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Amirli bombing
Location	Amirli, Iraq
Date	July 7, 2007
Target	market
Attack type	suicide truck bomb
Death(s)	156
Injured	255

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The 2007 Amirli bombing was a suicide car bomb attack that occurred on July 7, 2007, in a market in the town of Amirli, Iraq. The bombing killed 156 people with 255 injured.^[1]

The truck bomb struck Amirli on a busy Saturday shopping morning, destroying several buildings around the heart of the market, police said. Rescuers were forced to move injured people to Tuz Khurmato, the nearest major town, some 45 km (28 miles) away, and some were said to have died on the way. Others were taken on to Kirkuk, the largest city in the region, for more intensive treatment.^[2]

On September 12, the U.S. military reportedly detained the mastermind behind the bombing, Abd Dalian Mohammed.^[3]

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki blamed insurgents for the attack, saying their actions were showing signs of desperation.
The US commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, said he expected a series of similar-scale attacks in coming weeks.He said Sunni extremists would seek to pull off attacks to "grab the headlines".^[4]

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