2009 Kirkuk bombing

2009 Kirkuk bombings
2009 Kirkuk bombings
	Location of Kirkuk in Iraq
Location	Kirkuk , Iraq
Date	30 June 2009 ( UTC +3)
Attack type	Suicide bombing and car bomb
Deaths	40
Injured	136
Perpetrators	Unknown

The 2009 Kirkuk bombing was a suicide car bomb attack that occurred on June 30, 2009, in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk . The bombing killed 40 people and injured up to 100. ^[1]

The bomb, which exploded in a crowded district came as U.S. troops were leaving major urban cities in Iraq. ^[2]

Shortly after the attack, a Peshmerga brigade seized a car loaded with 250 kg of TNT . The explosives were being transported from Kirkuk to Sulaymaniyah . ^[3]

Reaction [ edit ]

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani condemned the attack. ^[4]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kirkuk bombed amid US pullout" . Al-Jazeera . 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009 . Retrieved 30 June 2009 .
^ Hogr (1 July 2009). "Suicide explosion in Kirkuk leaves 20 dead, 40 injured" . Patriotic Union of Kurdistan . Archived from the original on 29 July 2009 . Retrieved 30 June 2009 .
^ Halgord (1 July 2009). "Sulaimani Brigade seizes car loaded with 250kg of TNT" . Patriotic Union of Kurdistan . Archived from the original on 29 July 2009 . Retrieved 30 June 2009 .
^ "President Talabani slams terrorist attack in Kirkuk" . Patriotic Union of Kurdistan . 1 July 2009 . Retrieved 30 June 2009 . ^{[
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[Kirkuk_bombed_amid_US_pullout-1] "Kirkuk bombed amid US pullout" . Al-Jazeera . 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009 . Retrieved 30 June 2009 .

[2] Hogr (1 July 2009). "Suicide explosion in Kirkuk leaves 20 dead, 40 injured" . Patriotic Union of Kurdistan . Archived from the original on 29 July 2009 . Retrieved 30 June 2009 .

[3] Halgord (1 July 2009). "Sulaimani Brigade seizes car loaded with 250kg of TNT" . Patriotic Union of Kurdistan . Archived from the original on 29 July 2009 . Retrieved 30 June 2009 .

[4] "President Talabani slams terrorist attack in Kirkuk" . Patriotic Union of Kurdistan . 1 July 2009 . Retrieved 30 June 2009 . ^{[
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