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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Iraq (numbers may be approximate). For massacres during the Iraq War, see List of massacres of the Iraq War:
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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| Simele massacre | August 1933 | Northern Iraq | 3000 | Iraqi army and Arab and Kurdish tribes massacred Assyrian Christians |
| Farhud | June 1-2, 1941 | Baghdad | 175-780 | Considered "the beginning of the end of the Jewish community of Iraq" |
| Dujail Massacre | July 8, 1982 | Dujail | 148 | |
| Halabja poison gas attack | March 16, 1988 | Halabja | 5000+ | Iraqi government used chemical weapons on Kurdish town; condemned as an act of genocide |
| 2004 Iraq churches attacks | August 1, 2004 | Baghdad and Mosul | 12 | 71 injured |
| 2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre | March 27, 2007 | Tal Afar | 152 | Shiites were bombed |
| 2007 Mosul massacre | April 23, 2007 | Mosul | 23 | The murders were considered to be a reprisal for the honor killing of a 17-year-old Yazidi girl |
| Al Ahamir Massacre | June 29, 2007 | Al Ahamir | 10-14 | Iraqi civilians were killed by Al Qaeda |
| 2010 Baghdad church attack | October 31, 2010 | Baghdad | 58 | The Islamic State of Iraq attacked a Catholic church |
