2010 in Iraq

Events in the year 2010 in Iraq.

Incumbents

• President - Jalal Talabani

• Prime Minister - Nouri al-Maliki

• Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (autonomous region)
  • President - Massoud Barzani
  • Prime Minister - Barham Salih

Events

• March 7 - A parliamentary election was held in Iraq on 7 March 2010. The secular, non-sectarian Iraqi National Movement received the most votes.
• March 8 - Oil extraction rights to the Maysan Oilfields were granted to China March 8, 2010.^[1]
• August 2 - The New York Times reported that the United States would "withdraw designated combat forces from Iraq by the end of August."^[2]
• August 3 - At least 5 police officers are shot dead at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq.^[3]
• August 7 - 5 Iraqi policemen are killed in an overnight shootout in western Baghdad, while 1 policeman is killed at a checkpoint outside Fallujah.^[4]
• August 18 - The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division is the last U.S combat brigade withdraws from Iraq, ending the U.S combat mission in Iraq. 52,600 U.S military personnel remain in Iraq to take on an advisory role.^[5]
• August 19 - U.S. President Barack Obama announced that all U.S.combat operations will end on August 31. 50,000 troops will stay in an advise and assist role. The full withdrawal is scheduled for December 2011.
• September 13 - A civilian is killed and six people injured in fighting in Iraq's Diyala Governorate.^[6]
• September 15 - US and Iraqi forces raid a neighbourhood in Fallujah resulting in at least six casualties.^[7]
• September 17 - An Iraqi Army soldier is killed and eleven people are wounded following two bombs going off in Baghdad.^[8]
• September 19 - 2 car bombs explode in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 31 people and injuring 111.^[9]
• September 26 - The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution cross the border into Iraq and kill 30 Kurds.^[10]

Notable deaths

• January 25 – Ali Hassan al-Majid, 68, Iraqi military commander and government minister, execution by hanging.^[11]
• April 18 – Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi, Iraqi terrorist (Al-Qaeda), airstrike.^[12]
• September 7 – Riad al-Saray, 35, Iraqi television presenter, shot.^[13]
• September 8 – Safah Abdul Hameed, Iraqi journalist, shot.^[14]

See also

• Iraq War
• Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2010 in Iraq.

• Obama Claims End to Combat Operations in Iraq, But Iraqis See Same War Under a Different Name - video report by Democracy Now!