• Source: List of assassinations during the Iraqi conflict

Since the beginning of the Iraq War (and, by extension, the Iraqi conflict) in 2003, Iraqi insurgents have targeted public figures and important individuals whom they believe to be working for the Coalition or its allied Iraqi forces.




Foreigners


Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Special Representative for Iraq, killed in the 2003 Canal Hotel bombing by Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad.




Governing Council


Aqila al-Hashimi, member of the Governing Council, assassinated by Ba'athists in western Baghdad.
Izzedine Salim, head of the Iraqi Governing Council, assassinated in JTJ car bombing in the Green Zone.




Journalists


Atwar Bahjat, shot while covering the 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing for Al Arabiya.




Lawyers


Saadoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi, shot in his home by masked gunmen in Iraqi Police uniforms.
Adel al-Zubeidi, shot while driving through a Sunni neighborhood of Baghdad.
Khamis al-Obeidi, abducted and shot while defending Saddam Hussein at his trial.




Members of Parliament


Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, assassinated by al-Qaeda in Iraq car bombing.
Lamia Abed Khadouri Sakri, female MP, killed April 27, 2005
Mohammed Awad, killed in the 2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing.
Saleh al-Ogaili
Harith al-Obeidi, leader of Iraqi Accord Front




Military figures


Sheikh Sittar, Awakening Council leader, killed with an improvised explosive device planted by AQI.
Fasal al Gaood, killed in suicide bombing at the Al Mansour Hotel.
Hussein Ali al-Shaalan




Police chiefs


Khedeir Mekhalef Ali, Khaldiya police chief; September 15, 2003
Amer Ali Nayef, Baghdad deputy police chief; January 10, 2005
Khalid Hassan, Diwaniya police chief; August 11, 2007
Ali al-Deylan, Baquba police chief; September 24, 2007
Saleh Mohammed Hassan, Mosul Provincial Police Chief; January 24, 2008




Professors


Abdul-Latif Ali al-Mayah, assassinated under suspicious circumstances during a period of violence against Iraqi intellectuals and academics.




Provincial governors


Ali Al-Haidri, Baghdad Governorate, assassinated by a group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Raja Nawaf Farhan al-Mahalawi, Anbar Governorate, kidnapped during the Battle of al-Qa'im and killed May 2005
Osama Youssef Kashmoula, Ninawa Governorate, killed July 14, 2005
Khalil Jalil Hamza, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate




References

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• John F. Kennedy
• Kritik terhadap Israel
• List of assassinations during the Iraqi conflict
• Iraqi conflict
• Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
• Iraq War
• List of assassinations in Lebanon
• Iran–Iraq War
• Gulf War
• Casualties of the Iraq War
• Assassination of Qasem Soleimani
• Iran–Israel proxy conflict