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there were 257 suicide bombings in Iraq in 2008. ==January to March== *January 1: A suicide bomber kills more than 30 people and injures 32 in an attack in Baghdad. The blast is targeted at mourners at the funeral of a Shia army officer, Nabil Hussein Jassim, who had himself been killed by a car bombing in central Baghdad three days earlier.〔(Iraq suicide bomber hits funeral ) BBC News, January 1, 2008〕 *January 7: A double bombing in Baghdad kills at least 14 people, including Riyadh Samarrai, leader of the US-backed Adhamiya Awakening group, which fights al-Qaeda in Sunni areas of the city.〔(Iraq bombs hit Sunni stronghold ) BBC News, January 7, 2008〕 *January 16: A female suicide bomber blows herself up near a Shia mosque in the town of Khan Bani Saad Diyala, killing 11 others. Eighteen people are wounded in the attack, near a market in the town, south of Baqubah in the Diyala Governorate.〔(Woman bomber kills 11 in Iraq ), BBC News, January 16, 2008〕 *A January 24 suicide bomber kills a high-ranking police chief and two other police officers in Mosul at the site of an explosion that had killed at least 34 people and wounded at least 217 the day before. Brigadier General Salah Mohammed al-Jubouri, the director of police for Ninawa Governorate, was inspecting the scene of Wednesday's blast when gunmen ambushed his convoy.〔(Iraqi police chief dies in ambush ), BBC News, January 24, 2008〕 *February 1: Two bombs explode in Baghdad animal markets killing 99 people and wounding 200. The Iraqi government claims that the bombs were carried by women and detonated remotely.〔(Iraq market bomb toll nears 100 ), BBC News February 2, 2008〕 *February 24: A leader of a Sunni Awakening Council group, Sheikh Ibrahim Mutayri al-Mohammedi, is killed in a suicide bombing in Falluja.〔(Iraqi Sunni tribal leader killed ), BBC News February 24, 2008〕 *February 25: A man in a wheelchair blew himself up in a northern Iraqi police station, killing three National Police officers, including a commander.〔(Wheelchair bomber kills 3 in Iraq police station ), CNN News, February 25, 2008〕 *March 3: A pair of car bombings targeting Iraqi security forces killed at least 18 people and wounded dozens in Baghdad.〔(Car bombs targeting Iraqi security forces kill 18 ), CNN News, March 3, 2008〕 *March 6: Fifty-three people were killed and 125 were wounded in two bomb attacks in a Baghdad commercial district.〔(Pair of bombs kills 53 in Baghdad, officials say ), CNN News, March 6, 2008〕 *March 10: A suicide bomber struck in central Baghdad killing 5 American soldiers on foot patrol, 3 other soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were wounded in the Blast. Witnesses say the suicide bomber walked up to a group of soldiers near a computer hardware store, allegedly giving a hug to a Personnel before detonating his explosive vest.〔//www.gulfnews.org〕 *March 13: An Iraqi woman detonated a suicide vest in a small crowd in the Kirkuk Province killing two Iraqi citizens and wounding six. One Soldier who sustained minor wounds was treated at the scene〔//http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/female-suicide-bomber-kills-2-wounds-6-zaab〕 *March 17: A female suicide bomber apparently targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 33 people and wounded at least 50 in Karbala.〔(Female suicide bomber kills 33 in Iraq, official says ), CNN, March 17, 2008〕 *March 19: In Baquba, five people were killed and 16 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt in a public market. Another suicide bomb wounded 11 Iraqi soldiers and 3 civilians in Mosul. () *March 22: A roadside bomb blast struck an Iraqi police patrol in Kirkuk, killing a civilian and wounding nine people.〔(Roadside bomb kills 3 soldiers, 2 Iraqis ), CNN, March 22, 2008〕 *March 23: 13 Iraqi soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber who drove a fuel tanker into an army base in Mosul and at least 40 people were injured.〔(Dozens die in attacks across Iraq ), BBC, March 23, 2008〕 *March 27: A car bomb explosion killed three people and wounded five others near a police patrol in central Baghdad.〔(Iraqi UK military admits Iraqis tortured ), CNN, March 27, 2008〕 *March 29: A car bomb explosion killed three people and wounded five others near a police patrol in central Baghdad.〔 *March 31: A suicide car bomber killed 5 US backed Sunni fighters at a checkpoint in Siniya, at least eight other people were injured.〔(Suicide car bomber kills 5 Sunni fighters: Report ), The Times of India, Mar 31, 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2008」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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