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Incumbents[edit]

President:Jalal Talabani

Prime Minister: Nouri al-Maliki

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government

Events[edit]

January[edit]

The new flag of Iraq

1 January A suicide bomber kills more than 30 people and injures

32 in an attack in Baghdad. The blast is targeted at mourners at the

funeral of a Shia army officer, Nabil Hussein Jassim, who had himself

been killed by a car bombing in central Baghdad three days earlier. [1]

7 January A double bombing in Baghdad kills at least 14 people,

including Riyadh Samarrai, leader of the US-backedAdhamiyaAwakening group, which fights al-Qaedain Sunni areas of the city.[2]

8 January Operation Phantom Phoenixbegins in an attempt to hunt down the remaining 200 al-Qaeda

extremists in the province of Diyalafollowing the end of the previous offensive. The operation also includes

targeting insurgent elements in Salah ad-Din province. Nine Americans and up to 30 insurgents are killed

in the first two days of fighting.[3][4]

9 January One of the largest surveys to date of Iraqi casualties of violence since the US-led invasion in

2003 is released and reports that around 151,000 Iraqis have died. The study by the Iraq Family Health

Survey Study Groupinvolved a survey of Iraqi homes and estimated the number of violent deaths at

151,000 (with a 95% uncertainty range of 104,000 to 223,000) for the period March 2003 through June

2006.[5]

10 January Continuing offensives as part of Operation Phantom Phoenixsaw over 18,000 kg (40,000 lb)

of explosives dropped by two USAFB-1 Lancersand four F-16 fighteraircraft on al-Qaedapositions in the

Arab Jabourarea of Baghdad. [6]

11 January Snow fell in Baghdad for the first time in over 50 years. Thawing on contact with the ground,

the snow failed to settle, although residents gathered in the streets to watch the flurries. Anecdotal

evidence suggests snow may have fallen in northern parts of the city 40 years ago however the 2008

snowfall is thought to be the first in living memory.[7][8]
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13 January The Federal government of Iraqannounces the passing of a law which will allow former

members of the Baath Partyto take up military and civil service positions. Following the cessation of formal

hostilities in 2003 the US-led administration under Paul Bremer had prohibited former Baath members

from holding positions. The new law, aimed at reconciliation, offers an amnesty in respect of Baath party

members whose re-appointment is not resisted following a three month review period. Pensions may also

be offered to former officials regardless of whether they take up new positions. [9]

14 January A senior Iraq Appeals Court judgeis assassinated in the Mansour districtof Baghdad. Jawdat

Naeib was shot (along with his driver) when his car was ambushed. He was also a member of theSupreme Judicial Council, the body which supervises and nominates members of the judiciary in Iraq.[10]

15 January United States Secretary of State , Condoleezza Ricevisits Baghdad meeting with Prime

Minister Nouri al-Malikiand Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari.[11]

16 January A female suicide bomber blows herself up near a Shia mosque in Khan Bani Saad, a town

south of Baqubah, the capital of Diyala Governorate. 11 people were killed and eighteen others wounded

in the attack.[12]

17 January The International Monetary Fundand the United Nations release reports suggesting Iraq is

facing a period of economic growth and a stabilising political process. The IMF's Middle East and Central

Asia department, said GDP growth may exceed 7% in 2008 and hold at between 7% and 8% in 2009 (ineach case dependent on continuing oil production). Meanwhile the UN praised political reconciliation

efforts exemplified by the new laws regarding former Baathists returning to public employment.[13]

22 January The parliament of Iraq approves a new flag for the country. The new design no longer has the

three green stars of the old flag, which represented the ideals of the Baath Party.[14]

24 January A suicide bomber kills a high-ranking police chief and two other police officers in Mosul at the

site of an explosion that had killed at least 34 people and wounded at least 217 the day before. Brigadier

General Salah Mohammed al-Jubouri, the director of police for Ninawa Governorate, was inspecting the

scene of Wednesday's blast when gunmen ambushed his convoy.[15]

25 January After successive suicide attacks in Mosul in recent days, killing over 40 people including the

city's police chief, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malikiannounces that Iraqi security forces and American

troops were gathering for what he described as a "decisive" offensive against al-Qaeda in Iraq and its

allies.[16]

February[edit]

1 February Two bombs explode in Baghdad animal markets killing 99 people and wounding 200. The

Iraqi government claims that the bombs were carried by women and detonated remotely. [17]

9 February Two children in Baghdad die after eating cake poisoned with thalliumand at least nine othersare affected. The cake was given to people at an Iraqi sports club near the capital. The Secretary of the

Iraqi Air Force and his daughter were among the victims. [18]

13 February The Iraqi parliamentpasses provincial powers law setting out relationship between the

provinces and the central Iraqi government. It also demands that provincial elections be held before the

end of 2008. These elections are scheduled for 1 October[19]

Also, the Iraqi parliament passes 2008 budget and an amnesty law.

19 February The Iraq war has strained U.S. forces to the point where they could not fight another large-

scale war, according to a survey of military officers.[20]

Tours of duty for U.S. soldiers in Iraq may be cut from 15 months to 12 if current improvements in security

hold up.[21]

22 February
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24 February

Iraq's government has urged Turkeyto rethink its military incursion against Kurdish rebels operating

from bases in northern Iraq amid fears the escalating fighting could destabilize the region.[24]

A leader of a Sunni Awakening Councilgroup, Sheikh Ibrahim Mutayri al-Mohammedi, is killed in a

suicide bombing in Falluja.[25]

25 February

The White House said it is in "constant dialogue" with Iraqand Turkeyabout the Turkish military

operation against Kurdishrebels in northern Iraq.[26]

A man in a wheelchair blew himself up in a northern Iraqi policestation, killing three National Police

officers, including a commander.[27]

About 8,000 of the 30,000 "surge" troops sent to Iraq in 2007 will not go home as planned summer

2008, the Pentagon told.[28]

26 February One of five Britons believed to have been kidnapped 29 May 2007 in Baghdadpleaded with

the British government to release prisoners sought by his captors so "we can go home." [29]

29 February

The cousin of Saddam HusseinAli Hassan al-Majid, known by the nickname "Chemical Ali" for his

role in a chemical weapons attack on IraqiKurdsin the 1980s, will be executed, Iraqi officials

told.[30]

According to reports given by the Catholic News Service,Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahhowas

kidnappedfrom his car in the Al-Nur district of the city; his bodyguards and driver were killed. [31]

The kidnappers demanded that the Assyrian Christians contribute to thejihad, throughjizya. The

captors are also believed to have demanded the release of Arab (Non-Iraqi) detainees and that theybe paid a ransom for Rahho's release.

March[edit]

1 March Twenty-nine U.S. troops died in Iraq during February 2008, the third-lowest total of the nearly

five-year-old war.[32]

3 March A pair of car bombings targeting Iraqi security forceskilled at least 18 people and wounded

dozens in Baghdad.[33]

6 March Fifty-three people were killed and 125 were wounded in two bomb attacks in a Baghdad

commercial district.[34]

8 March A mass grave holding an estimated 100 bodies was found in an orchard in Iraq's Diyala

Governorate, just north of Baquba.[35]

10 March

In 2008, its fifth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the "burn" rate of its

earliest years, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitzreported.[36]

Two bombings, in Baghdadand in the Diyala Governorate, killed eight U.S. troops.[37]

12 March Eleven militants were killed by Iraqi police raids against the Mahdi Army, after radical Shiite

cleric Moqtada al-Sadrdeclared that members of the Mahdi Army could defend themselves if attacked by

U.S. troops.[38]
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13 March

It was reported that Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho's body had been found buried in a shallow

grave near Mosul.[39][40]Officials of the Chaldean Church in Iraq said they had received a call

telling them where the body was buried. Reports over the cause of death were somewhat

contradictory.[41]An official of the morguein Mosul said the archbishop, who had health problems,

including high blood pressure and diabetes, might have died of natural causes. Police at the Mosul

morgue said the Archbishop appeared to have been dead a week and his body bore no bullet

wounds.[41]He is believed to be the highest-ranking Chaldean Catholic Churchofficial killed since

the 2003 conflict began.

After a bomb blast, which occurred in October 2007, a wife is left "to be her husband's legs", it was

reported.[42]

17 March

A report by the International Committee of the Red Cross suggested that Iraq was on the brink of a

full-scale humanitarian crisis some 5 years after US-led military operations began. The report

indicated that millions of Iraqis continue to have little or no access to clean water, sanitation or

healthcare.[43]

A female suicide bomber apparently targeting Shiiteworshippers killed at least 33 people and

wounded at least 50 in Karbala.[44]

18 March The smuggling of stolen antiquities from Iraq's rich cultural heritage is helping finance Iraqi

extremist groups, said the U.S. investigator who led the initial investigation into the looting of Baghdad's

National Museum.[45]

19 March

The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, said Irancontinues to support Iraqiinsurgents and Syriais allowing foreign fighters passage into Iraq. [46]

The war in Iraq is widely unpopular among U.S.-citizens: A CNN-Opinion Research Corp. poll found

only 32 percent ofAmericanssupport the conflict. And 61 percent said they want the next president

to remove most U.S. troops within a few months of taking office. [47]

20 March

The International Rescue Committeeissued a report detailing the plight of Iraqi refugees on the five-

year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.[48]

In a videotape, broadcast byAl-Jazeera, the voice identified as Osama bin Ladendeclares "Iraqis

the perfect base to set up thejihadto liberate Palestine."[49]

On the fifth anniversary of the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom, President Bush noted that the war

in Iraq had been "longer and harder and more costly than we anticipated" and that there was "still

hard work to be done" to maintain gains that were "fragile and reversible". But he said that the surge

was "working" and had "opened the door to a major strategic victory in the broader war on terror".

He ended by telling American soldiers that "with your courage, the battle in Iraq will end in

victory."[50]
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21 March

A U.S. soldier is killed and four others wounded by indirect fire south of Baghdad.[51]

A suicide bomber detonated a small truck rigged with explosives outside a local Awakening Council

leader's house just east of Samarra, killing at least five people and wounding 13 others. Awakening

Councils are largely Sunnisecurity groups that have been recruited by the U.S. military.[47]

22 March

Three U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb that struck their vehicle while they were on

patrol in northwestern Baghdad. Two Iraqi civilians were also killed in the attack. The deaths bring

to 3,996 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the Iraq war began in 2003.[51]

Another roadside bomb blast struck an Iraqi police patrol in Kirkuk, killing a civilian and wounding

nine people.[51]

23 March

Four U.S. soldiers died in a roadside bombing in southern Baghdad, bringing the American toll

since the beginning of the war on 19 March 2003 to the grim milestone of 4,000 deaths. Of the4,000 U.S. military personnel killed in the war, 3,263 have been killed in attacks and fighting and

737 in non-hostile incidents, such as traffic accidents and suicides. Meanwhile, estimates of the

Iraqi death toll range from about 80,000 to the hundreds of thousands, with another 2 million forced

to leave the country and 2.5 million people displaced within Iraq. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraqi National

Security Advisor, told the war in Iraq is part of "a global terrorism hitting everywhere, and they have

chosen Iraq to be a battlefield". Nearly 160,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq, and the war has cost

U.S. taxpayers about $600 billion.[47]

Sen. Bob Menendezof New Jerseysaid President George W. Bush"took us to war on the wings of

a lie."

[47]

U.S. troops raided a suspected suicide bomber cell in Diyalaprovince, killing a dozen militants, half

of whom had shaved their bodieswhich the U.S. military says indicates they were in the final

stage of preparation for a suicide attack.[47]*At least fourAl-Qaeda in Iraqmembers were killed in

volatile Diyalaprovince.[52]

A suicide car bomb exploded at a fuel station in a predominantly Shiiteneighborhood in northwest

Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding 12 others. [47]

The military also reported a roadside bombing that killed two children and wounded two civilians. It

occurred in Khatoon, north of the Diyalaprovincial capital of Baquba.[52]

A suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives outside the main gate of an Iraqi military base

in Mosul, killing at least 10 Iraqi soldiers and wounding 35 people, including 20 soldiers. [47]

A mortarround landed in a Shiiteneighborhood in eastern Baghdad, killing seven people and

injuring nine others. Six more mortar rounds landed in other Baghdadneighborhoods, killing three

people.[47]

In southeastern Baghdad, gunmen riding in at least two cars opened fire on a crowded outdoor

market, killing at least three people and wounding 17 others.[47]
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25 March The political movement of powerful Shiitecleric Muqtada al-Sadrlaunched a nationwide civil

disobedience campaign across Iraqto protest raids and detentions against the Mahdi Army. The Battle of

Basra (2008)between Iraqi security forcesand al-Sadr's Mahdi Armymilitia left 50 dead and spread to

several Baghdaddistricts. The discord also threatens to unravel a much-praised suspension of Mahdi

Army militia activity since August 2007, and its collapse could spark renewed sectarian violence and

prompt the United States to delay any troop withdrawals. [52]

26 March

Clashes between Iraqi security forces and Mahdi Armyfighters spread from the key oil city of Basra

and parts of Baghdadto the Shiiteheartland ofAl Diwaniyahand Kut, with the death toll rising past

100 after the start of fighting on 24 March 2008. At least 35 people have died in Kut and one person

was killed and four were wounded in Diwaniya.

At least nine people were killed and 23 wounded during clashes between militants and Iraqi police

in neighborhoods around the city of Hillaand in a U.S. air strike that killed four.

President George W. Bushdiscussed war with the chiefs of the armed services. The military was

expected to recommend delaying further withdrawals of U.S. troops once the surge troops are

withdrawn.

Indirect fire attacks on the American seat of power in Baghdadcontinued, with threeAmericans

seriously injured and another dying of wounds he received a few days ago.[53]

Nouri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraqbriefed city and provincial officials about the Battle of Basra

(2008)and vowed to finish the job, even if it takes a month. [54]

27 March

The British military admitted that it breached the human rights of an Iraqi man, named Baha Mousa,

who died in custody, and that its soldiers also violated the rights of eight other detained Iraqis.

Forty-two people were killed in Kut, the latest casualties since the start of the clashes between theMahdi Armyand Iraqi security forceson 24 March 2008. There was also fighting in Jamhouriya, one

of five neighborhoods the Mehdi Army controls, and Muqal.

A U.S. government official was killed when militants fired rockets into the Green Zone.

Dozens of gunmen kidnapped the spokesman of the Baghdadsecurity plan, Tahseen Sheikhly.

Three of his guards were killed and his house burned in the attack.

A car bomb explosion killed three people and wounded five others near a police patrol in central

Baghdad.[54]

President George W. Bushon 27 March 2008 called the Iraqi government's move to launch the

Battle of Basra (2008)against the Mahdi Armya "bold decision." He will carefully weighrecommendations from his commanders Gen. David Petraeusand U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan

Crockerabout how the United States should proceed in Iraq after the 2007-military buildup ends in

the summer of 2008.[55]

Iraq's government imposed a curfew, which took effect at 11 p.m. 27 March 2008 (4 p.m. ET), bans

pedestrian, motorcycle and vehicle traffic through 5 p.m. 30 March 2008 in Baghdadand U.S.

Embassy workers in Iraq were told to remain in secure buildings and wear protective clothing as

rockets continued to rain down on Baghdad's Green Zone.[56]
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28 March

Baghdad was on virtual lockdown as a tough new curfew ordered everyone off the streets of the

Iraqi capital and five other cities until 5 p.m. 30 March 2008.

At least 14 people were killed and 61 wounded during clashes between Iraqi security forcesand the

insurgents of the Mahdi Armyin Sadr Cityof Baghdad. Some of the deaths resulted from U.S.

airstrikes, which have been supporting Iraqi ground fighting.

A special session of the 275-seat Council of Representatives of Iraq convened to discuss ways tostem the violence but fell far short of a quorum, blocking lawmakers from taking action.

The Iraqi government offered cash to people who surrender medium and heavy weapons by 8 April

2008.

President George W. Bushpraised the Battle of Basra (2008)as "a defining moment in the history

of a free Iraq".

One U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb south of the city Baghdad.

.[57][58]

A U.S. military analysis of the Battle of Basra (2008)indicated the government push was not going

as well as American officials had hoped.[59]

29 March

U.S. warplanes and British artillery struck targets in Basra. Another Basra airstrike killed 10 fighters,

and a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol killed 7 more fighters in southeastern Baghdad's Suwayrah district.

Two U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad.[58]

A curfew that was imposed on Basrawas lifted.[58][59]
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30 March

A strict curfew was extended indefinitely in Baghdadas the death toll mounted from the Battle of

Basra (2008)between Iraqi security forcesand the Mahdi Armyto more than 280 people. Death

tolls are difficult to obtain, but reports from Iraqi and coalition authorities suggest more than 400

people have died since fighting began 25 March 2008.[58][59]

The U.S. military death toll in Iraq now stands at 4,007.

Turkey's military told it killed at least 15 rebels in operations in northern Iraq in the week of 24 March2008, but a spokesman for the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Security Forces denied the report, saying

Turkey has not conducted any military operation or air assault there in the weeks of 24 March 2008

and 17 March 2008.[58]

Shiitecleric Muqtada al-Sadrcalled on the Mahdi Armyto stop shooting and cooperate with Iraqi

security forces, a move Iraq's government praised as a step toward ending six days of fighting,

including Battle of Basra (2008), that has left hundreds dead. Witnesses reported continued clashes

throughout the day in Basra even after the announcements. But Iraqi authorities said after al-Sadr's

announcement they would lift an indefinite curfew that had been imposed on Baghdadsince 27

March 2008.

In northern Iraq, five Iraqi police officers were killed and two bystanders were wounded when

gunmen attacked a police patrol in the town of Dhuluiyah.

The U.S. military said it found a mass grave with 14 bodies near Muqdadiya. The bodies, which

showed signs of torture, appeared to have been in the grave for two to six months. They were found

100 yards from where 37 bodies were found buried 28 March 2008.

Ten people were killed when a suicide car bomb struck a checkpoint manned by members of the

Awakening Council. Four members of the council were among the dead. Also in Baiji, a child was

killed and seven civilians were wounded when a mortar landed in a residential area 29 March 2008.

In Samarra, gunmen stormed the home of an Awakening Council member, killing him and his son.

His wife and daughter were wounded in the 29 March 2008 morning attack, Samarra police said.[59]

31 March The curfew imposed on Baghdadis scheduled to be lifted 6 a.m. [59]

April[edit]

An Iraqi soldier from the 1st QRF division examines a mortar captured

during clearing operations in Hayaniya, 19 April

1 April The British defense minister, Des Browne, said that the

number of British troops in Iraqwill remain at the current level ofaround 4,000 for the time being, particularly in light of the Battle of

Basra (2008)in the week of 24 March 2008. [60]

2 April Al-Sadr's Sadrist Movementcalled for millions of Iraqis to

demonstrate against the U.S. presence in Iraq, a protest that would

coincide with scheduled testimony in Washington D C from top U.S.

officials in Iraq and the anniversary of the toppling of the Saddam Hussein-regime.[61]
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3 April

Shiitecleric Muqtada al-Sadroffered to help purge Iraqi security forcesof Mahdi Army-members.

But he also criticized the Iraqi government for denying that it sent envoys to him to discuss the

Battle of Basra (2008)in the week of 24 March 2008. The Iraqi government said the operation that

began 25 March targeted criminals who had been carrying out indiscriminate attacks, burglaries and

oil smuggling. Prime Minister Nouri al-Malikicalled the Battle of Basra (2008)but said it exposed

weaknesses in the security forces, including operational snafus and troop desertions that he said

will be addressed and reviewed. He brushed off criticism that the widespread action was poorlyplanned, was politically motivated and failed to dislodge the renegade militias from their strongholds

across Basra. Al-Maliki promised a major offensive targeting Al-Qaeda in Iraqin the northern city of

Mosul.

A Sadr Cityresident said mosque loudspeakers blared the call to protest. [61]

4 April Saleh al-Ageili, a spokesman for the Sadrist Movement, reported that Muqtada al-Sadrhad called

for peaceful demonstrations in Sadr Cityafter prayers "to protest the campaign of raids carried out by the

occupier."[61]

7 April

The Pentagonsaid it does not expect Gen. David Petraeusto recommend or predict additional U.S.

troop cuts in Iraq, beyond the 20,000 U.S. troops returning home as the troop "surge" ends in July

2008, when he testifies before his "State of Iraq" report to the United States Congresson 8 April

2008 and 9 April 2008. After the surge ends in July 2008, there will be 15 U.S. combat brigade

teams in Iraq, and roughly 140,000 American troops.

White House spokesman Tony Frattoadmitted the Battle of Basra (2008)-operation was not "an

overall success" for Iraqi government forces.[62]

8 April

Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of multinational forces in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan

Crockeranswered questions from key member of the United States Senate. All three leading

presidential candidatesDemocratic Sens. Hillary Clintonand Barack Obama, and Republican

Sen. John McCain questioned Petraeus and Crocker.[62]

Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of multinational forces in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan

Crocker, told the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and the United States Senate

Committee on Foreign Relationsthat Iranianagents and weapons are fueling the ongoing strife

there and that further U.S. troop withdrawals will have to wait. Although the last of the additional

U.S. combat brigades dispatched in 2007 is scheduled to leave in June 2008, Petraeus said he

would recommend against further withdrawals for at least 45 days. Future troop levels be based on

conditions on the ground. In the seven months since their last appearance before Congress, U.S.

and Iraqi forces made progress toward tamping down the violence but the progress was "fragile"

and "reversible."

Petraeus told senators the Iraqi government's operation Battle of Basra (2008)"could have been

better planned, and the preparation could have been better." He said that once the forces got into

Basra, "they ended up going into action more quickly than anticipated" and Prime Minister Nouri al-

Malikididn't follow his advice to move at a more careful pace.

Opening the Senate hearings, the Armed Services Committee chairman, Carl Levin, said the United

States must come up with a timeline for ending its involvement in Iraq.

When asked by Republican Senator John Warnerwhether the Iraq War is making the U.S. safer,

Petraeus stated that it would ultimately be up to history.[63]
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Republican Senator Chuck Hagelasked about Ambassador Ryan Crocker's "diplomatic surge," and

its apparent lack of results in the region.[64]

Senator George Voinovich, a Republican, broke with his party line, saying the country is, "kind of

bankrupted ... in a recession." [65]

Republican Senator Bob Corkerasked for an articulated exit strategy. [66]

John McCain, the top Republican on the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and a

leading advocate of the 2007-troop increase, said the United States is no longer "staring into theabyss of defeat" as a result.

Hillary Clintonsaid it would be "irresponsible" to continue a failed policy in Iraq. She said it is "time

to begin an orderly process of withdrawing our troops" from Iraq in order to focus onAfghanistan

and other U.S. interests.

Barack Obama, a member of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, questioned

whether the conditions set by U.S. commanders for withdrawal would lead to a war that could last

until 2028 or 2038. He called the invasion of Iraq a "massive strategic blunder" that allowedAl-

Qaedaand Iranto spread their influence into Iraq, and said the United States should pressure Iraqi

officials to settle the war by threatening to leave. Senator Barack Obamaremarked, "if the definition

of success is so high: no traces of Al Qaida and no possibility of reconstitution, a highly-effective

Iraqi government, a democratic multi-ethnic, multi-sectarian functioning democracy with no Iranian

influence, at least not of the kind that we don't like, then that portends the possibility of us staying for

20 or 30 years. If, on the other hand, our criteria is a messy, sloppy status quo but there's not huge

outbreaks of violence, there's still corruption, but the country is struggling along, but it's not a threat

to its neighbors and it's not an Al Qaida base, that seems to me an achievable goal within a

measurable timeframe."[67]

America's ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, said that the United States has to keep its forces in

Iraqunless it wants Iranto have a free hand in Iraq.[68]

9 April Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of multinational forces in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan

Crockeranswered questions from United States House of Representativesmembers.[62]

10 April

President George W. Bushis expected to announce the shortening of the Army combat-zone tours

from 15 months to 12 months as of the summer of 2008. [62]

Unmanned aerial vehicles targeted and killed six "heavily armed criminals" in northeastern

Baghdad.[69]
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11 April

Muqtada al-Sadraccused Iraqi and U.S. forces of attacking Sadr City, just hours after the Shiite

cleric called for calm in the wake of the assassination of Sayyed Riyadh al-Nuri, one of his top aides

in the southern city of Najaf. Sheikh Fowzi Saad al-Obeidicalled the killing an "act of provocation"

after the "siege of Sadr City." He was referring to the battles since 6 April 2008 involving members of

al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia and Iraqi security forcesdominated by a rival Shiite political movement,

the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council . That fighting started with the Battle of Basra (2008)and spread

to other Shiite regions, including Sadr City and the Babil provincialcapital of Hilla. The intra-Shiitefighting in Iraq that has killed hundreds of people in the past two weeks involved two main

movements: members of the Mahdi Army militia loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, and Iraqi security forces

dominated by the chief political rival of the Sadrists, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq. The al-Nuri

assassination prompted officials to expand the daily curfew in Hilla. 17 people killed over 24 hours

in airstrikes, fighting and attacks in areas wracked in recent weeks by fighting among Shiites.

Witnesses and media reported heavy fighting between U.S.-backed Iraqi troops and al-Sadr's

Mahdi Armymilitia. U.S. troops working in support of Iraqi soldiers killed two snipers. At the same

time at least six roadside bombs damaged vehicles in a U.S. Armyconvoy that was transporting

barriers for a group of Iraqi Armysoldiers establishing a checkpoint.

Unmanned aerial vehicles targeted and killed six suspected insurgents in Basra.

Suicide bombings killed at least four peoplethree of them police. The first bombing was in

Ramadi, the provincial capital of the predominantly SunniAnbar province. At least three national

police officers were killed. The second attack took place at a checkpoint about 20 km north of Baiji,

the bomber and one other person a localAwakening Councilwere killed. Also, at least three people

were killed in a mortar attack on Baghdad's Palestine Hotel.[69]

14 April Three people died in the nearby city of Tal Afarwhen a suicide attacker blew himself up at an

Iraqi soldier's funeral.[70]

15 April A wave of bombings blamed on Al-Qaeda in Iraq-jihadists shook Baghdad, Baquba, RamadiandMosul, killing at least 60 people. Nonetheless, the overall violence in Baquba has decreased by 80 percent

since June 2007.[70]

17 April A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and wounded many others in a suicide attack on a

crowd of mourners in Baquba, during the funerall of two members of a local group who had died fighting

al-Qaeda in Iraq militants.[71]

22 April A female suicide bomber killed six people and wounded a dozen others when she blew herself

up north of Baghdad according to Iraqi police.[72]

29 April In April 2008, the United States government accused an alleged Iranian-backed insurgency of

launching attacks on Iraqi civilians and US-led multinational forces and claimed that approximately 90percent of foreign militants entered Iraq through Syria, but again, provided no proof. "Iran and Syria must

stop the flow of weapons and foreign fighters into Iraq, and their malign interference in Iraq," U.S.

Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzadsaid Monday in a report to the U.N. Security Council on behalf of the

multinational force in Iraq. The Iranian and Syrian governments, however, have repeatedly denied trying to

destabilize Iraq and insist there is no proof.[73]

May[edit]

2 May an Iraqi delegation in Iran gave Iranian security officials evidence purporting to show that Tehran

was providing support for Shi'ite militias battling Iraqi government forces. According to Haidar al-Ibadi, amember of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki 's Islamic Dawa Party , list of names, training camps and cells

linked to Iran were presented to the Iranian officials.[74]The Iranian officials denied the accusations and

the Iraqi government has since announced that there is no hard evidence against Iran.[75]
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8 May A man originally thought to be the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, is arrested in

Mosul.[76]

31 May May 2008 ends in Iraq, the U.S. Department of Defense reports 19 deaths in the month, the

lowest total since the invasion.[77]

June[edit]

10 June Iraqi police launch an operation in Dhi Qar, capturing 55 suspected Mahdi Armymembers.[78]

14 June Iraqi troops begin an offensive in the southern governorate of Maysan. The operation began

when helicopters dropped leaflets over the provincial capitalAmarahurging residents to cooperate with

security forces. Iraqi security forces closed down the border with Iranand began patrols in Amarah. There

were no reports of major clashes, as many militia leaders are believed to have fled into Iran following

operations in Sadr Cityin April and May. [79]

July[edit]

Senator Barack Obamashakes hands with a U.S. Soldier outside Multi-National

Division South East Headquarters in Basra, during his visit in Iraq, 21 July 2008.

23 July Admiral Mike Mullen, Staff Chairman the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said

that while the situation in Afghanistan is "precarious and urgent," the 10,000

additional troops needed there would be unavailable "in any significant

manner" unless withdrawals from Iraq were made. Mullen stated that "my

priorities . . . given to me by the commander in chief are: Focus on Iraq first.

It's been that way for some time. Focus on Afghanistan second."[80]

26 July In a report published by the AP, Robert Burns, the AP's chief military

reporter, and Robert Reid, the AP bureau chief in Baghdad, say the tide of war

in Iraq had turned dramatically, with formerly violent neighborhoods rid ofextremists and Iraqi civilians filling public parks, confident in their newfound,

albeit fragile peace.[81]

29 July 50,000 Iraqi soldiers and police, supported by U.S. troops, launch

Operation Augurs of Prosperityin Diyala province, north-east of Baghdad.

Iraqi forces faced little resistance, since insurgents were believed to have fled the area before the

offensive.[82]

August[edit]

14 August A female suicide bomber strikes Shia pilgrims south of Baghdad, killing at least 18 people and

wounding dozens more.

16 August Task Force 34 enters Iraq; U.S. victory becomes imminent.

21 August US negotiators and Iraq negotiators agree on a withdrawal of all US troops in Iraq by 2011. [83]

September[edit]

1 September The US military transferred control of Anbar province to the Iraqi government. [84]Anbar is

the largest of Iraq's 18 provinces, and is the eleventh province to be handed over to Iraq by coalition

forces.

17 September A U.S. Soldier from 610 ESC 14th Engineer Battalion, 555 Engineer Brigade is killed in a

tragic Humvee accident just south of Baghdad.
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20 September At least three people were killed by a suicide car bomb near a soccer field where young

men were playing in Tal Afar.[85]

21 September At least 35 people were wounded and one killed in seven violent incidents in Baghdad,

including seven bombings and two gun attacks.[85]

28 September At least 27 people were killed and 84 wounded in five separate bombings in Baghdad

coming close to the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.[86]

October[edit]

4 October Polish troops in Iraq hold a ceremony at Camp Echo in Qadasiyah Province to mark the end

of their mission in Iraq. U.S. troops from the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division took over responsibilities for

the area of operations vacated by the Poles.[87]

26 October A Syriangovernment source claimed four US helicopters coming from Iraq violated the

Syrian airspace.[88]

28 October U.S. officials said the US helicopter raid that took place two days earlier, into Syria killed Abu

Ghadiyah, a key figure involved in the smuggling of foreign fighters into Iraq. [88]

29 October

Iraqi authorities take over responsibility for security of Wasitprovince from US military forces

making it the 13th of Iraq's 18 provinces to be transferred. [89]

The last contingent of Polishtroops land in Polish city of Szczecin, marking the end of their

country's mission in Iraq.[90]

November[edit]

17 November The US and the Iraqi Government sign the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement providingfor the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi cities by 30 June 2009 and a complete withdrawal of US forces

from Iraq by the end of 2011.[91]

December[edit]

4 December The Czech Republicmission to Iraq ends.[92]

5 December The South Koreanmission to Iraq ends.[93]

9 December The Ukrainianmission to Iraq ends.[94]

14 December On 14 December 2008 then-U.S. President George W. Bush signed the security pact withIraq. In his fourth and final trip to Iraq, the president appeared with Iraq's prime minister and said more

work is to be done.[95]During the press conference discussing the signing of the pact[96]with Prime

Minister Nuri al-Maliki in his palace in the heavily fortified Green Zone, President Bush dodged two shoes

thrown at him from the audience. The man who threw the shoes, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist

with Egypt-based al-Baghdadiatelevision network, could be heard yelling in Arabic: "This is a farewell ...

you dog!"[97]When throwing the second shoe, he could be heard yelling "This is for the widows, the

orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!"[98]While pinned on the ground by security personnel, he

screamed: "You killed the Iraqis!"[99]As the man's screaming could be heard outside, Bush said "That's

what people do in a free society, draw attention to themselves."

[100]

17 December The Moldovan, Bulgarian, andAlbanianmissions to Iraq end.[101][102]

Notable deaths[edit]
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3 January Andrew J. Olmsted, 37, American armyblogger in Iraq, shot.[103]

27 January Alan G. Rogers, 40, AmericanArmymajor, improvised explosive device.[104]

10 February Alaa Abdulkareem Fartusi , 29, Iraqijournalist and cameraman, bomb blast.[105]

11 February Fouad al-Tikerly, 81, Iraqinovelist and judge, pancreatic cancer.[106]

15 February Naziha Salim, 81, Iraqipainter, complications from a stroke. [107]

27 February Shihab al-Tamimi, 74, Iraqihead of the Journalists Syndicate, heart attack following

shooting.[108]

3 October Mahir al-Zubaydi, Iraqi al-Qaedaleader, shot.[109]

5 October Mohamed Moumou, 43, Iraqial-Qaidasecond-in-command, shot.[110]

18 December Nahla Hussain al-Shaly , 37, Iraqiwomen's rightsactivist, shotand decapitated.[111]

See also[edit]

Iraq portal

Iraq War

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