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| 2007 | Battle of Najaf |  |
| 28th Jan Najaf As many as 250 are killed near Najaf as American and Iraqi troops fight with a Shiite militia, an American helicopter is shot down in the battle |
| 2007 | Blackwater USA | |
| 13th Sep 17 Iraqi civilians, including a couple and their infant, are killed when employees of private security company Blackwater USA reportedly fire on a car that fails to stop, Nuri al-Maliki threatens to evict Blackwater employees from Iraq |
| 2007 | Bombing of Baghdad | |
| 16th Jan Baghdad At least 70 people die when three bombs explode in attacks at the mostly Shiite Mustansiriya University |
| 18th Feb Baghdad At least 60 people die when a bomb tears through a crowded market in Baghdad, the attack comes two days after Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success" |
| 25th Feb Baghdad A bomb explodes at Baghdad's Mustansiriya University, killing about 40 people, mostly students |
| 2007 | Bombing of Jazeera | |
| 14th Aug Jazeera Two pairs of truck bombs explode about five miles apart in the remote, northwestern Iraqi towns of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, 500 members of the minority Yazidi community are reported killed, the biggest insurgent attack in the war |
| 2007 | Bombing of Qahtaniya | |
| 14th Aug Qahtaniya Two pairs of truck bombs explode about five miles apart in the remote, northwestern Iraqi towns of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, 500 members of the minority Yazidi community are reported killed, the biggest insurgent attack in the war |
| 2007 | Death | |
| 16th Jan Tally of death certificates and reports from morgues, hospitals, and other institutions indicates more than 34,000 Iraqi civilians died in 2006 |
| 2007 | Economy | |
| 26th Feb The Iraqi cabinet passes a draft law on oil revenues that calls on the government to distribute oil revenues to regions based on their populations and allows regions to negotiate contracts with foreign companies to explore and develop oil fields |
| 26th June A new law calls on government to distribute oil revenues to regions based on their populations and allows regions to negotiate contracts with foreign companies to explore and develop oil fields |
| 3rd July The Iraqi cabinet approves the hydrocarbon framework law, one component of a larger legislative package, which states that the revenue from oil sales belongs to all Iraqis and outlines the function of the oil and gas council |
| 2007 | Invasion of Iraq | |
| 24th Aug A review of progress in Iraq, called the National Intelligence Estimate, says the Iraqi government has failed to end sectarian violence even with the surge of American troops |
| 24th Aug In an attempt at national reconciliation, a group of Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish Iraqi leaders, including Nuri al-Maliki, Vice President Tarqi al-Hashemi, and President Jalal Talabani, announce former Baathists can regain their government jobs |
| 2007 | Iraqi Consensus Front | |
| 1st Aug The Iraqi Consensus Front, the largest Sunni faction in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's cabinet, resigns, citing the Shiite-led government's failure to stem violence by militias, follow through with reforms, and involve Sunnis in decisions on securit |
| 2007 | Siege of Baghdad USA | |
| 16th Feb Baghdad Despite an increase in violence in Bagdhad, Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success" |
