2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre

2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre
Part of the Iraqi civil war
Location	Tal Afar, Iraq
Date	March 27, 2007 (UTC+3)
Attack type	suicide truck bombings and reprisal summary executions
Weapons	Truck bombs
Deaths	152
Injured	more than 347
Perpetrators	Unknown
Motive	Anti-Shi'ism

List of bombings during the Iraq War

‡ indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths
§ indicates the deadliest attack in the Iraq War
This list only includes major attacks.

2003: 1st Baghdad; 2nd Baghdad; Najaf; 3rd Baghdad; 1st Nasiriyah; 1st Karbala

2004: ‡ 1st Erbil; ‡ Ashoura; 1st Basra; 1st Mosul; 4th Baghdad; 5th Baghdad; Karbala & Najaf; 1st Baqubah; Kufa; Marez

2005: Suwaira bombing; ‡ 1st Al Hillah; 2nd Erbil; ‡ Musayyib; 6th Baghdad; ‡ 7th Baghdad; 1st Balad; Khanaqin

2006: ‡ Karbala-Ramadi; 1st Samarra; 8th Baghdad; 9th Baghdad; ‡ 10th Baghdad

2007: 11th Baghdad; 12th Baghdad; ‡ 13th Baghdad; 14th Baghdad; 15th Baghdad; ‡ 2nd Al Hillah; ‡ 1st Tal Afar; 16th Baghdad; 17th Baghdad; 2nd & 3rd Karbala; 2nd Mosul; ‡ 18th Baghdad; Makhmour; Abu Sayda; 2nd Samarra; 19th Baghdad; ‡ Amirli; 1st Kirkuk; 20th Baghdad; 21st Baghdad; § Qahtaniya; Amarah

2008: 22nd Baghdad; 2nd Balad; 23rd Baghdad; 4th Karbala; 24th Baghdad; Karmah; 2nd Baqubah; Dujail; Balad Ruz

2009: 25th Baghdad; 26th Baghdad; Baghdad-Muqdadiyah; Taza; 27th Baghdad; 2nd Kirkuk; 2nd Tal Afar; ‡ 28th Baghdad; ‡ 29th Baghdad; ‡ 30th Baghdad

2010: 31st Baghdad; 32nd Baghdad; 3rd Baqubah; 33rd Baghdad; 34th Baghdad; 35th Baghdad; ‡ 1st Pan-Iraq; 36th Baghdad; 37th Baghdad; 2nd Pan-Iraq; 38th Baghdad; 39th Baghdad; ‡ 40th Baghdad

2011: 41st Baghdad; ‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq; Karbala-Baghdad; 42nd Baghdad; Tikrit; 3rd Al Hillah; 3rd Samarra; Al Diwaniyah; Taji; 4th Pan-Iraq; 43rd Baghdad; 4th Karbala; 44th Baghdad; 2nd Basra; 45th Baghdad

The 2007 Tal Afar bombings took place on March 27, 2007, when two truck bombs targeted Shia areas of the Turkmen town of Tal Afar, Iraq, killing 152 and wounding 347 people.^[1]^[2]

References

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^ "Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
^ "Gunmen kill dozens in Iraqi town". 2007-03-28. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2023-05-09.

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