War without end

A catalogue of killings in Iraq

May 8 US soldier shot dead by unknown assailant while directing traffic in Baghdad

May 13 US soldier killed when convoy ambushed near Diwaniya

May 26 US vehicle hits landmine in Baghdad killing one soldier and injuring three

May 26 US soldier killed and another wounded as convoy comes under enemy fire near Haditha

May 27 Two US soldiers killed and nine wounded in attack on army unit in Falluja. Two attackers killed, six captured

May 29 US soldier killed travelling on supply route

June 3 US soldier killed at checkpoint south of Balad

June 5 US soldier killed and five injured in rocket-propelled grenade attack in Falluja

June 7 US soldier killed and four injured in attack near Tikrit involving rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire

June 8 US soldier shot dead at checkpoint in al-Qaim, near Syrian border, by men who had approached vehicle asking for medical help. One assailant killed and one captured, but others escape

June 10 US paratrooper killed and another injured in rocket-propelled grenade attack in south-west Baghdad. They were manning trash collection point when assailants got out of a van and opened fire. One attacker killed

June 17 US soldier on patrol in Baghdad killed by sniper

June 18 One US soldier dies and one wounded in drive-by shooting at petrol station in Baghdad

June 19 US soldier killed and two injured in grenade attack on military ambulance in Al Iskandariya

June 22 One US marine killed and eight other US service members injured in explosion that may have been caused by bomb dropped from B-52 Stratofortress that landed near forces at Godoria Range, along northern coast of Djibouti

June 22 US soldier killed and another injured in grenade attack on military convoy south of Baghdad in Khan Azad

June 24 Six British military personnel killed and eight wounded in two incidents in southern Iraq, both near town of Amara, 125 miles north-west of Basra

June 26 US soldier attached to 1st Marine Expeditionary Force killed in ambush near Najaf while investigating car theft

June 26 One special operations force service member killed and eight injured in hostile fire incident in south-west Baghdad

June 28 Two soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment, deployed from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, reported missing three days earlier, found dead west of Al Taji

June 30 Nine Iraqis, including imam, killed after explosion beside mosque in Falluja. US later claim it was caused by a bomb-making class inside mosque

July 2 US Army 352nd Civil Affairs Command soldier dies of wounds received on previous day, after Baghdad convoy hit by explosive device

July 3 Sniper kills US soldier in Baghdad, while mortar attack on American military base to north-west injures at least 10

July 3 US marine killed and three others injured during mine-clearing operations in Kerbala, south of Baghdad

July 5 Blast kills seven Iraqi police recruits at graduation ceremony in Ramadi, 60 miles west of Baghdad

July 6 US soldier from 1st Armored Division dies of gunshot wound, while guarding Baghdad University

July 6 Soldier of 1st Armored Division dies after platoon patrolling Baghdad's Ad Hamiya neighbourhood ambushed by two Iraqi gunmen

July 7 US soldier killed when explosive device blasts vehicle during routine patrol in Kadhimya neighbourhood of Baghdad

July 13 One person killed and another injured after bomb explodes near police station in Baghdad suburb

July 14 US military convoy attacked by rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns in Baghdad. One soldier killed and 10 others injured

July 16 Bomb explodes near highway west of Baghdad killing US soldier and injuring two others

July 18 Bomb attack on US convoy in Falluja kills soldier

June 19 1st Armored Division soldier dies after small arms and rocket-propelled grenade attack in Abu Ghureib neighbourhood of Baghdad

July 20 Two US soldiers killed during ambush by guerrillas firing guns and rocket-propelled grenades near northern city of Mosul

July 21 Soldier of 1st Armored Division killed and three wounded after vehicle hits explosive device in As Sulaykh district of Baghdad

July 22 US soldier killed and another wounded when convoy hit by rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire north-west of Baghdad

July 23 Soldier of 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) killed and seven soldiers wounded when explosive device strikes two military vehicles outside Mosul

July 23 Soldier of 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment killed and another soldier and contractor wounded when convoy attacked by explosive device on Highway 1 in Ar Ramadi

July 24 Three US soldiers from 101st Airborne Division killed in rifle and grenade attack while travelling to Qayarra West outside Mosul

July 26 Three US soldiers guarding Ba'qubah children's hospital killed and four others wounded in grenade attack

July 26 One US soldier killed and two wounded when convoy attacked with small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and possibly an explosive device on Highway 10 near Abu Ghureib. Three Iraqis wounded

July 27 US soldier killed and another wounded when rocket-propelled grenade hits patrol in northern Babil province near village of Al Haswa

July 28 Explosive device dropped from overpass on to US convoy travelling through Al Rashid district of Baghdad, killing soldier of 1st Armored Division and injuring three others

July 30 Soldier of 4th Infantry Division killed and two wounded in small arms attack at tactical operation centre 26 miles east of Ba'qubah

July 31 US soldier killed and two wounded after vehicle hits landmine on road to Baghdad airport

August 1 Soldier of 4th Infantry Division killed and three injured after rocket-propelled grenade attack on convoy south of Shumayt. In separate incident, soldier of 1st Armored Division dies of gunshot wound received previous day in Baghdad

August 6 Two 1st Armored Division soldiers killed and one wounded in firefight in Al Rashid district of Baghdad

August 7 At least 17 people killed and 60 wounded when truck bomb explodes outside Jordanian embassy compound in Baghdad. In separate incident, 82nd Airborne Division soldier shot dead on guard duty in Al Mansor district of Baghdad

August 10 Soldier of 4th Infantry Division killed and two wounded in improvised explosive attack near police station in Tikrit

August 12 US soldier killed and two wounded in bomb attack in Sunni Muslim town of Ramadi, 60 miles west of Baghdad

August 13 Bomb attack on four-vehicle convoy south-east of Tikrit kills US soldier and wounds another. A further US soldier killed when M-113 armored personnel carrier strikes explosive device near town of Ad Dwar

August 14 Bomb blast hits military ambulance in Basra killing one British soldier and wounding two others

August 16 Mortar attack on Abu Ghraib prison on outskirts of Baghdad kills six Iraqis and injures 59

August 17 Danish soldier killed in gun battle between troops and group of looters in southern Iraq. Two Iraqis also die. Dane is first non-US or British soldier to die in conflict

August 18 Soldier of 1st US Armored Division killed by explosive device in central Baghdad

August 19 Twenty-two people killed, including Sergio Vieira de Mello, top UN envoy to Iraq, after truck bomb devastates UN headquarters in Baghdad in worst attack on UN civilian complex ever

August 20 US citizen working as interpreter killed and two US soldiers wounded in small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenade attack in Tikrit. Soldier of 1st Armored Division killed and two wounded by improvised explosive device in Karkah district of Baghdad

August 21 US marine shot dead in Al Hilla by unidentified gunman

August 23 Three British servicemen killed and another wounded in Basra

August 26 Soldier of 3rd Corps Support Command killed and two wounded after convoy blasted by explosive device near town of Hamariya

August 27 Soldier of 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment soldier killed and three wounded by explosive device in Falluja. 205th Military Intelligence Brigade soldier killed in attack on military convoy in Baghdad

August 28 British soldier killed and another wounded during attack by a crowd of Iraqis armed with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms in Ali al-Sharqi, 120 miles north-west of Basra

August 29 Car bomb at Imam Ali mosque in Najaf kills at least 83 people, including top Shi'ite Muslim leader, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim, and wounds around 175. In separate rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire attack just north of As Suaydat soldier of 4th Infantry Division killed and three wounded

August 31 Two US soldiers killed and one wounded in firefight five miles north-east of Shkin in Paktika province

September 1 Two 220th Military Police Brigade soldiers killed and one wounded when vehicle strikes explosive device along main supply route south of Baghdad

September 2 Car bomb blasts Rasafa police headquarters in east Baghdad, killing one and wounding 15

September 3 Suicide bombing in town of Ramadi kills Iraqi civilian and injures two US soldiers

September 9 Car bomb kills one Iraqi and wounds 53, including six American military personnel, in Arbil, northern Iraq. In a separate incident US soldier killed and another wounded after vehicle hits improvised explosive device on supply route north-east of Baghdad

September 10 Explosive device kills soldier of 1st Armored Division in Baghdad

September 12 Two US soldiers killed and seven wounded during pre-dawn raid in Ramadi, 60 miles west of Baghdad

September 14 US soldier killed and three wounded as convoy runs over bomb planted on road in Falluja

September 15 US soldier on patrol in Baghdad killed in rocket-propelled grenade attack

September 18 Iraqi guerrillas kill three and wound two US soldiers inspecting suspected weapons site near Tikrit

September 20 Two US soldiers die and 13 are injured in mortar attack on US-run Abu Ghreib prison complex. Elsewhere, US soldier killed by roadside bomb near Ramadi

September 22 Suicide bomber at car park next to UN headquarters in Baghdad kills Iraqi security guard

September 24 Bomb apparently aimed at US troops tears through two buses in Baghdad, killing an Iraqi and wounding about 20. Elsewhere, several injured after bomb blast in cinema in Mosul

September 25 Bomb explodes at Baghdad's Aike hotel housing journalists from US television network NBC, killing a Somali guard. Separately, a rocket-propelled grenade attack kills US soldier and wounds two others in Kirkuk

September 29 US soldier killed in bomb and gunfire to attack in town of Habbaniya, about 42 miles from Baghdad

October 1 Bomb blast near US military base in Tikrit kills woman soldier and wounds three others. Elsewhere, US soldier killed in rocket-propelled grenade attack near town of Samarra, north of Baghdad

October 4 Rocket-propelled grenade and gun attack on American patrol in Baghdad kills one US soldier and wounds another

October 6 US soldier killed and another wounded by bomb attack west of Baghdad. Separately, two more US soldiers and Iraqi interpreter killed and two US soldiers wounded in bomb blast south of Baghdad

October 7 No casualties after blast hits compound of Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad

October 9 Two suicide bombers kill eight Iraqis at police station in Shi'ite Muslim district of Sadr City, north-east Baghdad. In same area two US soldiers killed and four wounded in ambush. Another US soldier killed in separate rocket-propelled grenade attack on military convoy north-east of Iraqi capital

October 12 At least six people killed in blast outside Baghdad Hotel in city centre

Compiled by Guardian research department