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Since the beginning of theIraq War (and, by extension, theIraqi 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.

• Sergio Vieira de Mello,UN High Commissioner for Human Rights andSpecial Representative for Iraq, killed in the2003 Canal Hotel bombing byJama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad.

• Aqila al-Hashimi, member of the Governing Council, assassinated byBa'athists in westernBaghdad.
• Izzedine Salim, head of theIraqi Governing Council, assassinated in JTJcar bombing in theGreen Zone.

• Atwar Bahjat, shot while covering the2006 al-Askari mosque bombing forAl Arabiya.

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

• Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, assassinated byal-Qaeda in Iraq car bombing.
• Lamia Abed Khadouri Sakri, female MP, killed April 27, 2005^[1]
• Mohammed Awad, killed in the2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing.
• Saleh al-Ogaili
• Harith al-Obeidi, leader ofIraqi Accord Front

• Sheikh Sittar,Awakening Council leader, killed with animprovised explosive device planted by AQI.
• Fasal al Gaood, killed insuicide bombing at theAl Mansour Hotel.
• Hussein Ali al-Shaalan

• 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

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

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

Date	Victim	Role	(Suspected) Attacker	Location	Source
10 April 2003	Abdul-Majid al-Khoei	Shia cleric.	Suspected Sadr followers	Najaf
29 August 2003	Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim	Shia cleric.	Al-Qaeda	Najaf
1 November 2004	Hatem Kamil	Deputy Governor Baghdad Governorate	Al-Qaeda	Baghdad
20 August 2007	Mohammed Ali al-Hasani	Governor Muthana province	Unknown	Samawa
13 September 2007	Abdul Sattar Abu Risha	Sunni tribal leader	Islamic State of Iraq	Ramadi
March 2008	Paulos Faraj Rahho	Chaldean Catholic Archbishop	Al-Qaeda	Mosul
10 January 2020	Ahmed Abdul-Samad	Journalist	Iranian backed militias	Basra
6 July 2020	Hisham al-Hashimi	Journalist	Kata'ib Hezbollah	Baghdad	[2]
19 August 2020	Reham Yacoub	Doctor	Iranian backed militias	Basra
7 November 2022	Stephen Troell	Teacher	Kata'ib Hezbollah	Baghdad	[3]

• Lists of assassinations
• Tactics of the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
• Iraq War-related lists
• Assassinated Iraqi people
• Terrorism deaths in Iraq

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