The security situation in Iraq has remained stable for the
last month. There have been around the same number of attacks and casualties
since early August 2015. Incidents leveled off several months ago, but it has only
been recently that casualties declined as well.
Musings On Iraq counted 144 attacks in Iraq from September
8-14. That was only a little bit higher than the previous weeks which saw 139
incidents from September 1-7, 136 August 22-28, 135 August 15-21, and 132
August 8-14. The numbers have been going up each week, but only slightly.
There were a reported 368 deaths and 394 wounded during the
week. The dead consisted of 1 Sahwa, 19 Hashd al-Shaabi, 28 Peshmerga, 68
members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), 95 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
fighters, and 157 civilians. There were also 1 Asayesh, 23 Hashd, 48 ISF, 115
Peshmerga, and 207 civilians injured.
Like attacks the dead and wounded have been at roughly the
same level the last few weeks. August 15-21 there were 699 casualties, 638
August 22-28, 637 September 1-7, and 762 September 8-14.
The Islamic States’ newest car bomb campaign continued for
another week. There has been at least one vehicle borne improvised explosive
device (VBIED) launched each day for 23 days straight from August 23 to
September 14. During the 2nd week of September there were a total of
34 car bombs, but only five detonated on their target, with the other 29 being
destroyed beforehand. As usual, Anbar, 20, and Salahaddin, 11, had the largest
number of these types of bombings as IS has been launching them against the
government offensives there. There was also one VBIED in Baghdad, one in
Diyala, and one discovered and dismantled in Karbala. This was the second month
that IS had tried to hit Karbala. Luckily neither went off, but it shows that
IS is attempting to hit the south again after a noticeable hiatus.
The government’s operation to clear Fallujah and Ramadi
continued into its second month in September. There were 24 incidents in Anbar
leading to 29 dead and 57 wounded. Those are gross undercounts as Baghdad has
suppressed most of the casualty reports coming out of the province. During the
week the joint forces still found themselves going back and forth through the
same areas. Niamiya had its second sweep and was declared cleared on September
9. Albu Diab was cleared for the second time, there was an operation in
Jeraishi for the third time, while Husaiba was declared freed for the fifth
time. The operation in Garma, which began at the very start of June was also on
going. The center of the town was surrounded towards the end of that month, but
progress there has been stalled since then. On September 11, a new operation in
the Rashad area of the Garma district was announced, the fourth since July. It
didn’t help that many of these announcements were only propaganda instead of
real victories. For example, Husaiba was declared cleared before any units even
reached it. The Iraqi government is in war mode right now, and wants to
highlight its wins both real and imagined.
Baghdad had 57 incidents with 65 dead and 154 injured. Those
attacks were evenly distributed throughout the province with 11 in the west, 13
in the north, 14 in the east and the south respectively. There was one car bomb
in the west, but as usual IEDs, 22, and sticky bombs, 10, were what really
caused the most casualties.
Violence In Baghdad Sep 8-14, 2015
Center: 3 – 1 IED, 1
Shooting, 1 Sticky Bomb
East: 14 – 1 Kidnapping, 4
Shootings, 4 Sticky Bombs, 5 IEDs
North: 10 – 1 Stabbing, 1
Shooting, 1 Sticky Bomb, 2 Kidnappings, 5 IEDs
Outer North: 3 – 1
Kidnapping, 1 IED, 1 Shooting
South: 9 – 1 Kidnapping, 1
Grenade, 2 Shootings, 2 Sticky Bombs, 3 IEDs
Outer South: 5 – 1 Grenade, 2
Shootings, 2 IEDs
West: 7 – 1 Car Bomb, 1
Shooting, 2 Sticky Bombs, 3 IDs
Outer West: 4 – 2 Shootings,
2 IEDs
Diyala witnessed another car bombing during the week. The
governorate has become a new target of the on going VBIED campaign with almost one
such attack per week. There were also three incidents in the Kahanqin district
in the northeast. The Peshmerga and Hashd emptied that area of civilians when
it was cleared at the end of 2014. Recently people have been allowed back in,
but there might have been some IS infiltrators amongst them accounting for this
violence. There were a total of 12 attacks, 16 dead and 20 injured during the
week.
The Kurds made another thrust into southern Kirkuk in
September. Starting on September
11 the Peshmerga moved deeper into Daquq district taking a reported 20
villages. The Kurds first attacked the area at the end of August then took a
break before renewing their operations this previous week. In a rare case of
openness the Peshmerga announced some of its losses with 20 dead and 115
wounded during the operation. Like Baghdad, Irbil has been suppressing its
losses, so this was an exception to their usual media silence.
Two waves of Turkish air strikes upon Kurdistan resulted in
casualties in the second week of September. Ankara claimed that it killed 95
PKK fighters in bombing on September
8 and 12.
There were more IS executions in Ninewa. Of the 104 killed there
during the week, 96 were murdered in the Mosul area by the Islamists. That
included one radio director, one member of the Mutahidun party, 3 University of
Mosul professors, 5 mukhtars, and 32 soldiers. IS also fired mortars at the
town of Tal Saqif killing 8 Peshmerga.
Finally, the government’s struggle to take back the Baiji
district in Salahaddin entered into another week. Propaganda is even worse
there then in Anbar. For example, on August 28, the IS stronghold of Siniya was
declared cleared. Then on September 5 it turned out the joint forces had just
finished surrounding it. Then it was declared freed again on September 9, but
then only 70% cleared on September 11. Whatever the true rate of progress may
be the fighting there is intense with a motorcycle bomb, 2 suicide bombers, and
11 car bombs being launched against the government’s forces from September
8-14.
Violence
In Iraq By Week 2015
|
Date
|
Incidents
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
|
Jan 1-7
|
189
|
466
|
464
|
|
Jan 8-14
|
172
|
733
|
518
|
|
Jan 15-21
|
189
|
403
|
528
|
|
Jan 22-28
|
195
|
492
|
899
|
|
Jan 29-31
|
91
|
306
|
568
|
|
JAN
|
836
|
2,400
|
2,977
|
|
Feb 1-7
|
155
|
408
|
688
|
|
Feb 8-14
|
177
|
443
|
566
|
|
Feb 15-21
|
169
|
592
|
383
|
|
Feb 22-28
|
171
|
391
|
705
|
|
FEB
|
672
|
1,834
|
2,342
|
|
Mar 1-7
|
176
|
373
|
595
|
|
Mar 8-14
|
137
|
398
|
656
|
|
Mar 15-21
|
146
|
1,304
|
505
|
|
Mar 22-28
|
174
|
273
|
406
|
|
Mar 29-31
|
72
|
205
|
219
|
|
MAR
|
705
|
2,553 + 4
|
2,381 + 150
|
|
Apr 1-7
|
127
|
218
|
422
|
|
Apr 8-14
|
137
|
676
|
542
|
|
Apr 15-21
|
172
|
729
|
717
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
163
|
497
|
483
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
50
|
162
+ 7
|
182
+ 299
|
|
APR
|
649
|
2,282
|
2,346
|
|
May 1-7
|
154
|
627
|
450
|
|
May 8-14
|
154
|
420
|
549
|
|
May 15-21
|
124
|
963
|
387
|
|
May 22-28
|
108
|
341
+ 1,499
|
348
|
|
May 29-31
|
38
|
66
|
164
+ 646
|
|
MAY
|
578
|
2,417 + 1,499
|
1,898 + 646
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
132
|
431
|
476
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
126
|
522
+ 405
|
394
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
141
|
365
|
373
|
|
Jun 22-28
|
162
|
306
|
474
|
|
Jun 29-30
|
61
|
122
|
189
|
|
JUN
|
622
|
1,804
|
2,012
|
|
Jul 1-7
|
161
|
435
|
719
|
|
Jul 8-14
|
140
|
384
|
570
|
|
Jul 15-21
|
109
|
359
|
597
+ 4,024
|
|
Jul 22-28
|
145
|
527
|
590
|
|
Jul 29-31
|
53
|
453
+ 8
|
603
|
|
JUL
|
608
|
2,166
|
3,079 + 4,024
|
|
Aug 1-7
|
154
|
650
+ 760
|
298
|
|
Aug 8-14
|
132
|
726
|
645
|
|
Aug 15-21
|
135
|
345
|
354
|
|
Aug 22-28
|
136
|
342
|
296
|
|
Aug 29-31
|
59
|
112
+ 5
|
169
|
|
AUG
|
616
|
2,180 + 760
|
1,762
|
|
Sep 1-7
|
139
|
285
|
352
|
|
Sep 8-14
|
144
|
368
|
394
|
Car
Bombs In Iraq, September 2015
|
Date
|
Location
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
|
Sep 1
|
Haditha
x3, Anbar
Khalis,
Diyala
Sadoun St,
Baghdad – 1 destroyed
|
16
|
26
|
|
Sep 2
|
Garma &
Tal al-Mushahid, Anbar – 3 destroyed
|
||
|
Sep 3
|
Shaab
& Shuhada, Baghdad
Garma, Anbar –
4 destroyed
Siniya,
Salahaddin – 1 destroyed
|
2
|
15
|
|
Sep 4
|
Haditha &
Zoba, Anbar – 3 destroyed
|
||
|
Sep 5
|
Albu Aetha
& Humaira Anbar– 5 destroyed
|
||
|
Sep 6
|
Bashir, Kirkuk
– 2 destroyed
|
||
|
Sep 7
|
Albu Aetha,
Anbar – 5 destroyed
Karrada,
Baghdad – 1 destroyed
|
||
|
Totals
|
6 – 25 Destroyed
|
18
|
41
|
|
Sep 8
|
East of
Ramadi, Anbar – 2 destroyed
|
||
|
Sep 9
|
Ain Assad,
East Husaiba & Husaiba, Anbar – 3 destroyed
|
||
|
Sep 10
|
Albu
Soda, Anbar
Jawaanh, Anbar
– 1 destroyed
Siniya,
Salahaddin – 1 destroyed
|
9
|
14
|
|
Sep 11
|
Jaraeshi,
Anbar – 1 destroyed
|
||
|
Sep 12
|
Albu
Jwari, Salahaddin
Anbar Univ,
East Husaiba – 7 destroyed
Hajaj,
Salahaddin – 4 destroyed
|
3
|
8
|
|
Sep 13
|
Albu
Aziz, Anbar
East Husaiba
& Garma, Anbar – 4 destroyed
Albu Jwari
& Baiji, Salahaddin – 5 destroyed
|
3
|
5
|
|
Sep 14
|
Nusour
Sq, Baghdad
Khalis,
Diyala
Ain Al-Tamur,
Karbala – 1 destroyed
|
7
|
19
|
|
Totals
|
5 – 29 Destroyed
|
16
|
46
|
Violence
In Iraq Sep 2015 by Province
|
Provinces
|
Sep
1-7
|
Sep
8-14
|
|
Anbar
|
25 Incidents
52 Killed: 5 Civilians, 10 Hashd,
13 ISF, 24 Sahwa
45 Wounded: 8 Civilians, 10 Sahwa,
12 ISF, 15 Hashd
10 Shootings
4 Suicide Bombers
3 Suicide Car Bombs
2 Mortars
19 Suicide Bombers Killed
20 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
24 Incidents
29 Killed: 4 Civilians, 8 Hashd,
17 ISF
57 Wounded: 13 Hashd, 19 ISF, 25
Civilians
10 Shootings
2 IEDs
2 Suicide Bombers
2 Suicide Car Bombs
2 Mortars
4 Suicide Bombers killed
5 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
1 Motorcycle Bomb Destroyed
13 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
|
Babil
|
2 Incidents
2 Killed: 2 Civilians
5 wounded: 5 Civilians
1 IED
|
5 Incidents
4 Killed: 4 Civilians
14 Wounded: 4 ISF, 10 Civilians
1 Shooting
3 IEDs
|
|
Baghdad
|
58 Incidents
73 Killed: 2 ISF, 71 Civilians
199 Wounded: 8 ISF, 191 Civilians
11 Shootings
28 IEDs
8 Sticky Bombs
2 Car Bombs
1 Grenade
2 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
57 Incidents
65 Killed: 1 Sahwa, 2 Hashd, 4
ISF, 58 Civilians
154 Wounded: 14 ISF, 140 Civilians
14 Shootings
22 IEDs
10 Sticky Bombs
1 Car Bomb
2 Grenades
|
|
Basra
|
-
|
3 Incidents
1 Wounded: 1 ISF
2 IEDs
1 Sound Bomb
|
|
Diyala
|
8 Incidents
14 Killed: 5 ISF, 9 Civilians
24 Wounded: 1 ISF, 23 Civilians
4 Shootings
2 IEDs
1 Car Bomb
1 Mortar
|
12 Incidents
16 Killed: 3 Hashd, 4 ISF, 9
Civilians
20 Wounded: 1 ISF, 1 Asayesh, 3
Hashd, 15 Civilians
5 Shootings
5 IEDs
1 Car Bomb
|
|
Karbala
|
1 Incident
2 Sound Bombs
|
1 Incident
1 Car Bomb Destroyed
|
|
Kirkuk
|
4 Incidents
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Wounded: 1 Hashd
2 Shootings
2 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
6 Incidents
29 Killed: 9 Civilians, 20
Peshmerga
121 Wounded: 6 Civilians, 115
Peshmerga
2 Shootings
3 IEDs
|
|
KRG
|
-
|
2 Incidents
95 Killed: 95 PKK
2 Turkish Air Strikes
|
|
Ninewa
|
21 Incidents
116 Killed: 8 Peshmerga, 108
Civilians
22 Wounded: 2 Peshmerga, 20
Civilians
10 Shootings
3 IEDs
1 Rocket
1 Mortar
|
13 Incidents
104 Killed: 8 Peshmerga, 32 ISF,
64 Civilians
4 Shootings
1 IED
1 Mortar
|
|
Qadisiyah
|
1 Incident
|
-
|
|
Salahaddin
|
19 Incidents
27 Killed: 6 ISF, 21 Civilians
56 Wounded: 21 ISF, 35 Civilians
7 Shootings
4 IEDs
1 Mortar
12 Suicide Bombers Killed
1 Suicide Car Bomb Destroyed
|
21 Incidents
26 Killed: 6 Hashd, 9 Civilians,
11 ISF
27 Wounded: 7 Hashd, 9 ISF, 11
Civilians
11 Shootings
4 IEDs
1 Car Bomb
2 Suicide Bombers Killed
9 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
1 Motorcycle Bomb Destroyed
1 Car Bomb Destroyed
|
SOURCES
AIN, "anti-terror destroyed five suicide car bombs in
attack on Baiji," 9/13/15
- "ISF foils ISIL attack by 5 SVBIEDs in Baij
district," 9/14/15
- "ISF, PMU foil ISIL attack by 4 SVBIEDs in Baij
district," 9/12/15
- "The killing of a number of Daash and two car bombs
destroyed in Garma," 9/13/15
Al Mada, "The destruction of three car bombs and Daash
rocket launchers east of Ramadi," 9/12/15
- "Security forces thwart Daash suicide car bomb attack
east of Ramadi," 9/8/15
Mamoun, Abdelhak, "Security forces foil suicide attack,
kills 7 ISIS members east of Ramadi," Iraqi News, 9/9/15
Al Masalah, "Found a car bomb west of Karbala,"
9/15/15
- "Security forces advancing north of Ramadi,"
9/11/15
News.Az, "Turkey bombs PKK terror camps in northern
Iraq, 60 dead," 9/12/15
NINA, "/3/ elements of the security forces killed, five
others wounded in a suicide attack northeast of Fallujah," 9/13/15
- "12 Terrorists Killed In Ramadi," 9/9/15
- "62 Terrorists Killed And Wounded in Siniah Area In
Baiji," 9/10/15
- "A Car Bomb, Rocket Launcher Destroyed East Of Ramadi
In Anbar," 9/12/15
- "A number of terrorists killed, a number of car bombs
destroyed in Al-Anbar and Baiji," 9/13/15
- "Peshmerga forces liberate 10 villages south of
Kirkuk," 9/11/15,
Al Rayy, "The martyrdom and wounding of 18 people in
market in Khalis, Diyala," 9/14/15
- "Popular crowd repels an attack by Daash with three
car bombs west of Falluja," 9/12/15
Shafaq News, "15 ISIS elements killed … suicide tanker
bomb attack foiled near Ain al-Asad base," 9/10/15
- "Casualties of police and PMU in three-axes ISIS
attack on Baiji," 9/12/15
- "More than 50 Turkish fighters bomb sites of
PKK," 9/8/15
Sotaliraq, "Destruction of a suicide tank bomb west of
Ramadi," 9/9/15
- "killing and injuring at least nine people blown up
by a car bomb in west Baghdad," 9/14/15
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