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{{Year in Iraq|2006}}

The following lists events that happened during '''[[2006]] in [[Iraq]]'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[President of Iraq|President]]: [[Jalal Talabani]]
* [[Prime Minister of Iraq|Prime Minister]]: [[Ibrahim al-Jaafari]] (until 20 May), [[Nouri al-Maliki]] (starting 20 May)
* [[Vice President of Iraq|Vice President]]: [[Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer]] (until 22 April), [[Tariq al-Hashimi]] (starting 22 April), [[Adil Abdul-Mahdi]]
* [[Kurdistan Regional Government|Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government]] (autonomous region)
** [[Kurdistan Regional Government|President]]: [[Massoud Barzani]]
** [[Kurdistan Regional Government|Prime Minister]]: [[Nechervan Idris Barzani]] (until 1 March)

==Events==
===January===
* January 4 – Suicide bomber struck a Shiite funeral in Karbala, killing 32 and wounding 40.<ref>{{cite news |last=Quinn |first=Patrick |date=January 5, 2006 |title=Suicide bomb at Iraqi funeral kills 32 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20060105/ai_n15996615/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608082054/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20060105/ai_n15996615/ |archive-date=June 8, 2008 |access-date=April 30, 2009 |publisher=Deseret News}}</ref>
* January 5 – '''[[Iraq War]]'''
** 50 people were killed and 80 wounded by a suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi city of Karbala.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 5, 2006 |title=Iraq suicide bomb blasts kill 120 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4583232.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111220028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4583232.stm |archive-date=January 11, 2006 |access-date=April 30, 2009 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
** 70 people were killed and 40 injured in a suicide attack on a line of police recruits in Ramadi.<ref>{{cite news |last=Oppel Jr. |first=Richard A. |date=January 7, 2006 |title=Iraq's Bloodiest Day in Months Includes 11 U.S. Deaths |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/international/middleeast/07iraq.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425231351/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/international/middleeast/07iraq.html |archive-date=April 25, 2015 |access-date=April 30, 2009 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
** Insurgent violence shut down Iraq's largest oil refinery.<ref>{{cite news|title=Major Iraq Oil Refinery Closes Again After Blast|date=January 6, 2006|publisher=The Press of Atlantic City}}</ref>
* January 6 – '''[[Iraq War]]'''
** Thousands of Shiites demonstrated in Baghdad after two days of bloodshed that claimed almost 200 lives.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 7, 2006 |title=Iraqi Leaders: Government Almost in Place |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/07/ap/world/mainD8F037604.shtml |access-date=April 30, 2009 |work=CBS News}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref>
** A secret [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]] study has found that at least 80 percent of the marines who have died in Iraq due to wounds to their upper body could have survived if they had worn extra body armor. The armor has been available since 2003.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/politics/06cnd-armor.html?ei=5088&en=b13c10bd70ee9190&ex=1294203600&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print |title=Extra Armor Could Have Saved Many Lives, Study Shows |last=Moss |first=Michael|date=January 6, 2006 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425005008/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/politics/06cnd-armor.html?ei=5088&en=b13c10bd70ee9190&ex=1294203600&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print |archive-date=April 25, 2009 |url-status= live}}</ref>
** [[Paul Bremer]], who led the U.S. civilian occupation authority in Iraq after the 2003 invasion, has admitted the United States did not anticipate the [[insurgency]] in the country, as reported on [[NBC]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06261100.htm |title=Bremer said he urged more postwar troops in Iraq |date=January 9, 2006 |publisher=AlertNet |access-date=May 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110193821/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06261100.htm |archive-date=January 10, 2006}}</ref>
** Demonstrations protesting against unemployment in the Iraqi town of Nasiriyah turned violent leaving two dead and two dozen injured.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dahrjamailiraq.com/us-propaganda-vs-iraqi-reality |title=US Propaganda vs. Iraqi Reality |last=Dahr |first=Jamail |date=January 8, 2006 |publisher=Dahr Jamail Mideast Dispatches |access-date=May 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091226013810/http://dahrjamailiraq.com/us-propaganda-vs-iraqi-reality |archive-date=December 26, 2009 |url-status=usurped |df=mdy }}</ref>

===February===
* February 22 – The [[al-Askari Mosque bombing (2006)|Al Askari Mosque bombing]]. Although no injuries occurred in the blast, the bombing was hugely offensive to Shi'ites and resulted in violence over the following days widely described as a [[Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)|civil war]]. The Iraqi government has stated that 379 people were killed in the subsequent attacks, although the Washington Post reported that over 1,300 people were killed.
* February 28 – A bomber blew himself up near a petrol station in one of the Iraqi capital's Shia areas just before curfew and hours after other blasts killed 35.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 28, 2006 |title=Iraq bombs claim dozens of lives |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4757964.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922000600/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4757964.stm |archive-date=September 22, 2015 |access-date=May 1, 2009 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

===March===
[[File:Operation Swarmer.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Operation Swarmer]], March 2006]]
* March 12 – Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi, a fourteen-year-old Iraqi girl was raped and murdered together with most of her family in the [[Mahmudiyah rape and killings|Mahmudiyah killings]].
* March 23 – members of the Special Air Service recovered British and Canadian hostages ending the [[Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Urban, Mark, ''Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the Secret Special Forces War in Iraq'', St. Martin's Griffin, 2012 {{ISBN|1250006961}} {{ISBN|978-1250006967}}, p.17</ref>
* March 24 – Joint Center for Operational Analysis at [[United States Department of Defense]] on March 24, 2006, released a report compiled from captured Iraqi intelligence. The report stated that Russia aided Saddam's regime with correct information on the coalition invasion.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2006/ipp.pdf |title=Iraqi Perspectives Project |last=Woods |first=Kevin M. |year=2006 |publisher=U.S. Joint Forces Command |pages=156–157 |isbn=978-0-9762550-1-7 |access-date=May 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326061752/http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2006/ipp.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref>
* March 25 – '''[[Iraq War]]'''
** 40 people killed or wounded in gun battle near Mahmudiyah.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.juancole.com/2006/03/40-casualties-in-mahdi-army-clash-with.html |title=40 Casualties in Mahdi Army clash with Sunni Arab guerrillas |date=March 25, 2006 |publisher=JuanCole.com |access-date=May 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708225307/http://www.juancole.com/2006/03/40-casualties-in-mahdi-army-clash-with.html |archive-date=July 8, 2008 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>
** US Ambassador [[Zalmay Khalilzad]] said on Saturday, March 25, that militias, many with strong ties to powerful Shiite leaders and well entrenched in security and police forces, are killing more Iraqis than terrorists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-03/25/article06.shtml |title=Militias Kill More Iraqis Than "Terrorists": US Envoy |date=March 25, 2006 |publisher=Islam Online |access-date=May 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203210334/http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-03/25/article06.shtml |archive-date=December 3, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* March 26–30 beheaded bodies found in Iraq.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 27, 2006 |title=Many dead in Baghdad mosque raid |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4847638.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405012702/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4847638.stm |archive-date=April 5, 2006 |access-date=May 1, 2009 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
* March 27 – Memo shows US president was firmly set on the path to war two months before the 2003 Iraq invasion.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 27, 2006 |title=Bush-Blair Iraq war memo revealed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4849744.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061105201232/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4849744.stm |archive-date=November 5, 2006 |access-date=May 1, 2009 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
** 40 people were killed and 20 others wounded in recruitment centre suicide bomb attack.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2006/03/27/afx2623314.html |title=At least 40 killed, 20 wounded in Iraq army centre attack near Tal Afar |author=AFX News Limited |date=March 27, 2006 |work=Forbes |access-date=May 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607214616/http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2006/03/27/afx2623314.html |archive-date=June 7, 2008 }}</ref>
* March 29 – Around 30–40 bodies are being found on the streets of [[Baghdad]] every day, morgue officials said.<ref>{{cite news |last=al-Ibadi |first=Omar |date=March 29, 2006 |title=Gunmen dressed as police kill 9 in Baghdad |url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/03/29/gunmen_dressed_as_police_kill_9_in_baghdad_raid?mode=PF |access-date=May 1, 2009 |publisher=Reuters}} {{dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* March 30 – Pentagon requests hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency funds for military construction in Iraq.<ref>{{cite news |last=Branford |first=Becky |date=March 30, 2006 |title=Iraq bases spur questions over US plans |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4834032.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423092139/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4834032.stm |archive-date=April 23, 2006 |access-date=May 1, 2009 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

===April===
* April 16 – B Squadron, [[Special Air Service|22nd SAS Regiment]] carried out [[Operation Larchwood 4]] in [[Yusufiyah]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* April 19 – British brigadier attacks America's 'Hollywood' generals.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harding |first=Thomas |date=April 19, 2006 |title=British brigadier attacks America's John Wayne generals |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/1516135/British-brigadier-attacks-Americas-John-Wayne-generals.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111141107/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/1516135/British-brigadier-attacks-Americas-John-Wayne-generals.html |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |access-date=May 1, 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}</ref>

===May===
* May 10 – Iraqi President [[Jalal Talabani]] made a public announcement urging all political parties to "quell this bleeding" after figures showed [[sectarian violence]] killed 1,091 in Baghdad the prior month.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 10, 2006 |title=Iraq head urges end to bloodshed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4756911.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613061508/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4756911.stm |archive-date=June 13, 2006 |access-date=October 27, 2008 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
* May 5 – Iraq was listed fourth on the 2006 [[Failed States Index]] compiled by the American ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine and the [[Fund for Peace]] think-tank. The list was topped by [[Sudan]].<ref>{{cite news |date=May 2, 2006 |title=Sudan tops 'failed states index' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4964444.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619070153/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4964444.stm |archive-date=June 19, 2006 |access-date=23 May 2008  |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Failed States Index Rankings |publisher=Foreign Policy |date=July–August 2005 |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3100 |access-date=23 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051008063637/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3100 |archive-date=October 8, 2005 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>
* May 13/14 – As part of a series of operation in the "[[Triangle of Death (Iraq)|Triangle of Death]]" US forces took out an entire network in and around [[Latifiyah]], the cell was led by Abu Mustafa who was responsible for shooting down a US Apache helicopter in early April. On May 13, US forces raided 4 houses used by Abu Mustafa network, quick exploitation of intelligence found in the raids resulted in US force hitting 3 more locations, the raids resulted in 15 "suspected al-Qaeda associates" as well as Abu Mustafa killed.<ref>Urban, Mark, ''Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the Secret Special Forces War in Iraq'', St. Martin's Griffin, 2012 {{ISBN|1250006961}} {{ISBN|978-1250006967}}, p. 153-154</ref>

===June===
[[File:Zarqawi safe house rubble, June 8 2006.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Remains of Zarqawi's safe house, June 8]]
* June 5 – A U.S. Navy SeaBee convoy moving between Al Quim and Al Asad was ambushed by several IEDs. Two members of NMCB-25 were killed. Petty Officer First Class Equipment Operator Gary Rovinski and Petty Officer Second Class Hospital Corpsman Jamie Jaenke.
* June 7 – [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]] leader [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] is killed by a U.S. air strike. Zarqawi was a Jordanian militant who had called for attacks against Shi'ites. Most Iraqis hoped his death will help ease sectarian bloodshed, much of which was masterminded by him.

===July===
[[File:Air assault on Al Qasr Island during the Iraq War (July 2006).ogv|thumb|Coalition and Iraqi soldiers conducting field operations in July 2006.]]
* July 1 – Attacks in the Shi'ite slum of Sadr City in Baghdad killed 66 people.
* July 9 – Shia gunmen allegedly [[Hay al Jihad massacre|massacred 40 Sunni Muslims]] in [[Baghdad]] after setting up fake security checkpoints a day after the Shi'ite Zahra mosque in the area was bombed.
* July 16 – An [[Iraq]]i general claims that a suicide bombing in a [[Shiite]] cafe in northern Iraq has killed 25 people.<ref>[http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woiraq0717,0,5351222.story?track=rss (Newsday)]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* July 17 – British troops from the Brigade Reconnaissance Company of [[20th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|20th Armoured Brigade]], spearheaded by the SAS's HATHOR detachment captured Sajjad Badr Adal Sayeed, the leader of the [[Mahdi Army]], in a raid on a building in Basra. Mahdi Army militia soon engaged the strike force cordon with assault rifles and RPGs, the engagement lasted for 2 hours resulting in 1 British soldier killed and at least 4 militiaman killed.<ref>Urban, Mark, ''Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the Secret Special Forces War in Iraq'', St. Martin's Griffin, 2012 {{ISBN|1250006961}} {{ISBN|978-1250006967}}, p.188-190</ref>
* July 18 – A car bomb killed 53 people in the holy Shi'ite city of Kufa.
* In July 2006, Baghdad's central morgue received 1,855 bodies, the most since the bombing of a Shia shrine in February prompted a wave of sectarian killings. The Iraqi government stated that 3,438 Iraqis died around the country that month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/15/news/iraq.php |title=July deadliest month in Iraq, tallies show – International Herald Tribune |work=International Herald Tribune |access-date=October 27, 2008}}</ref>

===August===
* August – 70 Americans were killed in Iraq, 32 of them in Al Anbar province.<ref>Urban, Mark, ''Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the Secret Special Forces War in Iraq '', St. Martin's Griffin, 2012 {{ISBN|1250006961}} {{ISBN|978-1250006967}}, p178</ref>
[[File:Ramadi august 2006 patrol.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Battle of Ramadi (2006)|Battle of Ramadi]]: US soldiers take up positions on a street corner during a foot patrol in Ramadi, August 2006]]
* August 20 – Sunni snipers shot and killed at least 22 Shiites during a pilgrimage in Baghdad.

===September===
* September 11 – ''The Washington Post'' reported that the commander of the Marine forces in Iraq filed "an unusual secret report" concluding that the prospects for securing the Anbar province are dim, and that there is almost nothing the U.S. military can do to improve the political and social situation there.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ricks |first=Thomas E. |title=Situation Called Dire in West Iraq |newspaper=Washington Post |date=September 11, 2006 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/10/AR2006091001204.html |access-date=10 September 2008 }}</ref>
* September 27 – A WPO poll found that seven out of ten Iraqis want U.S.-led forces to withdraw from Iraq within one year. The perception that the U.S. presence in Iraq has a negative impact on security is widespread and is given some support by the British withdrawal from [[Basra]] which led to a 90% reduction in violence. Overall, 78% of those polled said they believed that the presence of U.S. forces is "provoking more conflict than it's preventing." 53% of those polled believed the Iraqi government would be strengthened if U.S. forces left Iraq (versus 23% who believed it would be weakened), and 71% wanted this to happen in 1 year or less. All of these positions are more prevalent amongst Sunni and Shia respondents than among Kurds. 61% of respondents said that they "approve" of attacks on U.S.-led forces, while 94% still had an unfavorable opinion of al-Qaeda.<ref>[http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/sep06/Iraq_Sep06_rpt.pdf The Pipa/Knowledge Networks Polll] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824163145/http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/sep06/Iraq_Sep06_rpt.pdf |date=August 24, 2016}}</ref>

===October===
* October 20 – The U.S. military announced that [[Operation Together Forward]] had failed to stem the tide of violence in Baghdad, and Shiite militants under al-Sadr seized several southern Iraq cities.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shiite militia briefly seizes Iraqi city |work=NBC News |date=October 20, 2006 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15343811 |access-date=16 June 2008 |df=mdy }}</ref>

===November===
* November 7 – The [[United States general elections, 2006|United States midterm elections]] removed the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] from control of both chambers of the [[United States Congress]]. U.S. voters' perceptions of failings in the Iraq War were cited as one of the main causes of the Republicans' defeat, even though the Bush administration had attempted to distance itself from its earlier "stay the course" rhetoric.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR2006102301053.html |title=Bush's New Tack Steers Clear of 'Stay the Course' |author=Peter Baker |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 24, 2006| access-date= 23 May 2008 }}</ref>
* November 23 – The deadliest attack since the beginning of the Iraq war occurred. Suspected Sunni-Arab militants used five suicide car bombs and two mortar rounds on the capital's Shiite Sadr City slum to kill at least 215 people and wound 257. Shiite mortar teams quickly retaliated, firing 10 shells at Sunni Islam's most important shrine in Baghdad, badly damaging the Abu Hanifa mosque and killing one person. Eight more rounds slammed down near the offices of the Association of Muslim Scholars, the top Sunni Muslim organisation in Iraq, setting nearby houses on fire. Two other mortar barrages on Sunni neighborhoods in west Baghdad killed nine and wounded 21, police said.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bombs, mortars in Shiite slum kill at least 161 |work=NBC News |date=November 23, 2006 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15866123 |access-date=23 May 2008 |df=mdy }}</ref>
*November 26 – EFP(explosively formed penetrator) attack near Sadr City kills 3 US Army soldiers and injures at least 2 others. Among those lost this day are PFC Joshua C Burrows, 20, 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, based out of Ft. Hood, TX. Josh was a lifelong resident of Bossier City, LA.
* November 28 – Another Marine Corps intelligence report was released confirming the previous report on Anbar stating that, "U.S. and Iraqi troops 'are no longer capable of militarily defeating the insurgency in al-Anbar,' and 'nearly all government institutions from the village to provincial levels have disintegrated or have been thoroughly corrupted and infiltrated by Al Qaeda in Iraq.'"<ref>{{cite news |title=Anbar Picture Grows Clearer, and Bleaker |newspaper=Washington Post |date = November 28, 2006 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112701287.html |first1=Dafna |last1=Linzer |first2=Thomas E. |last2=Ricks |access-date=April 22, 2010}}</ref>

===December===
* December 12 – Controversy arose when former Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]] announced before the surge took place that there would have to be a draw down of troops by mid-2007.<ref>{{cite news |last=DeYoung |first=Karen |title=Powell Says U.S. Losing in Iraq, Calls for Drawdown by Mid-2007 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2006-12-18 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/17/AR2006121700494_pf.html |access-date=March 2, 2007}}</ref>
* December 30 – The former president [[Saddam Hussein]], was executed by hanging.

== Notable deaths ==
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[[File:Saddam Hussein at trial, July 2004-edit1.JPEG|thumb|right|150px|[[Saddam Hussein]]]]
* February 22 – [[Atwar Bahjat]], 30, [[Iraq]]i journalist for [[al-Arabiya]], abducted and killed in [[Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/13946213.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 4, 2010 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829180228/https://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/13946213.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Al-Arabia correspondent, two crew members killed in Iraq |url=http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=832270 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323235216/http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=832270 |archive-date=March 23, 2008 |website=Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)}}</ref>
* March 6 – [[Mubdar Hatim al-Dulaimi]], 55, [[Major General]] in the [[Iraqi Army]], shot by a [[sniper]].<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060306/ts_nm/iraq_general_dc Yahoo! Search – Web Search]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* March 12 – [[Hadeel Qasim Hamza]], 6, murder victim (born [[1999 in Iraq|1999]])
* April 21 – [[Jacob Kovco]], 25, first [[Australian Defence Force]] serviceperson killed in [[2003 Invasion of Iraq|Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/first-iraq-casualty-to-be-honoured-on-anzac-day/2006/04/24/1145730833780.html |work=The Age |location=Melbourne, Australia |title=First Iraq casualty to be Honoured on Anzac Day |date=April 24, 2006|access-date= 4 October 2010 }}</ref>
* May 6 – Wing Commander [[John Coxen]], 46, [[Royal Air Force]], most senior British Officer killed in Iraq to date.<ref name='BasraCrashVictimsNamedNyMoD'>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4983578.stm |work=BBC News |title=Basra crash victims named by MoD |date=May 8, 2006 |access-date=4 October 2010 }}</ref>
* May 6 – Flt Lt [[Sarah Mulvihill]], 32, first British servicewoman to be killed in action in Iraq.<ref name='BasraCrashVictimsNamedNyMoD' />
* May 29 – [[James Brolan]], 42, [[CBS News]] sound technician, injuries sustained in car bombing in [[Iraq]].<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060529/ap_on_re_mi_ea/journalists_killed_15 Yahoo! Search – Web Search]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* May 31 – [[Ali Jaafar Ali]], 39, [[Iraq]]i sports anchorman, shot dead by unknown gunmen in [[Baghdad]].<ref>[http://english.people.com.cn/200605/31/eng20060531_270087.html People's Daily Online – Iraqi TV sport anchorman shot dead in Baghdad] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314045950/http://english.people.com.cn/200605/31/eng20060531_270087.html |date=March 14, 2012}}</ref>
* June 7 – [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]], 39, leader of [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]], US military strike.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.al.zarqawi/index.html |publisher=CNN |title=U.S. military: Al-Zarqawi was alive after bombing |date=June 9, 2006 |access-date=4 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620205000/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.al.zarqawi/index.html |archive-date=June 20, 2010 |url-status=live |df=mdy}}</ref>
* June 7 – [[Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman]], spiritual adviser for [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]], US military strike.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,,1793028,00.html |location=London |work=The Guardian |title=Zarqawi death a 'significant blow' to al-Qaida |date=June 8, 2006 |access-date=4 October 2010 }}</ref>
* October 11 – [[Raad Mutar Saleh]], Iraqi [[Mandaeans|Mandaean]] leader, shot.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20565787-401,00.html |title=Bombings as religious minority leader killed |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916125519/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C23599%2C20565787-401%2C00.html |archive-date=September 16, 2009 |access-date=23 April 2013 }}</ref>
* November 20 – [[Walid Hassan (comedian)|Walid Hassan]], 47, [[Iraq]]i television comedian, shot.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/20/news/ME_GEN_Iraq_Killed_Comedian.php Search – Global Edition – The New York Times] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907082309/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/20/news/ME_GEN_Iraq_Killed_Comedian.php |date=September 7, 2008}}</ref>
* December 30 – [[Saddam Hussein]], 69, [[Iraq]]i [[President of Iraq|President]] (1979–2003), execution by [[hanging]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6218485.stm |work=BBC News |title=Saddam Hussein executed in Iraq |date=December 30, 2006| access-date=4 October 2010 }}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Iraq}}
* [[Iraq War]]

==References==
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