For the last four weeks violence across Iraq has remained
relatively stable. There has been roughly the same number of attacks and
casualties over that time span. The main battlefields also remained Anbar and
Baiji in Salahaddin with fighting continuing to go back and forth between the
two sides.
Musings On Iraq counted 139 security incidents from
September 1-7, 2015. That was almost the same as the previous weeks when there
were 136 August 22-28, 135 August 15-21, and 132 August 8-14. That all averaged
out to 19.3 attacks per day. The real numbers are always higher.
There were 58 incidents in Baghdad, 25 in Anbar, 21 Ninewa,
19 in Salahaddin, 8 in Diyala, 4 in Kirkuk, 2 in Babil, and 1 each in Karbala
and Qadisiyah. The last two consisted of sound
bombs going off in Karbala city and an attempt to storm
the local council head’s house in Diwaniya.
Those attacks resulted in 285 dead and 352 wounded. The
former consisted of 8 Peshmerga, 10 Hashd al-Shaabi, 24 Sahwa, 26 members of
the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), and 217 civilians. The latter was made up of 2
Peshmerga, 10 Sahwa, 16 Hashd, 42 ISF, and 282 civilians.
For the second week in a row, Ninewa was the deadliest
governorate in the country. There were 116 deaths there. 89 of those were due
to Islamic State executions in Mosul and Qayara. Another 13 people were killed
and 20 wounded in an air strike upon Mosul as well. IS mortar fire upon Kurdish
positions in Tal
Sasqif also cost the lives of 8 Peshmerga and wounded 2 more.
After that there were 73 killed in Baghdad, 52 in Anbar, 27
in Salahaddin, 14 in Diyala, 2 in Babil, and 1 in Kirkuk. Deaths have been so
underreported that this was just the bare minimum of the number of lives lost
in Iraq during the week.
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
|
Violence
In Iraq Sep 2015 by Province
|
Provinces
|
Sep
1-7
|
|
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
|
|
Babil
|
2 Incidents
2 Killed: 2 Civilians
5 wounded: 5 Civilians
1 IED
|
|
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
|
|
Diyala
|
8 Incidents
14 Killed: 5 ISF, 9 Civilians
24 Wounded: 1 ISF, 23 Civilians
4 Shootings
2 IEDs
1 Car Bomb
1 Mortar
|
|
Karbala
|
1 Incident
2 Sound Bombs
|
|
Kirkuk
|
4 Incidents
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Wounded: 1 Hashd
2 Shootings
2 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
|
Ninewa
|
21 Incidents
116 Killed: 8 Peshmerga, 108
Civilians
22 Wounded: 2 Peshmerga, 20
Civilians
10 Shootings
3 IEDs
1 Rocket
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
|
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
|
The Islamic State’s car bomb campaign continued into its
third month in September. There were a total of 31 for the week. 6 successfully
reached their targets. There were 3 suicide car bombs in Anbar, 2 in Baghdad,
and 1 in Diyala costing 18 lives and wounding another 41. Another 25 were
destroyed with 20 of those occurring in Anbar where the Islamic State is trying
to hold off the current offensive there.
In Anbar there was some progress by the government’s forces,
but also many setbacks as well. During the week the joint forces moved into
several areas surrounding Fallujah and its suburbs such as Tahoona, Kroosh, and
Hitaween. There was also fighting still going on over Saqlawiya and Albu Aetha.
Many of the small towns around Fallujah and Ramadi continued to change hands
over and over. That included Husaiba, which has been cleared five times since
July, but a new sweep there was started on September 5 and East Husaiba that
has been freed four times, the last on August 30, but by September 2 fighting
broke out there again. There have also been five operations in Khalidiya Island
with the latest on September 5. A manpower shortage exacerbated by being spread
out across a large area, the lack of unity of command with many different
fighting forces, and poor decision making such as responding to Islamic State
diversionary attacks in western Anbar and Baiji have all led to the current
situation where the joint forces are moving forward, but can’t hold areas
behind them.
The insurgents shifted their focus in Baghdad at the start
of September. In August, the south faced the most attacks, but from September
1-7 there were 17 incidents in the north including a car bombing. After that
there were 14 attacks in the south and east, and 5 in the west.
Security Incidents In Baghdad Sep 1-7, 2015
Center: 6 – 1 Grenade, 1
Sticky Bomb, 2 Car Bombs Dismantled, 2 IEDs
East: 11 – 1 Kidnapping, 1
Sticky Bomb, 4 Shootings, 5 IEDs
Outer East: 3 – 1 Shooting, 1
Kidnapping, 1 IED
North: 12 – 1 Car Bomb, 1
Shooting/Robbery, 1 Shooting, 1 Kidnapping, 4 IEDs, 4 Sticky Bombs
Outer North: 5 – 1
Kidnapping, 4 IEDs
South: 8 – 1 Car Bomb, 1
Kidnapping, 1 Shooting, 5 IEDs
Outer South: 6 – 6 IEDs
West: 5 – 1 Sticky Bomb, 1 Shooting,
1 Shooting/Robbery, 2 IEDs
Outer West: 1 – 1 Shooting
Diyala witnessed another car bomb. On September
1 one went off in Khalis leaving 4 dead and 18 wounded. IS has attempted a
car bombing in the province nearly every week, which is part of its new
campaign. Otherwise the governorate was relatively calm with just 8 incidents
there during the week.
In Salahaddin the fighting for the Baiji district continued.
Government forces surrounded Siniya an infamous IS stronghold. Parts of Baiji
town and refinery continue to switch hands. IS used 1 suicide car bomb and 12
suicide bombers in the area, but all of them were destroyed. IS has
successfully used the fighting there to distract Baghdad’s attention away from
Anbar. Every time IS makes a provocation there the government and Hashd respond
there even though it has no real value anymore after the refinery was destroyed
back in May.
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