Editing 2005 in Iraq (section)

===July===
* July 3 – [[Ihab al-Sherif]], [[Egypt]]'s most senior envoy to [[Iraq]] is [[kidnapping|kidnapped]] by gunmen while buying a [[newspaper]]. He was to be promoted to [[ambassador]], representing the first [[Arab world|Arab nation]] to recognize the new Iraqi government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5115736,00.html|title = Latest news from around the world &#124; the Guardian|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]}}</ref>
* July 8 – [[Egypt]]ian ambassador-designate [[Ihab al-Sharif]] is killed in [[Baghdad]]. A group related to [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] claimed responsibility.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/07/iraq.main/index.html (CNN)] [https://www.theguardian.com/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5125727,00.html (Guardian)]</ref>
* July 13 – A [[suicide bomber]] kills 34 Iraqi boys and one US soldier in Baghdad. The boys were scooping up candy thrown from an American Humvee.
* July 16 – A [[suicide bomber]] detonates explosives near an [[Liquified petroleum gas|LPG (propane)]] fuel tanker parked near a gas station south of [[Baghdad]], sparking a massive explosion that kills more than 60 people and wounds as many as 100 in one of the worst insurgent attacks to hit the area since the [[Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–present|US occupation of Iraq]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/16/iraq.main/index.html |title=Suicide bomber kills 60 near Baghdad - Jul 16, 2005 |publisher=CNN.com |date= |accessdate=2022-05-28}}</ref>
* July 17 – A fuel truck bomb kills 98 people south of [[Baghdad]] as three more suicide car bombers strike the Iraqi capital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1173372.cms |title=Fuel truck bomb kills 98 in Iraq - the Economic Times |access-date=2010-10-04 |archive-date=2011-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518075939/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1173372.cms |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* July 21 – [[Algeria]]'s two most senior diplomatic staff in [[Iraq]] are kidnapped from outside a restaurant in the western [[Mansour district|Mansour]] district.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4703317.stm|title = Algerian diplomats seized in Iraq|date = 21 July 2005}}</ref>
* July 24 – At least 39 people, mostly [[civilian]]s, are killed when a [[Suicide Bomb|Suicide Truck Bomb]] exploded at a [[police station]] in the [[Iraq]]i [[Capital (political)|Capital]] of [[Baghdad]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4712249.stm (BBC)]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5164675,00.html|title=Latest news from around the world &#124; the Guardian|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]}}</ref>
* July 25 – At least seven people died following a twin [[Suicide Bomb|suicide car bomb]] attack on [[Iraqi Police|police]] [[border checkpoint|checkpoints]] in the centre of the [[Iraq]]i [[Capital (political)|Capital]] [[Baghdad]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4713481.stm|title = Iraq constitution boycott is over|date = 25 July 2005}}</ref>
* July 26 –
** At least 12 workers were shot dead as they were driven away from the [[Nationalization|state owned]] factory they worked at, in the [[Abu Ghraib]] area, by [[Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)|insurgents]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4718717.stm|title = Iraqi workers shot dead on buses|date = 26 July 2005}}</ref>
** [[Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)|Insurgents]] released a video showing the two [[diplomat]]ic staff from [[Algeria]] kidnapped from [[Baghdad]] last week.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4719213.stm|title = 'Algerian hostages' video shown|date = 26 July 2005}}</ref>
* July 27 –
** Two US troops were killed following a bomb in [[Baghdad]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4724377.stm|title = One dead in Iraq oil train blast|date = 28 July 2005}}</ref>
** Two [[Algeria]]n [[diplomat]]ic staff who had been kidnapped by insurgents have been killed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4721719.stm|title = Algerian envoys killed by captors|date = 27 July 2005}}</ref>
** At least five people have died following an apparent [[Suicide Bomb]] blast outside a [[hospital]] in the [[Iraq]]i [[Capital (political)|Capital]], [[Baghdad]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4722307.stm|title = Iraqi hospital hit by bomb blast|date = 27 July 2005}}</ref>
** The interim [[Prime Minister of Iraq]], [[Ibrahim Jaafari]], has called on [[US troops]] to leave [[Iraq]] soon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4720083.stm|title = Iraq PM urges 'speedy' US pullout|date = 27 July 2005}}</ref>
** Seven [[Iraq]]i soldiers, guarding a water plant north of [[Baghdad]], have been shot and killed by [[Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)|Insurgents]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3645815 |title = KCTV5 - Water plant attack kills seven Iraqi soldiers  |access-date=2010-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051101232738/http://www.kctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3645815 |archive-date=2005-11-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>