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Suicide

United States · Warfare / Gulf War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
2007–2009Date range
4Named people
3Places

Chronological records

2007

Dick Cheney27 February 2007

Kabul · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

A suicide bomber attacks a United States base near Kabul, about a mile away from where the vice president is staying, the Taliban claims responsibility for the attack which killed more than 20 people

George Walker Bush12 April 2007

Baghdad · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Eight people, including two Iraqi legislators, die when a suicide bomber strikes inside the Parliament building, which is located in Baghdads fortified International Zone

David Petraeus26 December 2007

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Gen. David Petraeus reports that car bombs and suicide attacks have dropped by 60% since June 2007

2009

Barack Hussein Obama31 January 2009

Mosul · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

In the worst single loss to the American military in nine months, a suicide bomber kills four American soldiers and their Iraqi translator in the northern Iraq city of Mosul

Barack Hussein Obama13 February 2009

Baghdad · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

A female suicide bomber kills 35 Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, the deadliest attack in a string of bombings

Names involved

Barack Hussein ObamaDavid PetraeusDick CheneyGeorge Walker Bush

Provenance

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