Timeline - War in Iraq - Backstory

From 7/12/2010 (56 days ago) - 7/18/2010 (50 days ago)
(7 day period - 105 grouped and future/spin-off stories) View the latest timeline >>

- Sentiment of this story during this period is negative with 64% being negative and 36% being positive with a positive trend.

The sentiment of the story in the later half of this period is positive with 100% being positive and 0% being negative.

The sentiment of the story in the earlier half of this period is negative with 100% being negative and 0% being positive.

- The current 6 day period story count (24 stories) decreased -17.24% from the previous 6 day period (29 stories).

Dates with the most stories	# of stories	Story name
5/10/2010 (119 days ago)	26	Gunmen, bombs kill 60 across Iraq MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines Gunmen using weapons fitted with silencers attacked checkpoints and suicide and car bombers targeted civilians as insurgents launched assaults in Iraq that killed dozens. Iraq - Suicide attack - Baghdad - Suicide - Death
4/23/2010 (136 days ago)	24	Bomb targets Iraqi cleric's office, killing 14 StarTribune.com rss feed Iraqi officials say a car bomb has targeted the main Baghdad office of an anti-U.S. Shiite cleric in the deadliest of a series of attacks that killed more than 30 people.
4/19/2010 (140 days ago)	30	PM: Iraq al Qaeda leaders killed CNN.com Two of the most wanted terrorist figures in Iraq have been killed in a joint Iraqi-U.S. operation, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday.
4/6/2010 (153 days ago)	22	Official: Spate of explosions kills at least 49 in Iraq USATODAY.com News - Top Stories At least seven bombs ripped through apartment buildings across Baghdad Tuesday and another struck a market, killing 49 people ...
4/4/2010 (155 days ago)	19	3 explosions shake central Baghdad MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines Three loud explosions shook central Baghdad in quick succession Sunday, breaking a period of relative calm in the Iraqi capital after elections last month.
3/26/2010 (164 days ago)	34	Early Iraq results favor secular challenger StarTribune.com rss feed Results released so far in Iraq's parliamentary election show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki trailing his main rival, former prime minister Ayad Allawi.
3/7/2010 (183 days ago)	24	19 die as Iraqis defy violence to vote MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines Iraqis voted in an election testing the mettle of the country's still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed 19 people in the capital and sent down a barrage of mortars.
3/6/2010 (184 days ago)	24	In Basra, Iraqi Shiites Face Off Again NYT > NYTimes.com Home The fact that men on opposing sides in a war have become mere political rivals in the space of two years is a testament to the progress made by Iraq’s democracy.
3/4/2010 (186 days ago)	19	Bombs mar early voting in Iraq CNN.com Bomb attacks disrupted voting as the polls opened in Iraq's national elections today. Twelve people were killed.
3/3/2010 (187 days ago)	28	Ex-commander in Iraq to give deposition in KBR case chron.com Chronicle Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez will be deposed in Houston as an expert witness on KBR's assertion that it does not bear blame for a deadly attack on its civilian contract workers in Iraq.
2/3/2010 (215 days ago)	20	Court Overturns Ban on Hundreds of Iraqi Candidates NYT > NYTimes.com Home By overturning the fiercely disputed ban of candidates for suspected ties to the Baath Party, the court may have averted a boycott of the national election.
2/1/2010 (217 days ago)	20	Female suicide bomber hits Iraq pilgrims, kills 46 StarTribune.com rss feed A female suicide bomber walking among Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad detonated an explosives belt on Monday, killing at least 46 people and wounding more than 122, officials said.
1/29/2010 (220 days ago)	20	Blair defends Iraq decision CNN.com The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the United States changed Britain and America's view of how to deal with Saddam Hussein, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair testified Friday.
1/25/2010 (224 days ago)	26	Car bombs hit 3 Baghdad hotels, kill at least 16 StarTribune.com rss feed Three car bombs exploded Monday near three Baghdad hotels popular with Western journalists and businessmen, killing at least 16 people and wounding scores more, Iraqi police said.
1/1/2010 (248 days ago)	19	Judge tosses Blackwater case; Iraqis upset Boston.com -- Latest news A federal judge cited repeated government missteps in dismissing all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a case that inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad.
12/30/2009 (250 days ago)	35	Staggered suicide blasts kill 18 in Iraq MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines Two blasts ripped through the center of a city in western Iraq, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens, police said.
12/22/2009 (258 days ago)	18	Iran: Border spat with Iraq was misunderstanding Boston.com -- Latest news Iran on Tuesday said its recent takeover of an Iraqi oil well was the result of a "misunderstanding" and called for the two nations to open talks to clearly demarcate their border.
12/8/2009 (272 days ago)	23	Suicide car blasts kill at least 127 in Iraq USATODAY.com News - Top Stories A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including three car bombs that blew up near government sites. At least ...
11/11/2009 (299 days ago)	21	Iraqi lawmakers pass election law, paving way for January vote (washingtonpost.com) Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday night passed an election law, overcoming a weeks-long impasse and averting a constitutional crisis that threatened to delay the U.S. troop drawdown.
10/25/2009 (316 days ago)	29	Car bombs targeting Baghdad government kill 136 (chicagotribune.com) BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Two suicide car bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 136 people and delivering a powerful blow to the heart of the fragile city's government in the worst attack of the year, officials said.

War in Iraq

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U.S. turns over Tariq Aziz, other members of Saddam Hussein regime to Iraqi custody

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Clinton: Iraq must form government soon

Oil smuggling to Iran embarrassment for Iraq

Ex-diplomat: UK exaggerated Iraq WMD claims