2010 in Iraq
overview of Iraq-related events during the year of 2010
Events in the year 2010 in Iraq.
Incumbents
President: Jalal Talabani
Prime Minister: Nouri al-Maliki
Vice President: Tariq al-Hashimi, Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (autonomous region)
President: Massoud Barzani
Prime Minister: Barham Salih
Events
January
January 25 - 3 suicide car bombs explode in Baghdad, killing at least 37 people
January 27 - the Islamic State of Iraq claims the suicide car bombing attack
February
February 1 - A female suicide bomber killed 54, and injured 100 Shia Pilgrims on their way to Karbala
March
March 7 – A parliamentary election was held in Iraq on 7 March 2010. The secular, non-sectarian Iraqi National Movement received the most votes.
March 8 – Oil extraction rights to the Maysan Oilfields were granted to China March 8, 2010.
April
April 4 – A series of car bombs explode in Baghdad. The attack, which targeted mainly foreign embassies in Iraq, resulted in the death of at least 41 people and over 200 injured.
April 18 – Iraqi SOF conducted an operation southwest of Tikrit that killed Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the two leaders of the ISI, a U.S. UH-60 Blackhawk supporting the operation crashed killing a Ranger Sergeant and injuring the aircrew.
April 20 – Al-Qaeda's Northern commander (Kirkuk, Salahuddin and Nineveh Governorates) was killed in a joint raid in Mosul.
May
May 10 - A series of attacks in Baghdad, Mosul, Fallujah, along with other cities, kills 85 people and injures 140
June
June 20 - 2 suicide car bombs detonate near the Trade Bank of Iraq, killing 26 and wounding 50 people
July
August
August 2 – The New York Times reported that the United States would "withdraw designated combat forces from Iraq by the end of August."
August 3 – At least 5 police officers are shot dead at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq.
August 7 – 5 Iraqi policemen are killed in an overnight shootout in western Baghdad, while 1 policeman is killed at a checkpoint outside Fallujah.
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