Events Iraq
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1st January: New Year.
January: Feast of Sacrifice - El Am Hejir.
9 February: Achoura.
17 March: Commemoration of chemical bomb attacks on Halabja.
21 March: Zoroastrian New Year.
9 April: Fall of Saddam Hussein.
1st May: Labour Day.
14 July: Day of the Republic.
8 August: Day of Peace.
21 December: Feast of Sacrifice.
Many of the dates are approximate due to Iraqis adherence to the Muslim lunar calendar which is different to our Gregorian solar calendar.