Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1

Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:

- Oct. 25 - Two powerful car bombs explode in downtown Baghdad, killing at least 136 people in an apparent attempt to target the fragile city's government offices.

- Aug. 19 - A series of bombings against ministries kills 102 people, including 65 at the Foreign Ministry, 28 at the Finance Minister and 8 at the Health Ministry. More than 500 are wounded in the attacks.

- Aug. 7 - A suicide truck bomb targets a Shiite mosque in a northern suburb of Mosul, flattening the mosque and killing at least 44 people. The attack also injures more than 200 people. Bombings against Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad kill seven.

- June 24 - Bomb rips through crowded market in Baghdad's Sadr City, killing 78.

- May 20 - A parked car bomb explodes near several restaurants in northwest Baghdad, killing 41.

-April 29 - Twin car bombing in a popular shopping area in Sadr City, the biggest Shiite district in Baghdad, kills 51 people.

- April 24 - Back-to-back female suicide bombings kill 71 people outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad in Kazimiyah.

- April 23 - Suicide bomber strikes restaurant in Muqdadiyah, kills at least 53, including 44 Iranian pilgrims, three Iraqis and six burned beyond recognition bodies.

- March 10 - Suicide bomber targets tribal leaders at market in Abu Ghraib, killing 33.

- March 8 - Suicide bomber strikes police academy in Baghdad, killing at least 30.

- Feb. 13 - Female suicide bomber targets Shiite pilgrims in Musayyib, killing 40.

- Jan. 4 - Female suicide bomber strikes Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, killing 38.