Shorja

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Shorja or Al-Shorja is a marketplace in Baghdad, Iraq. Located near Bab Al Sharqi market, Shorja is Baghdad's largest and oldest market. Shorja was the site of several major attacks. The 12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings killed 76 people and injuring 155-180. Near the marketplace on March 26 2007 a suicide car bomber killed two people and injured five others. Snipers hidden in Shorja's bazaar killed several people around the same time and gunfights erupted between militants and the Iraqi security forces in the area.