Violence stayed at a low level in the fourth week of
November 2014. Attacks remained steady at around 130 just like the previous
week. Deaths were down by 150 from the third week, but casualties were about
the same due to a high number of wounded. From November 22-28 insurgents made a
concerted effort to take the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi, failed to take
Tal Ward in Kirkuk and carried out attacks across Salahaddin. On the other
hand, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), militias and peshmerga were on the
offensive in Diyala and Salahaddin. Overall the insurgents have lost the
initiative in much of the country, which accounts for the decline in attacks
and violence.
During the fourth week of November there were just 138
reported security incidents in Iraq. That was just around the same amount as
the week before, which saw 134, and 128 from November 8-14. Attacks have been
going down for the last several months after the height of the summer
offensive, but these are the lowest reported number of incidents for the whole
year. Baghdad led the way with 38 attacks, followed by 28 in Anbar, 25 in
Salahaddin, 19 in Ninewa, 10 in Diyala, nine in Babil, seven in Kirkuk, and one
each in Basra and Maysan.
November 22-28 also saw the fewest deaths of any week of
2014. There were just 138 surpassing the previous low of 246 seen from May 1-7.
The week’s fatalities were made up of 99 members of the Iraqi Security Forces
(ISF), 41 peshmerga, seven sahwa, and 154 civilians. Another 641 people were
wounded consisting of 91 ISF, 65 peshmerga, 10 sahwa, and 474 civilians.
Baghdad had the most killed at 87. Anbar and Ninewa had 65 each, Diyala had 43,
Salahaddin had 25, Babil 18, Kirkuk 16, and Basra and Maysan one each.
Violence
In Iraq By Week 2014
Date
|
Incidents
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
Jan 1-7
|
244
|
363
|
733
|
Jan 8-14
|
272
|
364
|
676
|
Jan 15-21
|
205
|
358
|
616
|
Jan 22-28
|
236
|
305
|
618
|
Jan 29-31
|
57
|
93
|
237
|
JAN
|
1,014
|
1,483
|
2,890
|
Feb 1-7
|
211
|
306
|
706
|
Feb 8-14
|
229
|
258
|
505
|
Feb 15-21
|
264
|
347
|
703
|
Feb 22-28
|
251
|
374
|
617
|
FEB
|
955
|
1,285
|
2,531
|
Mar 1-7
|
252
|
412
|
702
|
Mar 8-14
|
205
|
323
|
610
|
Mar 15-21
|
216
|
423
|
736
|
Mar 22-27
|
211
|
279
|
580
|
Mar 28-31
|
108
|
169
|
261
|
MAR
|
992
|
1,606
|
2,889
|
Apr 1-7
|
238
|
259
|
550
|
Apr 8-14
|
224
|
362
|
646
|
Apr 15-21
|
241
|
406
|
805
|
Apr 22-28
|
226
|
347
|
744
|
Apr 29-30
|
61
|
82
|
179
|
APR
|
990
|
1,456
|
2,924
|
May 1-7
|
198
|
246
|
483
|
May 8-14
|
257
|
466
|
752
|
May 15-21
|
183
|
256
|
426
|
May 22-28
|
203
|
403
|
810
|
May 29-31
|
64
|
91
|
131
|
MAY
|
905
|
1,462
|
2,602
|
Jun 1-7
|
228
|
612
|
1,020
|
Jun 8-14
|
234
|
1,889
|
890
|
Jun 15-21
|
179
|
803
|
759
|
Jun 22-28
|
203
|
733
|
777
|
Jun 29-30
|
59
|
127
|
236
|
JUN
|
901
|
4,172
|
3,701
|
Jul 1-7
|
203
|
526
|
651
|
Jul 8-14
|
214
|
577
|
628
|
Jul 15-21
|
230
|
444
|
1,009
|
Jul 22-28
|
224
|
589
|
801
|
Jul 29-31
|
66
|
163
|
230
|
JUL
|
937
|
2,299
|
3,319
|
Aug 1-8
|
269
|
1,122
|
885
|
Aug 9-14
|
179
|
710
|
1,152
|
Aug 15-21
|
150
|
354
|
499
|
Aug 22-28
|
156
|
523
|
798
|
Aug 29-31
|
59
|
125
|
289
|
AUG
|
813
|
2,834
|
3,623
|
Sep 1-7
|
168
|
616
|
751
|
Sep 8-14
|
156
|
433
|
722
|
Sep 15-21
|
166
|
620
|
749
|
Sep 22-28
|
153
|
395
|
573
|
Sep 29-30
|
47
|
112
|
252
|
SEP
|
690
|
2,176
|
3,047
|
Oct 1-7
|
170
|
451
|
687
|
Oct 8-14
|
188
|
532
|
875
|
Oct 15-21
|
156
|
449
|
770
|
Oct 22-28
|
159
|
345
|
592
+ 1,230
|
Oct 29-31
|
68
|
570
|
227
|
OCT
|
741
|
2,347
|
3,151 + 1,230
|
Nov 1-7
|
153
|
601
|
828
|
Nov 8-14
|
128
|
420
|
593
|
Nov 15-21
|
134
|
283
|
453
|
Nov 22-28
|
138
|
138
|
641
|
Violence
In Iraq By Province Nov 2014
Province
|
Nov 1-7
|
Nov 8-14
|
Anbar
|
29 Incidents
290 Killed: 12 ISF, 3 Sahwa, 275
Civilians
191 Wounded: 28 ISF, 163 Civilians
14 Shootings
2 Car Bombs
1 Suicide Car Bomb
|
19 Incidents
107 Killed: 9 ISF, 98 Civilians
62 Wounded: 11 ISF, 2 Sahwa, 51 Civilians
9 Shootings
1 IED
1 Car Bomb
2 Suicide Car Bombs
|
Babil
|
11 Incidents
30 Killed: 5 ISF, 25 Civilians
84 Wounded: 5 ISF, 79 Civilians
3 Shootings
4 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
2 Car Bombs
|
9 Incidents
16 Killed: 7 ISF, 9 Civilians
48 Wounded: 21 ISF, 27 Civilians
1 Shooting
5 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
1 Suicide Car Bomb
|
Baghdad
|
41 Incidents
172 Killed: 14 ISF, 158 Civilians
389 Wounded: 9 ISF, 380 Civilians
10 Shootings
22 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
4 Car Bombs
2 Suicide Car Bombs
|
41 Incidents
145 Killed: 12 ISF, 133 Civilians
359 Wounded: 24 ISF, 335 Civilians
9 Shootings
16 IEDs
3 Sticky Bombs
8 Car Bombs
4 Suicide Car Bombs
|
Basra
|
1 Incident
|
2 Incidents
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
|
Diyala
|
7 Incidents
4 Killed: 4 Civilians
5 Wounded: 4 ISF, 1 Civilian
5 Shootings
2 IEDs
|
9 Incidents
18 Killed: 5 ISF, 3 Asayesh, 10
Civilians
47 Wounded: 24 ISF, 10 Asayesh,
133 Civilians
4 Shootings
1 IED
1 Sticky Bomb
1 Car Bomb
2 Suicide Car Bombs
|
Kirkuk
|
3 Incidents
2 Killed: 2 Civilians
8 Wounded: 8 Civilians
2 Shootings
2 IEDs
|
9 Incidents
31 Killed: 1 Peshmerga, 30
Civilians
24 Wounded: 20 Peshmerga, 4
Civilians
7 Shootings
1 IED
1 Suicide Car Bomb
|
Maysan
|
-
|
2 Incidents
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
1 Stun Bomb
|
Ninewa
|
11 Incidents
13 Killed: 2 ISF, 11 Civilians
9 Shootings
1 IED
|
12 Incidents
26 Killed: 4 Peshmerga, 22
Civilians
5 Shootings
|
Qadisiyah
|
-
|
1 Incident
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
|
Salahaddin
|
49 Incidents
87 Killed: 31 ISF, 56 Civilians
136 Wounded: 75 ISF, 61 Civilians
15 Shootings
73 IEDs
1 Car Bomb
4 Suicide Car Bombs
|
24 Incidents
74 Killed: 35 ISF, 1 Sahwa, 38
Civilians
51 Wounded: 40 ISF, 4 Sahwa, 7
Civilians
9 Shootings
26 IEDs
3 Suicide Car Bombs
|
Wasit
|
1 Incident
3 Killed: 3 Civilians
15 Wounded: 2 ISF, 13 Civilians
|
-
|
Province
|
Nov 15-21
|
Nov 22-28
|
Anbar
|
29 Incidents
90 Killed: 37 ISF, 2 Sahwa, 51
Civilians
54 Wounded: 10 ISF, 10 Sahwa, 34
Civilians
18 Shootings
1 IED
2 Suicide Bombers
|
28 Incidents
65 Killed: 37 ISF, 6 Sahwa, 22
Civilians
119 Wounded: 26 ISF, 4 Sahwa, 89
Civilians
20 Shootings
1 IED
1 Suicide Bomber
2 Suicide Car Bombs
|
Babil
|
6 Incidents
8 Killed: 1 ISF, 7 Civilians
26 Wounded: 6 ISF, 20 Civilians
5 IEDs
|
9 Incidents
18 Killed: 2 ISF, 16 Civilians
49 Wounded: 7 ISF, 42 Civilians
2 Shootings
5 IEDs
1 Car Bomb
|
Baghdad
|
42 Incidents
61 Killed: 8 ISF, 2 Sahwa, 51
Civilians
211 Wounded: 28 ISF, 2 Sahwa, 181
Civilians
9 Shootings
22 IEDs
3 Sticky Bombs
3 Car Bombs
2 Suicide Car Bombs
|
38 Incidents
87 Killed: 1 ISF, 1 Sahwa, 85
Civilians
243 Wounded: 2 ISF, 4 Sahwa, 237
Civilians
8 Shootings
23 IEDs
4 Sticky Bombs
3 Car Bombs
|
Basra
|
-
|
1 Incident
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
|
Diyala
|
12 Incidents
18 Killed: 12 ISF, 6 Civilians
30 Wounded: 2 ISF, 28 Civilians
6 Shootings
3 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
|
10 Incidents
43 Killed: 5 ISF, 25 Peshmerga, 13
Civilians
87 Wounded: 33 ISF, 45 Peshmerga,
9 Civilians
8 Shootings
1 IED
1 Suicide Car Bomb
|
Irbil
|
1 Incident
10 Killed: 2 Police, 10 Civilians
23 Wounded: 23 Civilians
1 Suicide Car Bomb
|
-
|
Kirkuk
|
5 Incidents
2 Killed: 2 Civilians
2 Shootings
1 IED
1 Car Bomb
|
7 Incidents
16 Killed: 16 Peshmerga
20 Wounded: 20 Peshmerga
5 Shootings
1 IED
1 Suicide Bombers
|
Maysan
|
-
|
1 Incident
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
|
Ninewa
|
10 Incidents
22 Killed: 22 Civilians
5 Shootings
1 IED
|
19 Incidents
65 Killed: 50 ISF, 15 Civilians
10 Shootings
3 IEDs
|
Qadisiyah
|
1 Incident
1 IED
|
-
|
Salahaddin
|
27 Incidents
68 Killed: 16 ISF, 2 Sahwa, 50
Civilians
109 Wounded: 24 ISF, 9 Sahwa, 76
Civilians
12 Shootings
34 IEDs
2 Suicide Car Bombs
|
25 Incidents
25 Killed: 4 ISF, 21 Civilians
122 Wounded: 23 ISF, 2 Sahwa, 97
Civilians
18 Shootings
5 IEDs
|
One cause of the decline in casualties was due to the fewest
car bombs of the year. During the week there were just seven vehicle borne
improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs). That left 48 people dead and 68 injured.
Attacks were spread across Anbar, Babil, Baghdad, and Diyala. That matched
August 16-21 when there were also seven such attacks. The previous week in
November there were just twelve.
Car
Bomb Attacks In Iraq Nov 2014
Date
|
Location
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
Nov 1
|
Yusifiya,
Babil
Dora
& Palestine St, Baghdad
|
47
|
119
|
Nov 2
|
Yusifiya,
Babil
Bayaa,
Sadoun St, Sadr City, Baghdad
|
38
|
103
|
Nov 3
|
Tunis,
Baghdad
|
36
|
|
Nov 4
|
|||
Nov 5
|
Baiji
Refinery, Salahaddin
|
4
|
7
|
Nov 6
|
Hit
& Baghdadi, Anbar
Baiji,
Salahaddin
|
18
|
26
|
Nov 7
|
Baghdadi,
Anbar
Baiji
x3, Salahaddin
|
11
|
30
|
1st
Wk Totals
|
16
|
154
|
285
|
Nov 8
|
Southeast
of Hit, Anbar
Sadr
City, Amin, Amil x2 & Zafaraniya, Baghdad
|
42
|
125
|
Nov 9
|
|||
Nov 10
|
|||
Nov 11
|
Shaab,
Baghdad
Kirkuk,
Kirkuk
Tarmiya,
Salahaddin
|
36
|
27
|
Nov 12
|
Yusifiya,
Babil
Mansour
x2 & Rasheed, Baghdad
Edheim,
Diyala
|
26
|
68
|
Nov 13
|
Mamil,
Baghdad
Bani
Saad & Kirfri, Diyala
|
13
|
33
|
Nov 14
|
Ramadi
x2, Anbar
Adhamiya
& Morocco St, Baghdad
Baiji
& Tikrit, Salahaddin
|
42
|
83
|
2nd
Wk Totals
|
23
|
159
|
336
|
Nov 15
|
Hamamiyat,
Baghdad
Taji,
Salahaddin
|
18
|
54
|
Nov 16
|
Abbas
Ibn Firmas Sq & Amiriya, Baghdad
|
2
|
8
|
Nov 17
|
Jubba
x2, Anbar
Meshtal
& Amiriya, Baghdad
|
14
|
42
|
Nov 18
|
|||
Nov 19
|
Irbil,
Irbil
Kirkuk,
Kirkuk
Tarmiya,
Salahaddin
|
19
|
37
|
Nov 20
|
Ramadi,
Anbar
|
6
|
7
|
Nov 21
|
|||
3rd
Wk Totals
|
12
|
59
|
148
|
Nov 22
|
|||
Nov 23
|
Ramadi,
Anbar
Yusifiya,
Babil
Outside
Sadiya, Diyala
|
16
|
41
|
Nov 24
|
Trebil,
Anbar
Shaab,
Baghdad
|
20
|
44
|
Nov 25
|
Dora,
Baghdad
|
5
|
8
|
Nov 26
|
Sadr
City, Baghdad
|
7
|
15
|
Nov 27
|
|||
Nov 28
|
|||
4th
Wk Totals
|
7
|
48
|
68
|
 |
| (New York Times) |
Anbar was the site of some of the major fighting during the
week. That was centered on Ramadi where the insurgents are making a major push
to take the city. The battle is also raging in many of the surrounded villages
such as Khalidiya. On November 23
the militants started with a surprise attack wearing ISF uniforms and focused
upon the southern, western and downtown sections of the city. Militants were
able to hit the government complex in the center of the city with mortar
fire. The battle also spread to neighboring Jazeera and Abu Risha. The next
day IS and its allies came at the city from four sides and even included a
river assault in the north across the Euphrates River. Members of the ISF
claimed sleeper cells were also active. November
25 IS gained control of the Education directorate in the government center.
They also cut
the roads to the 8th Division base to the west of the city and
roads heading east. Besides defending Ramadi the ISF and tribes have been
focused upon taking the small
towns around Hit. The Islamic State (IS) commander who was said to be
responsible for executing hundreds of members of the Albu Nimr tribe in recent
weeks was believed to have been killed by a coalition
air strike. Anbar has been one of the few places where IS has retained the
initiative. In October it seized several towns in the middle of the province,
and is now trying to take the capital. The outcome there is still up in the
air. The government has been promising a major offensive to make up for these
losses, but one has not materialized yet. That either points to a lack of a
strategy for the province or confirms reports that Baghdad has largely written
off Anbar to focus upon other areas of the country.
In other parts of Iraq the militants are losing ground such
as in Babil. The ISF and militias successfully cleared out Jurf al-Sakhr in the
northeast, which was a long time base for armed factions. Since then IS has
relocated to the north. Out of the nine reported attacks in the province eight
were in that region in Yusifiya, Latifiya and Mahmudiya. The Baghdad Operations
Command is now focused upon the areas outside
of Latifiya, and will
likely move onto those other cities as well.
 |
| (BBC) |
Diyala was the site of another government offensive, but in
the aftermath there has been disputes over who will control the freed
territory. On November
23 the ISF, militias and peshmerga moved into Sadiya and Jalawla
in the northeast. Afterwards the Kurds and the Badr Organization argued over
who would run the two towns. The peshmerga asked the militias to leave Sadiya, and accused them
of looting in Jalawla.
Then on November 26 Badr head Hadi Ameri told
the press that the Kurds had nothing to do with the successful operation. Bas
News that is not always a reliable source claimed that Iranian
Revolutionary Guards Quds Force commander General Qasim Suleimani cut a quid
pro quo deal between the militias the Kurds. In return for peshmerga support
for breaking the siege of Amerli, Salahaddin in August the militias would help
free Sadiya and Jalawla. Suleimani also negotiated militias controlling
Jalawla, while the Kurds would have Sadiya. Afterward the peshmerga moved into Qara
Tapa, while the ISF and militias focused upon the Hamrin area once again and Bani Saad. On November 28 the ISF
claimed it had cleared the Hamrin
Mountains, but they’ve said that before only to go back into the region. IS
made some minor gains in the province during the summer, but they are now
losing ground. The political disputes that are emerging between the Kurds and
peshmerga are repeating similar arguments going on in Salahaddin. The Kurds
consider places like Jalawla and Sadiya disputed territories that were taken
from them by Saddam, while the militias want them to remain under government
control. This has turned violent in Salahaddin, and could do the same in
Diyala.
Kirkuk has remained relatively quite since the summer, but
IS made an attempt to take Tal Ward outside of Kirkuk city in the middle of the
week. On November
26 there was heavy fighting with the peshmerga there, which dragged out
into the next day.
The Kurds were able to hold the area with the loss of 16 fighters and 20
wounded. There have been constant warnings from Kurdish official in the governorate
that IS was preparing some large operation there. Whether the assault upon Tal
Ward was it or another is coming is unknown.
Salahaddin remains the other main battle site in Iraq.
Despite reports by the ISF that Baiji as cleared the town itself remains
contested. There was fighting
there throughout the week. Government forces also continued their push on towns
outside
of Tikrit. The insurgents on the other hand are continuing with operations
throughout the province. That included Balad,
Ishaqi,
Dhuluiya, and outside Samarra.
Finally, people have begun to complain
about militias in the Baiji area. That includes burning and blowing up
houses, and attacking civilians. Shiite groups have been doing the same thing
in the Tuz Kharmato district after that area was cleared.
SOURCES
Alsumaria, “Daash control Anbar Directorate building central
Ramadi,” 11/25/14
-
"Killing and wounding eight of the security services and popular brigades
in suicide bombing northeast of Baquba," 11/23/14
- “Peshmerga preparing for an attack on Mount Sinjar,”
11/24/14
- “Security forces and Albu Nimr tribe free two villages
west of Hit,” 11/25/14
Associated
Press, "Officials say car bomb kills 7 people in Iraq," 11/23/14
Bas News, “PHOTO: After Liberation, Looting Starts in
Jalawla,” 11/25/14
Al Forat, “Himreen Mountains purged of terrorists,” 11/28/14
- “ISF siege Heet District to liberate it from ISIL,”
11/23/14
- “ISF take control over Sayed Ghraib area of southern
Tikrit,” 11/22/14
George, Susannah, “Key provincial capital in Iraq may be
about to fall to Islamic State,” McClatchy Newspapers, 11/26/14
Hewrami, Sirwe, “Shiite militia commander: No Kurdish force
took part in Saadiya liberation,” Rudaw, 11/26/14
Independent Press Agency, “Baghdad Operations Announce
cleansing villages west of Latifiyah and killed dozens of elements of Daash,”
11/23/14
Iraq
Times, "Death toll rises in car bombing to 50 martyrs and wounded,"
11/24/14
Al Mada, “Controversy over popular brigades following daily
complaints by locals,” 11/26/14
- “Gunmen were about to occupy the Anbar government compound
.. and 700 Albu Alwan fighters prevented the fall of Ramadi,” 11/24/14
-
"Killing and wounding nine people in double suicide bombing targeting the
home of Emri of Dulaim central Ramadi," 11/23/14
-
"Killing and wounding six elements of the army by a suicide attack on a
checkpoint near Trebil," 11/24/14
NINA,
"/15/ people killed and wounded by a car bomb in Dora district,"
11/25/14
- “/45/ terrorists killed, 175 explosive devices dismantled
near Hit,” 11/27/14
- “Baghdad Operations Announces Complete cleansing of kilos areas
West Latifiya,” 11/26/14
-
"Breaking News../14/ people, most of them military personnel killed and
wounded in a suicide attack near Trebil outlet with Jordan," 11/24/14
- “The government complex in central Ramadi came under
mortar fire,” 11/23/14
- “The IS attacks Ramadi in army uniform of 5 axes, with
security and tribal reinforcements to repel the attack,” 11/23/14
- “Security forces and tribal fighters liberate villages
near to Hit,” 11/25/14
- “Two villages liberated north of Muqdadiyah from the IS
control,” 11/27/14
- “Violent clashes between security forces and the IS in
central and northern Baiji,” 11/25/14
Radio Free Iraq, “26 November 2014,” Daily Updates from
Anbar, 11/26/14
Al Rayy, “15 farming villages in Qara Tapa freed northeast
of Baquba from Daash control,” 11/26/14
- “Diyala police announce clearing the villages of Bani
Saad, killing four Daash,” 11/28/14
- “Federal Police and the popular brigade waging a three-pronged
attack on Daash nests in Lake Hamrin,” 11/26/14
Rudaw, “Peshmerga and Shiite militias vie for control of
liberated town,” 11/24/14
- “UPDATE: Peshmerga recapture Kirkuk village from ISIS,”
11/26/14
Salih, Hemin, “Saadia to Remain Under Control of Iraqi
Shiite Forces,” Bas News, 11/26/14
Shafaq
News, "25 casualties among security elements in suicide bombing in
Diyala," 11/23/14
- “Peshmerga and security forces liberate villages in Saadia
sub-district and besiege ISIS in its center,” 11/23/14
- “Peshmerga launches wide operation in Qara Tapa and
liberate four villages,” 11/26/14
- “Security forces and Peshmerga control Jalawla and Saadia
completely,” 11/23/14
Yacoub,
Sameer, "2 bombings kill 10 people in Iraq," Associated Press,
11/26/14
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