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Deadliest attacks since start of war

Deadliest attacks since start of war

July 7: A suicide truck bomber rips through a market in a Shi'ite Turkoman town north of Baghdad, killing at least 115 people.

April 18: A car bomb explodes at a Baghdad market as workers leave for the day, killing 127 people.

Feb. 3: A suicide truck bomber strikes a market in a predominantly Shi'ite area of Baghdad, killing 137 people.

Nov. 23, 2006: Mortar rounds and five car bombs kill 215 people in the Shi'ite neighborhood of Sadr City.

Sept. 29, 2005: Three suicide attackers detonate car bombs in an outdoor market and two nearby commercial streets in the mostly Shi'ite town of Balad, killing at least 102 people.

Sept. 14, 2005: A suicide car bomber strikes as day laborers gather shortly after dawn in a heavily Shi'ite neighborhood of Baghdad, killing 112 people.

Feb. 28, 2005: A suicide car bomber targets mostly Shi'ite police and national guard recruits in Hillah, killing 125 people.

Feb. 1, 2004: Twin suicide bombers kill 109 people in two Kurdish party offices in the northern city of Irbil.

SOURCE: Associated Press

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