List of assassinations of the Iraq War
Since the beginning of the War in Iraq in 2003, Iraqi insurgents have targeted public figures and important individuals whom they believe to be working for the Coalition or its allied Iraqi forces.
Foreigners
- Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN representative
Governing Council
- Aqila al-Hashimi, member of the Governing Council
- Izzedine Salim, head of the Iraqi Governing Council
Journalists
Members of Parliament
- Dhari Ali al-Fayadh
- Lamia Abed Khadouri Sakri, female MP, killed April 27, 2005[1]
- Mohammed Awad
- Saleh al-Ogaili
- Harith al-Obeidi, leader of Iraqi Accord Front
Military figures
- Sheikh Sittar, Awakening Council leader
- Fasal al Gaood
- Hussein Ali al-Shaalan
Police chiefs
- Khedeir Mekhalef Ali, Khaldiya police chief; September 15, 2003
- Amer Ali Nayef, Baghdad deputy police chief; January 10, 2005
- Khalid Hassan, Diwaniya police chief; August 11, 2007
- Ali al-Deylan, Baquba police chief; September 24, 2007
- Saleh Mohammed Hassan, Mosul Provincial Police Chief; January 24, 2008
Professors
Provincial governors
- Ali Al-Haidri, Baghdad Governorate
- Raja Nawaf Farhan al-Mahalawi, Anbar Governorate, killed May 2005
- Osama Youssef Kashmoula, Ninawa Governorate, killed July 14, 2005
- Khalil Jalil Hamza, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate
- Mohammed Ali al-Hasani, Al Muthanna Governorate
Deputy governors
Religious figures
- Abdul Majid al-Khoei, Shia cleric
- Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Shia cleric
- Paulos Faraj Rahho, Chaldean Archbishop
References
- Cordesman, Anthony H.; Davies, Emma R. (2007). Iraq's Insurgency and the Road to Civil Conflict. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 679. ISBN 978-0-313-34998-0.
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