Bombings and shootings in Baghdad, U.S.-occupied Iraq
19 March 2013 Iraq attacks
Part of Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
Location
Across Iraq
Date
19 March 2013 (2013-03-19)
Target
Shia civilians, Iraqi security forces
Attack type
Car bombings, suicide bombings, roadside bombings, shootings
Weapons
Car bombs
IEDs
Automatic weapons
Deaths
At least 98
Injured
At least 240
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Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
Timeline
2011
2012
2013
1st Baghdad
2nd Baghdad & Nasiriyah
Basra
3rd Baghdad
1st Pan-Iraq
2nd Pan-Iraq
4th Baghdad & Hilla
‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq
‡ 4th Pan-Iraq
‡ 5th Pan-Iraq
‡ 6th Pan-Iraq
7th Pan-Iraq
Tuz Khormato
1st Kirkuk
Akashat
8th Pan-Iraq
Tikrit
9th Pan-Iraq
5th Baghdad
‡ Hawija
‡ 10th Pan-Iraq
al-Shabah
6th Baghdad
11th Pan-Iraq
12th Pan-Iraq
‡ 13th Pan-Iraq
7th Baghdad
14th Pan-Iraq
‡ 15th Pan-Iraq
Camp Ashraf
8th Baghdad
‡ 16th Pan-Iraq
Samarra
‡ 9th Baghdad
2nd Kirkuk
10th Baghdad
11th Baghdad
‡indicates incidents resulting in over 100 deaths
The 19 March 2013 Iraq attacks were a series of coordinated bombings and shootings across the capital Baghdad and several major cities in the north and central parts of the country. At least 98 people were killed and more than 240 others injured in the wave of violence, which took place on the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War.[1][2][3][4][5]
^"Baghdad Shia areas hit by deadly car bombs". BBC News. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^Markey, Patrick; Raheem, Kareem (19 March 2013). "Bombs kill 50 on Iraq invasion anniversary". Reuters. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^Margaret Griffis (19 March 2013). "Iraq Invasion Anniversary Carnage: 98 Killed, over 240 Wounded". Antiwar.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^Mohammed Tawfeeq; Joe Sterling (19 March 2013). "Attacks claim 55 lives on Iraq anniversary". CNN. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^"Series of bomb blasts kill scores in Baghdad". aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
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