The 2006 Sadr City bombings were a series of car bombs and mortar attacks in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

that occurred on 23 November at 15:10

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

time (12:10 Greenwich Mean Time) and ended at 15:55 (12:55 UTC). Six

car bomb A car bomb, bus bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles. Car bombs can be roughly divided ...

s and two mortar rounds were used in the attack on the

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mos ...

slum in

Sadr City Sadr City ( ar, مدينة الصدر, translit=Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr), formerly known as Al-Thawra ( ar, الثورة, aṯ-Ṯawra) and Saddam City ( ar, مدينة صدام, Madīnat Ṣaddām), is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. ...

.Attack on Baghdad Shiite slum kills 160
– ''Yahoo! News'' (Link dead as of 15 January 2007)

Casualties

The attacks killed at least 215 people and injured 100 others, making it the one of the deadliest

sectarian Sectarianism is a political or cultural conflict between two groups which are often related to the form of government which they live under. Prejudice, discrimination, or hatred can arise in these conflicts, depending on the political status quo ...

attacks since the beginning of the

Iraq War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Iraq War {{Nobold, {{lang, ar, حرب العراق (Arabic) {{Nobold, {{lang, ku, شەڕی عێراق (Kurdish languages, Kurdish) , partof = the Iraq conflict (2003–present), I ...

in 2003.Bombs kill 138 in Baghdad's Sadr City
– ''CNN''Baghdad curfew after bombing wave
– ''BBC News''Iraqi militias take revenge for slaughter of 215
– ''MSNBC'' Following the attacks, the Iraqi government placed Baghdad under 24-hour

curfew A curfew is a government order specifying a time during which certain regulations apply. Typically, curfews order all people affected by them to ''not'' be in public places or on roads within a certain time frame, typically in the evening and ...

beginning at 20:00 Baghdad time (17:00 UTC), shut down

Baghdad International Airport Baghdad International Airport , previously Saddam International Airport ( ar, مطار بغداد الدولي, Maṭār Baġdād ad-Dawaliyy) is Iraq's largest international airport, located in a suburb about west of downtown Baghdad in th ...

to commercial traffic, and closed the docks and airport in

Basra Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is han ...

, Iraq. The curfew was lifted on 27 November.Bombs in Shiite slum kill at least 161
– ''MSNBC''Curfew lifted but tension high in Baghdad
– ''Reuters'', 27 November 2006

Timing of the attacks

The attacks occurred while residents of

were commemorating the life of

Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Muhammad-Sadiq al-Sadr ( ar, '';'' 23 March 1943 – 19 February 1999) was a prominent Iraqi Shia marja'. He called for government reform and the release of detained Shia leaders. The growth of his popularity, ...

.Assault on Iraqi Civilians Is Deadliest Since 2003
– ''Washington Post'' 24 November 2006. Al-Sadr was killed by the former Iraqi regime of

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutio ...

in February 1999. On 16 November 2006, an arrest warrant for

Harith al-Dari Sheikh Harith Sulayman al-Dhari (al-Dari) or Harith ibn Sulayman ibn Dhari al-Zoba'i al-shamri ( ar, حارث الضاري) (b. 1941 – 12 March 2015) was an Iraqi Sunni Arab cleric, and chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars. He is also ...

, a prominent Sunni cleric, was issued in

. Iraqi Arrest Warrant Revives a Sunni Cleric's Fortunes
– ''Time Magazine'' 18 November 2006. Moqtada al-Sadr, the son of Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and a controversial figure in his own right, called out on Friday for al-Dari to issue

fatwa A fatwā ( ; ar, فتوى; plural ''fatāwā'' ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (''sharia'') given by a qualified '' Faqih'' (Islamic jurist) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist ...

s prohibiting the killing of Shiites, membership in "

al Qaeda Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremism, Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arab, Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military ta ...

or any other organization that has made (Shiites) their enemies," and expressing support for the restoration of the Imam Ali Shrine. When al-Dari has done this, Sadr says he will oppose the arrest warrant against him.Sunni leader must stop the bloodshed, says Sadr
– ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation'' 24 November 2006

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sadr 2006 murders in Iraq 2000s in Baghdad 21st-century mass murder in Iraq Al-Qaeda activities in Iraq Car and truck bombings in Iraq Mass murder in 2006 Mass murder in Baghdad November 2006 events in Iraq Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2006 Terrorist incidents in Sadr City