Iraqi Insurgency Events

2003 May 1 President Bush Declares "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq
On May 1, 2003, Bush became the first sitting President to make an arrested landing in a fixed-wing aircraft on an aircraft carrier when he arrived at the USS Abraham Lincoln in a Lockhee...
2003 Aug 19 The Canal Hotel Bombing - At Least 22 Killed in Baghdad
The Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, in the afternoon of August 19, 2003, killed at least 22 people, including the United Nations' Special Representative in Iraq Sérgio Vieira de Mel...
2003 Oct
to 2003 Nov
The Ramadan Offensive
In October 2003, the intensity and pace of insurgent attacks began to increase. Finally, at the end of October, a series of four simultaneous suicide car bomb attacks on the Iraqi police ...
2004 Mar 2 The Ashura Massacre Leaves At Least 178 Dead in Iraq
The Ashura massacre of March 2, 2004 in Iraq was a series of planned terrorist explosions that killed at least 178 and injured at least 500 Iraqi Shi'a Muslims commemorating the Day of As...
2004 Apr 4
to 2004 May 1
 The First Battle of Fallujah
As part of the occupation of Iraq, the First Battle of Fallujah, codenamed Operation Vigilant Resolve, was an unsuccessful attempt by the United States Military to capture the city of Fal...
2004 Oct 25 Nearly 380 Tons of High-Explosives Are Found Missing From an Iraqi Bunker
AP WASHINGTON - An Army unit removed 250 tons of ammunition from the Al-Qaqaa weapons depot in April 2003 and later destroyed it, the company’s former commander said Friday. A Defense Dep...
2004 Nov 7
to 2004 Dec 23
 The Second Battle of Fallujah
The Second Battle of Fallujah (code-named Operation Al-Fajr - "The Dawn" in Arabic, and Operation Phantom Fury) was a joint U.S.-Iraqi offensive in 2004, led by the U.S. Marine Corps agai...
2004 Nov 8
to 2004 Nov 16
 The Battle of Mosul
The Battle for Mosul was a battle fought during the Iraq War in 2004 for the capital of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq that occurred concurrently to fighting in Fallujah. Duri...
2009 Jun 24 Bomb Kills At Least 69 in Baghdad
On June 24, 2009, an explosion occurred in the Muraidi Market of the Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraq. At least 69 people were killed and 150 others injured. An official said that the expl...
2009 Aug 19 A Series of Bomb Attacks Kill 95 in One Hour in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A series of bombings rocked Iraq's capital within one hour Wednesday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 563 others, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. ...