Editing 2005 in Iraq (section)

===February===
*February 4 – [[Paul Wolfowitz]] announces that 15,000 U.S. troops whose tours of duty had been temporarily extended will be withdrawn by the next month.
*February 7 – Two [[suicide bomber]]s strike in [[Mosul]] and [[Baquba]], claiming at least 27 lives, mostly police recruits.
*February 8 – At least 21 people are killed in a blast at an Iraqi army recruitment centre in [[Muthenna airfield]] in west Baghdad.
*February 9 – At least nine Iraqis die including a correspondent for a U.S.-funded Arabic TV station.
*February 10 – At least 50 Iraqis are killed when rebels attack targets across the country. Meanwhile, the election results are postponed because of a limited recount.
*February 11 – More than 20 Iraqis are killed in attacks near a [[Shia]] mosque and on a Baghdad bakery.
*February 12 – A [[car bomb]] attack blast outside a hospital kills at least 17 people in the town of [[Musayyib]].
*February 13 – Limited election results are announced.
*February 17 – Full results are announced in the [[Iraqi legislative election, January 2005|national legislative election]]. The [[United Iraqi Alliance]] wins a slight majority.
*February 19 – At least 40 people are killed and more than 100 wounded in attacks by suicide bombers in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq during festival of [[Ashoura]].
*February 22 – Two policemen and two civilians are killed and another 30 police are injured in a suicide attack against a convoy of security forces in Baghdad.
*February 24 – A car bombing attack in the Iraqi city of [[Tikrit]] reportedly kills up to 15 people. Another 25 are injured in an attack on a police station.
*February 25 – Three US troops are killed and eight others injured in a bomb explosion in [[Tarmiyah]] just north of Baghdad.
*February 27 – Five people are killed in a bomb blast in [[Hammam Alil]]. In another incident, a US soldier is shot and killed in Baghdad while manning a traffic checkpoint.
*February 28 – 127 Iraqis are killed by a [[2005 Al Hillah bombing|suicide car bomb]] outside a medical center in [[Hilla]], south of Baghdad. The bomber, who later turned out to be a U.S. educated Jordanian lawyer from al Qaeda targeted a large crowd of mainly teachers and police recruits outside a health clinic. It was the deadliest single blast in Iraq's history.