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title="Ilkhanate">Ilkhanate</a> <a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongol Empire</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Kingdom of Georgia</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Rubenid_Dynasty.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Rubenid_Dynasty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Rubenid_Dynasty.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Rubenid_Dynasty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Rubenid_Dynasty.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Rubenid_Dynasty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Kingdom_of_Cilicia" title="Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia">Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia</a> </td> <td>estimates range from 200,000 to 2,000,000 civilian deaths </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 April 1802 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire"><img alt="Ottoman Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Karbala" title="Karbala">Karbala</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wahhabi_sack_of_Karbala" title="Wahhabi sack of Karbala">Wahhabi sack of Karbala</a> </td> <td>2,000-5,000 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Riyadh_%281902-1913%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Diriyah" title="Emirate of Diriyah">Emirate of Diriyah</a> </td> <td>About 12,000 Wahhabi Sunnis under the command of <a href="/wiki/Abdul-Aziz_bin_Muhammad" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad">Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad</a>, the second ruler of the First Saudi State attack and <a href="/wiki/Wahhabi_sack_of_Karbala" title="Wahhabi sack of Karbala">sack Karbala</a>, kill between 2,000 and 5,000 inhabitants and plunder the tomb of <a href="/wiki/Husayn_ibn_Ali" title="Husayn ibn Ali">Husayn ibn Ali</a>, grandson of <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> and son of <a href="/wiki/Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali ibn Abi Talib">Ali ibn Abi Talib</a>. </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pre-Saddam_20th_Century">Pre-Saddam 20th Century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_massacres_in_Iraq&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pre-Saddam 20th Century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Attack </th> <th>Deaths </th> <th>(Alleged) perpetrator </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Source </th></tr> <tr> <td>4 May 1924 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kirkuk" title="Kirkuk">Kirkuk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirkuk_Massacre_of_1924" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirkuk Massacre of 1924">Kirkuk Massacre of 1924</a> </td> <td>200<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>-300 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iraq_Levies" title="Iraq Levies">Assyrian Levies</a> </td> <td>Assyrian Levies massacre an estimated 200-300 people after a Turkmen shop keeper and Assyrian soldier get into an argument. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 August 1933 – 11 August 1933 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> Northern Kingdom of Iraq, notably at <a href="/wiki/Simele" title="Simele">Simele</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simele_massacre" title="Simele massacre">Simele massacre</a> </td> <td>Several hundred (British estimate)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Zubaida_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zubaida-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />3,000–6,000 (Assyrian estimate)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Ground_Forces" title="Iraqi Ground Forces">Royal Iraqi Army</a> (led by <a href="/wiki/Bakr_Sidqi" title="Bakr Sidqi">Bakr Sidqi</a>, Arab and Kurdish tribes </td> <td>the Iraqi army massacred 600–3,000 Assyrian Christians </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1935–1936 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> Kingdom of Iraq </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%931936_Iraqi_Shia_revolts" title="1935–1936 Iraqi Shia revolts">1935–1936 Iraqi Shia revolts</a> </td> <td>200 </td> <td>Kingdom of Iraq, Iraqi Shia tribesmen, Ikha Party </td> <td>Series of Shia tribal uprisings in the mid-Euphrates region against the Sunni dominated authority of the Kingdom of Iraq. In each revolt, the response of the Iraqi government was to use military force to crush the rebellions with little mercy </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1–2 June 1941 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Farhud" title="Farhud">Farhud</a> </td> <td>~180 to 1,000+ Jews killed<sup id="cite_ref-farhudmemories_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farhudmemories-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />~300–400 pogromists killed during suppression </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Ali_al-Kaylani" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashid Ali al-Kaylani">Rashid Ali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al-Muthanna_Club#Yunis_al-Sabawi" title="Al-Muthanna Club">Yunis al-Sabawi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Futuwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Futuwa">al-Futuwa</a> youths, and Iraqi mobs </td> <td>Considered "The Beginning of The End of The Jewish Community of Iraq </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 July 1946 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iraq" title="Kingdom of Iraq"><img alt="Kingdom of Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kirkuk" title="Kirkuk">Kirkuk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gavurba%C4%9F%C4%B1_massacre" title="Gavurbağı massacre">Gavurbağı massacre</a> </td> <td>16-20 </td> <td>Iraqi police </td> <td>Turkmen protestors were massacred </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 1948 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> Baghdad </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al-Wathbah_uprising" title="Al-Wathbah uprising">Al-Wathbah uprising</a> </td> <td>300-400 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> Iraqi Police </td> <td>It is estimated that 300 – 400 demonstrators were killed </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1950 – June 1951 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%931951_Baghdad_bombings" title="1950–1951 Baghdad bombings">1950–1951 Baghdad bombings</a> </td> <td>3–4 </td> <td>Iraqi Zionist agents,<br /> Israeli <a href="/wiki/Mossad_LeAliyah_Bet" title="Mossad LeAliyah Bet">Mossad</a> agents,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Independence_Party" title="Iraqi Independence Party">Iraqi Istiqlal Party</a> agents </td> <td>Series of bombings of Jewish targets in Baghdad </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 July 1959 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Iraq_%281959%E2%80%931963%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281959%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Iraq_%281959%E2%80%931963%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281959%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kirkuk" title="Kirkuk">Kirkuk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirkuk_Massacre_of_1959" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirkuk Massacre of 1959">Kirkuk massacre of 1959</a> </td> <td>71-79 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/35px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/45px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="24" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Communist_Party" title="Iraqi Communist Party">Iraqi Communist Party</a>,<br /> Fourth Brigade </td> <td>Kurdish members of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Communist_Party" title="Iraqi Communist Party">Iraqi Communist Party</a> target Turkmens leaving an estimated 20 dead. This was followed by Kurdish soldiers from the Fourth Brigade targeting Turkmen residential areas with mortars, causing the destruction of 120 homes. Between 31 and 79 Turkmen were killed with 130 wounded. The Iraqi government referred to the incident as a "massacre". </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 January 1969 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1969_Baghdad_hangings" title="1969 Baghdad hangings">1969 Baghdad hangings</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ba%27ath_Party_(Iraqi-dominated_faction)" title="Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Arab_Socialist_Ba%27ath_Party_%E2%80%93_Iraq_Region" title="Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region">Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party</a> </td> <td>Iraqi authorities hanged 14 Iraqis for allegedly spying for Israel during a public execution in Baghdad; nine were Jewish, three were Muslim and two were Christian </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 September 1969 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Surya,_Batifa" title="Surya, Batifa">Surya</a> </td> <td><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7" class="extiw" title="ar:مجزرة صوريا">Surya massacre</a> </td> <td>47 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ba%27ath_Party_(Iraqi-dominated_faction)" title="Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> Ba'athist regime </td> <td>The Iraqi military headed by Lieutenant Abdul Karim al-Jahayshee massacred 47 people in the Assyrian village of <a href="/wiki/Surya,_Batifa" title="Surya, Batifa">Soriya</a> (Ṣawriyā) including the Chaldean priest Ḥannā Yaʻqūb Qāshā and left 22 wounded. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Najaf" title="Najaf">Najaf</a> </td> <td>Najaf purges<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td>100 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ba%27ath_Party_(Iraqi-dominated_faction)" title="Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> Ba'athist regime </td> <td>Over 100 Shi’ite clerics killed and 1250 arrested. </td> <td><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4-9 February 1977 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Najaf" title="Najaf">Najaf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karbala" title="Karbala">Karbala</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1977_Shia_uprising_in_Iraq" title="1977 Shia uprising in Iraq">1977 Shia uprising in Iraq</a> </td> <td>unknown </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ba%27ath_Party_(Iraqi-dominated_faction)" title="Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> Ba'athist regime </td> <td>Despite brutally enforced ban on public religiousness, thousands of people defy it and head to Karbala during the <a href="/wiki/Arba%27een_Pilgrimage" class="mw-redirect" title="Arba'een Pilgrimage">Arba'een Pilgrimage</a>. Hundreds were killed and thousands arrested by the regime. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Saddam_Era">Saddam Era</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_massacres_in_Iraq&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Saddam Era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Attack </th> <th>Deaths </th> <th>(Alleged) Perpetrator </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Source </th></tr> <tr> <td>22 July 1979 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Khuld hall </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_Ba%27ath_Party_Purge" title="1979 Ba'ath Party Purge">1979 Ba'ath Party Purge</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ba%27ath_Party_(Iraqi-dominated_faction)" title="Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> Ba'athist regime organized by <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a> </td> <td>Internal purge of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Ba%27ath_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Ba'ath Party">Iraqi Ba'ath Party</a> after the new president Saddam Hussein assumed power and alleged a Syrian back coup d'etat. 68 people were arrested, of which 21 were executed by firing squad. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968–2003 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Ba'athist Iraq </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Arabization_campaigns_in_northern_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Arabization campaigns in northern Iraq">Ba'athist Arabization campaigns in northern Iraq</a> </td> <td>2,500<sup id="cite_ref-noriracasua_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noriracasua-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 12,500<sup id="cite_ref-noriracasua_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noriracasua-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Farouk-Sluglett_24_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Farouk-Sluglett_24-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Arab_Socialist_Ba%27ath_Party_%E2%80%93_Iraq_Region" title="Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region">Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party</a> </td> <td>Between 1968 and 2003, the ruling <a href="/wiki/Arab_Socialist_Ba%27ath_Party_%E2%80%93_Iraq_Region" title="Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region">Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Iraqi Republic</a> perpetrated multiple campaigns of <a href="/wiki/Demographic_engineering" title="Demographic engineering">demographic engineering</a> against the country's non-<a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a>. While Arabs constitute the majority of Iraq's population as a whole, they are not the majority in parts of northern Iraq, and a minority in <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdistan" title="Iraqi Kurdistan">Iraqi Kurdistan</a>. In an attempt to <a href="/wiki/Arabization" title="Arabization">Arabize</a> the north, the Iraqi government pursued a policy of <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing" title="Ethnic cleansing">ethnic cleansing</a>, killing and forcefully displacing a large number of <a href="/wiki/Minorities_in_Iraq" title="Minorities in Iraq">Iraqi minorities</a>—predominantly <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Iraq" title="Kurds in Iraq">Kurds</a>, but also <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Turkmen" title="Iraqi Turkmen">Turkmen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yazidis" title="Yazidis">Yazidis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assyrians_in_Iraq" title="Assyrians in Iraq">Assyrians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shabaks" title="Shabaks">Shabaks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandaeans" title="Mandaeans">Mandaeans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Armenians" title="Iraqi Armenians">Armenians</a>, among others—and subsequently allotting the cleared land to Arab settlers </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980s </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Ba'athist Iraq </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Human rights in Ba'athist Iraq">Persecution of Shi'a muslims and political dissidents under Saddam Hussein</a> </td> <td>50,000-70,000 Shi'a and 50,000 dissidents disappeared. Full death toll unknown. </td> <td>Saddam Hussein </td> <td>50,000 to 70,000 Shi'a, and 50,000 opposition activists, communists, Kurds and other minorities disappeared into Iraqi prisons in the 1980s </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970-2003 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Nationwide </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Feyli_Kurds_under_Saddam_Hussein" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Feyli Kurds under Saddam Hussein">Persecution of Feyli Kurds under Saddam Hussein</a> </td> <td>400,000 killed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tariq_Aziz" title="Tariq Aziz">Tariq Aziz</a> </td> <td>May 7, 1980, <a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Feyli_Kurds_under_Saddam_Hussein" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Feyli Kurds under Saddam Hussein">Persecution of Feyli Kurds under Saddam Hussein</a>, Nationwide; 15,000–25,000 Feyli Kurds were targeted in a genocide via exportation and forced relocations. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 July 1982 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dujail" title="Dujail">Dujail</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dujail_massacre" title="Dujail massacre">Dujail massacre</a> </td> <td>148 </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Iraq"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Arab_Socialist_Ba%27ath_Party_%E2%80%93_Iraq_Region" title="Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region">Iraqi Ba'ath Party</a> </td> <td>Judicial reprisal targeting Shia Muslims following a failed assassination attempt on Saddam Hussein by the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Dawa_Party" title="Islamic Dawa Party">Islamic Dawa Party</a>. Saddam would eventually be executed for <a href="/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity" title="Crimes against humanity">crimes against humanity</a> in relation to the massacre. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 May 1983 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Specific location unknown </td> <td>Massacre of the <a href="/wiki/Hakim_family" title="Hakim family">Hakim family</a> </td> <td>Hundreds </td> <td>Saddam Hussein </td> <td>Saddam ordered further arrest of all <a href="/wiki/Hakim_family" title="Hakim family">Hakim family</a>. Hundreds were killed and buried in mass graves. </td></tr> <tr> <td>July–August 1983 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Region" title="Kurdistan Region">Kurdistan Region</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barzani_(tribe)#Persecution" title="Barzani (tribe)">Repression of Barzani Kurds under Ba'ath regime</a> </td> <td>8000 </td> <td>Saddam Hussein </td> <td>In July and August 1983, on the orders of President Saddam Hussein, over 8,000 men and boys of the <a href="/wiki/Barzani_Kurds" class="mw-redirect" title="Barzani Kurds">Barzani Kurds</a>, some as young as 13, were killed by the <a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Ba'athist Iraq</a>. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 March 1984 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_prison" title="Abu Ghraib prison">Abu Ghraib prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_prison#History" title="Abu Ghraib prison">Abu Ghraib purge</a> </td> <td>4000 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Arab_Socialist_Ba%27ath_Party_%E2%80%93_Iraq_Region" title="Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region">Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region</a> </td> <td>A mass grave was discovered at the Abu Ghraib prison, containing the bodies of thousands following a purge. Estimated 4000 dead. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 February - 6 September 1988 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Region" title="Kurdistan Region">Kurdistan Region</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anfal_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Anfal Campaign">Anfal Campaign</a> </td> <td>50,000-182,000 </td> <td>Saddam Hussein, <a href="/wiki/Ali_Hassan_al-Majid" title="Ali Hassan al-Majid">Ali Hassan al-Majid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hussein_Rashid" title="Hussein Rashid">Hussein Rashid</a> </td> <td>Counter insurgency operation during the <a href="/wiki/Iran_Iraq_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran Iraq War">Iran Iraq War</a> targeting primarily Kurds, as well as other minority groups that had allegedly collaborated with the Iranian Army. During the campaign, the Iraqi government made extensive use of chemical weapons which resulted in thousands of casualties. Use of enforced disappearances, mass deportation and detention camps were also present. The operation is recognized as a genocide by <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a>. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-hrw_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hrw-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Frontline_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frontline-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 March 1988 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Halabja" title="Halabja">Halabja</a>, Kurdistan Region </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halabja_massacre" title="Halabja massacre">Halabja massacre</a> </td> <td>3,200–5,000<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Iraqi Republic</a> </td> <td>Iraqi government used <a href="/wiki/Chemical_weapon" title="Chemical weapon">chemical weapons</a> on Kurdish town, At least 3,200–5,000 people died as an immediate result of the chemical attack and it is estimated that a further 7,000-10,000 people were injured or suffered long-term illness.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 February 1991 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Al-A%27amiriya" title="Al-A'amiriya">Al-A'amiriya</a>, Baghdad </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amiriyah_shelter_bombing" title="Amiriyah shelter bombing">Amiriyah shelter bombing</a> </td> <td>408+ </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force"><img alt="United States Air Force" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> </td> <td>Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy an underground bunker in Baghdad, killing 408+ civilians of Iraqis. US military intelligence claims it was a military facility while Iraqi officials identify it as a <a href="/wiki/Bomb_shelter" title="Bomb shelter">bomb shelter</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 March - 5 April 1991 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Nationwide </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Iraqi_uprisings" title="1991 Iraqi uprisings">1991 Iraqi uprisings</a> </td> <td>25,000–180,000 killed (Predominantly civilians) </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Iraqi Republic</a>, <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Mujahedin of Iran">MEK</a> (Allegedly, denied) </td> <td>In response to multiple insurrections led by a variety of Kurdish, Leftist and Shia Islamist groups, the Iraqi government violently repressed the rebellion. Chemical weapons and nerve agents such as Mustard Gas, Sarin and Phosgene were allegedly used, though this has been disputed. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bdt45cgf11_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bdt45cgf11-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 March 1991 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281991%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><a href="/wiki/Altun_Kupri" title="Altun Kupri">Altun Kupri</a>, Kirkuk Governorate </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Altun_Kupri_massacre" title="1991 Altun Kupri massacre">1991 Altun Kupri massacre</a> </td> <td>1,000-3,500 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Iraqi_Ground_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Ground_Forces" title="Iraqi Ground Forces">Iraqi Army</a> on the order of Saddam Hussein,<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ba%27ath_Party_(Iraqi-dominated_faction)" title="Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> Iraqi Ba'ath Party, Arab nationalists </td> <td>The massacre targeted <a href="/wiki/Turkmens" title="Turkmens">Turkmens</a>, in particular males, both children and adults alike, and was organized by security forces affiliated with Saddam Hussein's army </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_2003">After 2003</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_massacres_in_Iraq&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: After 2003"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1, 2004, <a href="/wiki/2004_Iraq_churches_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Iraq churches attacks">2004 Iraq churches attacks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mosul" title="Mosul">Mosul</a>; 12 died, 71 injured.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 24, 2004 Massacre of New Iraqi Army recruits by Sunni insurgents, 49 killed.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 19, 2005 <a href="/wiki/Haditha_killings" class="mw-redirect" title="Haditha killings">Haditha killings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haditha" title="Haditha">Haditha</a> 24 Iraqi civilians were killed by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 12, 2006 <a href="/wiki/Mahmudiyah_killings" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahmudiyah killings">Mahmudiyah killings</a> on by U.S. Army soldiers, 4 killed.<sup id="cite_ref-greenNews_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenNews-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 15, 2006, the <a href="/wiki/Ishaqi_incident#Iraqi_government_response" class="mw-redirect" title="Ishaqi incident">Ishaqi incident</a>, where four women and five children, one aged five months were allegedly killed by U.S. Forces. This was denied by the Americans, who said a building collapsed during a firefight, killing four people—a suspect, two women and a child.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 2006, US troops killed 4 Iraq prisoners.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Between May 7 and 8, 2006, 51 bodies were found in Baghdad, all handcuffed, blindfolded and shot in the head and abdomen.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 9, 2006, <a href="/wiki/Hay_al_Jihad_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Hay al Jihad massacre">Hay al Jihad massacre</a> on by Shia militia, 40 killed.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 23, 2007, <a href="/wiki/2007_Mosul_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Mosul massacre">2007 Mosul massacre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mosul" title="Mosul">Mosul</a>; 23 died; the murders were considered to be a reprisal for the honor killing of a 17-year-old Yazidi girl.</li> <li>On April 17, 2007, 51 bodies of Iraqi civilians and military personnel, who were killed in the previous two years, were found in Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad.</li> <li>June 29, 2007, Al Ahamir Massacre, Al Ahamir, 10-14 Iraqi civilians were killed by Al Qaeda.</li> <li>On June 30, 2007, 35 to 40 bodies were recovered from a recently dug mass grave in the town of Ferris, south of Fallujah, most likely victims of sectarian violence.</li> <li>July 16, 2007, massacre of Shiite villagers in a village in Diyala province on by Sunni insurgents, 29 killed.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 16, 2007, <a href="/wiki/Nisour_Square_massacre" title="Nisour Square massacre">Nisour Square massacre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>: <a href="/wiki/Blackwater_Baghdad_shootings" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackwater Baghdad shootings">Blackwater Baghdad shootings</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Private_military_company" title="Private military company">private military company</a>, 17 killed. The <a href="/wiki/Private_military_company" title="Private military company">private military company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Academi" class="mw-redirect" title="Academi">Blackwater Security Consulting</a>, shot at Iraqi civilians killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, Baghdad while escorting a US embassy convoy.</li> <li>Following the conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/Diyala_campaign" title="Diyala campaign">2007 Diyala province military campaign</a> dozens of mass graves were found. It is unclear who was responsible although <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a> is suspected.</li> <li>April 4, 2010, insurgents dressed as US and Iraqi soldiers killed 25 people including 5 women in a village south of <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>. They were linked to the <a href="/wiki/Awakening_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Awakening movement">Awakening movement</a>. They were handcuffed and shot in the head or chest. Seven were found alive in handcuffs. Major General Qassim Atta spokesman for the Iraqi security forces' Baghdad operations said <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_Iraq" title="Al-Qaeda in Iraq">Al-Qaeda in Iraq</a> was behind this.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 31, 2010, <a href="/wiki/2010_Baghdad_church_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Baghdad church attack">Baghdad church attack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>; 58 died; <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq" title="Islamic State of Iraq">Islamic State of Iraq</a> attacked a Catholic church.</li> <li>April 8, 2011, <a href="/wiki/Camp_Ashraf_raid" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Ashraf raid">Camp Ashraf raid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Camp_Ashraf" title="Camp Ashraf">Camp Ashraf</a>; 34 unarmed members of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Mujahedin of Iran">People's Mujahedin of Iran</a> were killed by Iraqi security forces. 300+ injured.</li> <li>March 2012, <a href="/wiki/Emo_killings_in_Iraq" title="Emo killings in Iraq">Emo killings</a> by terrorists in Baghdad.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Camp_Ashraf_massacre" title="2013 Camp Ashraf massacre">2013 Camp Ashraf massacre</a> that killed 52 people by the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> on September 1, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June 10, 2014, <a href="/wiki/Badush_prison_massacre" title="Badush prison massacre">Badush prison massacre</a> that killed 670 by the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq" title="Islamic State of Iraq">Islamic State of Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June 10, 2014 – August 8, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Mass_executions_in_Islamic_State-occupied_Mosul" title="Mass executions in Islamic State-occupied Mosul">Mass executions in Islamic State-occupied Mosul</a> where over 6,539 people have been killed.</li> <li>June 12, 2014, <a href="/wiki/Camp_Speicher_massacre" title="Camp Speicher massacre">Camp Speicher massacre</a>, where 1,700 people were murdered in <a href="/wiki/Mosul" title="Mosul">Mosul</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq" title="Islamic State of Iraq">Islamic State of Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Buratha_News_Agency:_400_soldiers_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buratha_News_Agency:_400_soldiers-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 2014 – <a href="/wiki/Sinjar_massacre" title="Sinjar massacre">Sinjar massacre</a>, about 5,000 <a href="/wiki/Yazidis" title="Yazidis">Yazidis</a> massacred by ISIS.<sup id="cite_ref-5,000_Yazidis_executed_by_ISIL_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5,000_Yazidis_executed_by_ISIL-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 28, 2015 – <a href="/wiki/Barwana_massacre" title="Barwana massacre">Barwana massacre</a>, 70 unarmed boys and men by Shia militas (allegedly).</li> <li>September 1, 2016 – Islamic State reportedly executed nine Mosul youths with a chainsaw for being part of an opposing group.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 21, 2022, <a href="/wiki/2022_Diyala_massacre" title="2022 Diyala massacre">2022 Diyala massacre</a> that killed 11 people by the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq" title="Islamic State of Iraq">Islamic State of Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_massacres_in_Iraq&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.yenisafak.com&rft.atitle=Turkmen+man+recalls+1959+massacre+in+Iraq%27s+Kirkuk+-+Politics&rft.date=2023-07-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yenisafak.com%2Fen%2Fnews%2Fturkmen-man-recalls-1959-massacre-in-iraqs-kirkuk-3666686&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+massacres+in+Iraq" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFStutland2019" class="citation web cs1">Stutland, Ilana (1 March 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jpost.com/international/the-baghdad-hangings-581955">"Baghdad hangings: When Jews were snatched and accused of spying for Israel"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jerusalem_Post" title="The Jerusalem Post">The Jerusalem Post</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Jerusalem+Post&rft.atitle=Baghdad+hangings%3A+When+Jews+were+snatched+and+accused+of+spying+for+Israel&rft.date=2019-03-01&rft.aulast=Stutland&rft.aufirst=Ilana&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2Finternational%2Fthe-baghdad-hangings-581955&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+massacres+in+Iraq" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDonabed,_Sargon_George.2016" class="citation book cs1">Donabed, Sargon George. 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Edinburgh University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4744-1212-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4744-1212-4"><bdi>978-1-4744-1212-4</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1044658876">1044658876</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Reforging+a+forgotten+history+%3A+Iraq+and+the+Assyrians+in+the+twentieth+century&rft.pub=Edinburgh+University+Press&rft.date=2016&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1044658876&rft.isbn=978-1-4744-1212-4&rft.au=Donabed%2C+Sargon+George.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fworldcat.org%2Foclc%2F1044658876&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+massacres+in+Iraq" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">HMML Hill Museum & Manuscript Library</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kgna.krd/blog/info/Massacre-Crime-in-the-village-of-Surya--1969">"Massacre Crime in the village of Surya- 1969"</a>. <i>kgna.krd</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=kgna.krd&rft.atitle=Massacre+Crime+in+the+village+of+Surya-+1969&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fkgna.krd%2Fblog%2Finfo%2FMassacre-Crime-in-the-village-of-Surya--1969&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+massacres+in+Iraq" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-noriracasua-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-noriracasua_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-noriracasua_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Routine calculations do not count as original research, provided there is consensus among editors that the result of the calculation is obvious, correct, and a meaningful reflection of the sources. Basic arithmetic, such as adding numbers, converting units, or calculating a person's age are some examples of routine calculations. See also Category:Conversion templates.</i><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.TAB14.1C.GIF">https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.TAB14.1C.GIF</a> row 1313 and 1314 <br />1,000,000 and 10,000 to 2,000,000 and 100,000 Kurds were displaced and killed respectively between 1963 and 1987; 250,000 of them in 1977 and 1978. If deaths are proportional to the displacement then 2,500 to 12,500 Kurds would have died during this period depending on the scale of overall displacement and deaths used.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Farouk-Sluglett_24-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Farouk-Sluglett_24_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFarouk-SluglettSluglettStork1984" class="citation journal cs1">Farouk-Sluglett, M.; Sluglett, P.; Stork, J. (July–September 1984). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 May</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=www.uk.upf.org&rft.atitle=International+Recognition+of+the+Kurdish+Genocide+-+Concerning+the+Faili+Kurds&rft.aulast=Marsh&rft.aufirst=Robin&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uk.upf.org%2Fukupf%2Fpeace-and-development%2F553-international-recognition-of-the-kurdish-genocide-concerning-the-faili-kurds&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+massacres+in+Iraq" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJaffar_Al-Faylee2010" class="citation book cs1">Jaffar Al-Faylee, Zaki (2010). <i>Tareekh Al-Kurd Al-Faylyoon</i>. pp. 485, <span class="nowrap">499–</span>501.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tareekh+Al-Kurd+Al-Faylyoon&rft.pages=485%2C+%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E499-%3C%2Fspan%3E501&rft.date=2010&rft.aulast=Jaffar+Al-Faylee&rft.aufirst=Zaki&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+massacres+in+Iraq" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAl-Hakeem2003" class="citation book cs1">Al-Hakeem, Dr. Sahib (2003). <i>Untold stories of more than 4000 women raped killed and tortured in Iraq, the country of mass graves</i>. pp. <span class="nowrap">489–</span>492.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Untold+stories+of+more+than+4000+women+raped+killed+and+tortured+in+Iraq%2C+the+country+of+mass+graves&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E489-%3C%2Fspan%3E492&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Al-Hakeem&rft.aufirst=Dr.+Sahib&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+massacres+in+Iraq" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/4/state6979.htm">"33-Year Post Faili Kurds Genocide"</a>. <i>ekurd.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2003" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2003">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2004" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2004">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2005" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2005">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2006" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2007" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2007">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2008" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2009" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2009">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2010" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2011&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2011 (page does not exist)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2012" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2013" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2013">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2014" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2015" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2015">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2016" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2017" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2017">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terrorist_incidents_in_Iraq_in_2018&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2018 (page does not exist)">2018</a></li> <li><a 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