The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the area of modern Iraq. It is not necessarily exhaustive, and sources frequently disagree on the number of deaths. * In 1258, the Siege of Baghdad (1258): estimates range from 200,000–2,000,000 civilian deaths * August 1933, the Simele massacre in Northern Iraq: the Iraqi army massacred 3000Assyrian Christians * June 1–2, 1941, Farhud, Baghdad; 175-780 deaths, considered "the beginning of the end of the Jewish community of Iraq" * July 8, 1982, Dujail Massacre, Dujail; 148 deaths * March 16, 1988, Halabja poison gas attack, Halabja: 5000+ deaths; Iraqi government used chemical weapons on Kurdish town; condemned as an act of genocide * August 1, 2004, 2004 Iraq churches attacks, |Baghdad and Mosul; 12 died, 71 injured