A Chronology of Hell

The deadliest bomb attacks in Iraq:

January 5, 2006 - Two suicide bombers kill over 120 people and wound more than 200 in the cities of Kerbala and Ramadi. Fifty-three were killed and 148 wounded in Kerbala and 70 killed and 65 wounded in Ramadi.

July 1, 2006 - A car bomb attack at a crowded market in Sadr city, a Shi'ite district of eastern Baghdad, kills 62 and wounds 114. The Supporters of the Sunni People, a previously unknown Iraqi Sunni Muslim group claim responsibility.

July 18, 2006 - Fifty-nine people are killed by a suicide bomb in Kufa, near Najaf in an attack claimed by al Qaeda.

August 10, 2006 - Thirty-five people are killed and 90 injured by bomb blasts near the Imam Ali shrine in southern city of Najaf. The Jamaat Jund al-Sahaba (Soldiers of the Prophet's Companions) group claim responsibility.

November 23, 2006 - Six car bombs in different parts of the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad kill 202 people. A further 250 people are wounded.

December 12, 2006 - A suicide bomber kills 47 people and wounds at least 148 in Tayran Square, in central Baghdad after luring a crowd of laborers to his vehicle with promises of work.

This in 2006 alone. Reuters has the rest since 2003.

Update:

That December 12th bombing? Make that at least 70 killed and 235 wounded.



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