Al Anbar Governorate, Sunni tribal sheikh prominent in alliance against Al-Qaeda in Iraq, suicide bomb victim. July 12 – Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen, two Reuters news staff, were killed in the July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike (associated with WikiLeaks in 2010) July 13 – Khalid Hassan, 23, Iraqi reporter for The New York Times, shot. August 2 – Haitham al-Badri, Al-Qaeda in Iraq emir of Saladin province and Golden Dome bomber, airstrike. August 24 – Abdul Rahman Arif, 91, Iraqi politician, President of Iraq (1966–1968). September 13 – Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, 35, Iraqi leader of the Anbar Salvation Council, bomb. September 19 – Bassem Hamad al-Dawiri, 34, Iraqi sculptor, replaced Saddam Hussein statue toppled during 2003 invasion of Iraq, car accident. October 14 – Salih Saif Aldin, 32, Iraqi correspondent for The Washington Post'', shot. October 22 – Sargon Boulus, 63, Iraqi poet. December 1 – Rassim al-Jumaili (born 1938), Iraqi comedian and actor, kidney failure. See also Iraq War Iraq War troop surge of 2007 Notes External links Years of the 21st century in Iraq Iraq