<Li> US withdrawal violence </Li> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> Insurgent attacks of the Iraq War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ‡ indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths § indicates the deadliest attack in the Iraq War This list only includes major attacks . <Dl> <Dt> 2003 </Dt> <Dd> 1st Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 2nd Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> Najaf </Dd> <Dd> 3rd Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 1st Nasiriyah </Dd> <Dd> 1st Karbala </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dt> </Dt> <Dd> ‡ 1st Erbil </Dd> <Dd> ‡ Ashoura </Dd> <Dd> 1st Basra </Dd> <Dd> Mosul (2004) </Dd> <Dd> 4th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 5th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> Karbala - Najaf </Dd> <Dd> 1st Baqubah </Dd> <Dd> Kufa </Dd> <Dd> FOB Marez </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dt> 2005 </Dt> <Dd> Suwaira bombing </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 1st Al Hillah </Dd> <Dd> 2nd Erbil </Dd> <Dd> ‡ Musayyib </Dd> <Dd> 6th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 7th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 1st Balad </Dd> <Dd> Khanaqin </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dt> 2006 </Dt> <Dd> ‡ Karbala - Ramadi </Dd> <Dd> 1st Samarra </Dd> <Dd> 8th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 9th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 10th Baghdad </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dt> 2007 </Dt> <Dd> 11th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 12th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 13th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 14th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 15th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 2nd Al Hillah </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 1st Tal Afar </Dd> <Dd> 16th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 17th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 2nd & 3rd Karbala </Dd> <Dd> Mosul (2007) </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 18th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> Makhmour </Dd> <Dd> Abu Sayda </Dd> <Dd> 2nd Samarra </Dd> <Dd> 19th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> ‡ Amirli </Dd> <Dd> 1st Kirkuk </Dd> <Dd> 20th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 21st Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> § Qahtaniya </Dd> <Dd> Amarah </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dt> 2008 </Dt> <Dd> 22nd Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 2nd Balad </Dd> <Dd> 23rd Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 4th Karbala </Dd> <Dd> 24th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> Karmah </Dd> <Dd> 2nd Baqubah </Dd> <Dd> Dujail </Dd> <Dd> Balad Ruz </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dt> 2009 </Dt> <Dd> 25th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 26th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> Baghdad - Muqdadiyah </Dd> <Dd> Taza </Dd> <Dd> 27th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 2nd Kirkuk </Dd> <Dd> 2nd Tal Afar </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 28th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 29th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 30th Baghdad </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dt> </Dt> <Dd> 31st Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 32nd Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 3rd Baqubah </Dd> <Dd> 33rd Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 34th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 35th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 1st Pan-Iraq </Dd> <Dd> 36th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 37th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 2nd Pan-Iraq </Dd> <Dd> 38th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 39th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 40th Baghdad </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dt> 2011 </Dt> <Dd> 41st Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> ‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq </Dd> <Dd> Karbala - Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 42nd Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> Tikrit </Dd> <Dd> 3rd Al Hillah </Dd> <Dd> 3rd Samarra </Dd> <Dd> Al Diwaniyah </Dd> <Dd> Taji </Dd> <Dd> 4th Pan-Iraq </Dd> <Dd> 43rd Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 4th Karbala </Dd> <Dd> 44th Baghdad </Dd> <Dd> 2nd Basra </Dd> <Dd> 45th Baghdad </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> Insurgent attacks of the Iraq War </Th> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul>

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