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709-807 assasinations, killings, Basra

Incident x490
Type (most often) gunfire
Deaths recorded 709-807
Targeted or hit assassinations, killings - '90% political' - many of Sunni, but also some Shiite, ex-Baathists
Place Basra
Date 9 April 2003 - 3 August 2005
Sources KR 03 Aug
Newsday 25 Aug
CSM 13 Jul
BG 08 Aug
UPD

Individuals for whom personal or identifying details were reported

IBC page Identifying details (number if more than one) Age Sex
x490-dw601 Muther Abadi Adult Male
x490-zx551 Jumhour el-Zergany Adult Male
x490-sf596 Abdul Hussein el-Fayath Adult Male
x490-zw613 Mohammed el-Fayath, son of Abdul Hussein el-Fayath 3 Male

Individuals for whom only demographic or other non-personal information was reported

Number killed Occupation Age Sex
2 Cleric, Sunni Adult Male
1 Baathist official, former Adult Male
1 Municipal official Adult Male

Of the 709 to 807 deaths recorded here, some personal information was reported for 4 of the dead.

Only demographic information, without any identifying details, was available for 4 other people recorded killed.

Neither personal nor demographic information was reported for another 701 to 799 people killed in this entry.