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published updated itvstart">2009-06-20</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Target</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia Muslims</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Attack type</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Suicide_attack" title="Suicide attack">Suicide attack</a><br />(Remote detonation possible)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data">Explosives</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">73<sup id="cite_ref-67_killed_in_Iraq_mosque_bombing_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67_killed_in_Iraq_mosque_bombing-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Iraq_bombing_death_toll_rises_to_73_2-0" class="reference"><a 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the Iraq War</span></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b>‡</b> <i>indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths</i><br /> § indicates the deadliest attack in the Iraq War<br /><i>This list only includes major attacks.</i> <dl><dt>2003</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2003_bombing_of_Jordanian_embassy_in_Baghdad" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 bombing of Jordanian embassy in Baghdad">1st Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Canal_Hotel_bombing" title="Canal Hotel bombing">2nd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Imam_Ali_Shrine_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="Imam Ali Shrine bombing">Najaf</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/27_October_2003_Baghdad_bombings" title="27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings">3rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2003_Nasiriyah_bombing" title="2003 Nasiriyah bombing">1st Nasiriyah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2003_Karbala_bombings" title="2003 Karbala bombings">1st Karbala</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2004</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Erbil_bombings" title="2004 Erbil bombings"><b>‡</b> 1st Erbil</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Ashura_massacre" title="2004 Ashura massacre"><b>‡</b> Ashoura</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/21_April_2004_Basra_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="21 April 2004 Basra bombings">1st Basra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Mosul_bombings" title="2004 Mosul bombings">1st Mosul</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/14_September_2004_Baghdad_bombing" title="14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing">4th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/30_September_2004_Baghdad_bombing" title="30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing">5th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Karbala_and_Najaf_bombings" title="2004 Karbala and Najaf bombings">Karbala & Najaf</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Baqubah_bombing" title="2004 Baqubah bombing">1st Baqubah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Kufa_mosque_bombing" title="2004 Kufa mosque bombing">Kufa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Forward_Operating_Base_Marez_bombing" title="2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing">Marez</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2005</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Al-Suwaira_fuel_dump_explosion" title="Al-Suwaira fuel dump explosion">Suwaira bombing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Al_Hillah_bombing" title="2005 Al Hillah bombing"><b>‡</b> 1st Al Hillah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Erbil_bombing" title="2005 Erbil bombing">2nd Erbil</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Musayyib_bombing" title="2005 Musayyib bombing"><b>‡</b> Musayyib</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/17_August_2005_Baghdad_bombings" title="17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings">6th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/14_September_2005_Baghdad_bombings" title="14 September 2005 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 7th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Balad_bombings" title="2005 Balad bombings">1st Balad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Khanaqin_bombings" title="2005 Khanaqin bombings">Khanaqin</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2006</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/5_January_2006_Karbala%E2%80%93Ramadi_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="5 January 2006 Karbala–Ramadi bombings"><b>‡</b> Karbala-Ramadi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2006_al-Askari_mosque_bombing" title="2006 al-Askari mosque bombing">1st Samarra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Buratha_mosque_bombing" title="Buratha mosque bombing">8th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_July_2006_Sadr_City_bombing" title="1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing">9th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/23_November_2006_Sadr_City_bombings" title="23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings"><b>‡</b> 10th Baghdad</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2007</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mustansiriya_University_bombings" title="Mustansiriya University bombings">11th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/22_January_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings">12th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/February_2007_Al-Saydiya_market_bombing" title="February 2007 Al-Saydiya market bombing"><b>‡</b> 13th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/February_2007_Shorja_market_bombings" title="February 2007 Shorja market bombings">14th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/18_February_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings">15th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Al_Hillah_bombings" title="2007 Al Hillah bombings"><b>‡</b> 2nd Al Hillah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Tal_Afar_bombings_and_massacre" title="2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre"><b>‡</b> 1st Tal Afar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/29_March_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings">16th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Iraqi_Parliament_bombing" title="2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing">17th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Karbala_mosque_bombings" title="2007 Karbala mosque bombings">2nd & 3rd Karbala</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/April_2007_Yazidi_massacre" title="April 2007 Yazidi massacre">2nd Mosul</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/18_April_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 18th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Makhmour_bombing" title="2007 Makhmour bombing">Makhmour</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Abu_Sayda_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Abu Sayda bombing">Abu Sayda</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_al-Askari_mosque_bombing" title="2007 al-Askari mosque bombing">2nd Samarra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_al-Khilani_mosque_bombing" title="2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing">19th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Amirli_bombing" title="2007 Amirli bombing"><b>‡</b> Amirli</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Kirkuk_bombings" title="2007 Kirkuk bombings">1st Kirkuk</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/26_July_2007_Baghdad_market_bombing" title="26 July 2007 Baghdad market bombing">20th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_August_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings">21st Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Qahtaniyah_bombings" title="Qahtaniyah bombings"><b>§</b> Qahtaniya</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Al_Amarah_bombings" title="2007 Al Amarah bombings">Amarah</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2008</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_February_2008_Baghdad_bombings" title="1 February 2008 Baghdad bombings">22nd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Balad_bombing" title="2008 Balad bombing">2nd Balad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/6_March_2008_Baghdad_bombing" title="6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing">23rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Karbala_bombing" title="2008 Karbala bombing">4th Karbala</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/17_June_2008_Baghdad_bombing" title="17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing">24th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Karmah_bombing" title="2008 Karmah bombing">Karmah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Baquba_bombings" title="2008 Baquba bombings">2nd Baqubah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Dujail_bombing" title="2008 Dujail bombing">Dujail</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Balad_Ruz_bombing" title="2008 Balad Ruz bombing">Balad Ruz</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2009</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Baghdad_police_recruitment_centre_bombing" title="2009 Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing">25th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="2009 Baghdad bombings">26th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/April_2009_Baghdad%E2%80%93Miqdadiyah_suicide_attacks" title="April 2009 Baghdad–Miqdadiyah suicide attacks">Baghdad-Muqdadiyah</a></dd> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Taza</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/June_2009_Muraidi_Market_bombing" title="June 2009 Muraidi Market bombing">27th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Kirkuk_bombing" title="2009 Kirkuk bombing">2nd Kirkuk</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Tal_Afar_bombing" title="2009 Tal Afar bombing">2nd Tal Afar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/August_2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="August 2009 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 28th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/October_2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="October 2009 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 29th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/December_2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="December 2009 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 30th Baghdad</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2010</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/25_January_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="25 January 2010 Baghdad bombings">31st Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_February_2010_Baghdad_bombing" title="1 February 2010 Baghdad bombing">32nd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2010_Baqubah_bombings" title="2010 Baqubah bombings">3rd Baqubah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/4_April_2010_Baghdad_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="4 April 2010 Baghdad bombings">33rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/6_April_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="6 April 2010 Baghdad bombings">34th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/April_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="April 2010 Baghdad bombings">35th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/10_May_2010_Iraq_attacks" title="10 May 2010 Iraq attacks"><b>‡</b> 1st Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2010_Al-Kazimiyya_Mosque_bombings" title="2010 Al-Kazimiyya Mosque bombings">36th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/17_August_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings">37th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/25_August_2010_Iraq_bombings" title="25 August 2010 Iraq bombings">2nd Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/19_September_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings">38th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2010_Baghdad_church_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Baghdad church massacre">39th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/November_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="November 2010 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 40th Baghdad</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2011</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/January_2011_Baghdad_shootings" class="mw-redirect" title="January 2011 Baghdad shootings">41st Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/January_2011_Iraq_attacks" title="January 2011 Iraq attacks"><b>‡</b> 3rd Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/24_January_2011_Iraq_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="24 January 2011 Iraq bombings">Karbala-Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/27_January_2011_Baghdad_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="27 January 2011 Baghdad bombing">42nd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Tikrit_assault" title="2011 Tikrit assault">Tikrit</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Al_Hillah_bombing" title="2011 Al Hillah bombing">3rd Al Hillah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Samarra_bombing" title="2011 Samarra bombing">3rd Samarra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Al_Diwaniyah_bombing" title="2011 Al Diwaniyah bombing">Al Diwaniyah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Taji_bombings" title="2011 Taji bombings">Taji</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/15_August_2011_Iraq_attacks" title="15 August 2011 Iraq attacks">4th Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/28_August_2011_Baghdad_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="28 August 2011 Baghdad bombing">43rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Karbala_bombing" title="2011 Karbala bombing">4th Karbala</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/October_2011_Baghdad_bombings" title="October 2011 Baghdad bombings">44th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Basra_bombings" title="2011 Basra bombings">2nd Basra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/22_December_2011_Baghdad_bombings" title="22 December 2011 Baghdad bombings">45th Baghdad</a></dd></dl></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>20 June 2009 Taza bombing</b> was an attack which took place in <a href="/wiki/Taza,_Kirkuk_Governorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Taza, Kirkuk Governorate">Taza</a> near <a href="/wiki/Kirkuk" title="Kirkuk">Kirkuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> on 20 June 2009 in a dominant <a href="/wiki/Shia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia">Shia</a> <a href="/wiki/Turkmen_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkmen people">Turkmen</a> community. At least 73 people<sup id="cite_ref-Iraq_bombing_death_toll_rises_to_73_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iraq_bombing_death_toll_rises_to_73-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Death_toll_from_bombing_in_Iraq_reaches_73_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Death_toll_from_bombing_in_Iraq_reaches_73-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Death_toll_from_Kirkuk_blast_rises_to_73;_UK_names_2_hostages_killed_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Death_toll_from_Kirkuk_blast_rises_to_73;_UK_names_2_hostages_killed-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were killed and over 200 more were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-67_killed_in_Iraq_mosque_bombing_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67_killed_in_Iraq_mosque_bombing-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thirty homes were destroyed in the bombing.<sup id="cite_ref-67_killed_in_Iraq_mosque_bombing_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67_killed_in_Iraq_mosque_bombing-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The bombing was the worst attack in Iraq since March 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_truck_bomber_kills_dozens_in_northern_Iraq_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_truck_bomber_kills_dozens_in_northern_Iraq-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> even worse than the twin <a href="/wiki/23_April_2009_Iraqi_suicide_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="23 April 2009 Iraqi suicide attacks">23 April 2009 Iraqi suicide attacks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muqdadiyah" class="mw-redirect" title="Muqdadiyah">Muqdadiyah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Truck_Bomb_Kills_Dozens_in_Northern_Iraq_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Truck_Bomb_Kills_Dozens_in_Northern_Iraq-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incident">Incident</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Taza_bombing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The attack took place in a residential area near a mosque, as a result destroying several homes and slightly damaging the mosque.<sup id="cite_ref-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mud-brick homes in the vicinity of the explosion collapsed,<sup id="cite_ref-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the explosion leaving a deep crater at the point of detonation.<sup id="cite_ref-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following midday prayers, people were exiting the crowded <a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Rasoul&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al-Rasoul (page does not exist)">Al-Rasoul</a> mosque in Taza town when the explosion occurred.<sup id="cite_ref-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those who were affected were removed to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Azadi_Hospital&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azadi Hospital (page does not exist)">Azadi Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kirkuk" title="Kirkuk">Kirkuk</a>, with children being placed in wards.<sup id="cite_ref-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thirty-five-year-old Hussain Nashaat was wrapped in bandages when he spoke to reporters: "I was sitting in my house when suddenly a powerful blast shook the ground under me. I found myself covered in blood and ran outside in a daze. My lovely neighborhood was just rubble."<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_truck_bomber_kills_dozens_in_northern_Iraq_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_truck_bomber_kills_dozens_in_northern_Iraq-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People were buried alive.<sup id="cite_ref-Truck_Bomb_Kills_Dozens_in_Northern_Iraq_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Truck_Bomb_Kills_Dozens_in_Northern_Iraq-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after the bombing, the <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Regional_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdistan Regional Government">Kurdistan Regional Government</a>, under orders from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Iraq)" title="Ministry of Defence (Iraq)">Iraqi ministry of defence</a>, started a 15-day operation "to follow terrorists and criminals in Kirkuk Province surroundings".<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> 13 days later a high-ranking officer reported that <i>"during a joint raid by Iraqi military forces alongside US troops in Haweja town, Mahdi Salih a terrorist was arrested who was the Kirkuk two blasts mastermind on 20 June"</i><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> </p><p>In December, Adnan Jassim Ali al-Hamdani, Walid Mahmoud Mohammed al-Hamdani and Hawas Falah al-Juburi were convicted and sentenced to death for helping to plan the attack.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Perpetrators">Perpetrators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Taza_bombing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Perpetrators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perpetrators are not identified. Western media, like <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>, hinted at “…Sunni Islamist insurgents, including al Qaeda…”.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_truck_bomber_kills_dozens_in_northern_Iraq_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_truck_bomber_kills_dozens_in_northern_Iraq-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reaction">Reaction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Taza_bombing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reaction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Prime Minister">Iraqi Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Nouri_al-Maliki" title="Nouri al-Maliki">Nouri al-Maliki</a> called the bombing an "ugly crime" which was "an attempt to harm security and stability and spread mistrust of the Iraqi forces".<sup id="cite_ref-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'Many_dead'_in_Iraq_truck_bombing-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Regional_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdistan Regional Government">Kurdistan Regional Government</a> president <a href="/wiki/Massoud_Barzani" class="mw-redirect" title="Massoud Barzani">Massoud Barzani</a> condemned the bombings by saying: <i>this coward act aims to disturb fraternity, peace and peaceful coexistence among the various constituents in Iraq and we for our part strongly condemn this criminal act.</i><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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>'s Foreign Ministry criticised the bombing and issued a statement expressing "profound sorrow". The statement said: "Turkey attaches great importance to the efforts to ensure peace and stability in Iraq and to provide a peaceful atmosphere among different ethnic and religious groups in Kirkuk. We strongly condemn this heinous attack. We want to reiterate once again that Turkey is opposed to all kinds of terrorism and the Turkish people sympathize with Iraqi people who lost their beloved ones in the attack. We are ready to take in those who were injured in the attack for medical treatment. We are taking all kinds of measures including dispatch of an ambulance helicopter to Iraq."<sup id="cite_ref-Turkey_condemns_bomb_attack_in_Iraq's_Kirkuk_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turkey_condemns_bomb_attack_in_Iraq's_Kirkuk-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Turkmen_Front" title="Iraqi Turkmen Front">The Turkmen Front</a> announced three days of mourning and called for an "immediate investigation... and for the criminals to be brought to justice".<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></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=2009_Taza_bombing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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