During the fourth week of June 2015, the Islamic State
increased its attacks to the highest so far this month. That did not lead to an
increase in casualties however that remained at the same level as the previous
week. The main focus of fighting continued to be Anbar and Salahaddin where
government offensives have been going on for more than a month each.
From June 22-28, 2015 Musings On Iraq counted 162 security
incidents in the press. The real number is always higher. 162 was the most
incidents since April 15-21. Attacks have averaged 20.0 per day this month,
which is just above May’s 18.6. Usually the Islamic State likes to launch a
Ramadan offensive at this time, but none has materialized so far. The taking of
Ramadi was the culmination of its spring push, and it has not launched any
large attacks since then.
Baghdad and Anbar remain the most violence provinces in
Iraq. There were 59 attacks in the capital province and 45 in Anbar. After that
there were 17 in Salahaddin, 16 in Ninewa, 10 in Diyala, 7 in Babil, 5 in
Kirkuk, and 3 in Basra.
Those incidents led to 306 deaths and 474 wounded. That was
a total of 780 casualties, just around the same as the 738 casualties seen the
week before. The week’s fatalities broke down to 3 Sahwa, 9 Hashd al-Shaabi, 28
members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), and 266 civilians. The wounded was
made up of 5 Sahwa, 17 Hashd, 45 ISF, and 407 civilians.
Anbar, Baghdad and Ninewa were the deadliest provinces
during the week. Anbar saw 100 killed, while Baghdad and Ninewa had 76 each.
After that there were 28 in Salahaddin, 16 in Diyala, 5 in Babil, 3 in Basra,
and 2 in Kirkuk.
Violence
In Iraq By Week 2015
Date
|
Incidents
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
Jan 1-7
|
184
|
434
|
464
|
Jan 8-14
|
170
|
730
|
493
|
Jan 15-21
|
182
|
390
|
515
|
Jan 22-28
|
189
|
466
|
894
|
Jan 29-31
|
90
|
288
|
529
|
JAN
|
815
|
2,308
|
2,895
|
Feb 1-7
|
155
|
380
|
688
|
Feb 8-14
|
170
|
406
|
559
|
Feb 15-21
|
165
|
573
|
364
|
Feb 22-28
|
165
|
371
|
687
+ 386
|
FEB
|
655
|
1,730
|
2,683
|
Mar 1-7
|
172
|
372
|
587
|
Mar 8-14
|
133
|
348
|
656
|
Mar 15-21
|
142
|
1,299
|
503
|
Mar 22-28
|
170
|
235
|
406
|
Mar 29-31
|
72
|
205
|
219
|
MAR
|
689
|
2,459 + 4
|
2,371 + 150
|
Apr 1-7
|
121
|
212
|
422
|
Apr 8-14
|
133
|
626
|
525
|
Apr 15-21
|
169
|
722
|
714
|
Apr 22-28
|
160
|
483
|
483
|
Apr 29-30
|
50
|
162
+ 7
|
182
+ 299
|
APR
|
633
|
2,212
|
2,625
|
May 1-7
|
154
|
626
|
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
|
2,416 + 1,499
|
1,898 + 646
|
Jun 1-7
|
132
|
431
|
476
|
Jun 8-14
|
127
|
523
+ 405
|
394
|
Jun 15-21
|
141
|
365
|
373
|
Jun 22-28
|
162
|
306
|
474
|
Violence
In Iraq By Province, June 2015
Province
|
Jun
1-7
|
Jun
8-14
|
Anbar
|
31 Incidents
181 Killed: 64 ISF, 23 Hashd, 40
Sahwa, 54 Civilians
162 Wounded: 77 ISF, 4 Sahwa, 7
Hashd, 74 Civilians
12 Shootings
3 IEDs
5 Suicide Car Bombs
1 Artillery
4 Mortars
2 Rockets
9 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
27 Incidents
55 Killed: 15 ISF, 27 Hashd, 13
Civilians
71 Wounded: 15 ISF, 24 Hashd, 32
Civilians
14 Shootings
2 IEDs
4 Suicide Bombers
8 Suicide Car Bombs
1 Missile
1 Rockets
18 Suicide Bombers Killed
5 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Babil
|
3 Incidents
4 Killed: 4 Civilians
13 Wounded: 13 Civilians
1 Shooting
2 IEDs
|
5 Incidents
9 Killed: 3 ISF, 2 Sahwa, 4
Civilians
26 Wounded: 3 Sahwa, 23 Civilians
4 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
|
Baghdad
|
52 Incidents
73 Killed: 6 ISF, 2 Sahwa, 65
Civilians
185 Wounded: 13 ISF, 2 Sahwa, 170
Civilians
12 Shootings
28 IEDs
5 Sticky Bombs
2 Car Bombs
1 Grenade
|
49 Incidents
78 Killed: 7 ISF, 4 Sahwa, 68
Civilians
200 Wounded: 16 ISF, 1 Sahwa, 183
Civilians
17 Shootings
23 IEDs
5 Sticky Bombs
1 Sound Bomb
1 Suicide Car Bomb
2 Car Bombs
7 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Basra
|
2 Incidents
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
2 Wounded: 2 Civilians
2 Shootings
|
1 Incident
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
|
Diyala
|
10 Incidents
23 Killed: 1 ISF, 22 Civilians
41 Wounded: 41 Civilians
1 Shooting
4 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
1 Suicide Car Bomb
1 Mortar
|
12 Incidents
18 Killed: 1 ISF, 1 Peshmerga, 3
Sahwa, 4 Hashd, 9 Civilians
8 Wounded: 8 Civilians
8 Shootings
2 IEDs
|
Karbala
|
-
|
1 Incident
7 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Kirkuk
|
4 Incidents
3 Killed: 3 Civilians
2 Wounded: 1 Peshmerga, 1 Civilian
2 Shootings
2 IEDs
|
2 Incidents
127 Killed: 2 Peshmerga, 125
Civilians
13 Wounded: 13 Peshmerga
1 Shooting
|
Ninewa
|
13 Incidents
96 Civilians: 1 ISF, 95 Civilians
3 Wounded: 3 Civilians
8 Shootings
8 IEDs
|
9 Incidents
188 Killed: 33 ISF, 155 Civilians
13 Wounded: 13 Civilians
5 Shootings
3 Suicide Bombers Killed
|
Salahaddin
|
17 Incidents
50 Killed: 3 ISF, 36 Hashd, 11
Civilians
68 Wounded: 5 ISF, 44 Hashd, 19
Civilians
9 Shootings
5 IEDs
4 Suicide Bombers
1 Grenades
7 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
21 Incidents
47 Killed: 30 ISF, 13 Hashd, 4 Civilians
63 Wounded: 12 ISF, 44 Hashd, 7
Civilians
8 Shootings
3 IEDs
5 Suicide Car Bombs
1 Car Bomb
2 Mortars
29 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
2 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Province
|
Jun
15-21
|
Jun
22-28
|
Anbar
|
42 Incidents
153 Killed: 73 ISF, 80 Civilians
140 Wounded: 14 ISF, 126 Civilians
28 Shootings
1 IED
3 Suicide Bombers
1 Rockets
7 Mortars
|
45 Incidents
100 Killed: 2 ISF, 98 Civilians
188 Wounded: 10 ISF, 178 Civilians
24 Shootings
1 Car Bomb
1 Rockets
3 Mortars
16 Suicide Bombers Killed
1 Suicide Car Bomb Destroyed
3 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Babil
|
8 Incidents
14 Killed: 4 ISF, 1 Sahwa, 9
Civilians
34 Wounded: 2 ISF, 3 Hashd, 29
Civilians
1 Shooting
6 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
|
7 Incidents
5 Killed: 1 Hashd, 4 Civilians
17 Wounded: 4 ISF, 4 Hashd, 9
Civilians
5 IEDs
1 Sound Bomb
|
Baghdad
|
46 Incidents
53 Killed: 6 ISF, 2 Hashd, 5
Sahwa, 40 Civilians
126 Wounded: 8 ISF, 2 Sahwa, 10
Hashd, 106 Civilians
12 Shootings
17 IEDs
8 Sticky Bombs
1 Suicide Car Bomb
2 Mortars
|
59 Incidents
76 Killed: 4 ISF, 3 Sahwa, 69
Civilians
194 Wounded: 8 ISF, 5 Sahwa, 181
Civilians
15 Shootings
27 IEDs
7 Sticky Bombs
2 Car Bombs
|
Basra
|
1 Incident
1 IED
|
3 Incidents
3 Killed: 3 Civilians
2 Wounded: 2 Civilians
2 Shootings
1 IED
|
Diyala
|
9 Incidents
8 Killed: 8 Civilians
18 Wounded: 1 ISF, 17 Civilians
1 Shooting
6 IEDs
|
10 Incidents
16 Killed: 2 ISF, 14 Civilians
25 Wounded: 3 ISF, 2 Hashd, 20
Civilians
9 IEDs
1 Suicide Car Bombs
|
Kirkuk
|
1 Incident
3 Wounded: 3 Civilians
1 Rocket
|
5 Incidents
2 Killed: 2 Civilians
3 Wounded: 3 Civilians
2 Shootings
2 IEDs
|
Muthanna
|
1 Incident
|
-
|
Najaf
|
1 Incident
1 Suicide Car Bomb Dismantled
|
-
|
Ninewa
|
9 Incidents
86 Killed: 70 ISF, 16 Civilians
5 Shootings
16 IEDs
1 Mortar
|
16 Incidents
76 Killed: 10 ISF, 66 Civilians
9 Shootings
46 IEDs
5 Suicide Bombers Killed
|
Salahaddin
|
22 Incidents
50 Killed: 20 ISF, 1 Peshmerga, 14
Hashd, 15 Civilians
52 Wounded: 15 ISF, 3 Peshmerga,
11 Hashd, 23 Civilians
13 Shootings
4 IEDs
1 Rocket
1 Suicide Car Bomb Destroyed
|
17 Incidents
28 Killed: 10 ISF, 8 Hashd, 10
Civilians
45 Wounded: 20 ISF, 11 Hashd, 14
Civilians
5 Shootings
7 IEDs
4 Suicide Bombers
1 Suicide Car Bomb
2 Mortars
|
Wasit
|
1 Incident
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
|
-
|
Car
Bombs In Iraq, June 2015
Date
|
Location
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
Jun 1
|
Fallujah
& Thar Thar x3, Anbar
|
58
|
57
|
Jun 2
|
Palestine
St, Baghdad
|
6
|
13
|
Jun 3
|
|||
Jun 4
|
Thar
Thar, Anbar
Baya,
Baghdad
|
5
|
14
|
Jun 5
|
|||
Jun 6
|
Baladrooz,
Diyala
|
14
|
37
|
Jun 7
|
|||
Totals
|
8
|
83
|
121
|
Jun 8
|
|||
Jun 9
|
Palestine
St, Baghdad
|
10
|
24
|
Jun 10
|
Shula,
Baghdad
|
6
|
20
|
Jun 11
|
|||
Jun 12
|
Baiji
x2, Salahaddin
|
8
|
20
|
Jun 13
|
Garma
x4 & Haiyakil x2, Anbar
Hijjaj
x4, Salahaddin
|
42
|
49
|
Jun 14
|
Baghdadi
x2, Anbar
Shaab,
Baghdad
|
3
|
10
|
Totals
|
17
|
69
|
123
|
Jun 15
|
|||
Jun 16
|
|||
Jun 17
|
Kadhimiya,
Baghdad
|
7
|
16
|
Jun 18
|
|||
Jun 19
|
|||
Jun 20
|
|||
Jun 21
|
|||
Totals
|
1
|
7
|
16
|
Jun 22
|
Nukhaib,
Anbar
|
2
|
8
|
Jun 23
|
|||
Jun 24
|
Mandali,
Diyala
|
16
|
22
|
Jun 25
|
Shaab,
Baghdad
|
6
|
16
|
Jun 26
|
Baiji,
Salahaddin
|
3
|
5
|
Jun 27
|
Karrada,
Baghdad
|
5
|
13
|
Jun 28
|
|||
Totals
|
5
|
32
|
64
|
The Islamic State launched 9 vehicle borne improvised explosive
devices (VBIEDs) during the week. That was up from just three the week before.
Of those nine, four were dismantled or destroyed before reaching their targets.
The successful ones were in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala and Salahaddin targeting
both the security forces and civilian targets. In total 32 were killed and 64
wounded by these explosions. During the second week of the month IS used a
massive 67 VBIEDs. That used up most of its stocks and accounts for the small
numbers of car bombs since then.
In Anbar, most of the week’s casualties were due to
government shelling and air strikes. There were a total of 100 killed and 188
wounded during the fourth week. 88 of the dead and 176 of the wounded came from
shelling of Fallujah, Ramadi, and Garma, along with an air strike on Fallujah,
and helicopter gunships firing on Hit. This was the highest amount of
casualties from government actions in weeks.
With the operation to free Ramadi indefinitely on
hold, government forces focused upon its month plus offensive to take
Garma, plus a push on Husaiba, which is outside of Ramadi. On June
25 an offensive was announced to the east of Husaiba. There have been
re-occurring clashes there with the Islamic State since the fall of Ramadi. The
ISF, Hashd and tribes were also trying to surround the city and needed to make
sure Husaiba was secure to accomplish that. Despite earlier statements by
government forces that Ramadi was in fact contained, on June
28 it was announced that only 80% of the city was encircled. As for Garma,
it was said that 75% of the district was cleared on March
28. This operation is in its second month, and progress has been very slow.
The Islamic State continued with its weekly executions in
Ninewa. 60 of the 76 fatalities for the week in the province died in that
manner. Another 16 were killed in a coalition air
strike.
The effort to retake Baiji continued on for its second
month. On June 22 the
government claimed it had 80% of the area under control. There was still
fighting there every day. IS originally attacked the facility as a diversionary
attack to draw away forces to hide its real target, which was Ramadi. After
that city fell, IS pulled out most of its fighters from the Baiji Refinery and
proceeded to destroy as much of it as possible. The on going fighting
therefore, is against the rear guard units, which have still been able to hold
off an overwhelming force for over a month now. IS is said to still control
much of the surrounding countryside and its supply routes to neighboring
provinces are in tact meaning this is not the last time they will make a big
push into the area.
SOURCES
Agence
France Presse, "14 killed in Iraq suicide bombing claimed by IS," 6/24/15
Associated
Press, "Iraq officials: Attacks in Baghdad, town south of Iraqi capital
kill at least 8 people," 6/25/15
Iraq Oil Report, “Baiji refinery devastated by IS scorched
earth tactics,” 5/26/15
Al
Mada, "The Popular Crowd: Liberated 75% of Garma," 6/28/15,
New
Sabah, "A security source: in the next few hours will see the purge of all
of Chinese Baiji," 6/22/15
NINA,
"Breaking News …/17/ civilians killed in bombing the residential
neighborhoods by the international coalition south of Mosul," 6/25/15
-
"Military Operation Launched To Free East of Husaybah Area, In
Anbar," 6/25/15
-
"Security Forces, PD Surrounding Ramadi From Two new repel sites,"
6/28/15
Reuters, “Islamic State fight requires new tactics: Iraqi
commanders,” 6/23/15
Shafaq
News, "Eight soldiers killed and wounded by a suicide bombing in
Baiji," 6/26/15
-
"Mandali bombing toll rises to 34 casualties," 6/24/15
Sotaliraq,
"Killing two soldiers and wounding eight others by a truck bomb in
Nukhayb," 6/22/15
