March 8 – Oil extraction rights to the Maysan Oilfields were granted to China March 8, 2010.[3]
April
April 18 - Iraqi SOF conducted an operation southwest of Tikrit that killed Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the two leaders of the ISI, a U.S. UH-60 Blackhawk supporting the operation crashed killing a RangerSergeant and injuring the aircrew.[4]
May 10 - A series of attacks in Baghdad, Mosul, Fallujah, along with other cities, kills 85 people and injures 140 [6]
June
June 20 - 2 suicide car bombs detonate near the Trade Bank of Iraq, killing 26 and wounding 50 people
July
August
August 2 – The New York Times reported that the United States would "withdraw designated combat forces from Iraq by the end of August."[7]
August 3 – At least 5 police officers are shot dead at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq.[8]
August 7 – 5 Iraqi policemen are killed in an overnight shootout in western Baghdad, while 1 policeman is killed at a checkpoint outside Fallujah.[9]
August 18 – The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division crosses the international border between Iraq and Kuwait, effectively ending U.S combat operations within the country of Iraq. 52,600 U.S. military personnel remain in Iraq to take on an advisory role as Operation New Dawn begins.[10]
August 19 – U.S. President Barack Obama announced that all U.S.combat operations will end on August 31. 50,000 troops will stay in an advise and assist role. The full withdrawal is scheduled for December 2011.
September
September 13 – A civilian is killed and six people injured in fighting in Iraq's Diyala Governorate.[11]
September 15 – US and Iraqi forces raid a neighbourhood in Fallujah resulting in at least six casualties.[12]
September 17 – An Iraqi Army soldier is killed and eleven people are wounded following two bombs going off in Baghdad.[13]
