2008 Balad bombing

Suicide car bombing in Iraq 2008 Balad bombing Balad, Iraq February 10, 2008 1630 (1330 GMT) UTC+3 car bomb 25-33 (reports vary) 40+ Unknown The 2008 Balad bombing occurred on February 10, 2008 when a car bomb detonated in a market in Balad, Iraq, at a strategic Iraqi Army checkpoint.2008-02-10 Iraq town hit by deadly car bomb en-GB https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7237778.stm 2023-05-09 2023-03-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20230319065517/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7237778.stm live It killed at least 25 and injuring 40 more, though some estimates place the death toll at 33. Some buildings have collapsed and several people have been reported missing, adding to the possible death toll. Among the dead are a driver and Iraqi journalist Alaa Abdulkareem Fartusi, a cameraman for Al-Forat, a Shiite-backed satellite news station.Parker Ned 2009-01-31 Iraq's Sunnis turn toward the ballot https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-31-fg-iraq-sunnis31-story.html 2023-05-09 Los Angeles Times en-US 2021-10-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20211025120226/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-31-fg-iraq-sunnis31-story.html live Fartusi marks the first journalist killed in Iraq in 2008. A female reporter was injured in the blast and remains in critical condition. The bombing was on the same day that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Baghdad unannounced to meet Iraqi government leaders and U.S. commanders, including General David Petraeus.Suicide bomber kills 25 in Iraqi market - CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/10/iraq.main/index.html 2023-05-09 www.cnn.com 2021-11-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20211130191029/http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/10/iraq.main/index.html live This is the second bomb attack on Balad. The first was on September 29, 2005 when 95 people were killed. References Iraq Category:2008 murders in Iraq Category:2008 mass murders Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2008 Category:Balad in the Iraq War Category:February 2008 in Iraq Category:Marketplace attacks in Iraq Category:February 2008 crimes in Asia Category:Bombings in the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)