The deadliest days in Iraq
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 29, 2007

The deadliest days in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. Totals include people known to have died on that day as well as bodies found that day:

-August 31, 2005: At least 1,000 Shiite pilgrims are killed in a bridge stampede caused when somebody claimed there was a suicide bomber in their midst.

-Nov. 23, 2006: Mortar rounds and five car bombs kill 215 people in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City.

-March 6, 2007: Officials report 194 deaths, including 120 by two suicide bombers in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad.

-March 2, 2004: Coordinated blasts from suicide bombers, mortars and planted explosives strike Shiite Muslim shrines in Karbala and Baghdad, killing at least 181 people.

-March 29, 2007: At least 179 people are killed, including 104 by multiple suicide bombers in the town of Khalis, north of Baghdad, and in predominantly Shiite markets in the capital.

-Sept. 14, 2005: At least 178 people are killed, including 112 by a suicide car bomber in a crowd of day laborers in Baghdad.

-Feb. 3, 2007: Officials report 167 deaths, including 137 by a suicide truck bomber at a market in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad.

-Jan. 16, 2007: Violence throughout the country kills 142 people, including 70 by bombs at a university in Baghdad, 15 by back-to-back explosions near a Sunni mosque in Baghdad and 11 by gunmen at an outdoor market in a mainly Shiite neighborhood of the capital.

-Feb. 1, 2007: The bullet-riddled bodies of 33 men are found scattered across Baghdad and 73 people are killed by two suicide bombers in a crowded market in Hillah on a day when officials reported 138 deaths nationwide.

-Jan. 22, 2007: Officials report 138 deaths, including 88 by a parked car bomb followed immediately by a suicide car bomber in a predominantly Shiite area in Baghdad.

The AP News and Information Research Center contributed to this report.

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