My interview with Kamal Chomani on the KRG’s political
crisis was reprinted in eKurd, and my talk with Charlie Winter about the Islamic States media output was reprinted in the Daily Journalist. I was also cited in "A Spatial History of a Main Baghdadi Street" by Yaseen Raad for Jadaliyya. Finally, I was interviewed by the new blog Imperial Brief about the situation in Iraq.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Friday, October 30, 2015
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Limits of Iraq Prime Minister Abadi’s Reforms
As protests broke out in Iraq against the lack of services
and official corruption Prime Minister Haider Abadi attempted to tame the
public anger while pushing through some limited reforms that would also help
the government’s financial situation. His first step was announcing that the
vice presidents (VPs) would be dismissed from office. The fact that the VPs had
no real power made the move a seemingly painless one for the government. The
vice presidents and the ruling parties welcomed the move publicly, but behind
the scenes complained that the premier was threatening the quota system that
gives each party a set number of positions, which they then use to enrich
themselves and run patronage networks to maintain their supporters. The result
is that the presidents deputies remain in office highlighting that even limited
change in Iraq’s political institutions will be resisted by the powerful.
At the start of August 2015 Prime Minister Haider Abadi
announced his reform
program in response to the public protests sweeping the country. He said he
would cut the number of bodyguards that officials received, end provision for
top politicians, end the sectarian and partisan quotas, cut the number of
ministries and agencies, and dismiss the deputy premiers and vice presidents. 1st
Vice President Nouri al-Maliki came out in support of Abadi’s vision, but
others immediately began criticizing the prime minister’s ideas. President of
Iraq Fuad Masum for example, said
that Abadi’s reforms violated the constitution because it calls
for a vice president so the office can’t be ended, and that the VPs had the
right to appeal
the premier’s decision. Vice President Iyadl Allawi criticized the prime
minister for acting unilaterally, and Abadi’s own State of Law list warned
that one vice president had to be kept. Later, Maliki and Vice President Osama
Nujafi protested
their removals and started court cases to remain in office. That led Abadi to
go to parliament to request
a bill to end the vice presidencies, which would give him legal backing for his
move.
More importantly while all the politicians were going back
and forth the vice presidents all remained
on their jobs. By October Al Arabiya reported
that Abadi gave Maliki an ultimatum to leave his office within 48 hours.
Whether true or not Maliki and the others were still there by the end of the
month and collecting their salaries.
Prime Minister Abadi is mostly silent about his reform
program today. His first moves gained a lot of coverage, but his confrontation
with the vice presidents show how little room he had to challenge the political
system in Iraq. The ruling parties have all reaped the rewards of power and are
set against giving up any of their privileges. Even removing largely
meaningless posts like the vice presidencies that have no power was seen as
threatening, and have been effectively blocked.
SOURCES
Agence France Presse, “Iraq president says constitution
should not be bypassed,” 8/26/15
AIN, “Cabinet votes on cancelling Deputies President Law
draft,” 9/15/15
Al-Ali, Zaid, “Premature excitement about Iraq’s new
government reforms,” Washington Post, 8/14/15
Bas News, “Iraqi President: PM’s Reforms “Against Iraqi
Constitution,”” 8/11/15
Buratha News, “MP Talabani: Vice Presidents of the Republic
still at their posts,” 9/30/15
Habib, Mustafa, “Will Iraq Ever Change?” Niqash, 9/17/15
International Crisis Group, “Iraq: Conflict Alert,” 8/24/15
Iraq News Network, “A government source: Abadi’s reforms
only ink on paper,” 10/25/15
- “Parliament rejects resignation of Sinead on order of
al-Maliki for his parliamentary seat,” 10/18/15
Malas, Nour, “Iraqi Premier’s Rule Again Questioned,” Wall
Street Journal, 9/23/15
Shafaq News, “Maliki’s coalition calls Abadi to keep one of
the Vice Presidents of the Republic to ratify the death sentences,” 8/13/15
- “TV: Abadi gives al-Maliki 48 hours to vacate his headquarters,”
10/3/15
- “What did al-Maliki said about Abadi’s measures?” 8/9/15
Sotaliraq, “Presidency: Vice-Presidents have the right to
appeal Abadi’s decisions,” 9/15/15
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Iraq’s KRG Begins Acknowledging Its Losses In War Against Islamic State
As the war against the Islamic State drags on in Iraq the
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has started acknowledging its casualties.
At first, Irbil like Baghdad was suppressing its losses to keep up morale.
There were daily reports of clashes with dozens of IS fighters being killed
with little on how many Peshmerga had fallen. Now that fighting has become more
sporadic and the imminent threat from the insurgents has receded the Kurds have
become more open.
As time has passed the KRG has begun revealing more about
its dead and wounded. The first release of information came in December
2014 when the government issued a report that 727 Peshmerga had been killed
and 3,564 wounded since June. In February
2015, Peshmerga Minister Jabbar Yawar told the press that 999 fighters had
died and 4,569 wounded from June 10 to February 3. Three months later former
Kurdish parliamentarian Mohammed Othman said that 2,822 Peshmerga
had died fighting IS, which included those killed in Syria. Later that month a
Kurdish lawmaker stated
that 1,205 had died and 6,595 wounded. In July,
the Peshmerga Ministry revealed that there were 1,212 fatalities and 7,000
injured. Finally, in October the KRG reported that 1,300 Peshmerga had died and
5,000 wounded since August 2014, and then later the Peshmerga Minister said
that 1,258 had passed and 7,301 injured. Most of these figures were higher than
what was already in the media. For example, the December report revealed an
additional 166 deaths and 1,113 wounded. The most recent statements have been
even bigger with 314 more killed and a whopping 6,294 injured. In total, the
KRG has now admitted that it kept 1,979 deaths and 9,919 wounded secret.
As the KRG feels more secure it is slowly beginning to
divulge the losses it has suffered to the Islamic State. When the fighting
first started Irbil would only publicize a fraction of its casualties. Instead
official propaganda focused upon its victories. Now that the situation has
become more stable the KRG wants to become more transparent about what it has
gone through. That can play on both domestic and international fronts as the
regional government can now more openly talk about its sacrifices. It’s also an
important reminder that the true costs of the war against IS in Iraq is still
largely being obfuscated by officials. Thousands more people have lost their
lives and been harmed by the violence, and their fate has not been made public.
SOURCES
Agence France Presse,
“Nearly 1,000 Iraq Kurds killed fighting IS since June,” 2/4/15
eKurd, “Iraqi Kurdistan News
in brief – October 26, 2015,” 10/26/15
Millet, “Peshmerg Minister
Reveals Latest Casualty Figures,” 7/2/15
New Sabah, “3 thousand
Peshmerga killed in war against terrorism,” 5/27/15
Rudaw, “Ministry: 1,300
Peshmerga dead since start of war with ISIS,” 10/2/15
Sadiq, Hoshmand, “More Than
1,200 Peshmerga Killed Since IS War Began,” Bas News, 5/31/15
Xinhua, “Over 700 Iraqi Kurdish fighters killed since IS
rise in June: report,” 12/10/14
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Baiji & Refinery Retaken As Iraq Forces Push Into Northern Salahaddin
Iraq’s joint forces won a major victory during the third
week of October 2015 retaking the town of Baiji, which had been contested for
over a year. Not only that, but they continued to push north towards Shirqat
district and into southern Kirkuk’s Hawija, which are both Islamic State
strongholds. On the other hand, the Anbar offensive continued to churn through
many of the same areas, while IS also picked up its attacks in Diyala.
There were 142 security incidents in Iraq reported in the
press from October 15-21, 2015. Baghdad had the most attacks with 50, followed
by 28 in Anbar, 23 in Salahaddin, 18 in Diyala, 9 each in Babil and Kirkuk, 4
in Ninewa, and 1 in Basra.
Those incidents led to 208 deaths and 279 injured. There
were 2 Sahwa, 22 Hashd al-Shaabi, 22 members of the Iraqi Security Forces
(ISF), and 162 civilians killed, and 1 Peshmerga, 4 Sahwa, 17 ISF, 40 Hashd,
and 217 civilians wounded.
Salahaddin had the most deaths with 84. After that there
were 48 fatalities in Baghdad, 24 in Kirkuk, 16 in Diyala, 15 in Ninewa, 12 in
Anbar, and 9 in Babil. More people died during the week, but the government did
not report them or they were not covered in the media. In Anbar for example,
where there was major fighting everyday with several security operations
simultaneously going on there were no casualties mentioned for five out of
seven days of the week.
Violence
In Iraq By Week 2015
Date
|
Incidents
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
Jan 1-7
|
205
|
466
|
464
|
Jan 8-14
|
177
|
733
|
518
|
Jan 15-21
|
193
|
403
|
528
|
Jan 22-28
|
197
|
492
|
899
|
Jan 29-31
|
91
|
306
|
568
|
JAN
|
862
|
2,400
|
2,977
|
Feb 1-7
|
159
|
408
|
688
|
Feb 8-14
|
178
|
443
|
566
|
Feb 15-21
|
175
|
592
|
383
|
Feb 22-28
|
178
|
391
|
730
|
FEB
|
690
|
1,834
|
2,367
|
Mar 1-7
|
186
|
373
|
595
|
Mar 8-14
|
156
|
398
|
656
|
Mar 15-21
|
170
|
1,304
|
505
|
Mar 22-28
|
186
|
273
|
406
|
Mar 29-31
|
76
|
205
|
219
|
MAR
|
775
|
2,553 + 4
|
2,381 + 150
|
Apr 1-7
|
130
|
218
|
422
|
Apr 8-14
|
140
|
674
|
531
|
Apr 15-21
|
175
|
729
|
717
|
Apr 22-28
|
167
|
497
|
483
|
Apr 29-30
|
51
|
162
+ 7
|
182
+ 299
|
APR
|
662
|
2,287
|
2,335
|
May 1-7
|
159
|
627
|
450
|
May 8-14
|
161
|
420
|
549
|
May 15-21
|
127
|
963
|
387
|
May 22-28
|
114
|
341
+ 1,499
|
348
|
May 29-31
|
38
|
66
|
164
+ 646
|
MAY
|
599
|
2,417 + 1,499
|
1,898 + 646
|
Jun 1-7
|
133
|
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
|
623
|
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
|
193
+ 260
|
203
|
JUL
|
608
|
2,166
|
3,079 + 4,024
|
Aug 1-7
|
154
|
650
+ 760
|
298
|
Aug 8-14
|
133
|
756
|
640
|
Aug 15-21
|
135
|
345
|
354
|
Aug 22-28
|
136
|
342
|
296
|
Aug 29-31
|
59
|
112
+ 5
|
169
|
AUG
|
617
|
2,205 + 760
|
1,757
|
Sep 1-7
|
139
|
285
|
352
|
Sep 8-14
|
144
|
368
|
394
|
Sep 15-21
|
123
|
323
|
488
|
Sep 22-28
|
128
|
190
|
258
|
Sep 29-30
|
39
|
106
+ 19
|
147
+ 8
|
SEP
|
573
|
1,291 + 314
|
1,647 + 3,003
|
Oct 1-7
|
105
|
291
|
398
|
Oct 8-14
|
145
|
254
|
388
|
Oct 15-21
|
142
|
208
|
279
|
Security
by Province Oct 2015
Provinces
|
Oct
1-7
|
Oct
8-14
|
Anbar
|
12 Incidents
72 Killed: 2 ISF, 70 Civilians
3 Wounded: 3 ISF
4 Shootings
2 IEDs
1 Suicide Bomber Killed
1 Suicide Car Bomb Destroyed
10 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
19 Incidents
26 Killed: 1 Hashd, 3 ISF, 22
Civilians
28 Wounded: 3 Hashd, 12 Civilians,
13 ISF
5 Shootings
4 IEDs
2 Mortars
1 Artillery
16 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
10 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Babil
|
7 Incidents
4 Killed: 1 ISF, 3 Civilians
26 Wounded: 4 ISF, 22 Civilians
5 IEDs
|
6 Incidents
7 Killed: 2 ISF, 5 Civilians
36 Wounded: 5 ISF, 31 Civilians
1 Shooting
4 IEDs
1 Car Bomb
1 Grenade
|
Baghdad
|
48 Incidents
94 Killed: 4 ISF, 90 Civilians
241 Wounded: 13 ISF, 228 Civilians
13 Shootings
24 IEDs
3 Sticky Bombs
24 IEDs
3 Sticky Bombs
2 Suicide Car Bombs
2 Car Bombs
1 Suicide Bomber Killed
|
58 Incidents
69 Killed: 1 ISF, 1 Hashd, 2
Sahwa, 65 Civilians
196 Wounded: 3 Hashd, 3 Sahwa, 5
ISF, 185 Civilians
16 Shootings
28 IEDs
8 Sticky Bombs
1 Grenade
1 Stabbing
1 Rockets
|
Basra
|
3 Incidents
11 Killed: 11 Civilians
30 Wounded: 30 Civilians
1 Shooting
1 Sound Bomb
1 Car Bomb
|
1 Incident
1 Sticky Bomb
|
Diyala
|
4 Incidents
40 Killed: 40 Civilians
75 Wounded: 75 Civilians
1 Shooting
1 Car Bomb
1 Car Bomb Destroyed
|
8 Incidents
38 Killed: 1 ISF, 1 Hashd, 36
Civilians
58 Wounded: 58 Civilians
2 IEDs
4 Mortars
1 Car Bomb Destroyed
|
Kirkuk
|
13 Incidents
10 Killed: 10 Civilians
16 Wounded: 2 Peshmerga, 14
Civilians
5 Shootings
4 IEDs
2 Rockets
|
4 Incidents
12 Killed: 2 ISF, 10 Civilians
1 Shooting
1 IED
|
KRG
|
-
|
2 Incidents
35 Killed: 35 PKK
2 Turkish Air Strikes
|
Maysan
|
-
|
1 Incident
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Shooting
|
Ninewa
|
6 Incidents
49 Killed: 7 Peshmerga, 42
Civilians
3 Shootings
|
9 Incidents
39 Killed: 4 Peshmerga, 35
Civilians
1 Wounded: 1 Peshmerga
6 Shootings
|
Qadisiyah
|
-
|
1 Incident
1 Killed: 1 Civilian
1 Sticky Bomb
|
Salahaddin
|
12 Incidents
11 Killed: 1 ISF, 10 Civilians
7 Wounded: 1 Civilian, 6 ISF
7 Shootings
2 IEDs
1 Mortar
|
35 Incidents
26 Killed: 6 ISF, 8 Hashd, 12
Civilians
69 Wounded: 13 Hashd, 22
Civilians, 34 ISF
10 Shootings
11 IEDs
1 Suicide Bomber
5 Suicide Car Bombs
11 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
7 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Provinces
|
Oct
15-21
|
Anbar
|
28 Incidents
12 Killed: 3 Civilians, 3 Hashd, 6
ISF
8 Wounded: 3 Hashd, 5 Civilians
5 Shootings
1 Mortar
1 Rockets
2 Car Bombs
14 Suicide Bombers Killed
7 Suicide Car Bombs Destroyed
23 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
Babil
|
9 Incidents
9 Killed: 3 ISF, 6 Civilians
35 Wounded: 14 ISF, 21 Civilians
1 Shooting
6 IEDs
2 Car Bombs
1 Car Bomb Destroyed
|
Baghdad
|
50 Incidents
48 Killed: 2 Sahwa, 46 Civilians
149 Wounded: 4 Sahwa, 145
Civilians
10 Shootings
29 IEDs
4 Sticky Bombs
1 Grenade
1 Mortar
1 Car Bomb Destroyed
|
Basra
|
1 Incident
1 IED
|
Diyala
|
18 Incidents
16 Killed: 1 ISF, 15 Civilians
21 Wounded: 21 Civilians
3 Shootings
6 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
5 Mortars
|
Kirkuk
|
9 Incidents
24 Killed: 1 ISF, 1 Hashd, 22
Civilians
1 Wounded: 1 Peshmerga
3 Shootings
2 IEDs
1 Mine
|
Ninewa
|
4 Incidents
15 Killed: 5 Civilians, 10 ISF
2 Shootings
11 IEDs
|
Salahaddin
|
23 Incidents
84 Killed: 1 ISF, 18 Hashd, 65
Civilians
65 Wounded: 3 ISF, 25 Civilians,
37 Hashd
6 Shootings
5 IEDs
1 Sticky Bomb
1 Mortar
4 Suicide Bombers Killed
3 Suicide Motorcycle Bombers
Killed
1 Suicide Car Bomb Destroyed
10 Car Bombs Destroyed
|
In Anbar the government’s forces made some headway in
northern and southern Ramadi, but were also stuck in others. During the week Albu
Risha was finally cleared after eleven days of fighting. The Howaz neighborhood of Ramadi was
reached on October 18, and the joint forces were said to be just 500
meters away from the Anbar Operations Command by October 21. The government
was also able to free 350 people in the Thar
Thar district who were besieged by insurgents. At the same time, in Ramadi the
residential area of the Tamim neighborhood was cleared for the second time, and
the ceramics factory for the third time. The Albu Aetha Bridge and Albu Jassim
were freed for the second time as well. The push through Albu Faraj continued
even thought it was declared cleared on October 6 and 14. The joint forces made
another attempt to clear the Baghdadi area. It’s important because the Ain
Assad Base is just to the west. Likewise, a new push was made on central Garma
in eastern Anbar, which the government has tried to take since March. With all
that fighting only 12 people were reported killed and 8 wounded, showing the
effect of government censorship.
Background To Security Operations Oct 15-21, 2015
Since Start Of Anbar Offensive
Albu Aetha
|
Albu Atwan
|
Albu Dujail
|
Albu Faraj
|
Albu Jassim
|
Jul 20 Reached
|
Oct 19 Operation
|
Oct 19 Operation
|
Aug 20 Operation
|
Jul 14 Cleared
|
Jul 23 Reached
|
|
|
Sep 13 Operation
|
Aug 29 Operation
|
Jul 24 Albu Aetha-Ramadi
road cleared
|
|
|
Oct 4 East cleared
|
Oct 7 Operation
|
Jul 26 Albu Aetha-Ramadi
road cleared
|
|
|
Oct 5 Albu Faraj Bridge
Attacked
|
Oct 21 Cleared
|
Jul 27 Albu Aetha Bridge
cleared
|
|
|
Oct 6 Cleared
|
|
Aug 21 Cleared
|
|
|
Oct 8 Albu Faraj Road
cleared
|
|
Sep 9 Albu Aetha-Jeraishi op
|
|
|
Oct 9 Road from Albu Faraj
to Japanese Bridge cleared
|
|
Oct 6 Reached
|
|
|
Oct 14 Cleared
|
|
Oct 18 Albu Aetha Bridge
cleared
|
|
|
Oct 18 Albu Faraj Bridge
& Sit In Square cleared
|
|
Albu Risha
|
Baghdadi
|
Garma
|
Ramadi
|
Thar Thar
|
Oct 7 Mostly cleared
|
Jul 30 Operation
|
Jul 13 Sjar Daway cleared
|
Jul 22 Anbar Ops Command
attacked
|
Sep 19 Cleared
|
Oct 18 Cleared
|
Aug 24 Operation
|
Jul 15 Kanatir, Rashad,
Bukhnfar, Mashniya, Subaihat cleared
|
Jul 26 Tamim reached
|
Sep 26 Thar Thar Lake to
Jeraishi cleared
|
|
Sep 25 Operation
|
Jul 21 Niamiya, Hitaween,
Zbaan, Sidan, Anaz Operation
|
Jul 27 Residential area of
Tamim & Ceramics Factory cleared
|
Oct 9 Northeast operation
|
|
Oct 1 Operation
|
Jul 22 Cleared
|
Jul 30 Tamim cleared
|
Oct 21 Operation freed 350
people
|
|
Oct 15 Outskirts cleared
|
Aug 11 Garma Bridge cleared
|
Sep 18 Tamim operation
|
|
|
Oct 16 East cleared
|
Aug 11 70% cleared
|
Oct 6 Anbar Ops Command
attacked
|
|
|
Oct 17 Majid cleared
|
Aug 29 Operation
|
Oct 8 Tamim operation
|
|
|
|
Sep 26 Garma Dam operation
|
Oct 9 Ceramics Factory
cleared
|
|
|
|
Oct 18 Central Garma
operation
|
Oct 10 2km from Anbar Ops
Command
|
|
|
|
Oct 19 35% of Central Garma cleared
|
Oct 15 Residential area of
Tamim cleared
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 16 Ceramics Factory, Min
of Trade Warehouse, Tamim cleared
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 18 Palestine Bridge,
Shamiya Palace cleared
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 18 Howaz Operation
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 21 500m from Anbar Ops
Command
|
|
Violence remained at a low level in Babil with just 9
incidents there during the third week of October. At the same time, three of
those attacks involved car bombs. On October 19
two went off in Yusifiya,
and two days before one was dismantled.
These types of incidents have increased in the province during the on going IS
car bomb campaign.
South Baghdad was the most violent region of the province
during the week. There were 17 incidents there including mortar fire on an
outer village and 10 IEDs. East Baghdad had 10 incidents, 6 of which were IEDs
that were the work of the Islamic State. The north had 9 incidents including a
car bomb being dismantled. The center and west had 6 incidents each, and two
IEDs were dismantled in undisclosed locations in the governorate.
Violence In Baghdad Oct 15-21, 2015
Center: 6 – 1
Shooting/Robbery, 1 Sticky Bomb, 2 Kidnappings, 2 IEDs
East: 9 – 1 Shooting/Robbery,
3 Shootings, 5 IEDs
Outer East: 1 – 1 IED
North: 7 – 1 Car Bomb
Dismantled, 1 Sticky Bomb, 1 Shooting, 4 IEDs
Outer North: 2 – 2 IEDs
South: 11 - 2 Kidnappings, 2
Shootings, 8 IEDs
Outer South: 6 – 1 Grenade, 1
Mortar, 2 Shootings, 2 IEDs
West: 6 – 1 Robbery, 2 Sticky
Bombs, 3 IEDs
Unknown: 2 – 2 IEDs
Diyala witnessed the most violent week since the middle of
May. There were 18 attacks there from October 15-21. IS unleashed a barrage of
mortars on Abu Saida and Mukhisa for five out of seven days. The former is an
IS base and the latter is nearby. It was one of the rare weeks where no car
bombs went off in the province, but there were six IEDs including one in a market in Baquba that killed 5 and
wounded 11 on October 19.
The Islamic State executed 15 people in Ninewa from October
15-21. That included two
lawyers and three
women in Mosul and 10
police in Hamam al-Aleel. The group also blew up the Agriculture
College in that latter town and destroyed 10
Shabak homes in Kokjila.
The major story of the week was the retaking of Baiji in
Salahaddin. The town had been bitterly fought over since June 2015, and a
massive operation by Hashd, ISF and Sunni tribes finally swept through the area
in just a matter of days. Baiji itself was finally cleared on October
20. That was on top of the refinery finally being cleared days before. Not
satisfied with that, the joint forces continued to push north into the Makhoul and
Hamrin Mountains and Fatah in northern Salahaddin. Another force went east and
cleared a few towns in Hawija, which is in southern Kirkuk. This was the
biggest victory since Tikrit was taken in March. The Hashd seemed to have learned
from that operation as they employed several thousand local tribal fighters to
hold areas that were cleared perhaps hoping to avoid the looting and property
destruction that followed the taking of Tikrit.
There have been car bombs 17 out of the first 21 days of
October. There were thirteen straight days of vehicle bone improvised explosive
(VBIEDs) from October 9 to 21. During the third week of the month Anbar and
Salahaddin were again the main targets as IS attempted to use car bombs against
the government offensives. There were 31 VBIEDs in Anbar. Two were being disarmed
by the ISF when they exploded, while the other 29 were blown up before reaching
their targets. In Salahaddin 11 were destroyed all in the Baiji district. One
was dismantled in Baghdad, and then there were three more in Babil with one
being discovered before its detonation.
Car
Bombs In Iraq, October 2015
Date
|
Location
|
Dead
|
Wounded
|
Oct 1
|
|||
Oct 2
|
|||
Oct 3
|
Hurriya
& Kadhimiya x2, Baghdad
Ramadi &
Rashad, Anbar – 7 destroyed
|
29
|
74
|
Oct 4
|
Subhait, Anbar
– 1 destroyed
|
||
Oct 5
|
Husseiniya,
Baghdad
Zubayr,
Basra
Khalis,
Diyala
Bawih, Diyala
– 1 destroyed
|
63
|
124
|
Oct 6
|
|||
Oct 7
|
Ramadi, Anbar
– 3 destroyed
|
||
Totals
|
6 – 12 Destroyed
|
92
|
198
|
Oct 8
|
|||
Oct 9
|
Garma, Anbar –
2 destroyed
|
||
Oct 10
|
Tarmiya,
Salahaddin
Husaiba, north
of Ramadi & Thar Thar, Anbar – 15 destroyed
|
3
|
10
|
Oct 11
|
Albu Jilab,
Anbar Univ, Ramadi, Anbar – 8 destroyed
Baquba, Diyala
– 1 destroyed
|
||
Oct 12
|
Mahmudiya,
Babil
Baiji
x4, Salahaddin
North of
Ramadi, Anbar – 1 destroyed
|
3
|
30
|
Oct 13
|
Baiji &
Siniya, Salahaddin – 8 destroyed
|
||
Oct 14
|
West of Baiji
& Siniya, Salahaddin – 10 destroyed
|
||
Totals
|
6 – 45 Destroyed
|
6
|
40
|
Oct 15
|
Albu Aetha
& Albu Faraj, Anbar – 7 destroyed
Baiji &
Siniya, Salahaddin – 2 destroyed
|
||
Oct 16
|
Baghdadi,
Anbar – 3 destroyed
|
||
Oct 17
|
Baghdadi &
Thar Thar, Anbar – 2 destroyed
Jbala, Babil –
1 destroyed
Sheikh Hamad,
Baghdad – 1 destroyed
Sukariat,
Salahaddin – 3 destroyed
|
||
Oct 18
|
Albu Faraj,
Albu Risha, Garma, Anbar – 4 destroyed
Siniya,
Salahaddin – 1 destroyed
|
||
Oct 19
|
Yusifiya
x2, Babil
Baghdadi &
Hit, Anbar – 3 destroyed
Siniya,
Salahaddin – 3 destroyed
|
2
|
12
|
Oct 20
|
Albu Jalib,
Amiriya, East Husaiba, Anbar – 6 destroyed
Baiji, Salahaddin
– 1 destroyed
|
||
Oct 21
|
Albu
Gleb & Amiriya Fallujah, Anbar
Albu Gleb,
Amiriya Fallujah & ?, Anbar – 4 destroyed
Baiji
Refinery, Salahaddin – 1 destroyed
|
6
|
|
Totals
|
4 - 42 Destroyed
|
8
|
12
|
SOURCES
AIN,
"ISF kill 52 terrorists in Anbar," 10/16/15
-
"Security forces seized two car bombs and arrested three terrorists in
Amiriyah Fallujah," 10/21/15
Alsumaria,
"Dismantled two car bombs bearing Kuwait registration plants in
Al-Baghdadi," 10/19/15
Habib, Mustafa, “Competition Is Good for Business: Did
US-Russia tensions Help Bring Iraq Victory in Baiji and Anbar?” Niqash,
10/22/15
Al
Mada, "Anbar crowd: the start of a military operation inside the center of
Garma and the killing of dozens of Daash," 10/18/15
- "The joint forces approaching the Anbar Operations
headquarters from north Ramadi," 10/21/15,
-
"The joint forces liberated areas in Baiji, and Iraqi Aviation destroyed
headquarters in Ramadi," 10/21/15
-
"War media cell announce fully freeing Baiji and demanding that social
networking sites reveal the "falsities of Daash,"" 10/20/15
Mamoun, Abdelhak, "Iraqi Anti-Terrorism announces the
liberation of Albu Risha area north of Ramadi," Iraqi News, 10/18/15,
Al Masalah, "Broke the siege of 350 people trapped in
Thar Thar," 10/22/15
-
"Media declares victories by the joint forces," 10/18/15
-
"Media declares war victories by joint forces," 10/15/15
New
Sabah, "Security file," 10/20/15
NINA,
"Babylon police dismantled a car bomb north of the province,"
10/17/15
-
"Daash blow up Agriculture college building south of Mosul," 10/20/15
-
"Daash blow up ten "houses belonging to Shabak minority east of
Mosul," 10/20/15
-
"Daash executed two lawyers in Mosul Criminal Court," 10/16/15
-
"Daash Executes 3 Women of (Khansa Jihadist Cell) In Central Mosul,"
10/18/15
-
"Daash Executes Ten Police officer In Mosul," 10/17/15
-
"Federal Police Achieves All Its Goals In Baiji And Progressing To Cleanse
Makhoul Mountains," 10/17/15
-
"Federal Police Destroys Truck Bombs, Car Parking Weapons For Daash In
Sinia and Hawija," 10/19/15
-
"The Federal Police Kill Dozens Of Terrorists, Seize Their Vehicles In
Baiji," 10/15/15
Al
Rayy, "Air Force destroyed a truck bomb and killed a suicide bomber and
many members of the Soldiers of the Caliphate in Hit," 10/19/15
-
"Killing five civilians and wounding 11 in bombing of Baquba market,"
10/19/15
-
"Popular crowd forces blow up a car bomb in the desert of Thar Thar,"
10/17/15
-
"Popular crowd forces dismantle car bomb in central Baiji," 10/20/15
Sarhan,
Amre, "Car bomb blast wounds 3 civilians south of Baghdad," Iraqi
News, 10/19/15
-
"Iraqi security forces repel suicide attack by ISIS north of Ramadi,"
Iraqi News, 10/19/15
-
"Joint forces kill 5 ISIS militants, dismantle 20 explosives west of Anbar,"
Iraqi News, 10/18/15
Shafaq
News, "Armored vehicle of ISIS seized in al-Seniya," 10/18/15
-
"A Car bomb dismantled and its driver arrested in Baghdad," 10/17/15
-
"Counter-terrorism repel two suicide attacks in "Albu Jeleb" in
Ramadi," 10/20/15
-
"Federal Police repel 4 suicide bomb attacks near a gas station north of
Baiji refinery," 10/15/15
- "Iraqi forces regain food shops in the liberation of
Ramadi," 10/18/15,
-
"A number of ISIS elements killed and 19 bombings foiled in Anbar,"
10/21/15
- "PMU announce liberating Baiji completely,"
10/20/15,
-
"Two suicide attacks repelled in "Albu Faraj" killing 10 ISIS
elements and destroying a tank in al-Siniya," 10/15/15
Sotaliraq,
"Killing and wounding 11 members of the security forces blown up in a car
bomb south of Baghdad, Yusifiyah area," 10/19/15
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