List of massacres in Iraq
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Iraq (numbers may be approximate). For massacres during the Iraq War, see List of massacres of the Iraq War:
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes | |
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Simele massacre | August 1933 | Northern Iraq | 3000 | Iraqi army massacred Assyrian Christians | |
Farhud | June 1-2, 1941 | Baghdad | 175-780 | Considered "the beginning of the end of the Jewish community of Iraq" | |
Dujail Massacre | July 8, 1982 | Dujail | 148 | ||
Halabja poison gas attack | March 16, 1988 | Halabja | 5000+ | Iraqi government used chemical weapons on Kurdish town; condemned as an act of genocide | |
2004 Iraq churches attacks | August 1, 2004 | Baghdad and Mosul | 12 | 71 injured | |
Haditha killings | November 19, 2005 | Haditha | 24 | Iraqi civilians were killed by United States Marines | |
2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre | March 27, 2007 | Tal Afar | 152 | Shiites were bombed | |
2007 Mosul massacre | April 23, 2007 | Mosul | 23 | The murders were considered to be a reprisal for the honor killing of a 17-year-old Yazidi girl | |
Al Ahamir Massacre | June 29, 2007 | Al Ahamir | 10-14 | Iraqi civilians were killed by Al Qaeda | |
Nisour Square massacre | September 16, 2007 | Baghdad | 17 | Private military company, Blackwater Security Consulting, shot at Iraqi civilians killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, Baghdad while escorting a US embassy convoy. | |
2010 Baghdad church attack | October 31, 2010 | Baghdad | 58 | The Islamic State of Iraq attacked a Catholic church | |
Camp Ashraf raid | April 8, 2011 | Camp Ashraf | 34 | Unarmed members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran were killed by Iraqi security forces. 300+ injured. | |
2013 Camp Ashraf massacre | September 1, 2013 | Camp Ashraf | 52 | Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps helped plan and direct the assault on the camp and then two of Iran's Iraqi-based proxies, Kata'ib Hezbollah and Asaib Ahl al-Haq carried out the attack. | |
Camp Speicher massacre | 12 - 15 June 2014 | Tikrit | 1700 | On 12 June 2014, the Islamic State with the help the Sunni local tribes killed at least 1,700 unarmed Iraqi Air Force cadets. They were separated by sect: Sunnis were allowed to repent for their military service, while Shiites were lined up for firing squads.
The soldiers were separated into small groups, executed and buried in mass graves. |
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