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Number of terrorist incidents (January - March)

The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 2009.

January

Date Dead Injured Location and description
January 1 6 67 India Guwahati, India. A serial blast kills 5 civilians and injures 67 in the city of Guwahati. Police believe the United Liberation Front of Asom are responsible for the attacks.
January 1 4 16 Pakistan Bajaur Agency, Pakistan. Militants fired rockets at a civil colony in the Bajaur Agency town of Khar killing four people and injuring 16 others. The attackers were able to get away before police and army officials caught them.
January 2 23 72 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. A relative of a Sunni tribal shiek blew himself up at a Sunni gathering south of Baghdad killing 23 people and wounding 72 others, including many of his relatives.
January 2 4 37 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka. Hours after the capture of the Tamil Tigers capital in northern Sri Lanka, a suicide bomber in Colombo struck killing three security officers and himself and wounding an additional 37 others.
January 3 0 3 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka. A bomb blast outside a mosque in Colombo injured three people.
January 4 35 79 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. A suicide bomb blast at a Shite religious shrine in Baghdad killed at least 35 people and injured 79.
January 4 7 28 Pakistan Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Police officers investigating "explosives" in the North-West town of Dera Ismail Khan were attacked by a teenage suicide bomber resulting in the deaths of 7 people and the injuring of another 28. Five policemen are among the dead.
January 5 0 1 Greece Athens, Greece. Police guarding the Cultural Ministry in Athens were attacked by gunfire. This comes nearly a month after riots began over the killing of a 15 year old boy by Athens Police. The unit targeted was a riot squad unit and one policeman was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Three people were arrested a short time later.
January 8 1 2 Pakistan Balochistan, Pakistan. One person was killed and two others injured in an bomb incident. The bomb had been placed on a sitting motorcycle and there is no information on who committed the act.
January 9 12 20 Afghanistan Nimroz, Afghanistan. A car bomb in a market place killed 10 civilians and two Afghan police officers and injured at least 20 others.
January 11 3 0 Thailand Southern Thailand, Thailand. Suspected Islamic insurgents in Thailand southern provinces shot and killed two Buddhist men and a Muslim woman as they headed to work at a rubber plantation.
January 12 9 18 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. Three explosions in a market, at a checkpoint and a military patrol resulted in the deaths of at least 9 Iraqis and the injuring of 18 others.
January 14 1 15 Pakistan Sui, Pakistan. A remote control triggered explosive detonated in Sui province killing one man and injuring 15 others including ten Pakistani soldiers.
January 15 6 2 Somalia Bardhere Town, Somalia. A remote controlled landmine detonated killing 3 militiamen. 2 civilians were killed along with 2 wounded in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels. whileinjuring two more civilians in an attack by Al-shabab militants.
January 17 0 0 Spain Hernani, Spain. A blast went off at a television station in Hernani causing damage but no injuries. ETA is blamed for the attack.
January 17 6 19 Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan. A suicide car bomber killed one US soldier, four civilians and wounded nineteen others.
January 18 5 20 Iraq Qaiyara, Iraq. A Sunni political leader was killed along with four other people and at least 20 other people were wounded in a suicide bombing in the northern community of Qaiyara.
January 18 0 4 Afghanistan Herat, Afghanistan. A bridge was blown up by Taliban insurgents wounding four Afghan civilians as foreign troops were apparently going over the bridge. No foreign fatalities or injuries reported.
January 20 2 2 Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan. A bicycle bomb exploded killing two Afghan police officers and wounding two.
January 21 4 10 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. Ziyad al-Ain, a dean of Baghdad's Islamic University and the Iraqi Under-secretary for the Education Ministry, Ammar Aziz Mohammed Ali, survived a car bomb but four others including a woman and a child were killed and ten others injured.
January 24 14 30 Somalia Mogadishu, Somalia. A car bomb exploded in Mogadishu killing 15 civilians and 1 Somali policemen. The bomb was meant for AU peacekeepers but policemen noticed the suspicious vehicle and fired several shots at the driver resulting in the vehicle crashing short of its target and exploding. At least 30 others were wounded.
January 24 6 13 Iraq Jarma, Iraq. A suicide bomber drove a car loaded with explosives into a checkpoint killing 5 police officers and injuring 13.
January 24 0 0 Philippines Kidapawan City, Philippines. Two men tossed a grenade into a church grounds causing damage from the explosion. No injuries or deaths were reported.
January 26 2 6 Nepal Katahariya village, Nepal]. A bomb hanging from a tree at the Katahariya village local market exploded killing one person and injuring two other people seriously. The Tarai Army has claimed responsibility for the blast.
January 27 1 3 Israel Kissufim, Israel. Militants detonate a bomb at the Kissufim crossing, killing one Israeli soldier and wounding three.
January 28 2 4 Colombia Bogota, Colombia. An explosion in a two-story building in Bogota has killed 2 people and injured at least four others.
January 30 0 10 Philippines Davao City, Philippines. Communist rebels set off a landmine by a military convoy in Davao City and then attacked a police station with gunfire, injuring 10 people.

February

Date Dead Injured Location and description
February 1 3 40 China Zhumadian, Henan Province, China. An explosive device detonated outside a hospital in Zhumdian in Henan Province killing 3 people and injuring 40 others according to the Hong Kong Centre and police report four dead and two injured. It is believed someone unhappy with the hospital might be behind the explosion.
February 1 1 3 Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan. Insurgents attacked a Nato convoy in Kabul with a suicide bomber resulting in the injuring of two Afghan civilians and a French soldier and the death of the insurgent attacker.
February 2 22 8 Afghanistan Tirin Kot, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. A suicide bomber in a police uniform in the Southern Afghan province detonated an explosive belt killing himself and 21 other Afghan police recruits and injured 8 others.
February 3 4 24 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka. Rebels detonated a bomb on a bus carrying Sri Lankan soldiers in the capital of Colombo killing four people and injuring twenty-four others as the military continues it's offensive in northern Sri Lanka against Tamil rebels.
February 4 1 4 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. A bombing occurred in western Baghdad killing the son of a Iraqi Sunni Awakening Council member and injuring four other people.
February 4 0 1 United States West Memphis, Arkansas, United States. Trent P. Pierce Chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board was critically injured in a car bombing that occurred in his drive way. There are reports that he received serious injuries to his abdomen and face, but no internal trauma was reported. No one else was wounded in the blast.
February 5 15 15 Iraq Khaniqin, Diyala Province, Iraq. A bombing occurred in a restaurant killing fifteen people and injuring fifteen others in Diyala province bordering the Kurdish Autonomous Zone.
February 8 2 11 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. A roadside bomb exploded targeting Shiite pilgrims in northern Baghdad killing two and injuring at least eleven others.
February 8 1 14 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. An IED exploded in eastern Baghdad after the bombing targeting Shiite pilgrims killing one civilian and injuring fourteen others.
February 8 0 0 Israel Bethlehem, West Bank, Israel. Palestinians tossed flaming Molotov cocktails at a bus. No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
February 9 30 90 Sri Lanka Vishvamadu, Sri Lanka. A female suicide bomber from the LTTE Black Tigers detonated her explosives in a crowd of soldiers and fleeing refugees in northern Sri Lanka as an attempt to cow people into not leaving rebel-held areas of Sri Lanka. Twenty-eight people including eight civilians were reportedly killed and at least ninety others wounded.
February 9 0 0 Spain Madrid, Spain. A van exploded near the offices of construction company Ferrovial and the blast is being blamed on ETA rebels in the Basque Country after two political parties connected to ETA were banned from upcoming regional elections. No one was hurt or killed in the blast.
February 9 6 3 Iraq Mosul, Iraq. A suicide attacker detonated his explosives by a police check-point killing four American soldiers, their Iraqi translator and injuring two police officers and one civilian.
February 11 16 43 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. Two suicide car bombers detonated explosives in SW Baghdad in car lots killing at least 16 people and injuring 43 others.
February 11 28 57 Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan. Twenty people were killed along with eight Taliban attackers in Kabul as the insurgents targeted a prison and the nearby Interior ministry. Afghan forces and plain-clothed CIA operatives were able to get control of the situation.
February 12 4 3 Iraq Mosul, Iraq. A car bomb killed four people and injured three in Mosul, Northern Iraq.
February 12 3 1 Thailand Pattani Province, Thailand. A roadside bomb exploded in the Pattani province targeting a police car after it had just completed escorting educators to a school in the insurgent-hit south. Three policemen died and a fourth was critically injured.
February 13 7 1 Algeria Foum Al-Metleg, Algeria. A bomb targeting a civilian mini-van detonated killing all four occupants including a child and a second blast detonated when rescue workers arrived killing two police officers and one firefighter. One other police officer was seriously wounded.
February 13 35 65 Iraq Karbala, Iraq. A female suicide bomber attacked a procession of Shia pilgrims — many of them women and children — south of Baghdad on Friday, killing 35 people and injuring 65 others, officials said. It was the third straight day of deadly bombings against Shia pilgrims.
February 13 0 3 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. An insurgent in eastern Baghdad tossed a grenade at Iraqi forces injuring three police officers in the blast.
February 14 0 5 Afghanistan Kandahar, Afghanistan. An improvised explosive device (IED) hit a Canadian military convoy in Afghanistan in Kandahar City leaving four Canadian soldiers and one Afghan interpreter injured. Canadian forces exchanged gunfire with insurgents after the explosion.
February 14 1 13 Sri Lanka Puliyankulam, Sri Lanka. LTTE rebels tossed a hand grenade into a bus packed with refugees in Northern Sri Lanka killing one civilian and injuring 13 other people.
February 15 0 5 Philippines Maitum, Philippines. An improvised explosive device detonated in front of a government building housing a gymnasium injuring five people.
February 15 0 0 United States Victorville, California, United States. An improvised explosive device went off inside a federal prison in California during a search Saturday, according to federal authorities. No one was injured, the authorities told CNN. The incident happened in the recreation area of the Victorville Federal Penitentiary. Bureau of Prisons spokesperson Traci Billingsley said the device was found by a staff member during a “routine search of inmate property”. She said it “detonated upon discovery.”
February 18 0 0 Greece Athens, Greece. Two gunmen fired 13 shots into a private T.V studio's compound and tossed in an explosive device before fleeing on two sport motorcycles. No one was hurt or killed in the incident and the bomb failed to explode.
February 18 0 0 Iran Zahedan, Iran. One male attempted to detonated an explosive device inside a mosque in the central city of Zahedan. However he was refused entrance and he headed to a nearby kitchen and placed the explosives down where it detonated. Minor damage was reported but no casualties.
February 19 4 2 Iraq Balad Ruz, Iraq. Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and two were injured when a roadside bomb exploded in the restive province of Diyala on Thursday, a senior police officer told AFP. The attack took place in Balad Ruz, a town 70 kilometers (44 miles) northeast of Baghdad, said the officer, who asked not to be named.
February 20 27 65 Pakistan Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. A bombing occurred at a Shiite funeral possession that killed 27 people and injured at least 65 other people.
February 20 3 2 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. A woman and two children were killed in one explosion and two police officers were wounded in a secondary explosion targeting emergency services.
February 20 4 50+ Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka. Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en-route to the national airforce headquarters were shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target. 4 people including the two pilots were killed while over 50 were injured.
February 21 0 5 Israel Maalot, Israel. Two rockets were fired from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre injuring three Israeli citizens in Maalot. Two civilians were later treated for shock following the attacks. Hezbollah has denied involvement.
February 22 0 0 Spain Barakaldo, Spain. A bomb detonated in Basque Country. No injuries were reported.
February 22 1 22 Egypt Khan el-Khalili, Egypt. A bomb detonated in an area of coffee shops near Al Hussein Mosque, killing a French tourists. 17 French nationals, 3 Saudis, and 3 Egyptians were wounded.
February 22 13 15 Somalia Mogadishu, Somalia. Two Al Shabeeb militants in a car detonated a bomb in an AU base, killing eleven peacekeepers from Burundi and injuring fifteen others.
February 23 0 0 Spain Lazkao, Spain. A rucksack packed with around 10 kg worth of explosives explodes outside the Basque Socialist Party headquarters in the town after a warning call from ETA. The blast took place at 3:00 am, causing major damage to the local but no injuries were reported.
February 24 0 0 Spain Vitoria, Spain. A bomb explodes in front of a PNV headquarters in Vitoria causing minimal damage and no injuries.
February 25 2 8 Afghanistan Kandahar, Afghanistan. A motorcycle bomb exploded killing two civilians and injuring eight other people including five ANA soldiers.
February 27 0 0 India Thoubal district, India. Unknown militants threw bombs into a congressional office resulting in one bomb exploding resulting in significant damage but no injuries or deaths.
February 28 4 6 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. A bomb in Sunni western Baghdad left four people including a police officer dead and another six wounded.

March

Date Dead Injured Location and description
March 1 1 6 Afghanistan Jalalabad, Afghanistan. A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives near a passing U.S convoy in eastern Afghanistan. No damage occurred to the U.S convoy but the bomber was killed and six civilians, including two children were injured in the blast. Taliban militants are suspected for the blast.
March 2 4 5 Pakistan Balochistan, Pakistan. A suicide bomber detonanted his explosives at an Islamic Seminary killing four people and injuring at least five others.
March 3 7 9 Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan. The Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked by armed gunmen in the streets of Lahore as they headed to a match with the Pakistani national team. Six policemen and the driver were killed and seven players, an umpire and an official were wounded in the ambush. Pakistan interior ministry has stated they are in a "total war" with insurgents but some believe the Tamil Tigers are responsible.
March 3 1 9 Iraq Diyala Province, Iraq. Two bombs exploded in Diyala province targeting police patrols. One police officer was killed in the first explosion and his partner was wounded and a second blast injured four more police officers and four civilians.
March 4 0 2 Philippines Cotabato, Philippines. An improvised explosive device exploded at a hostel popular with foreign tourists damaging four rooms and injuring two people. Muslim rebels are suspected in the blast.
March 4 3 2 Afghanistan Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. A roadside bomb detonated in Kandahar province as a Canadian military patrol went by killing three Canadian soldiers and injuring two others.
March 4 4 22 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. A blast at a restaurant killed four people and injured at least 22 others in Baghdad.
March 5 12 56 Iraq Hilla, Iraq. In a crowded cattle market sixty miles south of Baghdad in the town of Hilla a massive explosive detonated killing 12 people and injuring 56 others. All dead and injured are reported to be civilians.
March 5 2 7 Iraq Mosul, Iraq. A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives in northern Mosul killing one Iraqi soldier and injuring seven other people.
March 5 1 2 Israel Jerusalem, Israel. A Palestinian bulldozer driver rammed into a police car, pushing it down Menachem Begin Expressway and then hit a bus before he was shot. Two officers were wounded. Senior Hamas official Mushir al-Masr said "The operation in Jerusalem was a natural response to aggression against our people."
March 7 7 15 Pakistan Peshawar, Pakistan. A blast targeting police in Peshawar killed seven people, including five police and injured at least 15 others.
March 7 5 5 Pakistan Tirah, Pakistan. A suicide car bomber detonated explosives in front of a mosque run by a militant group that is at odd with the Pakistani militant group that completed the Mumbai attacks killing five people in all and injuring five others.
March 7 2 4 United Kingdom Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Gunmen opened fire in a military base in Northern Ireland killing two British soldiers and injuring four more people, including two more soldiers. Dissident groups are believed to be behind the attack.
March 7 0 9 Turkey Trabzon Province, Turkey. Bomb exploded in an alcohol shop in the northern province leaving nine people injured. Islamic militants are being blamed for the bombing.
March 7 2 6 China Nanyang, Henan, China. A bomb exploded in an apartment complex killing two people and injuring six others including five kindergarten-aged children and an instructor.
March 8 28 57 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police academy killing 28 people and injuring 57 others.
March 10 14 41 Sri Lanka Southern Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. A suicide bomber occurred at a mosque in a southern town in Sri Lanka killing 14 people and injuring 41 others including a minister.
March 10 4 6 Afghanistan Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Taliban militants planted a roadside bomb in Helmand province that detonated when a passing van went by resulting in four people being killed and six others injured. All casualties in this incident were civilians.
March 10 33 46 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. A bomb exploded near Abu Gharib prison killing two journalists, civilians and soldiers. In total 33 people were killed and 46 others injured.
March 15 4 0 Afghanistan Nangarhar, Afghanistan. A roadside bomb killed 4 US soldiers. The Taliban has claimed responsibility.
March 15 2 14 Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan. A suicide bomber targeting a NATO patrol killed 2 Afghan civilians and wounded 14 other civilians.
March 15 2 0 Israel Nablus, West Bank, Two Israeli traffic policeman were killed near the town of Nablus by the Imad Mughniyeh Group, an organization named after the assassination of Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyah. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said "nationalistic motive" appeared to have been behind the attack.
March 15 5 4 Yemen Shibam, Yemen. A suicide bomber detonated his suicide vest near Korean tourists posing for pictures in southern Yemen at Shibam, a UNESCO World Heritage site referred to as the "Manhattan of the Desert". Four South Koreans and a Yemeni tour guide were killed and four other foreigners and an "unspecified number of Yemenis" were wounded.
March 15 2 0 Afghanistan Helmand, Afghanistan. Two British soldiers are killed by a roadside bomb while traveling in an off-road armored vehicle.
March 16 11 29 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. A Taliban militant in police uniform detonates explosives inside a police headquarters, killing 11 people and wounding 29.
March 16 8 17 Pakistan Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A suicide bomber strikes a bus depot, killing 8 and wounding 17.
March 18 1 0 Yemen Sana'a, Yemen. A suicide bomber explodes near a convoy carrying South Korean investigators and relatives of the victims of the Shibam attack. No injuries are reported aside from the suicide bomber himself.
March 18 1 12 India New Jalpaiguri, India. An explosive detonates, killing 1 person and injuring at least 12 others. The provincial administration believes the blast is not related to upcoming district elections, but by unidentified terrorists.
March 18 0 0 Greece Athens, Greece. A homemade bomb exploded at the government office of the ruling party in Greece, causing damage but no injuries according to the police. Deputy Kyriakos Mitsotakis was not at the office during the attack.
March 19 4 0 Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan. A roadside bomb planted by Taliban militants killed legislator Dad Mohammad Khan and his 3 body guards.
March 19 4 0 Thailand Pattani, Thailand. A roadside bomb placed by "muslim separatists" killed 4 paramilitary soldiers during a patrol in "insurgent-infested" province of Pattani,
March 20 10 40 Pakistan Landi Kotel, Taliban militants in North-western Pakistan fired several rockets at a military camp in Landi Kotal. One of the missiles hit the commercial area resulting in most of the casualties. Ten people in all were killed and at least 40 were wounded.

March 20 4 8 Afghanistan Kandahar, Afghanistan. 2 roadside bombs killed 4 and wounded 8 Canadian soldiers, and an Afghan interpreter in the hostile Shah Wali Kot district.
March 21 6 4 Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan. A car bombing at a police checkpoint kills 5 civilians and 1 police officer. 4 civilians were wounded in the attack.
March 22 0 7 Philippines Kidapawan, Philippines. A bomb exploded on an overpass over a busy marketplace wounding seven people. The blast blew out windows of local shops and police officers and soldiers began stepped up patrols of the area.
March 22 2 8 Iraq Saadiyah, Iraq. Police conducting a raid in Saadiyah were the target of a booby-trap bomb as a massive explosion rocked the city when one of the houses they entered exploded. Two Iraqi police officers were killed and 8 others wounded.
March 23 25 45 Iraq Jalawla, 25 civilians are killed after a suicide bomber detonated at a Kurdish funeral. "Dozens" are reported to have been wounded.
March 23 9 22 Iraq Abu Gharib, Iraq. Nine people were killed and at least another 22 were injured after a roadside bomb planted by a garage where vehicles were getting repaired exploded. The explosion occurred in the early afternoon at peak business for the garage.
March 25 4 7 Iraq Mosul, Iraq. A bomb exploded in a group of female school girls in the ethnically charged city of Mosul killing for female students and injuring another seven children.
March 25 9 7 Afghanistan Zazimydan, Afghanistan. A bus from the town of Zazimydan was hit by an explosive device that killed seven people, including women and children instantly and caused two more civilians to pass away on the way to hospital. Seven others were injured in the blast.
March 25 0 12 India Tezpur, Assam, India. Militants in insurgent racked Assam province tossed a grenade into a busy marketplace in Tezpur, Assam injuring twelve people, two seriously.

March 26 16 40 Iraq Baghdad, Iraq. At a shopping mall in northern Baghdad a car bomb exploded killing sixteen people and injuring at least forty others. The attack in a mostly Shite area was possibly an attempt to reignite tensions between the Shite majority and Sunni minority.
March 26 10 25 Pakistan Peshawar, Pakistan. A suicide bomber detonated explosives at an inn where people meet for tea and meals. Ten people were killed in the attack and another twenty-five were injured.
March 26 0 0 Spain Amorebieta, a bomb explodes in a businessman chalet suspected to be the work of ETA. No one was killed or injured.
March 27 48 80 Pakistan Jamrud, Pakistan. A suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Pakistan where 250 people had gathered for prayers near the Afghanistan border killed 48 people and injured at least 80 people. The death toll will likely rise as more people believed trapped in the rubble or will die from their injuries.
March 27 0 6 Thailand Yala Province, Thailand. Six Thai soldiers were injured in an explosion in the southern Thailand province of Yala. Militants opened fire on the patrol after the explosion but no casualties occurred in the firefight.
March 30 9 8 Afghanistan Dand District, Afghanistan. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a local government office resulting in the death of nine people and the injuring of eight people.
March 30 12 90 Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan. Militants believed to be trained by the same organization that committed the Mumbai attacks in November 2008 and the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore on March 3rd, 2009 attacked a police academy with bombs and gunfire. In total seven attackers, heavily armed attacked the police academy resulting in a massive eight hour gun battle that left 12 dead and at least 90 injured. Four of the dead were attackers and three were captured.
March 31 8 21 Iraq Mosul, Iraq. A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police station in the ethnically volatile city of Mosul where Al Qaeda strikes regularly, and tensions are simmering between Arab and Kurdish factions. In the blast eight people were killed, including the bomber and four police officers and seventeen others were wounded.

April

Date Dead Injured Location and description
April 1 10 0 Afghanistan Kandahar An attack by militants on a provincial council building kills ten. The attackers wore army uniforms and suicide vests and began the attack with a car bomb.
April 2 1 1 West Bank Bethlehem A 13 year old Israeli child was killed by a local Palestinian in the Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin. A 7 year old was also injured and is being treated for serious wounds. Islamic Jihad and Imad Mughniyeh have claimed responsibility.
April 5 22 50 Pakistan Chakwal A suicide bomber detonates explosives at a mosque during prayer, killing 22 civilians and injuring more than 50. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.
April 6 7 60 India Assam Two bomb blasts kill 7 and injure 60 a day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was expected to visit. Police accuse United Liberation Front of coordinating the attacks.
April 6 36 110 Iraq Baghdad 6 bomb attacks kill 36 people and injure 110 in Shiite neighborhoods. US forces believe Al Qaeda was responsible, stating "the nature of the targets was consistent with past attacks."
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