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Siege of Baghdad
History of USA
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| | 2007 | Bush, George Walker | |
| 10th Jan Baghdad In a nationally televised address, President Bush announces an additional 20,000 troops will be deployed to Baghdad to try to stem the sectarian fighting |
| 16th Feb Baghdad Despite an increase in violence in Bagdhad, Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success" |
| 12th April Baghdad Eight people, including two Iraqi legislators, die when a suicide bomber strikes inside the Parliament building, which is located in Baghdad's fortified International Zone |
| 3rd May Baghdad Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. USAofficials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll |
| 7th May Baghdad The USAand Iraq begin a new offensive in an attempt to increase security in Baghdad and quell the increasingly deadly attacks by insurgents and militias |
| 16th June Baghdad USAforces begin a new offensive, targeting al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia in areas around Baghdad, where car bombings and other insurgent attacks have intensified |
| 2007 | Carroll, Jill | |
| 3rd May Baghdad Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. USAofficials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll |
| 2007 | Maliki, Nuri al- |  |
| 16th Feb Baghdad Despite an increase in violence in Bagdhad, Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success" |
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