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10 May 2010 Iraq attacks

2010 terrorist incident in Iraq

Field	Value
title	10 May 2010 Iraq attacks
partof	Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
location	Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Fallujah, Iskandariyah, Al Tarmia, Suwayrah, Samarra. Iraq
target	various
date	10 May 2010
timezone	UTC+4
type	coordinated bomb detonations, suicide car bombings, targeted killings, shootings
fatalities	114+
injuries	350+
perps	Unknown

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The 10 May 2010 Iraq attacks were a series of bomb and shooting attacks that occurred in Iraq on 10 May 2010, killing over 114 people and injuring 350, the highest death toll for a single day in Iraq in 2010.

Background

Following the inconclusive 2010 Iraqi elections, these attacks were believed to be an attempt to further destabilise Iraq. Major General Qassim al-Moussawi, an Iraqi Army spokesman, gave a statement on 10 May in which he said "Al-Qaeda is trying to ... use some gaps created by some political problems".

According to official statistics, violent deaths in Iraq decreased slightly in April 2010 compared with April 2009.

Attacks

There were at least twenty attacks, of which the worst, by death toll, was a series of three or four suicide car bombs at the 'State Company for Textile Industries' in Al Hillah in central Iraq, approximately 100 km from the capital, Baghdad. The first two bombs were in quick succession at about 1:30 pm (10:30 UTC), followed minutes later by a third. A fourth car bomb targeted the crowd and emergency services at the scene, according to police Captain Ali al-Shimmari.{{cite news |access-date=11 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513030016/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ivtK8MT02_eZ0Pa8CtFIHXPkncYw |archive-date=13 May 2010 |url-status=dead

Fallujah, which had previously seen intense battles between insurgents and American troops was targeted with at least two deaths resulting from bomb blasts. There were also attacks in Iskandariya, Mosul, Samarra and Al Tarmia (Tarmiyah).

There were multiple shootings across the country, particularly at checkpoints in Baghdad. According to officials, as Baghdad's nightly curfew lifted at 05:00 local time, gunmen disguised as municipal street cleaners attacked 10 police and army checkpoints across the city, killing as many as 9 soldiers and officers, and wounding 24.{{cite news |access-date=11 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514090227/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/world/middleeast/11iraq.html?ref=world |archive-date=14 May 2010 |url-status=live

Responsibility

While no organization claimed responsibility, Iraqi officials alleged that Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) group carried out the attacks in retaliation against the killing of ISI's two high-ranking leaders of U.S. and Iraqi forces.

References

(10 May 2010). "At least 100 killed in Iraqi violence". BBC.
(11 May 2010). "102 dead as bombers fill power vacuum caused by Iraqi election". The Times.
(11 May 2010). "Al-Qaeda in Iraq blamed for attacks". Al Jazeera.

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