The deadliest days in Iraq

March 29, 2007
The deadliest days in Iraq
The deadliest days in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. Totals include people known to have died on that day as well as bodies found that day:
-August 31, 2005: At least 1,000 Shiite pilgrims are killed in a bridge stampede caused when somebody claimed there was a suicide bomber in their midst.

-Nov. 23, 2006: Mortar rounds and five car bombs kill 215 people in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City.

-March 6, 2007: Officials report 194 deaths, including 120 by two suicide bombers in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad.

-March 2, 2004: Coordinated blasts from suicide bombers, mortars and planted explosives strike Shiite Muslim shrines in Karbala and Baghdad, killing at least 181 people.

-March 29, 2007: At least 179 people are killed, including 104 by multiple suicide bombers in the town of Khalis, north of Baghdad, and in predominantly Shiite markets in the capital.