16 June 2013 Iraq attacks

Terrorist incident in Iraq September 2020 16 June 2013 Iraq attacks Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) Iraq 270 33.32 44.42 top Baghdad 32.50 45.82 right Kut 32.00 44.33 Najaf 36.34 43.13 Mosul 34.87 44.63 Tuz Khormato 30.50 47.81 Basra 32.48 44.43 left Hillah 31.05 46.26 Nasiriyah 33.10 44.58 Salman Pak across Iraq (see map below) 16 June 2013 Shia civilians, Iraqi security forces Car bombings, suicide bombings, roadside bombings, shootings Car bombs IEDs Automatic weapons 54 174 On 16 June 2013, a series of coordinated bombings and shootings struck across several cities in Iraq, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than 170 others.Iraq's Shi'ite South Targeted: 54 Killed, 174 Wounded http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2013/06/16/iraqs-shiite-south-targeted-43-killed-149-wounded/ 15 June 2013 Antiwar (antiwar.com) 17 June 2013 18 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180618053138/http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2013/06/16/iraqs-shiite-south-targeted-43-killed-149-wounded/ live Background From a peak of 3,000 deaths per month in 2006–07, violence in Iraq decreased steadily for several years before beginning to rise again in 2012.Kareen Raheem https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE93E07320130415 Bombs kill more than 30 across Iraq before local poll Reuters 15 April 2013 18 May 2013 7 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307042322/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE93E07320130415 live In December 2012, Sunnis began to protest perceived mistreatment by the Shia-led government. The protests had been largely peaceful, but insurgents, emboldened by the war in neighboring Syria, stepped up attacks in the initial months of 2013. The number of attacks rose sharply after the Iraqi army raided a protest camp in Hawija on 23 April 2013. Overall, 712 people were killed in April according to UN figures, making it the nation's deadliest month in five years.Two blasts at Iraqi Sunni mosque kill 43 Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-blast-idUSBRE94G0BW20130517 17 May 2013 18 May 2013 2 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170302174314/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-blast-idUSBRE94G0BW20130517 liveDeadliest day in months as bombs strike Sunni areas in Iraq, killing 76 https://www.foxnews.com/world/deadliest-day-in-months-as-bombs-strike-sunni-areas-in-iraq-killing-76/ Fox News Associated Press 17 May 2013 18 May 2013 17 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130517150228/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/05/17/26-dead-in-blast-outside-sunni-mosque-in-iraq/ live Conditions continued to deteriorate in May when the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq reported at least 1,045 Iraqis were killed and another 2,397 wounded in acts of terrorism and acts of violence, making it the deadliest month in the country since April 2008.https://www.un.org/news/dh/pdf/english/2013/06062013.pdf 6 June 2013 UN envoy in Iraq strongly condemns ambush that leaves 14 dead at fake checkpoint UN Daily News 5 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045134/http://www.un.org/news/dh/pdf/english/2013/06062013.pdf dead The attacks on 16 June occurred about a month after Iraq's deadliest week in almost 5 years, as a series of deadly bombings and shootings across the country killed at least 449 people and left 732 others injured between 15 May and 21 May.Griffis Margaret 2013-05-16 Iraq Horror: 42 Killed, 141 Wounded https://original.antiwar.com/updates/2013/05/15/iraq-horror-42-killed-141-wounded/ 2024-04-08 Antiwar.com en-USGriffis Margaret 2013-05-22 Sixty Killed, 132 Wounded in Ongoing Iraq Carnage https://original.antiwar.com/updates/2013/05/21/sixty-killed-132-wounded-in-ongoing-iraq-carnage/ 2024-04-08 Antiwar.com en-USGriffis Margaret 2013-05-20 Monday Mayhem: 133 Killed, 283 Wounded in Iraq https://original.antiwar.com/updates/2013/05/20/monday-mayhem-116-killed-240-wounded-in-iraq/ 2024-04-08 Antiwar.com en-USGriffis Margaret 2013-05-20 Iraqi Police Targeted As Attacks Claim 44 Lives https://original.antiwar.com/updates/2013/05/19/iraqi-police-targeted-as-attacks-claim-44-lives/ 2024-04-08 Antiwar.com en-USGriffis Margaret 2013-05-19 Forty Killed Across Iraq; 13 Kidnapped in Anbar Province https://original.antiwar.com/updates/2013/05/18/forty-killed-across-iraq-13-kidnapped-in-anbar-province/ 2024-04-08 Antiwar.com en-USGriffis Margaret 2013-05-17 Retaliation Against Sunnis Leave 90 Dead, 201 Wounded Across Iraq https://original.antiwar.com/updates/2013/05/17/retaliation-against-sunnis-leave-90-dead-201-wounded-across-iraq/ 2024-04-08 Antiwar.com en-USGriffis Margaret 2013-05-17 Bombings Continue in Baghdad, Kirkuk; 40 Killed https://original.antiwar.com/updates/2013/05/16/bombs-continue-in-baghdad-kirkuk-40-killed/ 2024-04-08 Antiwar.com en-US Attacks Unlike most of the violence in Iraq during previous months, the majority of deadly attacks took place in southern cities, where such incidents are relatively rare. In the city of Kut, a car bomb exploded in an industrial area early in the morning, killing 6 people and injuring 15 others. A second bombing outside the city killed 5 civilians and wounded another 12. In Najaf, at least 8 were killed and 29 injured after a bomb exploded at a local market. Other cities in the south were targeted as well - twin car bombs in the central area of Basra killed 6 and wounded 9, while similar attacks in Nasiriyah killed 2 and left 35 injured. A roadside blast in Hillah killed a civilian and wounded nine others. Other attacks were reported from the central and northern parts of the country, in addition to the bombings in the south. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest at a coffee shop in Baghdad's Amin neighborhood, leaving 11 dead and at least 25 others injured. Gunmen attacked an oil pipeline in Hatra, south of Mosul, killing 6 Iraqi Army soldiers and wounding five more. In Mosul itself, two separate blasts injured 9 people, including 6 soldiers. A roadside bomb and a subsequent car bombing left 5 civilians dead and 12 others injured in Madain, near Salman Pak. Two civilians were killed and nine injured in a bombing in Mahmoudiyah, while a blast in Tuz Khormato killed two police officers and injured another, and four people were injured in an attack near Mahaweel. Two government employees were abducted near Riyadh. 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