August 2009 Baghdad bombings

August 2009 Baghdad bombings
August 2009 Baghdad bombings
Location	Baghdad, Iraq
Date	19 August 2009 ; 10:00 – (UTC+3)
Target	Multiple
Attack type	Car bombs and mortars
Deaths	101
Injured	565+
Perpetrators	Islamic State of Iraq (claimed)

The August 2009 Baghdad bombings were three coordinated car bomb attacks and a number of mortar strikes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on 19 August 2009. The explosives were detonated simultaneously across the capital at approximately 10:45 in the morning, killing at least 101 people and wounding at least 565, making it the deadliest attack since the 14 August 2007 Yazidi communities bombings in northern Iraq which killed almost 800 people. The bombings targeted both government and privately-owned buildings.

^ Richard Spencer (19 August 2009). "Iraq al Qaeda bombings kill almost 100 as multiple targets hit in Baghdad". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 August 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
^ "Fresh violence strikes Baghdad". Al Jazeera. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
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[Telegraph-1] Richard Spencer (19 August 2009). "Iraq al Qaeda bombings kill almost 100 as multiple targets hit in Baghdad". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 August 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.

[2] "Fresh violence strikes Baghdad". Al Jazeera. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.

[CNN-3] Cite error: The named reference CNN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[WP27Oct09-4] Cite error: The named reference WP27Oct09 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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