Feb 23 (Reuters) - Here are details of some of the
major attacks in Iraq in the past year:
March 29, 2011 - At least 53 people are killed and 98
wounded when gunmen take hostages at a provincial council
headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit,
precipitating a battle with security forces who sweep in to end
the siege.
Aug. 15 - A wave of attacks strike cities across Iraq,
killing around 70 people and wounding more than 200 in the
bloodiest day yet in 2011.
- In the worst attack, a roadside bomb followed by a car
bomb targeting police kills at least 37 people in Kut, 150 km
(95 miles) southeast of Baghdad. Other deadly attacks take place
in Tikrit, Najaf, Diyala and Kerbala.
Aug. 28 - A bomber wearing a cast on his arm blows himself
up in the main hall of the Umm al-Qura mosque, an important
Sunni religious site in Baghdad. At least 32 people are killed
and 39 wounded.
Dec. 22 - More than 10 coordinated bombings strike Baghdad,
killing at least 72 people, with around 200 wounded.
- In one of the attacks, at least 18 people are killed when
a suicide bomber detonates an ambulance he was driving near a
government office in the Karrada district. More bombs explode in
the central Alawi area, Shaab and Shula in the north, all mainly
Shi'ite areas.
- The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group for al
Qaeda-linked insurgents, claims responsibility.
Jan. 5, 2012 - Four bombs in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of
Iraq kill at least 73 people with around 150 people wounded.
- The biggest attack takes place beside a police checkpoint
west of Nassiriya in the south, where a suicide bomber targeting
Shi'ite pilgrims kills 44 people.
Jan. 14 - A suicide bomber disguised as a policeman kills at
least 53 people and wounds 130 more in an attack on Shi'ite
pilgrims at a police checkpoint in Basra, southern Iraq.
Jan. 27 - A suicide bomber explodes his vehicle near a
passing Shi'ite funeral procession in the Zaafaraniya
neighbourhood of Baghdad, killing at least 31 and wounding more
than 60 others, police say.
Feb. 23 - At least 65 people have been killed in bomb blasts
across Iraq. Thirty-two people are killed in Baghdad where 10
explosions tear through mainly Shi'ite neighbourhoods. The
remaining casualties are killed in blasts across the country.
(Reporting by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)
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