Iraq war timeline

This article was published on 04.03.08

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DATE	EVENT	U.S. DEAD	IRAQI CIVILIANS DEAD
3.1.08	The BBC reports that violence against Iraqi civilians jumped in February, with at least 663 deaths.	3,973	81,538
3.4.08	A helicopter operated by Iraqi defense forces crashed in northern Iraq, killing the eight on board, including one U.S. service member.	3,974	81,678
3.7.08	68 people died in two bombings at a shopping center in central Baghdad.	3,975	81,801
3.10.08	Five U.S. soldiers died in a bomb blast in Baghdad.	3,983	81,984
3.12.08	Manfred Nowak, a torture investigator for the United Nations, said that U.S. officials were denying him access to U.S. detention facilities. Both Iraqi- and British-run facilities have agreed to inspections.	3,987	82,098
3.15.08	An interpreter was killed at a border checkpoint at Rabiya by a suicide bomber. Six others were wounded, including two U.S. soldiers.	3,989	82,171
3.17.08	A female suicide bomber killed at least 32 people and wounded 51 in an attack on Shiite worshippers.	3,991	82,289
3.22.08	According to Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald, the success of the U.S. troop “surge” is being undermined by failure to pay Sunni militia members. Members of the militias, which account for 80,000 fighters in the coalition, are threatening to strike unless their daily wages ($11.10) are paid.	3,996	82,423
3.23.08	The Christian holiday of Easter was marked by missile attacks on Baghdad’s Green Zone, as well as the 4,000th U.S. death.	4,000	82,497
3.26.08	Mortar attacks and gun battles killed 19 civilians and wounded at least 95 in various parts of Baghdad.	4,003	82,595

Sources: U.S. Department of Defense, Iraq Coalition Casualties, Iraq Body Count, Reuters, The Associated Press, The New York Times, McClatchy News Bureau.

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