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Index 2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre

The 2007 Tal Afar bombings took place on March 27, 2007, when two truck bombs targeted Shia areas of the Turkmen town of Tal Afar, Iraq, killing 152 and wounding 347 people.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 10 relations: Anti-Shi'ism, Car bomb, Coordinated Universal Time, Iraq, Iraqi civil war (2006–2008), Iraqi Turkmen, Shia Islam, Suicide attack, Summary execution, Tal Afar.

  2. 2007 murders in Iraq
  3. Car and truck bombings in 2007
  4. Crime in Nineveh Governorate
  5. March 2007 crimes
  6. March 2007 events in Iraq
  7. Massacres in 2007
  8. Massacres of the Iraq War
  9. Nineveh Governorate in the Iraq War
  10. Paramilitary action stubs
  11. Persecution of Iraqi Turkmen
  12. Suicide bombings in 2007
  13. Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq
  14. Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2007

Anti-Shi'ism

Anti-Shi'ism or Shiaphobia is hatred of, prejudice against, discrimination against, persecution of, and violence against Shia Muslims because of their religious beliefs, traditions, and cultural heritage.

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Car bomb

A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)

The Iraqi civil war was an armed conflict from 2006 to 2008 between various sectarian Shia and Sunni armed groups, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Mahdi Army, in addition to the Iraqi government alongside American-led coalition forces.

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Iraqi Turkmen

The Iraqi Turkmen (also spelled as Turkoman and Turcoman; Irak Türkmenleri), also referred to as Iraqi Turks, Turkish-Iraqis, the Turkish minority in Iraq, and the Iraqi-Turkish minority (translitIrāq; Irak Türkleri) are Iraq's third largest ethnic group.

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Shia Islam

Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam.

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Suicide attack

A suicide attack is a deliberate attack in which the perpetrators knowingly sacrifice their own lives as part of the attack.

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Summary execution

In civil and military jurisprudence, summary execution is the putting to death of a person accused of a crime without the benefit of a free and fair trial.

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Tal Afar

Tal Afar (Talʿafar) is a city in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq, located west of Mosul, east of Sinjar.

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See also

2007 murders in Iraq

Car and truck bombings in 2007

Crime in Nineveh Governorate

March 2007 crimes

  • 2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre

March 2007 events in Iraq

Massacres in 2007

Massacres of the Iraq War

Nineveh Governorate in the Iraq War

Paramilitary action stubs

Persecution of Iraqi Turkmen

Suicide bombings in 2007

Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq

Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2007

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Tal_Afar_bombings_and_massacre

Also known as 2007 Tal Afar bombings.