baghdad police station, killing at least nine Iraqis and injuring more than 60 others.^[30]
July 28: 2004 Baqubah bombing - A suicide car bomb exploded outside a police recruiting centre in central Baqubah, killing 68 Iraqis.^[12]

August

August 1: A suicide car bomb went off outside a police station in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, killing four people and wounding 34.^[31]
August 5: A suspected suicide car bombing outside a police station in Southern Baghdad killed four people and injured twenty-one.^[32]
August 28: A suicide car bomber detonated after attempting to block the path of A Kurdish media team's car when they reached a checkpoint between Erbil and Mosul. No-one apart from the bomber was hurt.^[33]

September

September 4: A suicide car bomb exploded in front of an Iraqi Police Academy in Kirkuk, killing at least 21 people.^[34]
September 6: A suicide car bombing in Fallujah killed seven U.S. Marines and three Iraqi Guardsmen.^[35]
September 14: 14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing - A suicide car bomber killed 47 people outside a police station on Haifa Street in Baghdad, where a crowd of volunteers and recruits were waiting to sign up.^[36] A suicide car bomber exploded by a convoy of civilian contractors in Baghdad, hurting no-one but himself.^[37]
September 17: A suicide car bomb detonated near an Iraqi police checkpoint on al-Rashid Street in central Baghdad, killing at least eight Iraqis and wounding 41 others. Another vehicle-borne explosive device detonated on Haifa Street in Baghdad when US forces opened fire on it. The vehicle was attempting to breach a security perimeter, and both of its occupants were killed in the ensuing explosion.^[38]
September 18: A suicide car bomb detonated in front of the Iraqi national guard headquarters in the northern city of Kirkuk, killing 19 people and wounding 67 others, including guardsmen and recruits.^[38]
September 20: A car bomb detonated in Mosul, killing all three people in the car and one bystander. Authorities believe that the victims were insurgents who were planning to carry out a suicide attack in the area, when their bomb detonated prematurely.^[39]
September 22: A suicide car bomber killed 11 people and wounded up to 54 outside a photocopy shop in Baghdad, where Iraqi National Guard applicants were preparing their papers. Another suicide car bomb struck US military vehicles in the upmarket Mansour district of the capital, injuring four US soldiers and two civilians. One US military death was later attributed to these bombings.^[40]
September 30: 30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing - Up to two suicide bombers targeted US troops as they handed out sweets to Iraqi children in Baghdad, killing 42 and wounded 141. Of the dead 35 were children, while the wounded included 10 US soldiers & 72 children under the age of 14. Hours earlier a suicide blast in the Abu Ghraib area killed between three and nine people, including one US soldier.^[41]^[42]

October

October 4: Ten people were killed when a suicide car bomber rammed an entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad, close to where recruits were lining up to join Iraq's security forces. Seventy others were wounded. A car bomb in Mosul detonated with two people on board, killing the occupants and five others, though it was not clear if the attack was a deliberate suicide mission.^[43]
October 6: A suicide car bomber killed at least 16 people at an Iraqi National Guard centre near the Syrian border.^[44]
October 10: A suicide attacker detonated explosives packed on a minibus near a police academy in eastern Baghdad, killing 10 to 17 people. Another suicide car bomb in the capital struck a military convoy near the Culture Ministry, killing one US soldier.^[45]^[46]
October 14: A pair of suicide bombers succeeded in penetrating the Green Zone in Baghdad. The twin blasts killed at least six people, including three or four Americans.^[47]^[48]
October 15: A suicide car bomb blew up in an Iraqi Police contingent in main street in al-Dawrah, south Baghdad. Five police officers were killed, and nine policemen injured.^[49]
October 17: A suicide car bomb detonated on a bridge in the northern city of Mosul, killing five Iraqis and wounding 15 others.^[50] A suicide car bomb detonated outside a Baghdad cafe popular with Iraqi police and near to the Australian embassy, killing seven and wounding more than 20.^[51]^[52]
October 23: At least 16 Iraqi policemen were killed and 40 others were wounded when a suicide driver detonated his car at a police station near a US Marine base in Khan al-Baghdadi, 140 miles west of the capital. A second suicide driver killed four guardsmen and injured six others in an attack near an Iraqi National Guard checkpoint in Ishaqi, 6 miles south of Samarra.^[53]
October 25: Two suicide car bombs detonated in Mosul, killing at least three Iraqis and wounding at least nine government employees.^[54] A suicide car bomber attacked a US convoy in Khaldiya, destroying at least two Humvees and causing an unknown number of US casualties.^[55]

November

November 3: A suicide car bombing at a checkpoint on the Baghdad Airport Road killed at least one British security contractor. Up to nine airline employees were also injured.^[56]^[57]
November 4: Three Scottish Black Watch soldiers and an Iraqi translator were killed by a suicide bomber near Camp Dogwood, outside of Baghdad.^[58] A suicide bomber blew up a car in front of the municipal council building in Tikrit, wounding ten.^[59]
November 6: Four car bombs in Samarra targeted local police forces, killing about 40 people. At least two of the blasts are detonated by suicide bombers.^[60]^[61]
November 7: Two bomb disposal experts from the Royal Signals and Royal Logistics Corps were seriously injured by a suicide car bomb. The explosion blew the legs off one of the men and caused serious limb injuries to the other.^[62]
November 8: Near simultaneous suicide car bomb attacks on St. Matthews Catholic Church and St. Georges Catholic Church in Baghdad killed at least three people and wounded over 40.^[63]
November 11: At least 18 people were killed and 15 wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a vehicle carrying Americans in a central Baghdad market during rush hour.^[64]
November 13: A suicide bomber exploded near an Iraqi police patrol in the center of Hillah, wounding four policemen.^[65]
November 19: A suicide bomber exploded his vehicle near an Iraqi police patrol in Baghdad, injuring up to 11 people and killing one policeman.^[66]
November 26: According to Al-Diyar Television, a suicide bomber blew up his car near the 14 July suspension bridge in Baghdad, causing an unknown number of casualties.^[67]
November 29: A suicide bomber drove his vehicle into a group of policemen waiting to collect their salaries in western Ramadi. Twelve people were killed and ten wounded.^[68]

December

December 3: A van with four suicide bombers on board drove into a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad, killing 14 civilians who had gathered for morning prayers.^[69] A police station within the compound of the Ministry of Housing and Construction was attacked with a suicide car bomb, wounding an unknown number of people.^[70]
December 4: A suicide bomber drove into a bus carrying Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in the northern city of Mosul, killing 16. A suicide bomber targeted a police station just outside the main entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad, killing seven and injuring 50.^[71]
December 5: A suicide car bomber drove into a convoy of National Guardsmen in Baiji, killing the local commander, Mohammad Jassim Rumaied, along with three bodyguards.^[71]
December 8: A suicide bomber attacked a US convoy in Samarra, killing three Iraqis.^[72]
December 13: A suicide car bomber kills 13 while in line at a checkpoint at the Western Gate of Baghdad's Green Zone.^[73]^[74]
December 14: A suicide car bomber strikes the same Green Zone checkpoint that was hit 24 hours earlier, killing at least six people and wounding 13.^[75]^[76]
December 19: A suicide bomber in Najaf killed at least 51 people when he targeted a funeral procession near the Imam Ali shrine. A suicide car bomb near a bus stop in Karbala killed at least 14 people. It occurred near the twin shrines of Hussein and Abbas, and also near the home of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.^[77]^[78]^[79] Zarqawi's group al-Qaeda in Iraq claimed that the group was not responsible for these attacks.^[80]
December 21: 2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing - A suicide bomber infiltrated Mosul's Marez Base and detonated his vest amongst a crowd of US soldiers sitting down for lunch. Twenty two people were killed, including nineteen American soldiers and three military contractor. The Ansar al-Sunnah Army claimed responsibility.^[81]
December 23: According to Al-Sharqiyah Television, a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle during rush hour at a checkpoint in the al-Latifiyah area, killing five people and wounding 13.^[82]
December 24: A fuel tanker driven by a suicide bomber exploded in the Mansour district of Baghdad near the Libyan and Jordanian embassies. The explosion killed at least eight people, including guards at the Libyan embassy, and injured 19.^[83]
December 27: A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle outside the home of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the head of SCIRI. Thirteen people were killed and about 50 injured, but Hakim escaped unharmed.^[84]
December 28: A suicide bomber detonated his bomb in the center of Samarra, wounding ten people. The target of the blast was unclear.^[85]^[86]

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-The year was most notably marked by a series of battles in [[Fallujah]]. See [[Fallujah during the Iraq War]].
+was most notably marked by a series of battles in [[Fallujah]]. See [[Fallujah during the Iraq War]].
 ==January==
+*'''January 14''': A [[suicide bomber]] [[detonate]]d a bomb outside an Iraqi [[police station]] in [[Baquba]]. At least three [[Iraqis]] are killed and 29 wounded.<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/>
+*'''January 18''': '''[[18 January 2004 Baghdad bombing]]''' - A suicide bomber blew up a [[Toyota]] [[pickup truck]] packed with 1,000&nbsp;pounds of [[explosive]]s outside the [[headquarters]] of the US-led coalition, killing 24-31 people, including two [[United States Army|American soldiers]], and injuring more than 60.<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Car bomb explodes in central Baghdad |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3990109 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=2022-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102010849/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3990109 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''January 14''': A suicide bomber detonates a bomb outside an Iraqi police station in Baquba. At least three Iraqis are killed and 29 wounded.<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/>
+*'''January 31''': A suicide [[car bomb]]ing at the Shahine Hotel in [[Baghdad]] killed three people, including a [[South Africa]]n [[security company|security contractor]].<ref>http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=2813&click_id=13&art_id=vn20040129140734843C892126&set_id=1 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/0/5b8a90f4c1e62ccfc1256e29003545a1?OpenDocument&Click= |title=News: Iraq, At least three killed as suicide car bomb hits Iraq minister's hotel<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2009-11-09 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191629/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/0/5b8a90f4c1e62ccfc1256e29003545a1?OpenDocument&Click= |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-*'''January 28''': A suicide bomber blows up a Toyota pickup truck packed with 1,000&nbsp;pounds of explosives outside the headquarters of the US-led coalition, killing 24-31 people, including two American soldiers, and injuring more than 60.<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/><ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3990109/ Car bomb explodes in central Baghdad - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''January 31''': A suicide car bomber killed nine and wounds 44 at a [[Iraqi Police|police]] station in [[Mosul]].<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/>
-*'''January 31''': A suicide car bombing at the Shahine Hotel in Baghdad killed three people, including a [[South Africa]]n security contractor.<ref>http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=2813&click_id=13&art_id=vn20040129140734843C892126&set_id=1</ref><ref>[http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/0/5b8a90f4c1e62ccfc1256e29003545a1?OpenDocument&Click= News: Iraq, At least three killed as suicide car bomb hits Iraq minister's hotel<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''January 31''': A suicide bomber in a small car kills nine and wounds 44 at a police station in [[Mosul]].<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/>
 ==February==
+*'''February 1''': '''[[2004 Erbil bombings]]''' - At least 105 people are killed and nearly 250 wounded in [[Erbil]] when twin suicide bombers blew themselves up at the headquarters of the two leading [[Kurds|Kurdish]] political parties - the [[Patriotic Union of Kurdistan]] & the [[Kurdish Democratic Party]]. A former [[government of Iraq|government]] minister, the deputy governor of [[Erbil Province]], and the city's [[police chief]] are among those killed.<ref name = "smh1090089102112"/>
+*'''February 9''': A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the [[Ramadi]] home of Majid and Amer Ali Suleiman, two [[tribal leader]]s who had cooperated with US forces. Three of their [[bodyguard]]s were seriously injured by the blast, but the leaders were unhurt.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20377 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930040655/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20377 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''February 1''': At least 105 people are killed and nearly 250 wounded in Arbil when twin suicide bombers blow themselves up at the headquarters of the two leading Kurdish political parties - the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan & the Kurdish Democratic Party. A former government minister, the deputy governor of Arbil province, and the city's police chief are among those killed.<ref name = "smh1090089102112"/>
+*'''February 10''': At least 55 people were killed in a car bombing outside a police station in [[Iskandariyah]], south of Baghdad.<ref name="smh1090089102112">{{Cite web |date=2004-07-20 |title=A year of deadly attacks in Iraq |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/a-year-of-deadly-attacks-in-iraq-20040720-gdjdqg.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=2021-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211023512/http://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/a-year-of-deadly-attacks-in-iraq-20040720-gdjdqg.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''February 9''': A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the Ramadi home of Majid and Amer Ali Suleiman, two tribal leaders who had cooperated with US forces. Three of their bodyguards were seriously injured by the blast, but the leaders were unhurt.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930040655/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20377 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''February 10''': At least 55 people are killed in car bombing outside a police station in Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad.<ref name="smh1090089102112">[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/19/1090089102112.html A year of deadly attacks in Iraq - After Saddam - www.smh.com.au<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''February 11''': Forty-seven Iraqis are killed in a suicide attack outside an [[Iraqi Army|army]] recruitment centre in Baghdad. [[Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan|Ansar al-Islam]] is blamed.<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/>
-*'''February 11''': Forty-seven Iraqis die in a suicide attack outside an army recruitment centre in Baghdad. Ansar al Islam is blamed for the atrocity.<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/>
+*'''February 18''': Two suicide bombers attack a [[Polish military]] [[barracks]] in [[Hillah]], killing 11 Iraqis.<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/>
+*'''February 23''': Shortly before a visit by [[US Defence Secretary]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]], at least ten people were killed by a suicide car bomber targeting a police station in [[Kirkuk]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-02-23 |title=Suicide bomb kills 10 in Kirkuk |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/23/iraq.usa |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126035809/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/23/iraq.usa |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''February 18''': Two suicide bombers attack a Polish military barracks in Hillah, killing 11 Iraqis.<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/>
-*'''February 23''': Shortly before a visit by US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, at least ten people are killed by a suicide car bomber targeting a police station in Kirkuk.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,,1154149,00.html Suicide bomb kills 10 in Kirkuk | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 ==March==
+*'''March 2''': '''[[2004 Ashura massacre]]''' - In the deadliest coordinated attacks since the fall of [[President of Iraq|President]] [[Saddam Hussein]], a series of [[explosion]]s killed 181 [[Shia Islam in Iraq|Shiites]] celebrating the [[Ashura]] festival in Baghdad and [[Karbala]]. 49 [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[pilgrim]]s were among the victims of the bombings, at least four of which were suicide attacks.<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-01-14 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20626 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2006-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060114221507/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20626 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-01-14 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20625 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2006-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060114213934/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20625 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
+*'''March 17''': A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near the Hotel Lebanon in Baghdad, killing 16, including one [[British people|Briton]].<ref name="MSNBC 5437742">{{Cite web |title=Terror strikes blamed on al-Zarqawi in Iraq |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5437742 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120215431/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5437742 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''March 2''': {{Main|2004 Ashura bombings in Iraq}}
+*'''March 30''': A suicide car bomber detonated outside the house of a [[police chief]] in Hillah, wounding seven people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=18448 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013231/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=18448 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
+*'''March 31''': '''[[2004 Fallujah ambush]]'''
-In the deadliest coordinated attacks since the fall of Saddam Hussein, a series of explosions killed 181 Shiites celebrating the Ashoura festival in Baghdad and Karbala. 49 Iranian pilgrims were among the victims of the bombings, at least four of which were suicide attacks.<ref name = "MSNBC 5437742"/><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060114221507/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20626 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060114213934/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20625 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''March 17''': A suicide bomber detonates a car bomb near the Hotel Lebanon in Baghdad, killing 16, including one Briton.<ref name="MSNBC 5437742">[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5437742/ Terror strikes blamed on al-Zarqawi in Iraq - Hunt for Al-Qaida - MSNBC.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''March 30''': A suicide car bomber detonated outside the house of a police chief in Hillah, wounding seven people.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930013231/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=18448 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 ==April==
+*'''April 21''': '''[[21 April 2004 Basra bombings]]''' - five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around [[Basra]], killing 74 people including 18 schoolchildren and wounding 160 others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Basra bombs kill at least 68 Iraqis - Apr 21, 2004 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/21/iraq.main/index.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.cnn.com |archive-date=2023-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429010510/http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/21/iraq.main/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Guardian-1270839">{{Cite news |date=2004-07-28 |title=68 dead in Iraq blast |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jul/28/iraq |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126131740/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jul/28/iraq |url-status=live }}</ref>
+*'''April 24''': In one of the most extravagant [[insurgent]] attacks to date, three suicide boats targeted the al-Basra [[oil terminal]], seven miles off the southern coast of Iraq. Three [[US sailor]]s were killed after they attempted to board one of the insurgent [[dhow]]s, and oil exports from al-Basra were shut down for at least one day, costing Iraq one million barrels in lost exports.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Rory |date=2004-04-26 |title=Suicide raids on oil platforms mark new threat |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/apr/26/iraq.rorymccarthy |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701112549/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/apr/26/iraq.rorymccarthy |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-04-27 |title=Oil exports resumed after suicide attacks |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/oil-exports-resumed-after-suicide-attacks-20040427-gditdn.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
-*'''April 21''': [[21 April 2004 Basra bombings|Basra bombings]]: five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people including 18 schoolchildren and wounding 160 others.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/21/iraq.main/index.html CNN.com - Basra bombs kill at least 68 Iraqis - Apr 21, 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name = "Guardian-1270839">[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,,1270839,00.html 68 dead in Iraq blast   Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''April 24''': In one of the most extravagant insurgent attacks to date, three suicide boats targeted the al-Basra oil terminal seven miles off the southern coast of Iraq. Three US sailors were killed after they attempted to board one of the insurgent dhows, and oil exports from al-Basra were shut down for at least one day, costing Iraq one million barrels in lost exports.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1203428,00.html Suicide raids on oil platforms mark new threat | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/26/1082831503265.html?from=storyrhs Oil exports resumed after suicide attacks - SpecialsWarOnIraq - www.smh.com.au<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 ==May==
+*'''May 6''': Six people, including one US soldier, were killed when a suicide car bomb exploded at a [[security checkpoint|checkpoint]] outside the Green Zone.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-05-06 |title=Seven killed in Baghdad suicide blast |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/may/06/iraq.usa |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2021-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125211846/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/may/06/iraq.usa |url-status=live }}</ref>
+*'''May 7''': '''[[Killing of Nick Berg]]'''
-*'''May 6''': Six people, including one US soldier, were killed when a suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint outside the Green Zone.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,,1210675,00.html Seven killed in Baghdad suicide blast | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''May 17''': A suicide car bomber killed Izzadine Saleem, the head of the Iraqi Governing Council, as his car waited at a checkpoint outside the Green Zone in Baghdad. Up to seven other innocents were killed.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120090,00.html FOXNews.com - Head of Iraqi Governing Council Killed in Blast - U.S. &amp; World<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''May 17''': A suicide car bomber killed Izzadine Saleem, the head of the Iraqi Governing Council, as his car waited at a checkpoint outside the [[Green Zone]] in Baghdad. Up to seven other people were killed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-31 |title=ISIS reportedly uses hundreds of families as human shields to protect Fallujah |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/isis-reportedly-uses-hundreds-of-families-as-human-shields-to-protect-fallujah |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Fox News |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210134259/https://www.foxnews.com/world/isis-reportedly-uses-hundreds-of-families-as-human-shields-to-protect-fallujah |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''May 22''': Another senior Iraqi official was the target of a suicide car bomb which killed at least four people and wounded deputy interior minister Abdul-Jabar Youssef al-Sheikhli at his home in Baghdad.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930024147/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=18718 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''May 22''': Another senior Iraqi official was the target of a suicide car bomb which killed at least four people and wounded deputy interior minister Abdul-Jabar Youssef al-Sheikhli at his home in Baghdad.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=18718 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024147/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=18718 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
 ==June==
+*'''June 1''': A suicide car bomb attack at a checkpoint near a [[US Army]] base in Baiji killed at least ten Iraqis.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-27 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=18737 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185303/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=18737 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
+*'''June 8''': A suicide car bomber hit a US outpost at the former al-Faris [[air force]] base in [[Baquba]], killing four Iraqis and one US soldier, and injuring 16 Iraqis and ten US soldiers. In [[Mosul]], an orange and white taxi with three suicide bombers on board detonated outside the mayor's office, killing ten people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-06-08 |title=Iraq car bombs kill 15 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jun/08/iraq.usa1 |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2021-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608232654/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jun/08/iraq.usa1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-06-08 |title=North Iraq car bombings kill 15 |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3785681.stm |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2021-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411021516/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3785681.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''June 1''': A suicide car bomb attack at a checkpoint near a US army base in Baiji killed at least ten Iraqis.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070927185303/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=18737 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''June 13''': Four police officers and eight [[civilian]]s were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a police post in southern Baghdad.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Steele |first=Jonathan |date=2004-06-14 |title=Wave of killings in bid to disrupt Iraq handover |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jun/14/iraq.jonathansteele |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817025233/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jun/14/iraq.jonathansteele |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''June 8''': A suicide car bomber hit a US outpost at the former al-Faris air force base in Baquba, killing four Iraqis and one US soldier, and injuring 16 Iraqis and ten US soldiers. In Mosul, an orange and white taxi with three suicide bombers on board detonated outside the mayor's office, killing ten people.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,,1233879,00.html Iraq car bombs kill 15 | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3785681.stm BBC NEWS | Middle East | North Iraq car bombings kill 15<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''June 14''': A suicide bombing in Baghdad killed 13 people, including two Britons, a [[Filipinos|Filipino]], a [[French people|Frenchman]], and an [[Americans|American]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.scotsman.com/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=The Scotsman |language=en |archive-date=2006-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502164046/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=712072003- |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Steele |first=Jonathan |date=2004-06-15 |title=Two Britons among 13 killed by bomb in Iraq |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jun/15/iraq.jonathansteele |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126143946/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jun/15/iraq.jonathansteele |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''June 13''': Four police officers and eight civilians were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a police post in southern Baghdad.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,,1237995,00.html Wave of killings in bid to disrupt Iraq handover | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''June 17''': '''[[June 2004 Baghdad bombing]]''' - A suicide car bomber driving a white 4x4 detonated his vehicle amongst a crowd of 300 [[unemployed]] young men queuing at the gates of an Iraqi [[army base]] in central Baghdad. 35 people were killed and 138 injured.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Steele |first=Jonathan |date=2004-06-18 |title=Baghdad bomb kills at least 35 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jun/18/iraq.jonathansteele |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126075021/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jun/18/iraq.jonathansteele |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''June 14''': A suicide bombing in Baghdad kills 13 people, including two Britons, a Filipino, a Frenchman, and an American.<ref>[http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=679402004 The Scotsman<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,,1239074,00.html Two Britons among 13 killed by bomb in Iraq | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''June 24''': A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint in Baghdad, killing four Iraqi soldiers. The attack came a week before the scheduled handover of power from the [[US government]] to the [[Iraqi Interim Government]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20846 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930040642/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20846 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''June 17''': A suicide car bomber driving a white 4x4 detonated his vehicle amongst a crowd of 300 jobless young men queuing at the gates of an Iraqi army base in central Baghdad. 35 people were killed and 138 injured.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,,1241698,00.html Baghdad bomb kills at least 35 | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''June 24''': A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint in Baghdad, killing four Iraqi soldiers. The attack came just one week before the scheduled handover of power from the US government to the Iraqi interim government.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930040642/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20846 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 ==July==
+*'''July 6''': A suicide car bomber targeted a funeral tent in [[Khalis]], killing 13 people and wounding at least 37 others.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-01-29 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19502 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2005-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050129010839/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19502 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''July 6''': A suicide car bomber targeted a funeral tent in Khalis, killing 13 people and wounded at least thirty-seven others.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050129010839/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19502 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''July 14''': A suicide car bomber killed at least nine people and wounded 40 others at a checkpoint next to the [[British Embassy in Baghdad]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19466 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035019/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19466 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
+*'''July 17''': Five people were killed and eight others injured when a suicide car bomb rammed into a convoy carrying Iraqi Justice Minister, [[Malik Dohan al-Hassan]], in Baghdad. Al-Hassan managed to escape the attack, but three of his bodyguards and two civilian bystanders were killed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19442 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023839/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19442 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> ''uncertain number of suicide attacks on this day''
-*'''July 14''': A suicide car bomber killed at least nine people and wounded 40 others at a checkpoint located next to the British Embassy in Baghdad.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930035019/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19466 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''July 17''': Five people were killed and eight other injured when a suicide car bomb rammed into a convoy carrying Iraqi Justice Minister, Malek Dohan Hassan, in Baghdad. Hassan managed to escape the attack, but three of his bodyguards and two civilian bystanders were killed.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930023839/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19442 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''UNCERTAINTY RE: NUMBER OF SUICIDE ATTACKS ON THIS DAY''
+*'''July 19''': Nine people were killed and at least 60 others injured when a large fuel tanker, rigged as a car bomb, exploded as it drove toward a police station in the [[Seidiyeh]] neighbourhood of Baghdad.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-27 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19435 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185534/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19435 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''July 19''': Nine people were killed and at least 60 others injured when a large fuel tanker, rigged as a car bomb, exploded as it drove toward a police station in the Seidiyeh neighbourhood of Baghdad.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070927185534/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19435 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''July 20''': A suicide truck bomb blew up outside a Baghdad police station, killing at least nine Iraqis and injuring more than 60 others.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130121084347/http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=3095921&C=dfnebb DefenseNews.com - July, 2004 20, 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''July 20''': A suicide truck bomb blew up outside a Baghdad police station, killing at least nine Iraqis and injuring more than 60 others.<ref>[http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=3095921&C=dfnebb DefenseNews.com - July, 2004 20, 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''July 28''': '''[[2004 Baqubah bombing]]''' - A suicide car bomb exploded outside a police recruiting centre in central Baqubah, killing 68 Iraqis.<ref name = "Guardian-1270839"/>
-*'''July 28''': A suicide car bomb exploded outside a police recruiting centre in central Baquba today, killing 68 Iraqis.<ref name = "Guardian-1270839"/>
 ==August==
+*'''August 1''': A suicide car bomb went off outside a police station in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, killing four people and wounding 34.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-08-05 |title=:: Xinhuanet - English :: |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-08/01/content_1689473.htm |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2009-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110212041/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-08/01/content_1689473.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''August 1''': A suicide car bomb went off outside a police station in Iraq's northern city of Mosul on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 34.<ref>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-08/01/content_1689473.htm :: Xinhuanet - English ::<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''August 5''': A suspected suicide car bombing outside a police station in Southern Baghdad killed four people and injured twenty-one.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19819 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043714/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19819 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''August 5''': A suspected suicide car bombing outside a police station in Southern Baghdad killed four people and injured twenty-one.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930043714/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19819 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''August 28''': A suicide car bomber detonated after attempting to block the path of A [[Kurdistan|Kurdish]] media team's car when they reached a checkpoint between Erbil and Mosul. No-one apart from the bomber was hurt.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-27 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20162 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185459/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20162 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''August 28''': A suicide car bomber detonated after attempting to block the path of A Kurdish media teams' car when they reached a checkpoint between Arbil and Mosul. No-one apart from the bomber was hurt.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070927185459/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20162 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 ==September==
+*'''September 4''': A suicide car bomb exploded in front of an Iraqi Police Academy in Kirkuk, killing at least 21 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20185 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930041046/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20185 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''September 4''': A suicide car bomb exploded in front of an Iraqi Police Academy in Kirkuk, killing at least 21 people.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930041046/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20185 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''September 6''': A suicide car bombing in Fallujah killed seven [[U.S. Marine]]s and three Iraqi Guardsmen.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/06/iraq.main/index.html Car bomb kills 7 U.S. troops outside Falluja - Sep 6, 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218044610/http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/06/iraq.main/index.html |date=2008-12-18 }}</ref>
+*'''September 14''': '''[[14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing]]''' - A suicide car bomber killed 47 people outside a police station on Haifa Street in Baghdad, where a crowd of volunteers and recruits were waiting to sign up.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-11-27 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20343 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2005-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127120703/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20343 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> A suicide car bomber exploded by a convoy of civilian contractors in Baghdad, hurting no-one but himself.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-27 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20344 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185435/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20344 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''September 6''': A suicide car bombing in Fallujah killed seven U.S. Marines and three Iraqi Guardsmen.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/06/iraq.main/index.html CNN.com - Car bomb kills 7 U.S. troops outside Falluja - Sep 6, 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''September 17''': A suicide car bomb detonated near an Iraqi police checkpoint on al-Rashid Street in central Baghdad, killing at least eight Iraqis and wounding 41 others. Another vehicle-borne explosive device detonated on Haifa Street in Baghdad when US forces opened fire on it. The vehicle was attempting to breach a security perimeter, and both of its occupants were killed in the ensuing explosion.<ref name="CNN20040918">{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Kirkuk suicide blast kills 19 - Sep 18, 2004 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/18/iraq.main/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.cnn.com |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194758/http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/18/iraq.main/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''September 14''': A suicide car bomb killed 47 people outside a police station on Haifa Street in Baghdad, where a crowd of volunteers and recruits were waiting to sign up.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051127120703/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20343 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> A suicide car bomber exploded by a convoy of civilian contractors in Baghdad, hurting no-one but himself.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070927185435/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20344 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''September 17''': A suicide car bomb detonated near an Iraqi police checkpoint on al-Rashid Street in central Baghdad, killing at least eight Iraqis and wounding 41 others. Another vehicle-borne explosive device detonated on Haifa Street in Baghdad when US forces opened fire on it. The vehicle was attempting to breach a security perimeter, and both of its occupants were killed in the ensuing explosion.<ref name = "CNN20040918">[http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/18/iraq.main/ CNN.com - Kirkuk suicide blast kills 19 - Sep 18, 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 *'''September 18''': A suicide car bomb detonated in front of the Iraqi national guard headquarters in the northern city of Kirkuk, killing 19 people and wounding 67 others, including guardsmen and recruits.<ref name = "CNN20040918"/>
-*'''September 20''': A car bomb detonated in Mosul killing all three people in the car and one bystander. Authorities believe that the victims were insurgents who were planning to carry out a suicide attack in the area, when their bomb detonated prematurely.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050430165451/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19902 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''September 20''': A car bomb detonated in Mosul, killing all three people in the car and one bystander. Authorities believe that the victims were insurgents who were planning to carry out a suicide attack in the area, when their bomb detonated prematurely.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-04-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19902 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2005-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050430165451/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19902 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''September 22''': A suicide car bomber killed 11 people and wounded up to 54 outside a photocopy shop in Baghdad, where Iraqi National Guard applicants were preparing their papers. Another suicide car bomb struck US military vehicles in the upmarket Mansour district of the capital, injuring four US soldiers and two civilians. One US military death was later attributed to these bombings.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,,1310489,00.html 21 die in Baghdad violence | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''September 22''': A suicide car bomber killed 11 people and wounded up to 54 outside a photocopy shop in Baghdad, where Iraqi National Guard applicants were preparing their papers. Another suicide car bomb struck [[US military]] vehicles in the upmarket Mansour district of the capital, injuring four US soldiers and two civilians. One US military death was later attributed to these bombings.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-09-22 |title=22 die in Baghdad violence |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/23/iraq1 |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2021-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923054234/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/23/iraq1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''September 30''': Up to two suicide bombers targeted US troops as they handed out sweets to Iraqi children in Baghdad, killing 42 and wounded 141. Of the dead 35 were children, while the wounded included 10 US soldiers & 72 children under the age of 14. Hours earlier a suicide blast in the Abu Ghraib area killed between three and nine people, including one US soldier.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/30/iraq/main646681.shtml 35 Children Die In Bloody Baghdad, Separate Bomb Blasts Hit U.S. Convoy, Abu Ghraib Neighborhood; 10 More Hostages Taken - CBS News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930041623/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=21389 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''September 30''': '''[[30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing]]''' - Up to two suicide bombers targeted US troops as they handed out sweets to Iraqi children in Baghdad, killing 42 and wounded 141. Of the dead 35 were children, while the wounded included 10 US soldiers & 72 children under the age of 14. Hours earlier a suicide blast in the Abu Ghraib area killed between three and nine people, including one US soldier.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/30/iraq/main646681.shtml |title=35 Children Die In Bloody Baghdad, Separate Bomb Blasts Hit U.S. Convoy, Abu Ghraib Neighborhood; 10 More Hostages Taken - CBS News<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=[[CBS News]] |access-date=2009-11-09 |archive-date=2010-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030220742/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/30/iraq/main646681.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=21389 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930041623/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=21389 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
 ==October==
+*'''October 4''': Ten people were killed when a suicide car bomber rammed an entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad, close to where recruits were lining up to join Iraq's security forces. Seventy others were wounded. A car bomb in Mosul detonated with two people on board, killing the occupants and five others, though it was not clear if the attack was a deliberate suicide mission.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-10-04 |title=21 killed in Iraq blasts |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/04/iraq.usa |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006233804/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/04/iraq.usa |url-status=live }}</ref>
+*'''October 6''': A suicide car bomber killed at least 16 people at an Iraqi National Guard centre near the [[Iraq-Syria border|Syrian border]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-10-06 |title=Suicide bomb kills 16 at guard centre |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/07/iraq1 |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006233646/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/07/iraq1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''October 4''': Ten people were killed when a suicide car bomber rammed an entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad, close to where recruits were lining up to join Iraq's security forces. Seventy others were wounded. A car bomb in Mosul detonated with two people on board, killing the occupants and five others, though it was not clear if the attack was a deliberate suicide mission.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1319245,00.html 21 killed in Iraq blasts | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''October 10''': A suicide attacker detonated explosives packed on a [[minibus]] near a [[police academy]] in eastern Baghdad, killing 10 to 17 people. Another suicide car bomb in the capital struck a military convoy near the Culture Ministry, killing one US soldier.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/twin-blasts-rock-baghdad-1.477189 |title=Twin blasts rock Baghdad<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2020-01-26 |archive-date=2016-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307144135/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/twin-blasts-rock-baghdad-1.477189 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Blast kills up to 17 near Baghdad police academy |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/10/content_381117.htm |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn |archive-date=2022-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002211135/https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/10/content_381117.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''October 6''': A suicide car bomber killed at least 16 people at an Iraqi National Guard centre near the Syrian border.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1321575,00.html Suicide bomb kills 16 at guard centre | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''October 14''': A pair of suicide bombers succeeded in penetrating the Green Zone in Baghdad. The twin blasts killed at least six people, including three or four Americans.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19886 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930041213/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19886 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-10-14 |title=Five dead in Baghdad green zone blasts |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/14/iraq |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2023-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317140517/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/14/iraq |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''October 10''': A suicide attacker detonated explosives packed on a minibus near a police academy in eastern Baghdad, killing 10 to 17 people. Another suicide car bomb in the capital struck a military convoy near the Culture Ministry, killing one US soldier.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2004/10/10/Iraq_bomb_041010.html Twin blasts rock Baghdad<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{zh icon}} [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/10/content_381117.htm Blast kills up to 17 near Baghdad police academy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''October 15''': A suicide car bomb blew up in an Iraqi Police contingent in main street in [[al-Dawrah]], south Baghdad. Five police officers were killed, and nine policemen injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19708 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031541/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19708 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''October 14''': A pair of suicide bombers succeeded in penetrating the Green Zone in Baghdad. The twin blasts killed at least six people, including three or four Americans.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930041213/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19886 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1327383,00.html Five dead in Baghdad green zone blasts | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''October 17''': A suicide car bomb detonated on a bridge in the northern city of Mosul, killing five Iraqis and wounding 15 others.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Jamie |date=2004-10-19 |title=Death toll climbs as Falluja siege continues |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/19/iraq.jamiewilson |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006233753/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/19/iraq.jamiewilson |url-status=live }}</ref> A suicide car bomb detonated outside a Baghdad cafe popular with Iraqi police and near to the Australian embassy, killing seven and wounding more than 20.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-10-18 |title=Bomb blast shatters Baghdad cafe |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3751642.stm |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2019-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402133359/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3751642.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1221954.htm |title=Blast hits cafe near Aust embassy. 18/10/2004. ABC News Online<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=2009-11-09 |archive-date=2005-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050319011425/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1221954.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-*'''October 15''': A suicide car bomb blew up in an Iraqi Police contingent in main street in Al-Dawrah, south Baghdad. Five police officers were killed, and nine policemen injured.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930031541/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19708 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''October 23''': At least 16 Iraqi policemen were killed and 40 others were wounded when a suicide driver detonated his car at a police station near a US Marine base in [[Khan al-Baghdadi]], 140&nbsp;miles west of the capital. A second suicide driver killed four guardsmen and injured six others in an attack near an [[Iraqi National Guard]] checkpoint in [[Ishaqi]], 6&nbsp;miles south of [[Samarra]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iraq blasts kill 22; US troops ambushed |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/24/content_385099.htm |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn |archive-date=2023-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201105449/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/24/content_385099.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''October 17''': A suicide car bomb detonated on a bridge in the northern city of Mosul, killing five Iraqis and wounding 15 others.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1330661,00.html Death toll climbs as Falluja siege continues | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> A suicide car bomb detonated outside a Baghdad cafe popular with Iraqi police and near to the Australian embassy, killing seven and wounding more than 20.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3751642.stm BBC NEWS | Middle East | Bomb blast shatters Baghdad cafe<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1221954.htm Blast hits cafe near Aust embassy. 18/10/2004. ABC News Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''October 25''': Two suicide car bombs detonated in Mosul, killing at least three Iraqis and wounding at least nine [[government of Iraq|government]] employees.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185654/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19797 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> A suicide car bomber attacked a US convoy in [[Al-Khalidiya, Iraq|Khaldiya]], destroying at least two [[Humvee]]s and causing an unknown number of US casualties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bombs explode near military convoys |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6276868 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926105908/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6276868 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''October 23''': At least 16 Iraqi policemen were killed and 40 others were wounded when a suicide driver detonated his car at a police station near a US Marine base in Khan al-Baghdadi, 140&nbsp;miles west of the capital. A second suicide driver killed four guardsmen and injured six others in an attack near an Iraqi National Guard checkpoint in Ishaqi, 6&nbsp;miles south of Samarra.<ref>{{zh icon}} [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/24/content_385099.htm Iraq blasts kill 22; US troops ambushed<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''October 25''': Two suicide car bombs detonated in Mosul, killing at least three Iraqis and wounding at least nine government employees.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070927185654/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=19797 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> A suicide car bomber attacked a US convoy in Khaldiya, destroying at least two Humvees and causing an unknown number of US casualties.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6276868/ Bomb explodes near Australian convoy - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 ==November==
+*'''November 3''': A suicide car bombing at a checkpoint on the [[Baghdad Airport Road]] killed at least one British security contractor. Up to nine airline employees were also injured.<ref name=CIVCONCAS>{{Cite web | url=http://icasualties.org/oif/Civ.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605155542/http://icasualties.org/oif/Civ.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=2004-06-05 | title=Iraq Coalition Casualties: Contractors - A Partial List}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20102 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031520/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20102 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
+*'''November 4''': Three Scottish Black Watch soldiers and an Iraqi translator were killed by a suicide bomber near Camp Dogwood, outside of Baghdad.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-11-04 |title=Suicide attack kills UK soldiers |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3983443.stm |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2022-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817205258/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3983443.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> A suicide bomber blew up a car in front of the municipal council building in Tikrit, wounding ten.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20100 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014550/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20100 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''November 3''': A suicide car bombing at a checkpoint on the [[Baghdad Airport Road]] killed at least one British security contractor. Up to nine airline employees were also injured.<ref name=CIVCONCAS>http://web.archive.org/web/20040605155542/http://icasualties.org/oif/Civ.aspx</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930031520/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20102 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''November 6''': Four car bombs in Samarra targeted local police forces, killing about 40 people. At least two of the blasts are detonated by suicide bombers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-11-29 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20739 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2005-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051129024215/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20739 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1236294.htm |title=Death toll rises in Samarra violence. 06/11/2004. ABC News Online<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=2009-11-09 |archive-date=2008-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419071226/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1236294.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-*'''November 4''': Three Scottish Black Watch soldiers and an Iraqi translator were killed by a suicide bomber near Camp Dogwood, outside of Baghdad.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3983443.stm BBC NEWS | UK | Suicide attack kills UK soldiers<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> A suicide bomber blew up a car in front of the municipal council building in Tikrit, wounding ten.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930014550/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20100 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''November 7''': Two bomb disposal experts from the Royal Signals and Royal Logistics Corps were seriously injured by a suicide car bomb. The explosion blew the legs off one of the men and caused serious limb injuries to the other.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Norton-Taylor |first1=Richard |last2=Watt |first2=Nicholas |last3=Jones |first3=Sam |date=2004-11-09 |title=Black Watch soldier killed and two injured by roadside bomb |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/09/iraq.military1 |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2021-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411001436/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/09/iraq.military1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''November 6''': Four car bombs in Samarra targeted local police forces, killing about 40 people. At least two of the blasts are detonated by suicide bombers.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051129024215/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20739 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1236294.htm Death toll rises in Samarra violence. 06/11/2004. ABC News Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''November 8''': Near simultaneous suicide car bomb attacks on St. Matthews Catholic Church and St. Georges Catholic Church in Baghdad killed at least three people and wounded over 40.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20250 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930022253/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20250 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''November 7''': Two bomb disposal experts from the Royal Signals and Royal Logistics Corps were seriously injured by a suicide car bomb. The explosion blew the legs off one of the men and caused serious limb injuries to the other.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,,1346805,00.html Black Watch soldier killed and two injured by roadside bomb | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''November 8''': Near simultaneous suicide car bomb attacks on St. Matthews Catholic Church and St. Georges Catholic Church in Baghdad killed at least three people and wounded over 40.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930022253/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20250 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''November 11''': At least 18 people were killed and 15 wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a vehicle carrying Americans in a central Baghdad market during rush hour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20307 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030607/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20307 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''November 11''': At least 18 people were killed and 15 wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a vehicle carrying Americans in a central Baghdad market during rush hour.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930030607/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20307 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''November 13''': A suicide bomber exploded near an Iraqi police patrol in the center of Hillah, wounding four policemen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20754 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930040006/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20754 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''November 13''': A suicide bomber exploded near an Iraqi police patrol in the center of Hillah, wounding four policemen.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930040006/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20754 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''November 19''': A suicide bomber exploded his vehicle near an Iraqi police patrol in Baghdad, injuring up to 11 people and killing one policeman.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-27 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20759 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185505/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20759 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''November 19''': A suicide bomber exploded his vehicle near an Iraqi police patrol in Baghdad, injuring up to 11 people and killing one policeman.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070927185505/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20759 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''November 26''': According to Al-Diyar Television, a suicide bomber blew up his car near the 14 July suspension bridge in Baghdad, causing an unknown number of casualties.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20446 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033327/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20446 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''November 26''': According to Al-Diyar Television, a suicide bomber blew up his car near the 14 July suspension bridge in Baghdad, causing an unknown number of casualties.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930033327/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20446 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''November 29''': A suicide bomber drove his vehicle into a group of policemen waiting to collect their salaries in western [[Ramadi]]. Twelve people were killed and ten wounded.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20462 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023457/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20462 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''November 29''': A suicide bomber drove his vehicle into a group of policemen waiting to collect their salaries in western Ramadi. Twelve people were killed and ten wounded.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930023457/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20462 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 ==December==
+*'''December 3''': A van with four suicide bombers on board drove into a [[Shia Islam in Iraq|Shi'ite]] [[mosque]] in Baghdad, killing 14 civilians who had gathered for morning prayers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20496 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930041817/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20496 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> A police station within the compound of the Ministry of Housing and Construction was attacked with a suicide car bomb, wounding an unknown number of people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20723 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930042621/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20723 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
+*'''December 4''': A suicide bomber drove into a bus carrying Kurdish [[Peshmerga]] fighters in the northern city of Mosul, killing 16. A suicide bomber targeted a police station just outside the main entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad, killing seven and injuring 50.<ref name="Guardian1367279">{{Cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Rory |last2=Wilson |first2=Jamie |date=2004-12-06 |title=70 die as Iraq violence escalates |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/06/iraq.rorymccarthy |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006233814/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/06/iraq.rorymccarthy |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''December 3''': A van with four suicide bombers on board drove into a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad, killing 14 civilians who had gathered for morning prayers.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930041817/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20496 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> A police station within the compound of the Ministry of Housing and Construction was attacked with a suicide car bomb, wounding an unknown number of people.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930042621/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20723 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''December 4''': A suicide bomber drove into a bus carrying Kurdish peshmerga fighters in the northern city of Mosul, killing 16. A suicide bomber targeted a police station just outside the main entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad, killing seven and injuring 50.<ref name = "Guardian1367279">[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1367279,00.html 70 die as Iraq violence escalates   Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''December 5''': A suicide car bomber drove into a convoy of National Guardsmen in [[Baiji]], killing the local commander, Mohammad Jassim Rumaied, along with three bodyguards.<ref name = "Guardian1367279"/>
+*'''December 8''': A suicide bomber attacked a US convoy in Samarra, killing three Iraqis.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-12-08 |title=New attacks 'kill Iraq civilians' |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4077935.stm |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2021-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609211732/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4077935.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''December 5''': A suicide car bomber drove into a convoy of National Guardsmen in Baiji, killing the local commander, Mohammad Jassim Rumaied, along with three bodyguards.<ref name = "Guardian1367279"/>
+*'''December 13''': A suicide car bomber kills 13 while in line at a checkpoint at the Western Gate of Baghdad's Green Zone.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jeffery |first=Simon |date=2004-12-13 |title=Suicide car bomber kills 13 in Baghdad |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/13/iraq.usa |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006233621/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/13/iraq.usa |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20596 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930032550/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20596 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''December 8''': A suicide bomber attacked a US convoy in Samarra, killing three Iraqis.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4077935.stm BBC NEWS | Middle East | New attacks 'kill Iraq civilians'<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''December 14''': A suicide car bomber strikes the same Green Zone checkpoint that was hit 24 hours earlier, killing at least six people and wounding 13.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New suicide bombing hits Baghdad checkpoint |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/14/content_400096.htm |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn |archive-date=2022-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625105737/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/14/content_400096.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20615 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035441/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20615 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''December 13''': A suicide car bomber kills 13 while in line at a checkpoint at the Western Gate of Baghdad's Green Zone.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1372624,00.html Suicide car bomber kills 13 in Baghdad | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930032550/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20596 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''December 19''': A suicide bomber in [[Najaf]] killed at least 51 people when he targeted a [[funeral procession]] near the Imam Ali [[shrine]]. A suicide car bomb near a bus stop in Karbala killed at least 14 people. It occurred near the twin shrines of Hussein and Abbas, and also near the home of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Abdul-Ahad |first=Ghaith |date=2004-12-20 |title=Bloody day hits Iraq poll hopes |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/20/iraq-middleeast |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006233740/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/20/iraq-middleeast |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.main/ Bombs in Karbala, Najaf kill 67 - Dec 19, 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630090306/http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.main/ |date=2006-06-30 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20703 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930042907/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20703 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Zarqawi's group [[Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn|al-Qaeda in Iraq]] claimed that the group was not responsible for these attacks.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|date=April 28, 2005|title=Coalition Warfare, Part II: How Zarqawi Fits into Bin Laden's World Front|url=https://jamestown.org/program/coalition-warfare-part-ii-how-zarqawi-fits-into-bin-ladens-world-front/|journal=Terrorism Focus|publisher=[[The Jamestown Foundation]]|volume=2|issue=8|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415013942/https://jamestown.org/program/coalition-warfare-part-ii-how-zarqawi-fits-into-bin-ladens-world-front/|url-status=live}}</ref>
-*'''December 14''': A suicide car bomber strikes the same Green Zone checkpoint that was hit 24 hours earlier, killing at least six people and wounding 13.<ref>{{zh icon}} [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/14/content_400096.htm New suicide bombing hits Baghdad checkpoint<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930035441/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20615 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''December 21''': '''[[2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing]]''' - A suicide bomber infiltrated Mosul's Marez Base and detonated his vest amongst a crowd of US soldiers sitting down for lunch. Twenty two people were killed, including nineteen American soldiers and three [[military contractor]]. The Ansar al-Sunnah Army claimed responsibility.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/suicide-bomber-carried-out-deadly-attack-in-mosul-pentagon-1.466101 |title=Suicide bomber carried out deadly attack in Mosul: Pentagon<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2020-01-26 |archive-date=2016-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308234025/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/suicide-bomber-carried-out-deadly-attack-in-mosul-pentagon-1.466101 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-*'''December 19''': A suicide bomber in Najaf killed at least 51 people when he targeted a funeral procession near the Imam Ali shrine. A suicide car bomb near a bus stop in Kerbala killed at least 14 people. It occurred near the twin shrines of Hussein and Abbas, and also near the home of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1377356,00.html Bloody day hits Iraq poll hopes | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.main/ CNN.com - Bombs in Karbala, Najaf kill 67 - Dec 19, 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930042907/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20703 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''December 23''': According to Al-Sharqiyah Television, a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle during [[rush hour]] at a checkpoint in the [[al-Latifiyah]] area, killing five people and wounding 13.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20920 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930040741/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20920 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''December 21''': A suicide bomber infiltrated Mosul's Marez Base and detonated his vest amongst a crowd of US soldiers sitting down for lunch. Twenty two people were killed, including Nineteen American soldiers and three Military Contractors, in a significant coup for the insurgency. The Ansar al-Sunnah Army claimed responsibility.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2004/12/22/iraq-US041222.html Suicide bomber carried out deadly attack in Mosul: Pentagon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*'''December 23''': According to Al-Sharqiyah Television, a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle during rush hour at a checkpoint in the Al-Latifiyah area, killing five people and wounding 13.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930040741/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20920 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''December 24''': A fuel tanker driven by a suicide bomber exploded in the [[Mansour district|Mansour]] district of Baghdad near the [[Libya]]n and [[Jordan]]ian embassies. The explosion killed at least eight people, including guards at the Libyan embassy, and injured 19.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20909 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013204/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20909 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''December 24''': A fuel tanker driven by a suicide bomber exploded in the Mansour district of Baghdad near the Libyan and Jordanian embassies. The explosion killed at least eight people, including guards at the Libyan embassy, and injured 19.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930013204/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20909 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''December 27''': A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle outside the home of [[Abdul Aziz al-Hakim]], the head of [[SCIRI]]. Thirteen people were killed and about 50 injured, but Hakim escaped unharmed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20908 |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035113/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20908 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
-*'''December 27''': A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle outside the home of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the head of [[SCIRI]]. Thirteen people were killed and about 50 injured, but Hakim escaped unharmed.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930035113/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=20908 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+*'''December 28''': A suicide bomber detonated his bomb in the center of Samarra, wounding ten people. The target of the blast was unclear.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033529/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=21015 ''TKB citing AP also report that this day's car bombing in Muradiya was a suicide attack - https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033810/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=21016 - but all the AP-fed press releases I have found (as well as IBC) speak only of a 'car bomb'.''</ref><ref>[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20041229/ai_n11495825 Sunni Triangle attacks kill 25 in Iraq | Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Find Articles at BNET.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=May 2023}}</ref>
-*'''December 28''': A suicide bomber detonated his bomb in the center of Samarra, wounding ten people. The target of the blast was unclear.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070930033529/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=21015 ''TKB citing AP also report that this day's car bombing in Muradiya was a suicide attack - http://web.archive.org/web/20070930033810/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=21016 - but all the AP-fed press releases I have found (as well as IBC) speak only of a 'car bomb'.''</ref><ref>[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20041229/ai_n11495825 Sunni Triangle attacks kill 25 in Iraq | Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Find Articles at BNET.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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v t e Terrorist incidents in Iraq in the 21st century
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Related articles	Chlorine bombings in Iraq List of assassinations during the Iraqi Conflict Foreign hostages in Iraq List of massacres in Iraq Iraq Body Count project