A rise in attacks in the first two weeks of the month and a
series of massacres by the Islamic State in Anbar led to an increase in
violence in Iraq from September to October 2014. For the month, there was still
the second fewest reported incidents of the year, but there were slight upticks
in casualties in Babil, Baghdad, and Diyala resulting in an overall growth in the
number of dead and wounded. IS still appears to be focusing upon taking central
Anbar and surrounding Mount Sinjar in Ninewa, while the Iraqi Security Forces
(ISF) and peshmerga were advancing in Babil, Ninewa, Salahaddin, and to a
lesser extent in Diyala.
The number of reported attacks in Iraq has been dipping
since the summer. In October there were a total of 797 incidents, up from
September’s 690, but below August’s 835, July’s 930, and June’s 882, and were
in fact the second fewest for the entire year. Those figures averaged out to
29.4 attacks per day in June, 30.0 in July, 26.9 in August, 23.0 in September,
and 25.7 in October. The cause of last month’s increase was a jump in attacks
in the first two weeks when there were 358 compared to 315 the next two, plus a
surge in violence in the last three days of October with 68 attacks. Part of
the reason for the upsurge appeared to be the insurgency launching counter
attacks upon the security forces’ advances in several provinces, along with its
own offensive in Anbar.
Casualties went up from September to October as well. There
were a total of 2,347 killed and 3,151 wounded in the latter compared to 2,176
dead and 3,047 injured in the former. Again, these statistics have been heading
downwards since the summer going from a peak average of 135.7 deaths per day in
June to 73.5 in July, to 91.4 in August, 72.5 in September, and 75.7 in
October. Anbar had the most fatalities, 624, due to IS massacres, followed by
590 in Baghdad, 461 in Salahaddin, 250 in Babil, 201 in Ninewa, 173 in Diyala, 26
in Karbala, 13 in Kirkuk, 6 in Basra, 2 in Wasit, and one in Maysan.
Violence In
Iraq By Week 2014
Date
|
Incidents
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
JAN
|
1,015
|
1,483
|
2,890
|
FEB
|
945
|
1,274
|
2,526
|
MAR
|
996
|
1,606
|
2,901
|
APR
|
999
|
1,456
|
2,905
|
MAY
|
906
|
1,468
|
2,610
|
JUN
|
882
|
4,072
|
3,684
|
JUL
|
930
|
2,280
|
3,278
|
AUG
|
835
|
2,834
|
3,623
|
SEP
|
690
|
2,176
|
3,047
|
Oct 1-7
|
170
|
451
|
687
|
Oct 8-14
|
188
|
532
|
875
|
Oct 15-21
|
156
|
446
|
769
|
Oct 22-28
|
159
|
345
|
592 +
1,230
|
Oct 29-31
|
68
|
570
|
227
|
OCT
|
797
|
2,347
|
3,151 + 1,230
|
Violence In Iraq By Province Oct 2014
Province
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Anbar
|
105 Incidents
658 Killed: 385 ISF, 5
Sahwa, 268 Civilians
590 Wounded: 67 ISF, 14
Sahwa, 509 Civilians
43 Shootings
68 IEDs
7 Suicide Car Bombs
5 Suicide Bombers
|
174 Incidents
625 Killed: 105 ISF, 24
Sahwa, 495 Civilians
487
Wounded: 69 ISF, 15 Sahwa, 403 Civilians
122
Shootings
14
IEDs
3
Car Bombs
6
Suicide Car Bombs
3
Suicide Bombers
|
Babil
|
43 Incidents
52 Killed: 3 ISF, 49
Civilians
185 Wounded: 20 ISF, 165
Civilians
19 Shootings
13 IEDs
5 Car Bombs
1 Suicide Car Bombs
|
44 Incidents
250 Killed: 22 ISF, 228
Civilians
202 Wounded: 25 ISF, 177
Civilians
17 Shootings
19 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
1 Car Bomb
3 Suicide Car Bombs
|
Baghdad
|
189 Incidents
441 Killed: 42 ISF, 7 Sahwa,
392 Civilians
1,179 Wounded: 66 ISF, 1
Sahwa, 1,112 Civilians
51 Shootings
87 IEDs
19 Sticky Bombs
16 Car Bombs
5 Suicide Car Bombs
1 Motorcycle Bomb
1 Sound Bomb
|
152 Incidents
590 Wounded: 32 ISF, 6
Sahwa, 552 Civilians
1,399 Wounded: 60 ISF, 11
Sahwa, 1,328 Civilians
48 Shootings
73 IEDs
11 Sticky Bombs
16 Car Bombs
7 Suicide Car Bombs
4 Suicide Bombers
|
Basra
|
11 Incidents
19 Killed: 19 Civilians
3 Shootings
1 IED
3 Sticky Bombs
1 Car Bomb
|
15 Incidents
6 Killed: 6 Civilians
1 Wounded: 1 ISF
6 Shootings
2 IEDs
|
Diyala
|
57 Incidents
66 Killed: 7 ISF, 3
Peshmerga, 56 Civilians
144 Wounded: 16 ISF, 4
Peshmerga, 124 Civilians
28 Shootings
22 IEDs
2 Sticky Bombs
2 Suicide Bombers
|
57 Incidents
173 Killed: 41 ISF, 41
Peshmerga, 90 Civilians
205 Wounded: 33 ISF, 16
Peshmerga, 2 Sahwa,
154 Civilians
32 Shootings
25 IEDs
4 Suicide Car Bombs
2 Suicide Bombers
|
Karbala
|
5 Incidents
13 Killed: 2 ISF, 11
Civilians
25 Wounded: 25 Civilians
2 IEDs
3 Car Bombs
|
1 Incident
26 Killed: 26 Civilians
55 Wounded: 55 Civilians
4 Car Bombs
|
Kirkuk
|
43 Incidents
89 Killed: 8 ISF, 2
Peshmerga, 79 Civilians
116 Wounded: 24 Peshmerga,
92 Civilians
16 Shootings
34 IEDs
1 Car Bomb
1 Motorcycle Bomb
|
23 Incidents
13 Killed: 1 ISF, 2
Peshmerga, 10 Civilians
56 Wounded: 5 ISF, 8
Peshmerga, 43 Civilians
11 Shootings
6 IEDs
1 Suicide Car Bomb
2 Motorcycle Bombs
|
Maysan
|
-
|
1 Incident
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
|
Najaf
|
2 Incidents
5 Killed: 5 Civilians
12 Wounded: 12 Civilians
1 IED
1 Car Bomb
|
1 Incident
1 Car Bomb
|
Ninewa
|
52 Incidents
275 Killed: 34 ISF 241
Civilians
27 Wounded: 27 Civilians
24 Shootings
75 IEDs
|
65 Incidents
201 Killed: 5 ISF, 33
Peshmerga, 163 Civilians
68 + 1,230 Wounded: 2 ISF,
51 Peshmerga,
15 Civilians + 1,230
Peshmerga
40 Shootings
15 IEDs
2 Car Bombs
1 Suicide Car Bomb
1 Suicide Bomber
|
Qadisiyah
|
5 Incidents
6 Killed: 6 Civilians
20 Wounded: 20 Civilians
3 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
1 Car Bomb
|
1 Incident
1 IED
|
Salahaddin
|
177 Incidents
552 Killed: 67 ISF, 6
Peshmerga, 22 Sahwa,
457 Civilians
749 Wounded: 86 ISF, 41
Peshmerga, 5 Sahwa,
617 Civilians
75 Shootings
175 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
6 Car Bombs
13 Suicide Car Bombs
1 Suicide Boat Bomb
1 Suicide Bomber
|
205 Incidents
461 Killed: 137 ISF, 22
Sahwa, 2 Peshmerga,
300 Civilians
678 Wounded: 154 ISF, 18
Sahwa, 506 Civilians
90 Shootings
196 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
13 Car Bombs
12 Suicide Car Bombs
8 Suicide Bombers
1 Motorcycle Bomb
|
Wasit
|
1 Incident
1 IED
|
2 Incidents
2 Killed: 2 Civilians
2 Shootings
|
One reason for the increase in casualties was that October
saw the most car bombs since May. In that month there were 84 vehicle borne
improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs). Then the summer offensive started in
June and the number of car bombs actually dropped for several months going to
70 in June, 41 in July, 56 in August, and 60 in September. That trend ended in
October when there were 74 VBIEDs causing 599 deaths and 1,123 wounded. As
usual, Baghdad was the prime target with 20, but Salahaddin also saw 19 as IS
used them to attack the security forces that were on the offensive there. There
were also bombings in Karbala and Najaf, which were hit the month before as
well. 25 out of the 31 days of the month witnessed a car bomb with three waves
lasting from October 1-4, October 7-14, and October 19-27. That last one defied
recent trends where a single wave would last for only a few days.
Car Bomb
Attacks In Iraq Oct 2014
Date
|
Location
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
Oct. 1
|
New
Baghdad, Baghdad
|
17
|
59
|
Oct. 2
|
Hit x3,
Anbar
Great Dam,
Diyala
Balad,
Salahaddin
|
46
|
35
|
Oct. 3
|
Outside
Samarrra & Tuz Kharmato, Salahaddin
|
3
|
8
|
Oct. 4
|
Baiji
& Tikrit, Salahaddin
|
12
|
24
|
Oct. 5
|
|||
Oct. 6
|
|||
Oct. 7
|
Hit, Anbar
Mashtal
& Arboretum, Baghdad
Abassid
& Amerli, Salahaddin
|
40
|
78
|
1st
Wk Oct Totals
|
15
|
118
|
204
|
Oct. 8
|
Garma,
Anbar
Sadr City,
Baghdad
|
12
|
33
|
Oct. 9
|
Baquba,
Diyala
|
9
|
11
|
Oct. 10
|
|||
Oct. 11
|
Amiriya
Fallujah, Anbar
Kadhimiya
& Shula x2, Baghdad
West of
Tikrit, Shajarat al-Dor, Tikrit x2, Camp Speicher x4, Salahaddin
|
86
|
164
|
Oct. 12
|
Qara Tapa,
Diyala x3
Samarra,
Salahaddin
|
58
|
111
|
Oct. 13
|
Sadr City
& Kadhimiya, Baghdad
|
31
|
86
|
Oct. 14
|
Kadhimiya,
Baghdad
|
25
|
56
|
2nd
Wk Oct Totals
|
22
|
221
|
461
|
Oct. 15
|
|||
Oct. 16
|
Ramadi,
Anbar
Mahmudiya,
Babil
Dawlai,
Kadhimiya & Hurriya, Baghdad
Tuz
Kharmato, Salahaddin
|
43
|
57
|
Oct. 17
|
Suleikh,
Baladiyat & Karrada, Baghdad
|
32
|
101
|
Oct. 18
|
|||
Oct. 19
|
Baiji
& Tarmiya, Salahaddin
|
8
|
20
|
Oct. 20
|
Amiriya
Fallujah, Anbar
Mosul Dam,
Ninewa
Karbala
x4, Karbala
|
44
|
80
|
Oct. 21
|
Kadhimiya
x3, Baghdad
|
40
|
31
|
3rd
Wk Oct Totals
|
20
|
167
|
289
|
Oct. 22
|
Amiriya
Fallujah, Anbar
Sadr City
& Karrada, Baghdad
|
32
|
75
|
Oct. 23
|
Mazraa,
Salahaddin
|
||
Oct. 24
|
Najaf,
Najaf
Baiji
Refinery x2, Salahaddin
|
||
Oct. 25
|
Zummar,
Ninewa
|
7
|
|
Oct. 26
|
Dayum,
Salahaddin
|
||
Oct. 27
|
Jurf
al-Sakhr, Babil
Karrada,
Baghdad
|
38
|
51
|
Oct. 28
|
|||
4th
Wk Oct Totals
|
11
|
77
|
126
|
Oct. 29
|
Yusifiya,
Babil
Hamam
al-Aleel, Ninewa
Baiji,
Salahaddin
|
10
|
31
|
Oct. 30
|
Yusifiya,
Babil
Southwest
of Baiji x2, Salahaddin
|
6
|
12
|
Oct. 31
|
|||
OCT TOTALS
|
74
|
599
|
1,123
|
Government shelling and air strikes continued on civilian
targets. Fallujah, Hit, and Khalidiya in Anbar, Rabia in Ninewa, and Dour,
Baiji, Rabad and Tikrit in Salahaddin were all hit during the month. That cost
the lives of 178 people and wounded another 285. Coalition air strikes also
killed civilians twice on October
25 and October
26 in Ninewa leaving 12 dead and 13 wounded.
Casualties
From Government Shelling & Air Strikes In Iraq Oct. 2014
Date
|
Location
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
Oct. 1
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
6
|
|
Oct. 3
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
4
|
11
|
Oct. 4
|
Rabad,
Salahaddin
|
3
|
5
|
Oct. 6
|
Hit, Anbar
|
15
|
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
1
|
8
|
|
Rabia,
Ninewa
|
12
|
||
Oct. 7
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
3
|
5
|
Khalidiya,
Anbar
|
5
|
7
|
|
1st
Wk Oct Totals
|
-
|
43
|
42
|
Oct. 8
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
7
|
16
|
Tikrit,
Salahaddin
|
14
|
||
Oct 9
|
Dour,
Salahaddin
|
7
|
3
|
Oct. 10
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
4
|
13
|
Oct. 11
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
2
|
6
|
Oct. 14
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
3
|
3
|
Baiji,
Salahaddin
|
4
|
||
2nd
Wk Oct Totals
|
-
|
41
|
41
|
Oct. 15
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
3
|
6
|
Oct. 18
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
4
|
7
|
North of
Tikrit, Salahaddin
|
18
|
4
|
|
Oct. 19
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
3
|
9
|
Oct. 20
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
18
|
17
|
Oct. 21
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
1
|
13
|
3rd
Wk Oct Totals
|
-
|
47
|
56
|
Oct. 23
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
1
|
39
|
Oct. 24
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
1
|
6
|
Tikrit,
Salahaddin
|
9
|
11
|
|
Oct 25
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
8
|
29
|
Oct. 27
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
19
|
39
|
4th
Wk Oct Totals
|
-
|
38
|
124
|
Oct. 29
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
5
|
11
|
Oct. 30
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
2
|
7
|
Oct. 31
|
Fallujah,
Anbar
|
2
|
4
|
OCT TOTALS
|
-
|
178
|
285
|
Anbar remained a major battlefield at the close of the
month. There was fighting throughout the center and eastern sections of the
province. There were reported clashes in Amiriya Fallujah, Furat, Fallujah,
Ramadi, Baghdadi, outside of Hit, Al-Assad base, Jazeera and several other
small towns during the last ten days of October. Several of those locations
like Baghdadi and Al-Assad are completely surrounded by insurgents.
Starting on October 29, IS began executing members of the
Albu Nimr tribe, which it had captured in the Hit area after its fall at the
beginning of the month. On that
day
alone approximately 255 people were killed in 2-3 different incidents. From
then until the end of the month around 306 were executed in total. These
murders have continued into November. Albu Nimr has been one of the longest
standing anti-insurgent tribes in Anbar fighting against them since at least
2004. IS also has a legacy of going after Iraqi tribes that oppose it,
especially in Anbar, they just never had the opportunity to kill so many as
they have today due to their command of up to 80-85% of the governorate.
Insurgents have also been able to make minor advances since
their surge earlier in October. October
22 for instance, it was reported that IS took control of the Euphrates area
northwest of Hit. It then arrested 98 people including police and local officials,
and killed a police chief. The organization also continued with attempts
to take Amiriya Fallujah, which is on the eastern border with Babil. These
attacks have been repulsed so far.
The ISF has been carrying out a haphazard defense of the
province. Many of the army units stationed in the province have fallen
back to their bases leaving most of the fighting to the police and tribes. The
sheikhs
and the Anbar council have repeatedly complained that Baghdad has done nothing
to help their plight with the latter warning that the whole province could go
at any time. At the same time, fresh troops have been sent to Amiriya Fallujah,
and some counter attacks
made in the area. The Anbar Operations Command also launched an attempt to retake the Euphrates area
after its fall, as well as some towns
in between Hit and Baghdadi in the west, and was able to take back the Thar
Thar Dam. A larger push to defend Amiriya Fallujah appears to be in the
works after the ISF was able to take Jurf al-Sakhr in neighboring Babil. Until
then, the province remains at great risk.
The end of October saw the 14th and most
successful operation to clear the long-time IS stronghold in Jurf al-Sakhr.
That started on October
23, and was led by the Badr Organization’s Hadi Ameri who has become the
main commander in Iraq even though he holds no official position within the
ISF. Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force Commander General Qasim
Suleimani was also involved. According to the Washington
Post up to 10,000 militiamen were deployed to the area alone. This
overwhelming force reached the town center the next
day. Part of the success of this plan was also due to the fact that all of
the inhabitants were driven out leaving the area abandoned.
The residents will not be allowed back in anytime soon because many are
considered pro-insurgent, and the entire place is being turned into a military
camp. Afterward Prime Minister Haider Abadi and others all praised
the victory, and noted that it was one of the first steps towards defeating IS.
The fighting wasn’t over yet however, as the Islamic State
pulled back to just north of Jurf al-Sakhr, which is now a focus
of the militias and ISF. There has been a resulting increase in attacks in
places like Yusifiya and Latifiya.
This might be the first major setback for the Islamic State
since the summer. It has faced some other reverses such as losing Mosul Dam and
the Tuz Kharmato district of Salahaddin, but Jurf al-Sakhr was different. This
had been a base of operations for the group for years, and thirteen other
sweeps of the area had all failed. Not only that but taking the area denied IS
its plans
to expand into northern Babil and southern Baghdad, as well as cut off some of
its supply routes to Anbar. It is now on the defensive in the province.
After some early insurgent advances in June fighting in
Diyala has calmed down. October witnessed a more than doubling of casualties
however. That was largely due to three suicide car bombs hitting the offices
of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Qara Tapa in the northern section of the
province on October
12, which killed 58 and wounded 107. That was a precursor to IS seizing the
town for a day. On October
24, the group also launched an attack upon the Edheim district north of
Baquba. Otherwise the security forces continued with their clearing operations
in Mansuriya,
the Soudor
Dam area,
and the Hamrin
Mountains. It’s hard to gauge progress there as the ISF has been working in
many of these areas for weeks if not months. It’s likely that the areas remain
contested with the insurgents and security forces going back and forth over the
same territory.
Ninewa had been relatively quiet as well until this month.
IS surrounded all of Mount Sinjar in the middle of October, and have gotten
into intermittent clashes with the Yazidi militias defending it. They have
asked for relief, as there are several thousand people still living on the
mountain that are endangered. In the surrounding area and farther north the
peshmerga are fighting back. On October 25 they
claimed to have taken Zummar after clearing the surrounding villages. Two days
later they announced a four-pronged attack upon the Sinjar district, and then
more advances in the Rabia
border region with Syria. The progress of the Kurds appears slow, but steady.
They need to act faster if they want to make sure that the people on Mount
Sinjar will be saved.
Finally, Bas
News had an article on Kurdish casualties in the province. Comparing its
numbers with other reports around 1,230 peshmerga were wounded in Ninewa from
June to October. Both Baghdad and Irbil have kept mum about casualties after major
clashes between their forces and the insurgents since this summer. Only
sporadically do officials release these rough numbers, and they are always very
high pointing out that what gets in the press is only a small fraction of the
true casualties going on in the country.
Along with Anbar, Salahaddin remains the other major zone of
conflict in Iraq. The ISF has gone on the offensive there recently. It is
carrying out a two-part operation to first clear Baiji north of Tikrit, and
then move on the provincial capital itself. On October
22, the move on Baiji was announced. By the end of the month the ISF and
militias were within 1.2
miles of Baiji itself, and then on the last
day of October entered two of its neighborhoods. Once again Quds Force
Commander Gen Suleimani was said to be involved in the planning and
implementation of this campaign.
In the eastern Tuz Kharmato district, which was cleared by
the ISF at the end of September there have been continued reports of sectarian
cleansing and clashes between the militias and peshmerga. October
24, the Washington Post quoted a Kurdish commander who said that militias
were killing Sunni civilians and burning their houses in the area out of the
belief that they were insurgent supporters. Up to 7,000 families were said to
have fled as a result. Around the same time, there was a gun
battle between the peshmerga and Badr militia resulting in 2 militiamen
killed and four injured. The fighting started when Badr men refused to stop at
a Kurdish checkpoint. Badr ended up arresting 6 peshmerga and threatened to take
them to court in Baghdad. A few days later a similar incident occurred
with Badr firing on a Kurdish checkpoint injuring two peshmerga, and again the
militiamen ended up seizing several peshmerga. Now that the district is being
emptied of Sunnis the Kurds and militias are vying for control of it. They have
set up their own zones of control, checkpoints, etc. These small flare ups are
the result of the conflict of interests, and more will be reported in the
future until the central or regional government assert their control over the
area, which will not happen anytime soon given the fighting in the rest of the
country.
SOURCES
Agence France Presse, “Iraqi forces enter jihadist-held
town,” 10/31/14
AIN,
"ISIL executes 55 young guys from Albu Nimr tribe in Heet," 10/29/14
- “Reports over execuritn chieftain of Albu Nimir tribe,”
10/31/14
- “Security Forces start operation to break in Beji
District,” 10/22/14
Alsumaria, “Commander of the Tigris announce liberation of
four farming villages east of Baquba,” 10/25/14
Awara, Omar, “Shiite Militia Arrest Number of Peshmerga,”
Bas News, 10/27/14
BBC,
"Islamic State: Militants 'pushed back' in Iraq," 10/25/14
Buratha News, “Anbar and Babil Operations are implementing
cleansing operation between Jurf al-Sakhr and Amiriyat Fallujah,” 10/28/14
- “Anbar Operations launched a massive operation to free the
area of the Euphrates from the Daash terrorists and reinforces its troops in
Amiriyat al-Fallujah,” 10/23/14
- “Babil Operations Announces Clearing Fadiliyah area
between the province and Anbar,” 10/27/14
- “Daash jihadist forces rallied again from four axes to try
to break into Amiriyat Fallujah,” 10/23/14
- “Diyala police announced the killing of 40 Daash
terrorists north east of Baquba,” 10/30/14
- “Peshmerga forces launch an attack on the four themes of
Sinjar,” 10/27/14
- “The start of a military operation to liberate Hit, in
Anbar,” 10/27/14
Faqie, Nuwar, “Peshmerga Takes Control of Three Strategic
Roads Near Mosul,” Bas News, 10/28/14
Al
Forat, "2 Policemen wounded southern Baghdad," 10/29/14
- “37 Terrorists killed in Hemren Hills,” 10/28/14
-
"255 tribesmen and police killed by ISIL militants in Anbar,"
10/31/14
- “Babel….Volunteers brigades liberate Fadiliya area from
ISIL terrorists,” 10/23/14
-
"Car bomb explodes in Najaf," 10/24/14
-
"ISF detonate suicide car bomb in Baiji district," 10/23/14
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from ISIL terrorists,” 10/25/14
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Revenge,” New York Times, 10/30/14
Iraq
Times, "47 martyrs and injured in the car bomb explosion in Sadr City in
eastern Baghdad," 10/22/14
Kozak, Christopher, “ISF Withdraws to Defensive Positions in
Anbar Province,” Institute for the Study of War, 10/29/14
Al Mada, “Daash hold area north of Jurf al-Sakhr..and
clearing explosives will require 6 months,” 10/27/14
- “Iraqi army and the militias entering the center of Jurf
al-Sakhr on the one hand and waving the Iraqi flag over the main buildings,”
10/24/14
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"Karrada bombing toll rises to 40 dead and wounded," 10/27/14
Margon, Sarah, “For Iraq’s Sunnis, sectarian militias pose
an extra threat,” Washington Post, 10/24/14
Morris, Loveday, “Iraq’s victory over militants in Sunni
town underlines challenges government faces,” Washington Post, 10/29/14
NINA, “/14/ Villages liberated near Hit and al- Baghdadi,
western Anbar,” 10/26/14
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"/16/ Military elements killed and wounded in a suicide attack southwest
of Tikrit," 10/30/14
- “/30/ Elements of the IS killed in a military operation
northeast of Baquba,” 10/27/14
- “Armed Forces secures al-Thar Thar Dam and restore the
stream of water and the Tigris River toward the the Tigris canal,” 10/29/14
- “Army begins a military operation to liberate Albu Nimer
besieged families by ISIS,” 10/30/14
- “An army force liberate in an airdrop two factories east
of Fallujah,” 10/22/14
- “Army forces backed by army aviation and air force in
al-Qarma, cordoned the IS in al-Qarma and Amiriyat al-Fallujah,” 10/29/14
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"Breaking News../10/ civilians and /13/ elements of the IS killed by
bombing of the coalition aircraft to areas northwest of Mosul," 10/26/14
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"Breaking News../19/ people including two policemen killed and wounded, in
a suicide attack on a police checkpoint south of Baghdad," 10/29/14
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"Breaking News../20/ civilians killed and wounded by a car bomb driven by
a suicide bomber in Baiji, north of Tikrit," 10/29/14
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"Breaking News…Car Bomb Goes Of South of Baghdad," 10/30/14
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"Breaking News..Two car bombs exploded near the Baiji refinery and
security forces stormed the surrounding areas," 10/24/14
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"Breaking News….Two Suicide Bombers Blow Themselves Up In Amiriyat
Al-Fallujah," 10/22/14
- “The IS elements control on the Euphrates district near
Hit completely,” 10/22/14
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"The Is execute /170/ people from Albu Nimr tribe west of Ramadi,"
10/29/14
- “(IS) Takes Control on A district Nearby Government
Departments Complex Amid Ramadi,” 10/31/14
- “Liberation of the eastern and western perimeters areas
surrounding al-Soudor dam in Diyala from the IS control,” 10/25/14
- “Massive Military Operation Northwest Of Hilla to Expel
Terrorists,” 10/23/14
- “The operation of Jurf al-Sakhar will have a deep impact
in the final defeat of the IS,” 10/24/14
- “The security forces and the popular crowd liberated al-
Hujayr area north of Jurf al-Sakhar,” 10/26/14
- “Security forces liberated the farm village south of
Baiji,” 10/29/14
- “Ten Terrorists Killed North of Baquba,” 10/24/14
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"A US raid kills two civilians south of Mosul," 10/25/14
Radio Free Iraq, “22 October 2014,” Daily Updates from
Anbar, 10/22/14
- “29 October 2014,” Daily Updates from Anbar, 10/29/14
Rasheed, Ahmed, “Iraq’s Abadi struggles to gain Sunni tribal
support,” Rasheed, 10/29/14
- “Iraqi forces advance in new bid to end Baiji refinery
siege,” Reuters, 10/30/14
Al Rayy, “Liberation of three villages from Dash west of
Anbar,” 10/24/14
- “Security forces launched a large attack on the city of
Hit,” 10/30/14
Reuters, “After victory in key Iraqi town, time for
revenge,” 10/26/14
Rudaw, “Shia militiamen arrest Peshmerga near Kirkuk,”
10/30/14
- “UPDATE: Peshmerga take control of strategic town
northeast of Mosul,” 10/25/14
Salaheddin,
Sinan, "Car bombings in Iraq kill at least 38 people," Associated
Press, 10/27/14
Salih,
Hemin, "450 Peshmerga Killed in IS Fightings," Bas News, 10/22/14
Sameer, Saif and Parker, Ned, “Islamic State militants seize
Iraq village, press assault on Yazidis,” Reuters, 10/23/14
Shafaq
News, "Baghdad operations : 53 people killed and injured in Karrada and
Sadr City bombings," 10/23/14
- “Military forces and the popular crowd control Tal
al-Faransi western Tikrit,’ 10/30/14
- “Senior security official: More than 100 ISIS elements
killed in the biggest attack of the army and tribes near Fallujah,” 10/25/14
Zair, Kareem, “Islamic State militants encircle air base as
they reinforce control of Anbar Province,” Azzaman, 10/23/14
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