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2007 Makhmour Bombing
The 13 May 2007 Makhmoor bombing was of suicide attack using a truck bomb that occurred on 13 May 2007, in the northern Iraqi town of Makhmour. At least 50 people were killed and about 70 people were injured. References Bomb Blasts Hit Northern Iraq, Al-Qaida Group Claims Capture of US SoldiersVoice of America30 killed in Iraq suicide bomb attackYahoo! NewsDeath toll from truck bomb in Iraq rises to 50Reuters Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was esta ... 2007 murders in Iraq Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2007 Mass murder in 2007 May 2007 events in Iraq {{Iraq-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makhmur, Iraq
Makhmur ( ar, مخمور; ku, مەخموور, Mexmûr,) is a town and district in Erbil Governorate that is under Iraq, Iraqi federal control. Background During the 2014 ISIL crisis, the town was taken over by ISIL militants before being regained again by combined Kurdish forces. A volunteer civilian militia to defend the town in the future was started in response. The town was then captured by the Iraqi Army from the Peshmerga in October 2017. During the 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, clashes were reported on the outskirts of the town between Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi army, supported by the Popular Mobilization Forces (also known as ''Hashd al-Shaabi''), until it was fully recaptured by the Iraqi government, Iraqi Government. Refugee camp Situated in the Makhmur District is the Makhmour refugee camp, Makhmur refugee camp, which was founded in 1998. Around 12,000 Kurdish refugees, who fled the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present), Kurdish-Turkish conflict in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |