Reported Security Incidents Across Southern Iraq In 2013

 

Southern Iraq has witnessed plenty of violence in 2013, but it pails in comparison to central and northern Iraq. While a province like Baghdad might have five to ten attacks per day, some provinces in the south have that many in a year. Different governorates have also gone through different experiences. In Babil for example there has been a relentless wave of attacks mostly aimed at average citizens. Basra has seen a mix of Al Qaeda in Iraq bombings, and religious, political, and sectarian violence. Karbala and Najaf have gone through repeated attempts to stir sectarian tensions by attacking pilgrims heading to the holy cities. Wasit on the other hand has experienced an increasing number of insurgent bombings. Other governorates like Muthanna and Maysan have only seen occasional militant operations. Al Qaeda in Iraq has picked up the pace of its operations in the south carrying out more aggressive and coordinated bombings, but these are still occasional rather than normal events.

(Wikipedia)

Babil has long been a stronghold of the insurgency. The northern half of the province has a string of Sunni towns that have been used for bases by the insurgency for years. In 2013 there have been a total of 157 security incidents, one every couple days. Northern towns such as Jurf al-Sakhr, 42 incidents, Musayab, 28, Alexandria, 12, Iskandiriya, 8, and Mahawil, 7, have born the brunt of the violence, but there have also been a sizeable number of attacks in Hillah, 26, which is in the center of the governorate. Those attacks have resulted in 295 deaths and 470 wounded. Almost all of those were regular citizens. Shootings have been the most common form of attack, 54 total, but there have been almost as many car bombs, 43, and more bombings of all kinds overall, 90. In terms of the number of attacks and fatalities Babil is much more like Diyala and Anbar than the rest of the south, because of its strong militant presence.  

Reported Security Incidents In Babil

Date	City	Type of Attack	Killed	Wounded
1/2/13	Musayab	Gunfire with insurgents
	Iskandiriya	Roadside Bomb		4 Soldiers
	Mahawil	Car bomb against Shiite pilgrims	2	8
	?	Gunfire against Shiite pilgrims
1/3/13	Musayab	Car bomb against Shiite pilgrims	27	60
	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire on army checkpoint
	Hillah	Car bomb	3
1/10/13	Musayab	Bomb		1
1/11/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Bomb
1/17/13	Qasim	Car Bomb	4
1/18/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	IED		3 Police
	Iskandiriya	Gunfire		1 Police
1/26/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Mortar
1/30/13	Alexandria	Gunfire on army checkpoint
2/2/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Rockets
2/5/13	Musayab	Roadside bomb		2 Police
2/6/13	Musayab	Gunfire on police checkpoint	2 Police	2 Police
2/8/13	Bahbahan	Gunfire on police chokepoint
	Shomali	Car bomb	3	10
		Car bomb	13	18
	Hindiya	Car bomb	2	5
2/9/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire with insurgents
2/20/13	Musayab	Gunfire		1 Police
2/22/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Sticky bomb	3, 1 Iraqiya candidate
3/7/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	IED
3/8/13	Hillah	Gunfire	5 Sons of Iraq found shot
3/10/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Sticky Bomb		1
	Alexandria	Gunfire	1
3/18/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire on army checkpoint
3/19/13	Musayab	Car bomb	3	11
	Iskandiriya	Suicide car bomb against army base	8	16
	Alexandria	Car bomb	3	3
3/24/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire on police checkpoint	16 Soldiers and police
3/26/13	Jbalah	IED on bridge
3/27/13	Musayab	Car bomb	3 Police	14
3/31/13	Jbalah	Gunfire on army checkpoint
4/5/13	Jbalah	Car bomb	2	2
	Mahawil	Roadside Bomb	5	2
4/8/13	Alexandria	Roadside bomb	1	1
4/9/13	Mahawil	Gunfire	1
4/13/13	Alexandria	Gunfire	1
4/15/13	Musayab	2 Car bombs		19
	Hillah	Car bomb
4/16/13	Musayab	Gunfire on army checkpoint	2 Soldiers
		Roadside bomb
	Jurf al-Sakhr	Roadside bomb		2 Police
4/19/13	Iskandiriya	Car bomb	8
4/20/13	Musayab	Mortar		1
	Jurf al-Sakhr	Mortar		1 Soldier
4/23/13	Alexandria	Gunfire	1 body found
4/25/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Roadside bomb	2 police	2 Police
5/1/13	Askheri	IED on police officer’s house
5/10/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire with insurgents
	Jbalah	Sticky bomb	1	1
	Albu Mustafa	Bomb
5/17/13	Jbalah	Roadside bomb
5/18/13	Musayab	Gunfire on army checkpoint
5/19/13	Alexandria	Gunfire	1 body found
5/20/13	Hillah	Suicide bomber	12	69
	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire on army checkpoint
5/25/13	?	Gunfire	5 former Baathists
5/26/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Mortar Federal Police station
5/28/13	North of Hillah	Gunfire with insurgents		2 Police
6/1/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Roadside bomb		2 Soldiers
6/4/13	Jbalah	Sticky bomb	1
6/5/13	Hillah	Gunfire	1
	Jurf al-Sakhr	IED against police chief
6/10/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire with insurgents
	Iskandiriya	IED		5
6/16/13	Jbalah	Roadside bomb		6
		Car bomb	1
	Mahawil	Suicide car bomb		4, 2 Police
	Aziziya	Car bomb	1
6/17/13	North of Hillah	Gunfire	3	4
6/19/13	Hillah	Car bomb		3
6/23/13	Alexandria	Gunfire on army checkpoint
6/25/13	Musayab	IED against bus with Shiite pilgrims	3	15
6/27/13	Musayab	Car bomb		7, 1 Police
6/30/13	Hillah	Sticky bomb	1	1
	Jurf al-Sakhr	IED
7/7/13	Musayab	Gunfire	6, 1 Police
7/9/13	Hartha	Gunfire	1 tribal sheikh
7/13/13	Alexandria	IED against Babil provincial council member
7/14/13	Jbalah	2 Car bombs	4	12
		Suicide bomber
7/17/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	3 Car bombs
7/19/13	Jbalah	Suicide bomber	1 Police	5
7/21/13	Hillah	Gunfire	1
7/24/13	North of Hillah	Sticky bomb		1
7/31/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire
	Northwest of Hillah	Bomb
8/3/13	Alexandria	Kidnapped Awakening
	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire on checkpoint
8/4/13	Hillah	Sticky bomb		1
	Alexandria	Car bomb		2
8/5/13	Hillah	Gunfire	2
8/7/13	Albu Mustafa	Mortar
	Musayab	Sticky bomb	1	2
8/8/13	Alexandria	Roadside bomb	1	6
8/10/13	Musayab	Car bomb		7
		Mortar police station		2 Police
	Jurf al-Sakhr	Mortar Babil Operations center
	Al-Iza	Gunfire	3, mayor
8/11/13	Azraq	Car bomb		7
	Jurf al-Sakhr	Roadside bomb	3 Soldiers	6 Soldiers
8/19/13	Mahawil	IED	1	2
8/20/13	Qaryah Asriya	2 Car bombs	4	7
8/22/13	Hamza al-Gharbi	IED
8/24/13	Mahawil	Car bomb	2 Police	3 Police
	Musayab	Car bomb	3	2
	Mashroa	Car bomb
	Tunis	Car bomb on police station
	North of Hillah	Bomb
8/26/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Mortar on Federal Police base
	Albu Mustafa	Mortar	1	3
8/28/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire on army checkpoint
8/29/13	Hillah	Gunfire with insurgents
8/30/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire	1 Awakening
9/1/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Roadside bomb		3 Soldiers
9/2/13	Musayab	IED		3
9/3/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire on army checkpoint
	Jbalah	Car bomb	5	5
9/5/13	Mahawil	Stabbings		2
9/7/13	Musayab	Sticky bomb	1
	Jurf al-Sakhr	Mortar on police station
9/9/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire	1
9/12/13	Musayab	Bombing of oil pipeline
9/13/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	IED
9/15/13	Hillah	2 Car bombs	18	23
	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire		1 Soldier
	Iskandiriya	Car bombs	4
9/17/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire on army checkpoint
9/24/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire on military base	1 Soldier
	Ajresh	Sticky bomb	1	1
9/26/13	North of Hillah	Gunfire on checkpoint
	Northwest of Hillah	Gunfire on checkpoint
9/28/13	Musayab	Bombing of a house	3	4
	North of Hillah	Bombing of electricity tower
	Iskandiriya	Gunfire on army checkpoint
9/29/13	Musayab	Suicide bomber	50
10/5/13	Hillah	Gunfire on assistant to governor
10/6/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire on police station
10/7/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire with insurgents
10/8/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire with insurgents	4 Police	3 Police
10/12/13	Hillah	Gunfire	1
10/13/13	Hillah	Car Bombs	5	27
		Car bomb	3	4
	Musayab	Gunfire	1
10/16/13	Iskandiriya	IED		1
10/21/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Gunfire on Federal Police station
10/22/13	Hillah	Gunfire	2 Police	3 Police
	Musayab	Mortar	3	3
	Ahrar	Gunfire	1
11/1/13	Fadhiliya	IED	2 Sons of Iraq
11/9/13	Jurf al-Sakhr	Roadside Bomb	3 Soldiers
	Musayab	Mortar
11/10/13	Hillah	2 Car bombs		10
TOTALS	157 Incidents	Gunfire 54	295	470
	Jurf al-Sakhr 42	Car bombs 43	8 Sons of Iraq	17 Soldiers
	Hillah 26	Bombs/IEDs 23	10-24 Soldiers	29 Police
	Musayab 28	Roadside Bombs 14	18-33 Police
	Alexandria 12	Mortar 12
	Jbalah 11	Sticky bombs 10
	Iskandiriya 8	Suicide bombers 6
	Mahawil 7	Kidnapping
	Albu Mustafa 3	Rockets
	16 towns with one incident each	Stabbing

Basra is the second most violence province in the south. There a number of groups that appear to be operating there. On the one hand there are Al Qaeda in Iraq car bombings that have struck the governorate 14 times and resulted in 44 deaths and 119 wounded. On the other hand Shiites appear to be taking out their frustrations on local Sunnis. On January 31, a Sunni professor was gunned down in Basra. On May 12 a Sunni cleric was gunned down in Abu Kaseeb, and another on May 18 in the same town. On August 13 a former Sunni politician was assassinated in Basra, and August 26 a sticky bomb was placed in the car of a member of the Sunni Endowment. Finally on October 26 a Sunni sheikh was kidnapped in Basra. There has also been political and religious violence in the governorate. A black rights activist was gunned down in Basra on April 26. The secretary general of the Fadhila party was shot at on July 11. A Turkish Airlines office was bombed on July 13, and an alcohol business was bombed on July 25. In total, there have been 40 security incidents in the province this year, 31 of which were in Basra city resulting in 82 deaths and 127 wounded. The governorate appears to be unstable politically, and suffering from insurgent bombings, which accounts for the levels of violence there.

Reported Security Incidents In Basra

Date	City	Type of Attack	Killed	Wounded
1/31/13	Basra	Gunfire	1 Sunni professor
3/7/13	North of Basra	Gunfire	1
3/17/13	Basra	2 Car bombs	10	27
3/21/13	Basra	Sticky bomb	1
3/31/13	Zubayr	IED		2
4/18/13	Basra	IED		3
4/26/13	Zubayr	Gunfire	2
	Basra	Gunfire	1 black rights activist
	Shatt al-Arab	Gunfire	2
5/6/13	West of Basra	Sticky bomb	1 coast guard officer
5/12/13	Abu Kaseeb	Gunfire	2, 1 Sunni cleric
5/18/13	Abu Kaseeb	Gunfire	1 Sunni cleric
5/20/13	Basra	2 Car bombs	13	50
6/16/13	Basra	2 Car bombs	4	6
6/29/13	Basra	Gunfire	3
		Gunfire	3
7/2/13	Basra	Car bomb	1	2, 1 Soldier
7/11/13	Qibla	Gunfire on secretary general of Fadhila party
7/13/13	Basra	IED on Turkish Airlines office
7/14/13	Basra	Car bomb, motorcycle bomb	7	6
7/16/13	Basra	IEDs		2
	Zubayr	Gunfire	1
7/22/13	Abu Kaseeb	Sticky bomb		1 Sheikh Adnan al-Ghanim
7/25/13	Basra	Bombing of alcohol business
7/29/13	Basra	Car bomb	3	4
8/3/13	South of Basra	Gunfire	2
8/13/13	Basra	Gunfire	Former Sunni politician assassinated
8/26/13	Basra	Sticky bomb on Sunni Endowment member
9/8/13	Basra	Gunfire	6 family members assassinated in home
9/15/13	Basra	Car bomb	3	2
9/16/13	Basra	Gunfire	3
9/21/13	Basra	Gunfire	1
9/25/13	Basra	Gunfire	1
9/28/13	Basra	Gunfire	1
9/29/13	Basra	Gunfire	1
10/8/13	Basra	Gunfire	1
10/13/13	Basra	2 Car bombs	3	12
10/26/13	Basra	Kidnapped Sunni sheikh
11/10/13	Basra	2 Car bombs		10
11/11/13	Abu Kaseeb	Gunfire	1
TOTALS	40 Incidents	Gunfire 21	82	127
	Basra 31	Car bombs 14		1 Soldier
	Abu Kaseeb 4	Sticky bombs 4
	Zubayr 3	Bombs/IEDs 5
	2 other towns with one incident each	Kidnapping

Dhi Qar, and specifically the city of Nasiriyah has become a target of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Those attacks have picked up since the summer. There were no attacks in the province from January to March. The first one in 2013 didn’t occur until April 15 when two car bombs went off in Nasiriyah. Then there wasn’t another attack until June, then one in July, four in August, one in September, and then two in October. Still there has only been a total of 11 attacks thus far, nine of which were in Nasiriyah. Those involved 12 car bombs that resulted in 16 deaths and 132 wounded. Many of these attacks coincided with other bombings across Iraq showing that Nasiriyah was part of AQI’s effort to show that it was capable of hitting multiple targets on the same day. The goal seems to be to undermine the standing of the government by showing that it cannot protect the public, and to stoke sectarian tensions by hitting major Shiite cities like Nasiriyah. That has worked to an extent in the governorate, as there have been reports of the Sunni Al Sadoun tribe being attacked and displaced.

Reported Security Incidents In Dhi Qar

Date	City	Type of Attack	Killed	Wounded
4/15/13	Nasiriyah	2 Car bombs		14
6/16/13	Nasiriyah	2 Car bombs	2	35
7/14/13	Nasiriyah	Car bomb, IED	2	25
8/10/13	Nasiriyah	3 Car bombs	4	45
8/12/13	Nasiriyah	IED police officer’s house
8/15/13	Aldawayah	Gunfire	1	2
8/20/13	Nasiriyah	Car bomb	1	5
		Car bomb	1	5
9/15/13	Nasiriyah	2 Car bombs	5	3
10/2/13	Nasiriyah	Gunfire	1
10/8/13	Thawra	Sticky bomb
TOTALS	11 Incidents	Car bombs 12	17	134
	Nasiriyah 9	IEDs 2
	2 other towns with one incident each	Gunfire 2
		Sticky bombs

(Global Security)

Karbala is very similar to Dhi Qar. Because it holds holy Shiite shrines that draw thousands of pilgrims several times a year the province has become a perfect target for AQI bombings. That has led to eight car bombings and one suicide bomber leading to 28 fatalities and 121 wounded. Still since the beginning of the year there has only been 15 attacks in the governorate all in the Karbala area leading to a total of 32 deaths and 125 wounded.

Reported Security Incidents In Karbala

Date	City	Type of Attack	Killed	Wounded
1/5/13	North of Karbala	IED		3
	Karbala	Car bomb	1	23
		Mortar
1/17/13	Karbala	Car bomb		4
		2 Car bombs	5	5
	Imam Aoun shrine	Car Bomb	1	17
3/3/13	Karbala	Suicide bomber	2	11
		IED
4/29/13	Karbala	Car bomb	3	17
5/29/13	Karbala	Gunfire
7/14/13	Karbala	Car bomb	7	11
8/10/13	Karbala	Car bomb	5	11
9/15/13	Karbala	Car bomb	4	22
10/17/13	Karbala	IED against house of head of Karbala provincial council		1 Police
10/7/13	Karbala	IED	4
TOTALS	15 Incidents	Car Bombs 9	32	125
	Karbala 15	IEDs 4		1 Police
		Mortar
		Suicide bomber

Maysan, Muthanna, Najaf, Qadisiyah have seen even fewer militant operations. All together those four governorates have only seen 16 attacks this year. Almost all of those were car bombings that have resulted in 50 killed and 320 wounded. Again, these operations are meant to show the depth of AQI’s networks up and down the length of the country, and its abilities to strike almost anywhere in Iraq. Still they have occurred so rarely that the majority of people in these provinces have been left untouched.

Reported Security Incidents In Maysan

Date	City	Type of Attack	Killed	Wounded
4/29/13	Amarah	2 Car bombs	10	31
5/7/13	Amarah	Gunfire	1 Soldier	1 Soldier
7/2/13	Amarah	Car bomb	2	19
8/20/13	Amarah	2 Car bombs	3	57
TOTALS	4 Incidents	Car bombs 5	16	108
	Amarah 4	Gunfire

Reported Security Incidents In Muthanna

Date	City	Type of Attack	Killed	Wounded
7/2/13	Samawa	Car bomb	4	19
7/29/13	Samawa	2 Car bombs	2	17
10/13/13	Rumaitha	2 Car bombs	4	17
10/31/13	?	Gunfire	1
TOTALS	4 Incidents	Car bombs 5	11	53
	Samawa 2	Gunfire
	2 other towns with one incident each

Reported Security Incidents In Najaf

Date	City	Type of Attack	Killed	Wounded
4/25/13	Najaf	Truck bomb	1	25
6/16/13	Najaf	Car bomb	7	23
TOTALS	2 Incidents	Car/Truck bombs 2	8	48
	Najaf 2

Reported Security Incidents In Qadisiyah

Date	City	Type of Attack	Killed	Wounded
3/1/13	Diwaniya	2 Car bombs	5	71
4/3/13	Shomali	Gunfire	1 body found
4/29/13	Diwaniya	Car bomb	4	25
5/20/13	Diwaniya	Gunfire	1
10/13/13	Diwaniya	2 Car bombs	8	11
11/10/13	Diwaniya	2 Car bombs		5
TOTALS	6 Incidents	Car bombs 7	19	112
	Diwaniya 5	Gunfire 2

Wasit is another governorate that has seen a large amount of militant activity. That has included a mix of shootings and bombings almost all of which has occurred in the provincial capital of Kut. Of the 23 incidents this year, 15 have happened in that city. While car bombings have predominated, 16 total, there have also been six shootings, and four bombings. In total 48 have died and 151 have been wounded in 2013.

Reported Security Incidents In Wasit

Date	City	Type of Attack	Killed	Wounded
2/4/13	Kut	Gunfire on parliamentarian
2/28/13	Aziziya	Car bomb		14
3/20/13	Kut	IED against army base
3/23/13	Kut	Stabbing	1
4/7/13	Kut	Gunfire		1
4/16/13	Kut	Car bomb	4	9
4/30/13	Dijail	Municipal building burned
5/11/13	Aziziya	Gunfire on head of Shummar tribe
5/20/13	Kut	Grenade
6/16/13	Kut	2 Car bombs	6	25
6/28/13	North of Kut	Gunfire	1 sheikh of Shummar tribe
7/5/13	Kut	Car bomb	1	17
7/14/13	Kut	Car bomb	4	28
7/23/13	Kut	Car bomb	2 Police	3
7/29/13	Kut	2 Car bombs	7	39
7/30/13	Essaouira	Gunfire on police station	1 Police
	Kut	Gunfire	3
8/26/13	Essaouira	Bomb	1	3
9/9/13	Swayra	2 bombs		5 Police
9/15/13	Swayra	2 Car bombs	9
10/9/13	Kut	Car bomb	8	7
10/13/13	Kut	2 Car bombs	15
	Swayra	2 Car bombs	5
TOTALS	23 Incidents	Car bombs 16	48	151
	Kut 15	Gunfire 6		5 Police
	Swayra 3	Bombs/IEDs 4
	Aziziya 2	Stabbing
	Essaouira 2	Grenade
	Dijail

The nine provinces of southern Iraq have witnessed a variety of different levels of violence. Babil is an insurgent base, and that has resulted in constant attacks every week since the beginning of the year. Militants are also active in Wasit, but to a much lesser extent. Basra on the other hand has seen a large number of security incidents, but the causes vary from Al Qaeda bombings to political and sectarian violence. The other six provinces have hardly been touched other than the occasional mass casualty bombing carried out by AQI. The Islamists have the ability to strike any of the major cities in the south, but this only occurs about once a month. That means for the other thirty odd days much of the population is going about their lives. Still the increase in attacks and what people see is happening in the rest of the country has led to a growing sense of instability, and decreased the standing of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The real impact of the bombings might be felt next year when Iraq holds parliamentary elections, and the premier runs for a third term and has to account for the growing number of attacks across the country. 

SOURCES

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- "5 gunmen killed, injured northern Babel," 9/27/13

- "7 Persons wounded in Babel,' 8/11/13

- "9 IAs killed, wounded in Babel," 8/11/13

- "10 civilians injured due to Karbala explosions," 1/17/13

- "10 Persons killed, wounded due to Babel explosions," 8/24/13

- "14 civilians injured in northern Wasit bombing," 2/28/13

- "16 IA, IP elements killed in northern Babel," 3/24/13

- "AED explodes in central Basra," 8/26/13

- "AIN reveals details of Maysan double bombing," 4/29/13

-"Basra explosion due to sticky bomb," 3/21/13

- "Breaking News….Car bomb explodes in central Hilla," 4/15/13

- "Bus driver killed, 2 passengers injured northern Babel,' 8/7/13

- "Car bomb explodes in Wasit," 4/16/13

- "Casualties of Diwaniya car bomb rise," 4/29/13

- "Casualties of Nasiriyah bombings rise to 27 dead, injuries," 7/14/13

- "Casualties of Wasit bombing hit 9 deaths, injuries," 10/13/13

- "Chieftan survives assassination in Wasit," 5/11/13

- "Civilian killed northern Babel," 10/13/13

- "Civilian killed southern Babel," 10/22/13

- "Civilian wounded in Hilla," 10/16/13

- "Death toll of Basra bombings hit 37 deaths, injuries," 3/17/13

- "Death toll of Karbala explosion reaches 13 deaths, injuries," 3/4/13

- "Electricity tower detonated in Hilla," 9/28/13

- "Gunmen attack IA checkpoint northwestern Hilla," 9/3/13

- "Gunmen burn official building in Wasit," 4/30/13

- "Gunmen clash with police checkpoint northern Babel," 2/9/13

- "Gunmen executes armed attack targeting Arbaeen pilgrims in Babel," 1/2/13

- "IA checkpoint attacked northwestern Hilla," 9/17/13

- "IED explodes in Kut Military Base of Wasit," 3/20/13

- "IED explodes southern Hilla," 8/22/13

- "IED goes off between Holy Shrines in Karbala," 3/3/13

- "IP's house detonated in Nassiriya," 8/12/13

- "Man, son injured northern Babel," 9/5/13

- "Mayor killed in northern Hilla," 8/10/13

- "Mortar shells hit police station in Mussayab," 8/10/13

- "Official of Fadhila party attacked in Basra," 7/11/13

- "Sahwa elements killed in western Hilla," 11/1/13

- "Sayadi survives assassination central Kut," 2/4/13

- "Second bombing in Babel results in killing, injuring 7 persons," 10/13/13

- "Series of bombings vibrates northern Babel,' 7/14/13

- "Suicide bombing targets IA headquarter in northern Babel," 3/19/13

- "Urgent….2 car bombs explode successively in Diwaniya," 11/10/13

- "Urgent…2 car bombs target Muthanna," 7/29/13

- "Urgent…10 persons killed, injured northern Babel," 9/3/13

- "Urgent….10 pilgrims killed, injured due to car bomb in Babel," 1/2/13

- "Urgent….Car bomb explodes in southern Babel,' 1/17/13

- "Urgent…Car bombing, mortar grenades reverberates in Karbala," 1/5/13

- "Urgent… Casualties of Karbala bombing reach 26 deaths, injuries," 9/15/13

- "Urgent… Casualties of Karbala car bomb reach 18 deaths, injuries," 7/14/13

- "Urgent…Civilians killed, injured in Karbala," 2/8/13

- "Urgent…Maysan death toll hit 60 deaths, injuries," 8/20/13

- "Urgent…Mortar shells hit residential neighborhood in Babel," 10/22/13

- "Urgent…Muthana car bomb casualties rise," 7/2/13

- "Urgent….Najaf car bomb's casualties rise to 37 deaths, injuries," 6/16/13

- "Urgent….Nasiriya bombings kill, injure 37 people," 6/16/13

Aswat al-Iraq, "3 killed, 4+ wounded in Basra explosion," 7/29/13

- "3 killed, 17 wounded+ final toll in Karbala explosion," 4/29/13

- "5 killed, 71 wounded in Diwaniya explosions," 3/1/13

- "7 casualties, 4+ arrested in Babel security operation," 8/8/13

- "8 killed, 7+ wounded in Wassit province," 10/9/13

- "Double explosion in Diwaniya," 10/13/13

- "Shop owner killed north of Basra," 3/7/13

- "Tribal Sheikh killed in Kut," 6/28/13

Iraq Body Count, “Black-Iraqi rights activist by gunfire in his car in central Basra,” 4/26/13

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- “Recent Events”

- “Sunni academic by gunfire in Basra,” 1/31/13

- “Sunni cleric and Basra provincial counselor by gunfire in Abu Al-Khasib, east of Basra,” 5/12/13

National Iraqi News Agency, "# Policemen wounded northwest of Hilla," 1/18/13

- "2 Mortar shells hit residential neighborhood north of Hilla," 11/9/13

- "2 Policemen wounded in northern Babil," 8/10/13

- "2 Security personnel killed, 3 civilians wounded in Kut," 7/23/13

- "2 Wounded in Basra blast," 7/16/13

- "2 Wounded western Basra," 3/31/13

- "2 Young men killed in Hilla," 8/5/13

- "3 Killed, wounded north of Hilla," 8/19/13

- "3 Wounded in Hilla," 6/19/13

- "3 Wounded in the explosion of 2 IEDs north of Hilla," 9/2/13

- "4 Civilians wounded in Karbala's second car bomb explosion," 1/17/13

- "4 killed, 17 others wounded due to the two car bombs that hit Samawa city," 10/13/13

- "5 Gunmen killed, 8 captured during clashes in northern Babil province," 10/7/13

- "5 Wounded north of Hilla," 6/10/13

- "7 killed, 6 wounded in double explosion in Basra," 7/14/13

- "8 Persons killed when a car bomb was being booby-trapped north of Hilla," 4/19/13

- "11 Killed, wounded in northern Babil blast," 8/20/13

- "17, including Afghan pilgrims, wounded due to the car bomb in Northern Karbala," 1/17/13

- "31 killed and wounded in the blasts of Kut province," 6/16/13

- "An armed group attacks a checkpoint in Hilla," 1/30/13

- "An armed group attacks a checkpoint in Hilla," 5/20/13

- "Armed group attacks an Army checkpoint in Hilla," 5/18/13

- "An Armed group attacks army checkpoint in Hilla," 3/18/13

- "Armed group kidnap an awakening element in Hilla," 8/3/13

- "An Army checkpoint attacked in Hilla," 6/23/13

- "An army checkpoint attacked north of Babil," 8/3/13

- "An army checkpoint becomes under armed attack north of Hilla," 1/5/13

- "Assassination of Abdul Ilah Kazim in Basra," 8/13/13

- "Assistant of Babil Governor injured in Hillah," 10/5/13

- "Babel Provincial Council member escapes assassination," 7/13/13

- "Basra's blasts caused by two car bombs: witnesses say," 10/13/13

- "Bomb explodes under a bridge in Hilla," 3/26/13

- "Bomb explosion on a police patrol north of Hilla," 1/11/13

- "A body found in sub-river Hilla," 5/19/13

- "A bomb explosion near a mosque north of Hilla," 5/10/13

- "A bomb explosion on a military convoy north of Hilla," 5/17/13

- "Bomb, targeting a house sells alcoholic, explode in Basra," 7/25/13

- "Bombing of two houses and arrested three wanted men in Babil," 9/13/13

- "Bombings toll in Hilla rises to 24 dead and wounded," 3/19/13

- "BREAKING NEWS 3 Wounded in car bomb explosion in Basra," 7/2/13

- "BREAKING NEWS 3 Wounded north of Karbala," 1/5/13

- "BREAKING NEWS 4 Killed, wounded in car bomb explosion north of Hilla," 4/5/13

- "BREAKING NEWS 5 Policemen killed, wounded in attack on checkpoint west of Hilla," 10/22/13

- "BREAKING NEWS 6 Persons of same family killed in Basra," 9/8/13

- "BREAKING NEWS 7 Persons wounded in car bomb explosion in northern Babil," 8/10/13

- "BREAKING NEWS 7 Wounded in a car bomb explosion north of Hilla," 6/27/13

- "BREAKING NEWS. /14/ dead and injured in a third car bomb explosion north of Babel," 3/19/13

- "BREAKING NEWS 21 Wounded in Amara blast," 7/2/13

- "BREAKING NEWS 32 killed, wounded in Kut's explosion," 7/14/13

- "BREAKING NEWS. Five civilians killed and two others injured north of Hilla," 4/5/13

- "BREAKING NEWS Another car bomb explodes in Nasiriya," 8/20/13

- "BREAKING NEWS Casualties of Hilla explosions increased up to 81 killed, wounded," 5/20/13

- "BREAKING NEWS Casualties of Karbala car bomb explosion up to 16 killed, wounded," 8/10/13

- "BREAKING NEWS Gunmen blow oil pipeline north of Hilla," 9/12/13

- "BREAKING NEWS. Killing and wounding 13 people in a second bombing in Shomali south of Babel province," 2/8/13

- "BREAKING NEWS Nasiriya explosions casualties up to 49 killed, wounded," 8/10/13

- "Breaking News-Two car bombs explode in Basra," 6/16/13

- "Breaking News----two car bombs hit Babil province," 4/15/13

- "Bullets fired at surgeon in Karbala," 5/29/13

- "Car bomb goes off, wounding two people in Hilla," 8/4/13

- "Car bomb uncovered in northern Wasit, driver arrested," 8/10/13

- "Check point north of Hilla attacked," 2/8/13

- "Checkpoint under fire in north of Hilla," 9/26/13

- "A civilian killed and another wounded north of Hilla," 5/10/13

- "Civilian killed, another wounded in Hilla," 4/8/13

- "Civilian killed north of Hilla," 6/4/13

- "Civilian killed while leaving mosque in Hilla," 10/12/13

- "Civilian wounded by sticky bomb in Hilla," 3/10/13

- "A civilian wounded in a bomb explosion in his store in Hilla," 1/10/13

- "Civilian wounded in Hilla," 4/20/13

- "Clashes between gunmen, military in northern Babil," 6/10/13

- "Clashes north of Hilla between police and insurgents, casualties among two sides," 10/8/13

- "Dead body found in Hilla," 4/23/13

- "Dhi Qar two car bombs' casualties 8 civilians," 9/15/13

- "Five mortar shells land near H.Q of federal police in Hilla," 5/26/13

- "Former army officer wounded in Kut," 4/7/13

- "Former Baath official assassinated in Hilla," 6/5/13

- "Four mortar shells hit north of Hilla," 1/26/13

- "Four mortar shells target the HQ of the federal police in Hilla," 8/26/13

- "Four people, including two policemen, wounded in Hilla," 6/16/13

- "Gunman killed, 4 wounded north of Hilla," 9/26/13

- "Gunman killed, two policemen wounded in clashes in Hilla," 5/28/13

- "Gunmen attack an army checkpoint in Hilla," 8/28/13

- "Gunmen attack an Army checkpoint in Hilla," 3/31/13

- "Gunmen attack an Army patrol, injure a soldier in Hilla," 9/15/13

- "Gunmen attack real estate office, kill the owner, in Basra," 11/11/13

- "Gunmen blow up a police officer's house and put on some other houses in Hilla," 5/1/13

- "Gunmen blow up citizen's house, kill two and injure five in Hilla," 9/28/13

- "Gunmen detonate three trucks in Hilla," 6/30/13

- "Gunmen kill a civilian in Hilla," 9/9/13

- "Gunmen kill a contractor in Hilla," 4/9/13

- "Gunmen kill a man in Hilla," 4/13/13

- "Gunmen killed three, wound fourth in attack on a café in Hilla," 6/17/13

- "Gunmen wearing uniforms kidnapped a tribal Sheikh in Basra," 10/26/13

- "Headquarters of federal police in Babil under armed attack," 10/21/13

- "Homemade bomb explodes, without casualties, in Hilla," 8/24/13

- "IED against Turkish Airlines office in Basra," 7/13/13

- "An IED goes off in front of head of Karbala Council's house," 10/17/13

- "IED targets police patrol in Hilla," 3/7/13

- "INA nominee in Babil elections killed," 2/22/13

- "Injury of four army recruits north of Babel," 1/2/13

- "Jurf al-Sakhar Police Chief escapes assassination," 6/5/13

- "Killing and wounded /6/ people in a car bomb explosion in Nasiriyah," 8/20/13

- "Killing and wounding /3/ people in an armed attack north of Nasiriyah," 8/15/13

- "Killing and wounding four policemen, north of Hilla," 4/25/13

- "Killing one and wounding three civilians in Kut," 7/30/13

- "Lawyer injured in a sticky bomb in Hilla," 7/24/13

- "Local Dawa Party official dies of his wounds north of Hilla," 9/7/13

- "Man injured due to sticky bomb in his car in Hilla," 8/4/13

- "Man killed in Hilla," 3/10/13

- "Medical Source: Victims of Hilla blasts up to 32 dead and wounded," 10/13/13

- "Military force clashes with gunmen northwest of Hilla," 5/10/13

- "Mortar shell hits primary school in Hilla," 8/7/13

- "Mortar shell lands near elections station in Hilla," 4/20/13

- "Mosque's Imam assassinated in Basra," 5/18/13

- "Mosque's Muezzin killed in Hilla," 7/21/13

- "Najaf explosion victims up to one killed, 24 wounded," 4/25/13

- "Northern Babil blast casualties up to 87 killed, wounded," 1/3/13

- "An officer survives of assassination attempt in Basra," 5/6/13

- "One killed, 17 wounded in Kut's car bomb explosion," 7/5/13

- "One killed, three others wounded in falling of two mortar shells in Hilla," 8/26/13

- "Police: Hilla's car bomb kills 3 policemen and wounds 14," 3/27/13

- "Police repel an attack by gunmen tried to attack the visitors of Arbainiyah North Babel," 1/2/13

- "Policeman, his 5 family members killed north of Hilla," 7/7/13

- "A policeman killed and '5' worshipers injured north-east of Hilla," 7/19/13

- "A policeman killed north of Wasit," 7/30/13

- "A policeman wounded in Hilla," 2/20/13

- "A policeman wounded north of Babel," 1/18/13

- "Sahwa element assassinated northwest Hilla," 8/30/13

- "Security source: Victims' number of Hilla bombings up to 6 dead, 36 wounded," 9/15/13

- "Senior leader of Qaeda and four others killed, six arrested north of Hilla," 10/6/13

- "Six civilians wounded in North of Hilla," 6/16/13

- "Soldier, civilian killed, another civilian wounded in two incidents in Hilla," 9/24/13

- "A soldier killed another one injured in Amara," 5/7/13

- "Staff member killed west of Basra," 7/16/13

- "Sticky bomb goes off in Nasiriyah," 10/8/13

- "Sticky bomb kills one, injures another in Hilla," 6/30/13

- "Stun bomb goes off in Kut province," 5/20/13

- “Ten people injured in two car bombs explosion in Basra," 11/10/13

- "Toll number of Kut's two car bombs up to 7 dead and 39 wounded," 7/29/13

- "Three civilians killed, two wounded in a car bomb in Basra," 9/15/13

- "Three gunmen killed and wounded in Hillah," 8/29/13

- "Three IEDs explode in Hilla," 7/17/13

- "Three Katyusha rockets fall in Hilla," 2/2/13

- "Three pilgrims, heading to Karbala, killed and 15 others wounded in Hilla," 6/25/13

- "Three soldiers killed, north of Babil," 11/9/13

- "Three soldiers wounded north of Hilla," 9/1/13

- "Tribal Sheikh wounded in Basra," 7/22/13

- "Two car bombs explode in Nasiriyah," 4/15/13

- "Two car bombs exploded north of Babil province," 8/24/13

- "Two explosive devices targeting a police patrol north of Babil," 7/31/13

- "Two mortar shells land near a police station in Hilla," 9/7/13

- "Two people wounded in Hilla," 10/11/13

- "Two police officers, three policemen wounded in Wasit province," 9/9/13

- "Two policemen killed, four others, including an officer, wounded in Hilla," 2/6/13

- "Two policemen wounded in Hilla," 4/16/13

- "Two soldiers and two gunmen killed in two separate incidents in Hilla," 4/16/13

- "Two soldiers wounded in Hilla," 6/1/13

- "Victims of Alexandria's car bomb up to 6 killed and wounded," 3/19/13

- "Victims of Basra two car bombs up to 53 dead and wounded," 5/20/13

- "A woman and her child killed south of Basra," 8/3/13

- "A worker killed and 3 others wounded ,north of Wasit," 8/26/13