The following lists events in 2012 in Iraq.
Incumbents
President: Jalal Talabani Prime Minister: Nouri al-MalikiBush Says New Iraqi Government a "Decisive Break with the Past" Vice President: Khodair al-Khozaei Tariq al-Hashimi (until September 10)
Events
2012–2013 Iraqi protests
January
January 5 – A series of explosions occur in mainly Shia Muslim neighbourhoods of Baghdad and in the city of Nasiriyah, with at least 73 killed and 149 wounded. January 6 – Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, the Iranian-backed Shiite militia that carried out deadly attacks on U.S. troops agrees to lay down its arms and join the political process in Iraq. January 14 – A suicide bomber kills at least 53 people and injures more than 130 in Basra. January 15 – Insurgents trigger bombs and storm a police station in Ramadi, with six people reportedly killed and 14 injured.
February
February 12 – Turkish warplanes carry out strikes against PKK hideouts in northern Iraq. February 19 – A suicide bomber kills at least 19 officers and cadets and injures 26 outside an Iraqi police academy in northeastern Baghdad. February 23 – A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 60 killed and more than 200 injured.
March
March 5 – Gunmen disguised as police kill 27 members of Iraq's security forces in the town of Haditha. March 12 – Robbers kill at least 9 people and injure 14 in a jewelry heist in East Baghdad. March 20 – At least 50 are killed and more than 240 injured in a wave of terror attacks across 10 cities in Iraq. March 21 – Iraq is terrorised by unconfirmed reports of extremists crushing the skulls of "emos" with blocks of cement.
April
April 3 – Qatar rejects Iraq's demand to hand over fugitive Vice President Tariq Al-Hashemi. April 19 – At least 36 people are killed and almost 150 others are injured in bombings in Baghdad, Kirkuk and Samarra. April 26 – At least 10 killed and 15 injured in two explosions at a popular coffee shop in the Diyala province.
May May 8 – National Foundation Congress is founded. May 26 – Ten killed and at least ten others injured in a series of attacks targeting Iraqi military patrols in Al-Suwaira, Mosul and east of Baqubah.
June
June 13 – ِA series of 42 attacks across Iraqi cities results in the death of 72 people and over 250 injured.
July
August
September
October
November
December
Deaths
March 5 – Mohammad Shafar, Awakening movement leader. March 23 – Naji Talib, politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq from 1966 to 1967. June 7 – Abid Hamid Mahmud, military officer and Saddam Hussein's personal secretary. September 19 – Behnam Abu Alsoof, archaeologist and historian.(b.1931)journals.cambridge.org
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