Violence remained high in Iraq during the second week of
April 2016. That was due to two causes. First, the Iraqi forces continued their
march through Anbar, with two lesser operations in Kirkuk and Ninewa. At the
same time, the Islamic State appears to be launching a mini-spring offensive.
It is nowhere near as large as its previous ones, but there are more attacks
than usual.
There were 141 incidents from April 8-14, 2016 in Iraq. That
was just the same as the previous week when there were 144. Baghdad was the
most violent province as usual with 64 incidents, followed by 19 in Ninewa, 17
in Kirkuk, 14 in Anbar, 12 in Salahaddin, 9 in Diyala, 3 in Babil, 2 in Basra,
and 1 in Dhi Qar.
Those led to 271 dead and 391 wounded. There were 1 Nujafi
volunteers, 2 Peshmerga, 2 Sahwa, 22 Hashd, 79 Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), and
165 civilians who died, and 2 Sahwa, 11 Peshmerga, 20 Volunteers, 32 ISF, 95
Hashd, and 231 civilians who were injured. Ninewa was the deadliest governorate
with 91 fatalities. There were also 79 in Baghdad, 50 in Anbar, 33 in Kirkuk, 9
in Diyala, 7 in Salahaddin, and 1 each in Babil and Basra.
The Iraqi forces finally took Hit in western Anbar. At the
start of the week 85%
of the area had been cleared. By the end of the week it was taken.
Freeing the town helps secure the road heading westward from Ramadi to Ain
Assad base and Haditha.
The question then arises of where the Iraqi forces will head
next. There appears to be no consensus as there is no unity of command in
Anbar. The Hashd and ISF are still acting on their own initiatives. The Hashd
started a new sweep through Subhait,
the seventh since July, and announced a new operation against Garma,
which they still have not been able to take after trying for two years. The
approaches to southern Fallujah
were also said to be secured, but those operations have never proven successful
since the city was surrounded at the start of 2014. At the same time troops
were being sent to Rutba,
which is in the west heading towards the Syrian border. It’s likely that all of
these operations will continue simultaneously as the cooperation between the
different forces has not improved.
The Islamic State responded with 9 attacks in Anbar. The
largest occurred in Albu Bali, Amiriya Fallujah, Hit and Subhait with infantry
attacks and car bombings. A suicide car bomb got through the defenses in Albu Bali
and killed 12 soldiers and wounded 2 more.
Finally, an air strike on Fallujah was blamed for
killing 10 civilians and wounding 25 more. That could have been American or
Iraqi.
Baghdad remained the focal point of the Islamic State. There
were 64 incidents there that killed 79 and wounded 213. The south as usual had
the most insurgent violence with 24 attacks including 1 grenade, 1 sticky bomb,
1 mortar, 5 shootings, and 16 IEDs. A suicide bomber was arrested in the
center, and there was 1 major robbery, 4 kidnappings, and 7 bodies dumped.
Violence in Baghdad, Apr 8-14, 2016
Center: 5 – 1 Suicide Bomber
Arrested, 1 Kidnapping, 3 IEDs
East: 8 – 1 Shooting/Robbery,
2 Shootings, 2 IEDs, 3 Sticky Bombs
Outer East: 2 – 1 Sticky
Bomb, 1 IED
North: 6 – 1 Kidnapping, 1
Mortar, 2 Shootings, 2 IEDs
Outer North: 8 – 1 Sticky
Bomb, 1 Shooting, 6 IEDs
South: 10 – 1 Sticky Bomb, 3
Shootings, 6 IEDs
Outer South: 14 – 1 Grenade,
1 Mortar, 2 Shootings, 10 IEDs
West: 7 – 1 Shootings, 2
Sticky Bombs, 4 IEDs
Outer West: 2 – 1 Mortar, 1
IED
Unknown: 3 – 1 Newspaper
raided, 2 Kidnappings
In Basra there continued to be political violence. There
were attacks on a customs
house, a South Oil Company officer was shot
and killed in his house, and a sound bomb went off on an
employee of the Deputy governor.
The previous week there was a suicide bombing in Dhi Qar.
The second week of April another suicide bomber was arrested
in Nasiriyah before he could carry out an attack. That showed IS is reaching
out to new targets during its offensive.
Violence has picked back up in Kirkuk. There were 17
incidents during the week. IS attacked Kurdish positions five times. There was
also a heavy firefight with the Hashd led forces during the Bashir
operation that killed 19 police and Hashd and wounded 90. The second phase of
the Bashir sweep was announced on April
9, but then it was called off due to bad weather. For a few weeks there was
only one attack per week in the province, but now things have returned to
normal in part in response to the Hashd offensive.
The ISF Makhmour campaign in Ninewa went so badly that it
was postponed on April
5. The two Iraqi units carrying out the operation were novices, and quickly
bogged down due to bad weather and heavy resistance by the IS. The militants
launched a series of car bomb and suicide attacks to drive back the ISF, but
they were turned back.
There was also an attack upon the Kurdish positions in Gwar,
and a mortar attack on the Zilcan
camp where volunteers for ex-Governor Nujafi are being trained by Turkish
troops that killed 1 and wounded 20.
IS executed 35 people in Mosul. A mass
grave was also discovered with the bodies of 40 ISF members in it who had
been executed by the Islamic State.
There were 12 incidents in Salahaddin. The number wasn’t
important, but the locations were. There were attacks outside of Tikrit, and in
the Baiji district showing that IS had moved back into those areas. It’s gotten
to the point that there are clashes and bombings in those areas a couple times
a week.
There was only one successful car bombing during the week,
which occurred in Anbar. The Iraqi forces claimed they destroyed 17 more in
Anbar, 13 in Ninewa, and 3 each in Kirkuk and Salahaddin. Those figures are
unreliable as the ISF and Hashd regularly exaggerate how many they are able to
blow up and defeat.
Violence
In Iraq 2015-16
Date
|
Incidents
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
JAN
|
911
|
2,656
|
3,032 + 150
|
FEB
|
730
|
2,345
|
2,366
|
MAR
|
820
|
2,665
|
2,529
|
APR
|
751
|
2,753
|
2,621
|
MAY
|
674
|
2,565 + 1,499
|
1,952 + 646
|
JUN
|
708
|
2,153 + 405
|
2,174
|
JUL
|
688
|
2,716
|
3,198 + 4,024
|
AUG
|
684
|
2,440 + 760
|
1,777
|
SEP
|
649
|
1,731
|
1,668 + 3,003
|
OCT
|
589
|
1,144
|
1,555
|
NOV
|
530
|
1,174
|
1,455 + 124 + 1,322
|
DEC
|
553
|
1,155
|
1,252 + 5,920
|
Jan 1-7
|
150
|
808
|
421
|
Jan 8-14
|
140
|
436
|
417
|
Jan 15-21
|
135
|
275
|
227
|
Jan 22-28
|
132
|
392
|
322
|
Jan 29-31
|
41
|
81
|
334
|
JAN
|
598
|
2,052
|
1,721
|
Feb 1-7
|
146
|
575
|
313
|
Feb 8-14
|
119
|
146
|
323
|
Feb 15-21
|
130
|
225
|
239
|
Feb 22-29
|
153
|
371
|
690
|
FEB
|
549
|
1,281
|
1,566
|
Mar 1-7
|
183
|
321
|
478
|
Mar 8-14
|
168
|
408
|
415
|
Mar 15-21
|
130
|
349
|
409
|
Mar 22-28
|
135
|
213
|
420
|
Mar 29-31
|
49
|
172
|
121
|
MAR
|
665
|
1,463
|
1,843
|
Apr 1-7
|
144
|
239
|
444
|
Apr 8-14
|
141
|
271
|
391
|
Security By Province Apr 8-14, 2016
Province
|
Incidents
|
Anbar
|
14 Incidents
50 Killed: 1 Sahwa, 16 Civilians, 33 ISF
45 Wounded: 7 ISF, 38 Civilians
5 Shootings
4 IEDs
1 Suicide Bomber
1 Suicide Car Bomb
1 Mortar
7 Suicide Bombers Killed
1 Suicide Car Bomb Destroyed
16 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Babil
|
3 Incidents
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Wounded: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
1 IED
|
Baghdad
|
64 Incidents
79 Killed: 1 Sahwa, 2 Hashd, 5 ISF, 71 Civilians
213 Wounded: 2 Sahwa, 4 Hashd, 24 ISF, 183 Civilians
12 Shootings
35 IEDs
8 Sticky Bombs
3 Mortars
1 Grenade
1 Suicide Bomber Arrested
|
Basra
|
2 Incidents
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
1 IED
1 Sound Bomb
|
Dhi Qar
|
1 Incident
1 Suicide Bomber Arrested
|
Diyala
|
9 Incidents
9 Killed: 9 Civilians
11 Wounded: 2 Hashd, 9 Civilians
3 Gunfire
5 IEDs
1 Suicide Bomber Killed
|
Kirkuk
|
17 Incidents
33 Killed: 1 ISF, 1 Peshmerga, 12 Civilians, 19 Hashd
99 Wounded: 1 ISF, 9 Peshmerga, 89 Hashd
7 Shootings
3 IEDs
1 Suicide Bomber
2 Rockets
2 Mortars
6 Suicide Bombers Killed
3 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Ninewa
|
19 Incidents
91 Killed: 1 Volunteer, 1 Peshmerga, 40 ISF, 49 Civilians
22 Wounded: 2 Peshmerga, 20 Volunteers
5 Shootings
17 IEDs
2 Mortars
13 Suicide Bombers Killed
8 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
3 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Salahaddin
|
12 Incidents
7 Killed: 1 Hashd, 6 Civilians
8 Shooting
1 IED
13 Suicide Bombers Killed
2 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
1 Car Bomb Destroyed
|
Car
Bombs In Iraq Apr, 2016
Date
|
Car Bombs
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
Apr 1
|
Hit,
Anbar
|
||
Apr 2
|
Hit, Anbar – 3 destroyed
|
||
Apr 3
|
|||
Apr 4
|
Baghdadi
x2, Anbar
Meshada
& Taji, Baghdad
Basra,
Basra
Baghdadi,
Rashad, Shihabi, Subhait, Anbar –
21 destroyed
Abu Ghraib, Baghdad – 2 destroyed
Nasir, Ninewa – 6 destroyed
Siniya, Salahaddin – 2 destroyed
|
16
|
35
|
Apr 5
|
New
Baghdad, Baghdad
Baghdadi &
Subhait, Anbar – 9 destroyed
Tal Ahmed, Kirkuk – 1 destroyed Makhmou, Nasir, Ninewa – 13 destroyed
|
3
|
14
|
Apr 6
|
Kubaisa, Anbar – 3 destroyed
Nasir, Ninewa – 7 destroyed
|
||
Apr 7
|
160 Kilo,
Garma, Hit, Anbar – 7 destroyed
Tal Ahmed, Kirkuk – 3 Destroyed
Hardan, Ninewa – 2 destroyed
Shirqat-Baiji
Road, Salahaddin – 2 destroyed
|
||
Totals
|
7 – 81 Destroyed
|
19
|
49
|
Apr 8
|
Hit, Anbar –
10 destroyed
Makhmour, Ninewa
– 7 destroyed
|
||
Apr 9
|
Albu
Bali, Anbar
Hit &
Subhait, Anbar – 6 destroyed
|
12
|
2
|
Apr 10
|
Bashir, Kirkuk
– 3 destroyed
Nasir, Ninewa
– 1 destroyed
Baiji,
Salahaddin – 2 destroyed
|
||
Apr 11
|
|||
Apr 12
|
Hit, Anbar – 1
destroyed
Nasir, Ninewa
– 2 destroyed
|
||
Apr 13
|
Makhmour &
Nasir, Ninewa – 3 destroyed
|
||
Apr 14
|
Makhoul,
Salahaddin – 1 destroyed
|
||
Totals
|
1 – 36 Destroyed
|
12
|
2
|
AFP,
"Iraq says town of Heet retaken from IS after weeks of fighting,"
4/14/16
Adel,
Loaa, "Source: Unidentified men detonate local-made IED near customs
office in Basra," Iraqi News, 4/10/16
Alsumaria,
"Killed the procurement official at the South oil Company by unidentified
gunmen in Basra," 4/12/16
Buratha
News, "Anbar Operaions announces the destruction of a car bomb and Daash
boats in Hit," 4/12/16
eKurd,
"iraqi Kurdistan News in brief - April 15, 2016," 4/15/16
Al
Forat, "The arrival of fresh troops from the popular crowd to Rutba in
preparation to free it," 4/11/16
-
"Car bomb in Makhoul Mountains," 4/14/16
-
"Commander in Nienveh operations: Euphrates death of 7 Daash suicide
bombers in Makhmour," 4/8/16
-
"Destroyed 10 car bombs in Hit," 4/8/16
Fox
News Lation, "58 Jihadists die in attacks, skirmishes in Iraq,"
4/9/16
Al
Maalomah, "Destroyed a car bomb in Ninewa," 4/13/16
-
"Nineveh Command destroyed two car bombs," 4/13/16
Al
Mada, "Hit Council announces liberation of 85% of Hit and confirms 30
Daash gunmen killed," 4/8/16
-
"Killing and injuring 134 members of the Popular Crowd and Daash during
the liberation battles of Bashir south of Kirkuk," 4/10/16
-
"Security officer and seven cohorts killed in Garma by Daash east of
Fallujah," 4/9/16
-
"Suicide bomber arrested in Dhi Qar who was planning an attack in central
Nasiriyah," 4/14/16
Mamoun,
Abdelhak, "ISIS security official of Karma District killed in eastern
Fallujah," Iraqi News, 4/10/16
- "Security
forces to liberate and cleanse al-Karma District in 72 hours," Iraqi News,
4/11/16
New
Sabah, "Security file," 4/11/16
NINA,
"-7 Suicide Bombers Killed South of Mosul," 4/13/16
-
"Anti-terrorism forces contine freeing all regions of Heet," 4/9/16
-
"Daash Bomb Zilcan Camp, North Of Mosul," 4/12/16
-"Found
a mass grave containing the remains of 40 of the local security forces south of
Mosul," 4/9/16
-
"Iraqi Army Repels IS Attack Near Makhmour," 4/10/16
-
"Leader of Rapid Intervention Brigade completed first encirclement of
Fallujah Enemy incurred losses in lives and equipment," 4/14/16
-
"The start of the second phase of liberation of Bashir village southern
city of Kirkuk," 4/9/16
NRT,
"Iraqi Army Repels IS Attack Near Makhmour," 4/10/16
Rudaw,
"Iraqi army delay al-Nasr offensive," 4/5/16
Shafaq
News, "Security commander repulsed two Daash suicide attacks north
Baiji," 4/10/16
Xinhua,
"23 IS militants killed in clashes, airstrikes in Iraq," 4/10/16
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