Iraq

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Iraq

COUNTRY

Official Website:
http://www.cabinet.iq/

Population:
28,945,657 (2009 estimate)

Founding Date:
3-Oct-1932 (independence)

See also Iraqi Kurdistan (autonomous region), and Coalition Provisional Authority.

Government offices:

CITIES

City Type Population

Baghdad, Iraq -- 5,772,000
Mosul, Iraq -- 1,739,800
Basra, Iraq -- 1,377,000
Kirkuk, Iraq -- 755,700
Najaf, Iraq -- 585,600
Karbala, Iraq -- 572,300
Nasiriyah, Iraq -- 560,200
Fallujah, Iraq -- 350,000
Tikrit, Iraq -- 28,900

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Rafid Ahmed Alwan Hoaxer 1968 "Curveball"

Muqtada al-Sadr Military 12-Aug-1973 Militant Shiite Iraqi cleric

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Abu Abbas Terrorist 10-Dec-1948 9-Mar-2004 Masterminded the Achille Lauro hijacking

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