2004 Karbala and Najaf bombings

Car bombings in Iraq October 2019 June 2023 2004 Karbala and Najaf bombings Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006) in Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Najaf and Karbala, Iraq Funeral procession, Imam Ali Mosque 19 December 2004 UTC+3 Suicide car bombings 66 191 Unknown, denied by Al-Qaeda in Iraq Anti-Shi'ism The 2004 Karbala and Najaf bombings were car bombings that tore through a funeral procession in Najaf and through the main bus station in nearby Karbala—two Shia holy cities – on 19 December 2004.https://www.foxnews.com/story/fast-facts-abu-musab-al-zarqawi Fast Facts: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 8 June 2006 Associated Press Fox News 29 December 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025454/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198661,00.html 15 June 2006http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200412/21/eng20041221_168156.html 62 Iraqis killed in Karbala-Najaf bombings 21 December 2004 1 November 2019 People's Daily Online 12 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112081639/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200412/21/eng20041221_168156.html live 66 people were killed and 191 wounded.http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.main/index.html Bombs in Karbala, Najaf kill 67 CNN 19 December 2004 1 November 2019 Karl Penhaul Cal Perry Cal Perry Kianne Sadeq Nermeen al-Mufti Kevin Flower Stephanie Halasz https://web.archive.org/web/20041223235105/http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.main/index.html 23 December 2004 Perpetrators Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn ('al-Qaeda in Iraq') said that the group was not responsible for these attacks.https://jamestown.org/program/coalition-warfare-part-ii-how-zarqawi-fits-into-bin-ladens-world-front/ Coalition Warfare, Part II: How Zarqawi Fits into Bin Laden's World Front 28 April 2005 The Jamestown Foundation Terrorism Focus 2 8 5 October 2016 15 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190415013942/https://jamestown.org/program/coalition-warfare-part-ii-how-zarqawi-fits-into-bin-ladens-world-front/ live References Iraq Category:2004 murders in Iraq Category:Mosque bombings in Iraq Category:Attacks on Shiite mosques in the Iraq War Najaf bombings Category:December 2004 crimes in Asia Category:December 2004 in Iraq Karbala and Najaf Category:2004 mass murders Category:Najaf in the Iraq War Category:Suicide bombings in 2004 Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2004 Category:Attacks on funerals in Iraq Category:Karbala in the Iraq War Category:Bombings in the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Category:2004 building bombings Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to al-Qaeda in Iraq Category:Attacks on mosques in the 2000s