2009 in Iraq
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[edit] Events
[edit] January
- The United States officially hands over responsibility for security in the Green Zone to Iraqi forces[1]
- The U.S. opens its embassy in Baghdad[1].
- The Estonian and Salvadoran missions to Iraq end.[2][3]
- Four U.S. soldiers died when two helicopters crashed in northern Iraq.[4]
- Iraq holds its provincial elections with a minimum of violence.
[edit] February
- A total of 191 Iraqis were killed in violence during January, the lowest monthly toll since the US-led invasion of March 2003.[5].
- Sixteen U.S. troops died in Iraq in January 2009.[6]
- Three U.S. soldiers were killed by a suicide car bomber in Mosul. A fourth U.S. soldier died later of wounds suffered in the attack.[7]
- Nicolas Sarkozy became the first French president to visit Iraq in a surprise stopover during a Persian Gulf tour.[8]
- The United Kingdom suffered its first Iraq War fatality of 2009 when a British soldier was shot and killed in Basra.[9]
- A female suicide bomber kills 40 Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad.[10]
- A U.S. soldier and an interpreter were shot dead by Iraqi policemen who opened fire on them as they toured Iraqi police positions on a bridge in Mosul during fighting north of Baghdad.[11] Three others were wounded.
- Christopher R. Hill was named to succeed Ryan Crocker as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.[12]
- Barack Obama, President of the United States, announced 31 August 2010 as the deadline for the withdrawal of "combat troops" from Iraq. A "transitional force" of 35,000 to 50,000 support, advisory, and counterterrorism personnel is slated for withdrawal by the end of 2011.[13]
- The Iraqi death toll for February leapt substantially from January's count to 258, a 35% increase.[14]
- Seventeen U.S. troops died in February 2009 in Iraq. One U.K. serviceman was also killed.[15]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "New US embassy opens in Baghdad". BBC News. 2009-01-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7811088.stm. Retrieved on 2009-01-12.
- ^ No more Estonian troop units in Iraq
- ^ Salvadorian Troops in Iraq Return Home
- ^ January 2009 Troop Deaths in Iraq. USAToday, Retrieved 12 February 2009
- ^ a b At least 26 dead as bombs, shootings shatter Iraq lull. Retrieved on 11 February 2009
- ^ U.S. Casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom January 2009. GlobalSecurity.Org, Retrieved on 12 February 2009
- ^ February 2009 Iraq Deaths. USAToday, Retrieved on 12 February 2009
- ^ Sarkozy makes surprise Iraq visit. Retrieved on 11 February 2009
- ^ UK fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq. BBC News, Retrieved on 1 March 2009
- ^ Female suicide bomber kills 40
- ^ Yahoo news- U.S. soldier killed in police attack
- ^ Hill appointed US Iraq ambassador
- ^ Obama outlines Iraq pullout plan
- ^ Iraq Death Toll Rises to 258 in February: Ministries
- ^ Iraq Coalition Casualty Count. ICasualities.org, Retrieved on 1 March 2009
