The 2006 Sadr City bombings were a series of car bombs and mortar (weapon), mortar attacks in Iraq that occurred on 23 November at 15:10 Baghdad time (12:10 Greenwich Mean Time) and ended at 15:55 (12:55 UTC). Six car bombs and two mortar rounds were used in the attack on the Shia slum in Sadr City.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 Civil war in Iraq (2006-07), sectarian attacks since the beginning of the Iraq War 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 beginning at 20:00 Baghdad time (17:00 UTC), shut down Baghdad International Airport to commercial traffic, and closed the docks and airport in Basra, 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 Sadr City were commemorating the life of Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr.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 in February 1999. On 16 November 2006, an arrest warrant for Harith al-Dari, a prominent Sunni cleric, was issued in Baghdad. 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 fatwas prohibiting the killing of Shiites, membership in "al Qaeda or any other organization that has made (Shiites) their enemies," and expressing support for the restoration of the Imam Ali Mosque, 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

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