2004 Kufa mosque bombing

Part of the Iraq War 2004 Kufa shelling Kufa, Iraq mosque August 26, 2004 Iraq War mortar attack 74 315 The 2004 Kufa mosque bombing occurred on August 26, 2004 when the main mosque in Kufa, Iraq was hit by a barrage of mortar rounds. The mortar rounds struck the mosque, killing 74 people, and injuring 315. Weeks before the attack happened there had been heavy fighting between U.S. forces and fighters loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr around Kufa, and Najaf. As a result of the shelling, the U.S. halted all operations around the area for 24 hours.2004-08-26 Dozens die in Iraq mosque bombing en-GB https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_3601000/3601036.stm 2023-05-10 2020-11-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20201119031024/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_3601000/3601036.stm live References Iraq Category:2004 murders in Iraq Category:Mosque bombings in Iraq Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2004 Category:2004 mass murders Category:August 2004 in Iraq Category:History of Kufa Category:Najaf Governorate in the Iraq War Category:Bombings in the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Category:Attacks on mosques in the 2000s Category:Attacks on Shiite mosques in the Iraq War