List of massacres in Iraq

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Iraq (numbers may be approximate). For massacres during the Iraq War, see List of massacres of the Iraq War:

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Simele massacre	August 1933	Northern Iraq	3000	Iraqi army massacred Assyrian Christians
Farhud	June 1-2, 1941	Baghdad	175-780	Considered "the beginning of the end of the Jewish community of Iraq"
Dujail Massacre	July 8, 1982	Dujail	148
Halabja poison gas attack	March 16, 1988	Halabja	5000+	Iraqi government used chemical weapons on Kurdish town; condemned as an act of genocide
2004 Iraq churches attacks	August 1, 2004	Baghdad and Mosul	12	71 injured
Haditha killings	November 19, 2005	Haditha	24	Iraqi civilians were killed by United States Marines
2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre	March 27, 2007	Tal Afar	152	Shiites were bombed
2007 Mosul massacre	April 23, 2007	Mosul	23	The murders were considered to be a reprisal for the honor killing of a 17-year-old Yazidi girl
Al Ahamir Massacre	June 29, 2007	Al Ahamir	10-14	Iraqi civilians were killed by Al Qaeda
Nisour Square massacre	September 16, 2007	Baghdad	17	Private military company, Blackwater Security Consulting, shot at Iraqi civilians killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, Baghdad while escorting a US embassy convoy.
2010 Baghdad church attack	October 31, 2010	Baghdad	58	The Islamic State of Iraq attacked a Catholic church
Camp Ashraf raid	April 8, 2011	Camp Ashraf	34	Unarmed members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran were killed by Iraqi security forces. 300+ injured.
2013 Camp Ashraf massacre	September 1, 2013	Camp Ashraf	52	Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps helped plan and direct the assault on the camp and then two of Iran's Iraqi-based proxies, Kata'ib Hezbollah and Asaib Ahl al-Haq carried out the attack.
Camp Speicher massacre	12 - 15 June 2014	Tikrit	1700	On 12 June 2014, the Islamic State with the help the Sunni local tribes killed at least 1,700 unarmed Iraqi Air Force cadets. They were separated by sect: Sunnis were allowed to repent for their military service, while Shiites were lined up for firing squads. The soldiers were separated into small groups, executed and buried in mass graves.

See also

• List of massacres of the Iraq War