 |
| (Iraqi News) |
From September 1-7 there were 45 incidents reported in the
media. There have been around the same number of incidents per week since
April. Baghdad had the most incidents again with 16, the only province in
double figures. That’s because violence has been down in the center recently.
For example, there were only 3 incidents in Salahaddin, 6 in Kirkuk and 9 in
Diyala, which are the main areas the Islamic State is regrouping in.
Security Incidents In Iraq By
Province Sep 1-7, 2018
Babil
3
Ninewa
3
Salahaddin
3
Anbar
5
Kirkuk
6
Diyala
9
Baghdad
16
Casualties In Iraq By
Province Sep 1-7, 2018
Babil
5 (3 K, 2 W)
Ninewa
9 (9 K)
Kirkuk
12 (10 K, 2 W)
Diyala
15 (7 K, 8 W)
Baghdad
19 (5 K, 14 W)
Anbar
21 (7 K, 14 W)
Salahaddin
26 (5 K, 21 W)
A total of 46 died and 61 were wounded during the week. 7
bodies were discovered in the Old City of Mosul leaving 39 violent deaths.
4 Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), 4 Hashd al-Shaabi, and 38 civilians lost their
lives, and 5 ISF, 10 Hashd and 46 civilians were injured. Anbar with 21 and
Salahaddin with 26 had the most casualties at the start of September.
The Islamic State’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released
his first recording in 11 months. In it, he mentioned that the group would
follow its previous strategy for rebuilding by targeting the local security
forces and tribal figures in Iraq. He also said that his followers would carry
out targeted killings and recruitment in the Sunni community. Baghdadi was
referring to how IS rebuilt itself after the Surge by going after the Sahwa and
sheikhs, which were instrumental in turning local populations against the
militants.
These tactics are being used in central Iraq again today. In
Diyala for example, a local party official was kidnapped
and assassinated in the Jalawla area in the northeast, and a checkpoint
was attacked in Baquba in the west. In Kirkuk, a mukhtar’s office was hit
with an IED, and a Hashd camp was struck by mortar
fire. A village
was also attacked
and a currency exchange robbed. Finally, in Salahaddin another town was assaulted.
Towns are regularly attacked to punish those that do not pay taxes, or ones
that defy the organization, or simply to intimidate the locals and establish
control. The robbing of the currency exchange was a classic example of the
group’s use of criminal activities to fund itself.
For the last several months Anbar has largely been a
sideshow for the insurgency but there are small signs that might be changing.
There are still very few incidents, only 5 during the week. However the types
of operations might be changing. During the start of September a Hashd commander’s
house was attacked and there was an extended gun battle with the security
forces where at least one suicide bomber was killed. Recently there has been
more clashes with the ISF and a car
bomb at the end of August, so this is something to look out for in the
future.
Baghdad had the most incidents at 16 that led to 19
casualties. Since June, incidents have slightly climbed in the capital
province. They remain all low level with a steady diet of shootings and IEDs. There
was a major exception during the week however. That was a mortar
attack upon the Green Zone on September 6. The last time a similar such
incident occurred was February
2017. The mortars were likely fired by a pro-Iranian Hashd group, and Asaib
Ahl Al-Haq was
blamed as they have been the ones traditionally behind such attacks. It was
speculated this was retaliation for the Iranian embassy being burned in Basra
city during protests there.
Islamic State Activity in
Central Iraq 2018
|
Diyala
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Mortars
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
Jan
|
20
|
24
|
2
|
7
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
14
|
13
|
4
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
29
|
21
|
14
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
13
|
18
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
11
|
11
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
32
|
17
|
5
|
12
|
-
|
1
|
5
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
20
|
19
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Aug
|
17
|
18
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Sep
|
4
|
5
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Kirkuk
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Mortars/
Rockets
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
Jan
|
13
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
21
|
10
|
7
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
22
|
15
|
11
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
|
Apr
|
18
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
May
|
14
|
28
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
25
|
12
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
10
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
7
|
20
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Aug
|
7
|
20
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
|
Sep
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Salahaddin
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Mortars/
Rockets
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
Jan
|
11
|
9
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
23
|
8
|
9
|
2
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
6
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
May
|
14
|
10
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
15
|
15
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Jul
|
9
|
6
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Aug
|
9
|
15
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Sep
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
(Gun Battles, Attacks on
Checkpoints, Attacks on Mukhtars, Attacks on Towns are all subsets of the total
number of shootings and IEDs/Sticky Bombs reported)
Security In Iraq 2017-18
|
Week
|
Security
Incidents
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
|
JAN 2017
|
719
|
1,923
|
4,374
|
|
FEB
|
628
|
1,891 + 399
|
2,511 + 1,634
|
|
MAR
|
720
|
3,504 + 278
|
3,302 + 2,925
|
|
APR
|
578
|
2,933
|
1,955
|
|
MAY
|
528
|
2,038
|
1,563
|
|
JUN
|
534
|
2,038
|
1,563
|
|
JUL
|
478
|
1,490
|
650
|
|
AUG
|
359
|
1,949
|
584
|
|
SEP
|
306
|
728
|
549
|
|
OCT
|
286
|
913
|
865 + 1,700
|
|
NOV
|
296
|
1,282
|
425
|
|
DEC
|
261
|
763
|
300
|
|
Jan 1-7
|
71
|
50
|
66
|
|
Jan 8-14
|
64
|
62
|
70
|
|
Jan 15-21
|
68
|
156
|
151
|
|
Jan 22-28
|
68
|
148
|
66
|
|
Jan 29-31
|
27
|
23
|
22
|
|
JAN 2018
|
298
|
439
(218 Violent
Deaths)
|
375
|
|
Feb 1-7
|
66
|
196
|
67
|
|
Feb 8-14
|
65
|
63
|
93
|
|
Feb 15-21
|
59
|
346
|
43
|
|
Feb 22-28
|
55
|
44
|
72
|
|
FEB
|
245
|
649
(233 Violent Deaths)
|
275
|
|
Mar 1-7
|
78
|
120
|
84
|
|
Mar 8-14
|
60
|
84
|
61
|
|
Mar 15-21
|
67
|
168
|
98
|
|
Mar 22-28
|
81
|
213
|
61
|
|
Mar 29-31
|
21
|
26
|
35
|
|
MAR
|
307
|
611
(466 Violent Deaths)
|
339
|
|
Apr 1-7
|
40
|
174
|
29
|
|
Apr 8-14
|
64
|
175
|
83
|
|
Apr 15-21
|
44
|
63
|
72
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
44
|
62
|
48
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
12
|
12
|
4
|
|
APR
|
204
|
486
(240 Violent Deaths)
|
236
|
|
May 1-7
|
51
|
57
|
56
|
|
May 8-14
|
56
|
68
|
49
|
|
May 15-21
|
39
|
58
|
82
|
|
May 22-28
|
51
|
73
|
51
|
|
May 29-31
|
21
|
42
|
15
|
|
MAY
|
218
|
298
(273 Violent
Deaths)
|
253
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
55
|
100
|
32
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
72
|
108
|
88
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
42
|
83
|
19
|
|
Jun 22-28
|
52
|
58
|
65
|
|
Jun 29-30
|
18
|
22
|
14
|
|
JUN
|
239
|
371
(327 Violent
Deaths)
|
218
|
|
Jul 1-7
|
56
|
58
|
91
|
|
Jul 8-14
|
44
|
57
|
31
|
|
Jul 15-21
|
54
|
61
|
64
|
|
Jul 22-28
|
36
|
65
|
21
|
|
Jul 29-31
|
24
|
26
|
11
|
|
JUL
|
214
|
267
(222 Violent
Deaths)
|
218
|
|
Aug 1-7
|
49
|
57
|
30
|
|
Aug 8-14
|
47
|
43
|
51
|
|
Aug 15-21
|
45
|
26
|
45
|
|
Aug 22-28
|
42
|
29
|
64
|
|
Aug 29-31
|
33
|
69
|
44
|
|
AUG
|
216
|
224
(209 Violent
Deaths)
|
234
|
|
Sep 1-7
|
45
|
46
|
61
|
Violence
By Province Sep 1-7, 2018
|
Province
|
Violence
|
|
Anbar
|
5 Incidents
7 Killed
2 Civilians
2 Hashd
3 ISF
14 Wounded
5 ISF
9 Civilians
2 Shootings
2 IEDs
1 Grenade
1 Suicide Bomber Killed
|
|
Babil
|
3 Incidents
3 Killed
1 Hashd
2 Civilians
2 Wounded
2 Hashd
2 Shootings
1 IED
|
|
Baghdad
|
16 Incidents
5 Killed
5 Civilians
14 Wounded
14 Civilians
4 Shootings
4 IEDs
2 Sticky Bombs
2 Sound Bombs
1 Grenade
|
|
Diyala
|
9 Incidents
7 Killed
7 Civilians
8 Wounded
8 Civilians
4 Shootings
5 IEDs
|
|
Kirkuk
|
6 Incidents
10 Killed
1 ISF
9 Civilians
2 Wounded
2 Civilians
2 Shootings
2 IEDs
1 Rocket
1 Mortar
|
|
Ninewa
|
3 Incidents
9 Killed
9 Civilians
2 Shootings
|
|
Salahaddin
|
3 Incidents
5 Killed
1 Hashd
4 Civilians
21 Wounded
8 Hashd
13 Civilians
1 Shooting
1 IED
1 Rockets
|
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south turn violent," 9/7/18
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mayor's house in Kirkuk," Iraqi News, 9/3/18
- "UPDATED: Death toll from today's car bomb attack in Anbar
rises to 10," Iraqi News, 8/29/18
Al Forat, "Two people were killed by a terrorist attack
targeting a checkpoint in Baquba," 9/2/18
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Karbala," 9/5/18
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