2010 in Iraq

2010 in Iraq
Events in the year 2010 in Iraq.
Incumbents
President: Jalal Talabani
Prime Minister: Nouri al-Maliki
Vice President: Tariq al-Hashimi, Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (autonomous region)
President: Massoud Barzani
Prime Minister: Barham Salih
Events
January
January 25 - 3 suicide car bombs explode in Baghdad, killing at least 37 people
January 27 - The terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq claims the suicide car bombing attack
February
February 1 - A female suicide bomber killed 54, and injured 100 Shia Pilgrims on their way to Karbala
March
March 7 – A parliamentary election was held in Iraq on 7 March 2010. The secular, non-sectarian Iraqi National Movement received the most votes.
March 8 – Oil extraction rights to the Maysan Oilfields were granted to China March 8, 2010.
April
April 18 - Iraqi SOF conducted an operation southwest of Tikrit that killed Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the two leaders of the ISI, a U.S. UH-60 Blackhawk supporting the operation crashed killing a Ranger Sergeant and injuring the aircrew.
April 20 - Al-Qaeda's Northern commander (Kirkuk, Salahuddin and Nineveh Governorates) was killed in a joint raid in Mosul.
May
May 10 - A series of attacks in Baghdad, Mosul, Fallujah, along with other cities, kills 85 people and injures 140
June
June 20 - DOuble suicide car bombings near the Trade Bank of Iraq, kill at least 26 and wound 50 people.
July
August
August 2 – The New York Times reported that the United States would "withdraw designated combat forces from Iraq by the end of August."
August 3 – At least 5 police officers are shot dead at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq.
August 7 – 5 Iraqi policemen are killed in an overnight shootout in western Baghdad, while 1 policeman is killed at a checkpoint outside Fallujah.
August 18 – The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division crosses the international border between Iraq and Kuwait, effectively ending U.S combat operations within the country of Iraq. 52,600 U.S. military personnel remain in Iraq to take on an advisory role as Operation New Dawn begins.
August 19 – U.S. President Barack Obama announced that all U.S.combat operations will end on August 31. 50,000 troops will stay in an advise and assist role. The full withdrawal is scheduled for December 2011.
September
September 13 – A civilian is killed and six people injured in fighting in Iraq's Diyala Governorate.
September 15 – US and Iraqi forces raid a neighbourhood in Fallujah resulting in at least six casualties.
September 17 – An Iraqi Army soldier is killed and eleven people are wounded following two bombs going off in Baghdad.
September 19 – Double car bombings in Baghdad, Iraq kill at least 31 people and injuring 111.
September 26 – The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cross the border into Iraq and kill 30 Kurds.
October
November
December
Notable deaths
January 25 – Ali Hassan al-Majid, 68, Iraqi military commander and government minister, execution by hanging.
March 15 - Kazim al-Samawi, 85, in Stockholm, Iraqi poet.
April 18 – Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi, Iraqi terrorist (Al-Qaeda), airstrike.
September 7 – Riad al-Saray, 35, Iraqi television presenter, shot.
September 8 – Safah Abdul Hameed, Iraqi journalist, shot.
See also
Iraq War
Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq
Notes
External links
Obama Claims End to Combat Operations in Iraq, But Iraqis See Same War Under a Different Name - video report by Democracy Now!
Years of the 21st century in Iraq