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The Beginning
sourceAl Qaida in Iraq is a sunni muslim extremist group, which was founded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in 2003. Their goal is to unite the Islamic religion under the Sharia Law. (2003-Present day) -
Western tourists beheaded
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An American civilian named nick berg was captured and beheaded by Al-Qaida in Iraq. They then justified that they beheaded him because of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. -
Hotel bombing
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57 people were killed and 300 people were injured in a suiside bombing on a hotel in Jordan. Three blasts occured, two of them by men strapped with explosives and one by a car bomb. The people that were killed were mostly Jordanian residents attending a wedding. -
Al-Askari Mosque bombing
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Al qaida in Iraq has been blamed for the bombings that have taken place in the Al-Askari Mosque. There were two bombs detonated by multiple men dressed as Iraqi special forces. No injuries or deaths were reported, but there were hundreds killed in retaliation for the destruction of this sacred mosque. -
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi dead
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a bulding north of Baghdad when a coordinated military airstrike hit the building where he was residing. -
Yazidi communities bombed
At around 8 pm there were 4 suicide bomb attacks on Yazidi communities, which killed 796 and injured 1,562 more people. which makes it second only to 9/11 in the most deadly terrorist attacks in history. -
Church standoff
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When Iraqi security forces invaded a terrorist occupied church the terrorist committed suiside by blowing up themselves and 37 other hostages. -
Multiple attacks in one day
Al qaida in Iraq takes resposibility for the tremendous amount of terrorist attacks on multiple Shiite neighborhoods, government buildings, and resaurants killing 69 people. -
Deadly attacks on Iraqi cities
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These attacks killed around 55 people and injured 225 more people two months after the United State pulled out of Iraq. Even though the U.S. has pulled out the terrorist attacks are fewer, but have been more deadly. -
Car bombings
Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for a car bombing that claimed the lives of 37 people in the Shiite areas of Baghdad. The attack is said to be "revenge" on the Shiite government against the Sunnis.
