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2009 in Iraq
Events in the year 2009 in Iraq.
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Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
January[edit]
1 January – The United States officially hands over responsibility for security in theGreen Zone to Iraqi
forces[1]
The U.S. opens its embassy in Baghdad.[1]
22 January – The Estonian and Salvadoran missions to Iraq end.[2][3]
26 January – Four U.S. soldiers died when two helicopters crashed, after they came under enemy fire, in
northern Iraq.[4]
31 January – Iraq holds its provincial elections with a minimum of violence.
February[edit]
1 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]
9 February – Thr ee 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]
10 February – Nicolas Sarkozy became the first French president to visit Iraq in a surprise stopover during
a Persian Gulf tour.[8]
11 February – Twin car bombings at a Baghdad bus station kill 16 people.[5]
12 February – The United Kingdom suffered its first Iraq War fatality of 2009 when a British soldier was
shot and killed in Basra.[9]
13 February – A female suicide bomber kills 40 Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad.[10]
15 February - a U.S. soldier from 610 ESC, 14th Engineer Battalion, 555 Engineer Brigade was killed by
an EFP (Explosively Formed Projectile) in As Salam in Southern Iraq
23 February –
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 inMosul during fighting north of Baghdad.[11] Three
others were wounded.
Three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter were killed and a fourth U.S. soldier wounded in a firefight
with insurgents in the Diyala Province.[12]
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27 February –
Christopher R. Hill was named to succeed Ryan Crocker as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.[13]
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. Obama declared that
this strategy for withdrawal was in line with the American goal of "a full transition to Iraqi
responsibility" for the sovereign nation of Iraq. He congratulated the Iraqi people and government
for their "proud resilience" in not "giving into the forces of disunion", but cautioned that Iraqis would
have to remain vigilant against "those ... who will insist that Iraq's differences cannot be reconciled
without more killing" even after the U.S. drawdown in 2010 and withdrawal in 2011.[14][15]
The Iraqi death toll for February leapt substantially from January's count to 258, a 35% increase.[16]
Seventeen U.S. troops died in February 2009 in Iraq. One U.K. serviceman was also killed.[17]
March[edit]
Nine US soldiers die in Iraq this month, the lowest since the start of the war.
12 March – The trial of Muntadhir al-Zaidi, on charges of assault for throwing his shoes at George W.
Bush, resumes at the Central Criminal Court of Iraq[18] following an adjournment in late December 2008 so
the court could determine whether Bush was in Iraq on an official visit, since he had entered the country
uninvited by Iraqi officials and had been greeted by the U.S. military.[19][20] Al-Zaidi was sentenced to three
years in prison,[21] although on 7 April 2009 the sentence was reduced to one year from three years.[22]
The maximum sentence facing al-Zaidi was 15 years.
April[edit]
May[edit]
11 May – Sgt. John Russell opens fire at a clinic at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, killing five fellow soldiers,
before being subdued.[26]
15 May – The Royal Air Force commemorates the end of their nineteen years of operations in Iraq.[27]
27 May – The last of the U.K.'s combat troops are withdrawn.[28]
June[edit]
4 June – Romanian forces officially end their Iraq mission[29]
22 June – Sherif Kamal Shahine is appointed Egypt's ambassador to Iraq, replacing Ihab al-Sharif , who
was killed in July 2005 by Al Qaeda in Iraq. He was the second Egyptian ambassador to Iraq since the Fall
of Saddam Hussein's regime in April 2003.[30]
24 June – A bomb explodes in a market in Sadr City, Baghdad killing at least 69 and injuring at least
150.[31]
30 June –
US troops formally handed over security duties to Iraqi forces and withdrew from towns and cities in
Iraq. US troops continue to be embedded with Iraqi forces.
A car bombing kills at least 27 people in Kirkuk.[32]
July[edit]
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28 July – Australia, the United Kingdom andRomania end their Iraq troop presence, leaving the United
States with the only foreign combat troops in the country.[33][34][35]
August[edit]
19 August -Waves of explosions kill over 100 in Baghdad and injure 298 people.
September[edit]
11 September – Inmates at Iraq's Abu Garrib prison start a fire and clash with guards during two days of
unrest
16 September – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made his second visit to Baghdad in as many months and
met with Prime Minister al-Maliki even as insurgents fired mortars and rockets at theGreen Zone to protest
his presence. Although said to be in "listening mode", Biden addressed issues of security, political
reconciliation, and foreign investment in Iraq's oil-rich but weakened economy with various leaders in the
capital and Iraq's Kurdish region.[36] Biden said, "We will also move ahead on other aspects of our security
agreement by removing all US combat brigades from Iraq by the end of August 2010 and all remaining US
troops by the end of 2011."[37]
18 September – At least 7 people have been killed and another 21 injured when a car bomb detonated at a
busy market place in the Iraqi town of Mahmudiya, 30 km (19 mi) south of the capital Baghdad.[38]
October[edit]
11 October – A series of apparently coordinated bombings aimed at a meeting for national reconciliation
killed 23 people and wounded 65 others inwestern Iraq, but they did not injure the officials who were at the
gathering. The first bomb exploded about 11 am outside the headquarters ofRamadi’s main government
building, where the provincial governor and council have offices. About seven minutes after the first bomb,
a second car in the parking lot exploded, wounding security force members and others who hadresponded to the original explosion; this bomb caused most of the casualties. About one hour after the first
two bombings, a man driving a car filled with explosives attempted to speed through a security checkpoint
near the Ramadi General Hospital; he was shot by a police officer at the checkpoint but managed to
explode the car, killing himself and wounding two others.[39]
25 October – At least 155 people have been killed and around 721 injured, after two large car bomb
explosions detonated in central Baghdad. The explosions are believed to have been detonated in the
green zone of central Baghdad, close to several ministry buildings. These are the largest attacks since 19
August when truck bombs exploded near two ministry buildings killing at least 100 people. Iraq has blamed
foreign fighters for this attack and has accused Syria of involvement in these bombings. Iraq is demanding
a UN investigation over the incident.[40][41]
December[edit]
8 December – At least 127 people are killed and more than 200 injured in a series of car bombings, the
deadliest attacks in Iraq since the 25 October bombings. The attacks were coordinated and aimed at
important government buildings.[42]
18 December – Iranian forces invade and seize East Maysan oilfield 4.[43]
31 December – The US suffers only three troop deaths, and no combat deaths, the lowest monthly figure
since the war began.[44]
Notable deaths[edit]
27 May – Ammo Baba, 74, Iraqi footballer and athletic trainer , diabetes.[45]
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7 August – Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf , 80, Iraqi politician, Vice President (1975–2003).[46]
26 August – Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, 56, Iraqi politician, lung cancer.[47]
3 September – Alec MacLachlan, 30, British hostage in Iraq (death confirmed on this date).[48]
Notes[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to: a b "New US embassy opens in Baghdad". BBC News. 5 January 2009. Archived from the
original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
2. Jump up ^ No more Estonian troop units in Iraq
3. Jump up ^ Salvadorian Troops in Iraq Return Home
4. Jump up ^ The Associated Press (2009-01-31). "January 2009". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
5. ^ Jump up to: a b At least 26 dead as bombs, shootings shatter Iraq lull. Retrieved 11 February 2009
6. Jump up ^ U.S. Casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom January 2009. GlobalSecurity.Org. Retrieved 12
February 2009
7. Jump up ^ "February 2009". Usatoday.Com. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2013-09-09.8. Jump up ^ Lauter, Devorah (2009-02-11)."Sarkozy makes surprise Iraq visit". Jta.org. Retrieved 2013-09-
09.
9. Jump up ^ "British military deaths in Iraq". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009.
Retrieved 1 March 2009.
10. Jump up ^ Female suicide bomber kills 40[dead link ]
11. Jump up ^ Yahoo news- U.S. soldier killed in police attack
12. Jump up ^ "3 U.S. soldiers, interpreter killed in Iraq". MSNBC. 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
13. Jump up ^ "Hill appointed US Iraq ambassador". English.aljazeera.net. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
14. Jump up ^ "Obama's Speech at Camp Lejeune, N.C.". The New York Times. 27 February 2009. Retrieved
10 January 2011.
15. Jump up ^ "Obama outlines Iraq pullout plan". BBC News. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original
on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
16. Jump up ^ "Iraq Death Toll Rises to 258 in February: Ministries". Almanar.com.lb. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
17. Jump up ^ Iraq Coalition Casualty Count. ICasualities.org. Retrieved 1 March 2009
18. Jump up ^ "Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist's Trial Postponed". Fox News. Associated Press. 30 December
2008. Archived from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
19. Jump up ^ Star Tribune: Iraqi who threw shoes at ex-President George W. Bush says he acted to restore
Iraq's pride[dead link ]
20. Jump up ^ Gomez, Alan (20 February 2009). "Iraqi says he plotted, practiced shoe attack". USA Today .
Retrieved 27 May 2009.
21. Jump up ^ Hendawi, Hamza (12 March 2009). "Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush jailed for 3 years".
Newsweek . Associated Press. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 12 March
2009.[dead link ]
22. Jump up ^ Londoã±O, Ernesto; Mizher, Qais (7 April 2009). "Court reduces sentence for Iraqi shoe
thrower". Associated Press via Washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2009.Retrieved 31 July 2009.
23. Jump up ^ "Obama makes surprise visit to Iraq". CNN . Archived from the original on 21 April 2009 .
Retrieved 24 April 2009.
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24. Jump up ^ Chulov, Martin (11 April 2009). "Suicide bomber in truck kills five US troops in Iraq". The
Guardian (London). Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
25. Jump up ^ "Bombings kill nearly 90 in Iraq". CNN . 23 April 2009. Archived from the original on 24 April
2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
26. Jump up ^ Dao, James; Alvarez, Lizette (14 May 2009). "Counseling Was Ordered for Soldier in Iraq
Shooting". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
27. Jump up ^ "RAF ends Iraq campaign after 19 years". The Independent (London). 15 May 2009. Archived
from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
28. Jump up ^ Vina, Gonzalo (2009-05-26)."U.K. Finishes Withdrawal of Its Last Combat Troops in Iraq".
Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
29. Jump up ^ "MNF-I Press release, June 10, 2009". Archived from the original on 11 September 2009.
Retrieved 31 July 2009.
30. Jump up ^ "Egypt names new ambassador to Iraq after 4 year gap". Reuters. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 22
June 2009.
31. Jump up ^ "'Dozens dead' in Baghdad bombing". BBC News. 24 June 2009. Archived from the original on
25 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.32. Jump up ^ John Ibbitson (30 June 2009)."Iraq present U.S. with a paradox". Globe and Mail (Canada).
Archived from the original on 2 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
33. Jump up ^ [email protected] (2009-07-24)."People's Daily Online – "Romania's last
contingent in Iraq returns home"". English.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
34. Jump up ^ "Australia ends Iraq troop presence | World | News | Daily Express". Express.co.uk. 2009-07-
31. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
35. Jump up ^ "UK troops in Iraq moved to Kuwait". BBC News. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
36. Jump up ^ Scott Wilson (17 September 2009). "Biden Pushes Iraqi Leaders On Vote Law, Oil-Bid Perks".
Washington Post . Retrieved 17 September 2009.
37. Jump up ^ Karen Travers (16 September 2009). "In Baghdad, Biden Affirms U.S. Commitment to Troop
Withdrawal Deadlines". ABC News. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
38. Jump up ^ "Deadly bomb hits Iraqi shoppers". BBC News. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
39. Jump up ^ Timothy Williams (11 October 2009). "Bombings Outside Iraq Reconciliation Meeting Kill 23".
New York Times. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
40. Jump up ^ "Twin Baghdad blasts kill scores". BBC News. 25 October 2009. Archived from the original on
28 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
41. Jump up ^ Bombings target government in Baghdad[dead link ]
42. Jump up ^ "Scores dead as car bombs rock Baghdad". CNN . 8 December 2009. Archived from the
original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
43. Jump up ^ McElroy, Damien (18 December 2009). "Iran invades 'Iraqi' territory to seize oil field". The Daily
Telegraph (London). Archived from the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
44. Jump up ^ "Iraq coalition casualty count". Icasualties.org. 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
45. Jump up ^ http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=32353
46. Jump up ^ [1][dead link ]
47. Jump up ^ "Iraq Shia leader dies of cancer". BBC News. 26 August 2009 . Retrieved 4 October 2010.
48. Jump up ^ "British hostage's body identified in Iraq". CNN . 3 September 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
See also[edit]
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