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Attacks during the holy month of Ramadan last year
By Associated Press, 10/12/2004 15:48Here's a look at some of the attacks that were part of a surge in violence in Iraq during the holy month of Ramadan, which ran from Oct. 27 to Nov. 24 last year: Oct. 26th, 2003: Just one day before the start of Ramadan, insurgent gunners bring down a Chinook transport helicopter west of Baghdad, killing 16 Americans in what was until then the bloodiest single strike against U.S. forces since the war began March 20. Oct. 27th, 2003: Suicide bombers strike the Red Cross headquarters and three police stations across Baghdad, killing about 40 people and injuring more than 200 in a coordinated terror spree that stuns the Iraqi capital on the first day Ramadan. Oct. 29th, 2003: A hand grenade blast in the southern city of Karbala wounds Sheik Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalai, a representative of Shiite Muslim leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Oct. 30th, 2003: An explosion rocks a row of shops in Baghdad's Old City, killing two people. Nov. 2nd, 2003: An Army Black Hawk helicopter crashes apparently shot down by insurgents killing all six U.S. soldiers aboard and capping what was until then the bloodiest seven days in Iraq for Americans since the fall of Baghdad. Nov. 8th, 2003: Guerrillas attack a convoy with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire, killing one soldier and wounding six others. Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-12 |
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