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| (Shafaaq News) |
Attacks in Iraq have returned to pre-Revenge of the Levant levels in July. That means they are back in the teens raising questions about the state of the Islamic State.
There were 17 incidents in Iraq from July 15-21. That
compared to 13 the week before and 20 the week before that. When the annual
spring-summer Revenge of the Levant campaign started in May attacks were around
20-30 attacks per week. That has steadily decreased in the last several weeks. The
inability to sustain attacks during this campaign brings up questions about how
the Islamic State’s rebuilding is going. The level of incidents were much
higher last year at double to triple the current rate. The government recently
launched a massive sweep through three provinces that might have disrupted the
insurgents’ activities, but that couldn’t fully account for the low numbers as
they have gone down in areas that were not searched by the Iraqi forces. Could IS
be running into difficulties or is this simply a temporary lull? Only time will
tell.
Security
Incidents In Iraq By Province
|
Province
|
Jul 1-7
|
Jul 8-14
|
Jul 15-21
|
|
Anbar
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Babil
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Baghdad
|
2
|
4
|
5
|
|
Diyala
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
|
Kirkuk
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
|
Ninewa
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Salahaddin
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
TOTALS
|
20
|
13
|
17
|
Casualties
In Iraq By Province
|
Province
|
Jul 1-7
|
Jul 8-14
|
Jul 15-21
|
|
Anbar
|
21
(7K, 14W)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Babil
|
4
(4W)
|
1
(1W)
|
1
(1K)
|
|
Baghdad
|
2
(2W)
|
3
(3K)
|
34
(9K, 25W)
|
|
Diyala
|
14
(3K, 11W)
|
9
(5K, 4W)
|
12
(1K, 11W)
|
|
Kirkuk
|
-
|
3
(2K, 1W)
|
2
(2K)
|
|
Ninewa
|
-
|
18
(18K)
|
-
|
|
Salahaddin
|
-
|
7
(3K, 4W)
|
2
(1K, 1W)
|
|
TOTALS
|
50 (10K, 40W)
|
41 (31K, 10W)
|
51 (14K, 37W)
|
There were 51 casualties during the week. That was made up
of 1 Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), 1 Hashd al-Shaabi and 12 civilians losing
their lives along with 2 ISF and 35 civilians that were injured. Baghdad with
34 dead and wounded led the country.
For the second week in a row there were no incidents in
Anbar. This province was included in the government’s Will of Victory, which
might account for no violence occurring.
IS is trying to inch back into the capital and finally made
a splash during the third week of July. Two suicide
bombers
hit the town
of Malif
in the south killing 5 and wounding 20. A motorcycle
bomb hit Sabi al-Bour in the north, and a car
bomb was discovered in Niamiya in New Baghdad in the east. The last mass
casualty bombing in the capital province was in May. Before that one hadn’t
happened since May 2018. Now there were two attempts in one day. Getting a car
bomb into east Baghdad was also significant because all the IS attacks are in
the north, south and west. Despite the number of incidents going down in the
rest of the country, if the insurgents can infiltrate back into Baghdad that
would be a serious development.
Diyala, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salahaddin are where IS has
developed camps and bases. There were no incidents in Ninewa however. In Diyala
there were four IEDs and two mortar incidents. In Kirkuk, two people were
kidnapped in the Riyad district and a village was attacked
in the Rashad district and three more were hit
by rockets all in the south. Finally, in Salahaddin there was a single IED
in Dour outside of Tikrit. Only Salahaddin was included in the recent
government sweep so it’s an open question as to why there have been so few
incidents in these governorates. Usually doing security operations the
militants simply shift to another area and continue on with their operations.
Now there is a general decline across the country. Trends in violence can only
be discerned over weeks and months so whether this is a short term drop or something
else cannot be determined until more time passes.
Islamic
State Activity in Iraq 2018-19
|
Anbar
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
45
|
67
|
13
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
|
Jan 2019
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
10
|
11
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
May
|
3
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
|
Jun
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
31
|
29
|
10
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
|
Diyala
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
219
|
198
|
47
|
43
|
5
|
13
|
25
|
3
|
1
|
|
Jan 2019
|
21
|
2
|
3
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Feb
|
18
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
13
|
15
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
11
|
13
|
3
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
13
(9 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
15
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
4
|
10
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
89
|
56
|
17
|
33
|
1
|
1
|
18
|
1
|
-
|
|
Kirkuk
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
172
|
182
|
39
|
18
|
10
|
14
|
29
|
9
|
6
|
|
Jan 2019
|
8
|
17
|
-
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
9
|
5
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
5
|
11
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Apr
|
5
|
9
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
11
|
18
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
13
(13 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
5
|
10
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
1
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
44
|
79
|
11
|
10
|
5
|
6
|
17
|
-
|
1
|
|
Ninewa
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
139
|
74
|
43
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
|
Jan 2019
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Feb
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Mar
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Apr
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
May
|
8
|
8
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
6
(5 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
1
|
|
Jun
|
2
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
4
(4 Farms Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
July
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
36
|
24
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
14
|
-
|
3
|
|
Salahaddin
|
Shootings
(Totals)
|
IEDs/
Sticky Bombs
(Totals)
|
Gun Battles
|
Attacks on Checkpoints
|
Attacks on Mukhtars/
Sheikhs
|
Kidnappings
|
Attacks on Towns
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
|
2018
Totals
|
110
|
102
|
41
|
18
|
1
|
16
|
4
|
9
|
5
|
|
Jan 2019
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Feb
|
7
|
11
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Mar
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Apr
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
May
|
10
|
9
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
6
(5 Farms
Burned)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jun
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jul
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2019
Totals
|
31
|
40
|
15
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
1
|
3
|
(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)
Suicide-Car
Bombs In Iraq 2018-19
|
Month
|
Suicide Bombers
|
Car Bombs
|
Totals
|
|
Jan
|
7
(1- Diyala,
3 – Baghdad/Baghdad,
3 - Kirkuk)
|
6
(1- Anbar,
1 – Diyala,
1 – Kirkuk,
1 – Salahaddin,
2 - Babil)
|
13
|
|
Feb
|
4
(1 – Anbar/Ramadi
1 – Diyala
1 – Kirkuk
1 - Ninewa)
|
-
|
4
|
|
Mar
|
2
(1 – Kirkuk/Kirkuk
1 - Salahaddin)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk)
|
3
|
|
Apr
|
4
(1 - Salahaddin
3 – Anbar)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk/Kirkuk) |
5
|
|
May
|
8
(1 – Diyala
1 - Salahaddin)
2 – Baghdad/1 - Baghdad
4 - Kirkuk)
|
-
|
8
|
|
Jun
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin/Tikrit) |
1
|
|
|
Jul
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin/Tikrit)
|
1
(1 – Kirkuk/Kirkuk)
|
2
|
|
Aug
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin)
|
2
(1 – Anbar,
1 – Kirkuk)
|
3
|
|
Sep
|
6
(1 – Ninewa)
2 – Anbar
3 – Salahaddin)
|
2
(1 – Kirkuk
1 – Salahaddin)
|
8
|
|
Oct
|
2
(1 – Anbar/Fallujah
1 – Salahaddin)
|
3
(1 – Anbar/Fallujah
1 – Kirkuk/Kirkuk
1 - Ninewa)
|
5
|
|
Nov
|
-
|
3
(1 – Ninewa/Mosul
2 – Salahaddin/Tikrit)
|
3
|
|
Dec
|
-
|
1
(1 – Ninewa)
|
1
|
|
Jan
|
1
(1 – Anbar)
|
3
(1 – Anbar
1 – Kirkuk
1 – Salahaddin/Tikrit)
|
4
|
|
Feb
|
1
(1 – Salahaddin)
|
1
(1 – Ninewa/Mosul)
|
2
|
|
Mar
|
-
|
1
(1 – Ninewa/Mosul)
|
1
|
|
Apr
|
-
|
2
(1 – Anbar
1 - Salahaddin)
|
2
|
|
May
|
1
(1 – Baghdad)
|
3
(2 – Anbar
1 – Ninewa)
|
4
|
|
Jun
|
1
(1 – Diyala)
|
-
|
1
|
|
Jul
|
2 (2 – Baghdad/Malif)
|
-
|
2
|
Security In Iraq 2018-19
|
Week
|
Security
Incidents
(Total/By IS)
|
Dead
(Total/By IS)
|
Wounded
(Total/By IS)
|
|
Jan 1-7
|
62/60
|
45
|
63
|
|
Jan 8-14
|
58/56
|
58/56
|
66/63
|
|
Jan 15-21
|
62/59
|
151
|
151
|
|
Jan 22-28
|
59/51
|
140/136
|
65/63
|
|
Jan 29-31
|
24
|
21
|
21
|
|
JAN
2018
|
265/
250 by IS
|
417/
409 by IS
(196 Violent Deaths)
|
366/
361 by IS
|
|
Feb 1-7
|
58/56
|
192/141
|
62/60
|
|
Feb 8-14
|
57
|
58
|
91
|
|
Feb 15-21
|
53/52
|
343
|
43
|
|
Feb 22-28
|
46/44
|
38/37
|
70/68
|
|
FEB
|
214/
209 by IS
|
631/
579 by IS
(215 Violent Deaths)
|
266/
262 by IS
|
|
Mar 1-7
|
68/64
|
115/108
|
79/77
|
|
Mar 8-14
|
52
|
75
|
59
|
|
Mar 15-21
|
64/59
|
165/119
|
98
|
|
Mar 22-28
|
77/64
|
210/87
|
61/60
|
|
Mar 29-31
|
19/18
|
26/25
|
34
|
|
MAR
|
280/
257 by IS
|
591/
414 by IS
(446 Violent Deaths)
|
331/
328 by IS
|
|
Apr 1-7
|
38/34
|
172/140
|
27/25
|
|
Apr 8-14
|
60/52
|
173/136
|
81/72
|
|
Apr 15-21
|
43/35
|
63/18
|
72/70
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
40/31
|
60/30
|
39/33
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
12/11
|
14/11
|
4
|
|
APR
|
193/
163 by IS
|
482/
335 by IS
(236 Violent Deaths)
|
223/
204 by IS
|
|
May 1-7
|
45/39
|
52/43
|
55/54
|
|
May 8-14
|
55/51
|
68/46
|
49
|
|
May 15-21
|
35/32
|
55/26
|
80/75
|
|
May 22-28
|
49/46
|
72/62
|
51/49
|
|
May 29-31
|
16/13
|
39/30
|
15
|
|
MAY
|
200/
181 by IS
|
286/
207 by IS
(261 Violent Deaths)
|
250/
242 by IS
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
50/44
|
96/87
|
29/28
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
67/59
|
107/47
|
88
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
40/35
|
82/28
|
19
|
|
Jun 22-28
|
45/44
|
53/38
|
62
|
|
Jun 29-30
|
17/15
|
21/16
|
14
|
|
JUN
|
219/
197 by IS
|
359/
216 by IS
(315 Violent Deaths)
|
212/
211 by IS
|
|
Jul 1-7
|
50/49
|
56/52
|
90
|
|
Jul 8-14
|
42/39
|
56/47
|
31
|
|
Jul 15-21
|
50/45
|
59/42
|
63
|
|
Jul 22-28
|
29/24
|
61/53
|
19/15
|
|
Jul 29-31
|
23/21
|
25/13
|
11
|
|
JUL
|
194/
178 by IS
|
257/
207 by IS
(212 Violent Deaths)
|
214/
210 by IS
|
|
Aug 1-7
|
43/39
|
49/45
|
30/29
|
|
Aug 8-14
|
43/42
|
38
|
44
|
|
Aug 15-21
|
38/35
|
24/21
|
40/37
|
|
Aug 22-28
|
35/31
|
25/19
|
61
|
|
Aug 29-31
|
27/24
|
68/30
|
43
|
|
AUG
|
186/
171 by IS
|
204/
153 by IS
(189 Violent Deaths)
|
218/
214 by IS
|
|
Sep 1-7
|
38
|
44
|
54
|
|
Sep 8-14
|
48/43
|
63/55
|
127
|
|
Sep 15-21
|
44/38
|
90/74
|
70
|
|
Sep 22-28
|
36/33
|
22/17
|
27/26
|
|
Sep 29-30
|
9/6
|
19/10
|
29/25
|
|
SEP
|
175/
158 by IS
|
237/
200 by IS
(179 Violent Deaths)
|
307/
302 by IS
|
|
Oct 1-7
|
54/49
|
85/25
|
92
|
|
Oct 8-14
|
43/41
|
161/152
|
41
|
|
Oct 15-21
|
54/50
|
87/72
|
35
|
|
Oct 22-28
|
24/23
|
24/20
|
53
|
|
Oct 29-31
|
23
|
10
|
24
|
|
OCT
|
198/
186 by IS
|
367/
279 by IS
(177 Violent Deaths)
|
245 by IS
|
|
Nov 1-7
|
32/31
|
75/69
|
36
|
|
Nov 8-14
|
39/31
|
111/63
|
19
|
|
Nov 15-21
|
30/27
|
51/43
|
29
|
|
Nov 22-28
|
26/21
|
35/25
|
30
|
|
Nov 29-30
|
9/8
|
4
|
27
|
|
NOV
|
136/
118 by IS
|
276/
204 by IS
(183 Violent Deaths_
|
141 by IS
|
|
Dec 1-7
|
22/15
|
21/8
|
11
|
|
Dec 8-14
|
22
|
15
|
22
|
|
Dec 15-21
|
23/21
|
23/16
|
17
|
|
Dec 22-28
|
30/28
|
24/18
|
37
|
|
Dec 29-31
|
15/14
|
225/220
|
4
|
|
DEC
|
112/
100 by IS
|
308/
277 by IS
(96 Violent Deaths)
|
91 by IS
|
|
Jan 1-7
|
32/31
|
17/10
|
24
|
|
Jan 8-14
|
32/30
|
97/94
|
53
|
|
Jan 15-21
|
22/18
|
17/11
|
16/14
|
|
Jan 22-28
|
27/22
|
36/17
|
31
|
|
Jan 29-31
|
12
|
7
|
6
|
|
JAN
|
114
|
139
|
130/128
|
|
Feb 1-7
|
29/28
|
76
|
30
|
|
Feb 8-14
|
24
|
26
|
18
|
|
Feb 15-21
|
40
|
112
|
12
|
|
Feb 22-28
|
25
|
36
|
70
|
|
FEB
|
118
|
250
|
130
|
|
Mar 1-7
|
13
|
22
|
45
|
|
Mar 8-14
|
19/18
|
75/10
|
37
|
|
Mar 15-21
|
12/11
|
66/37
|
21/11
|
|
Mar 22-28
|
13/12
|
8/5
|
1
|
|
Mar 29-31
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
|
MAR
|
61
|
147
|
101
|
|
Apr 1-7
|
20
|
22
|
13
|
|
Apr 8-14
|
41
|
28
|
42
|
|
Apr 15-21
|
17/16
|
9/8
|
26
|
|
Apr 22-28
|
19/18
|
45/10
|
15
|
|
Apr 29-30
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
APR
|
99
|
105
|
100
|
|
May 1-7
|
20/19
|
15
|
18
|
|
May 8-14
|
24
|
31
|
41
|
|
May 15-21
|
37/36
|
62
|
39
|
|
May 22-28
|
43
|
39
|
54
|
|
May 29-31
|
13
|
16
|
48
|
|
MAY
|
137/136
|
163
|
200
|
|
Jun 1-7
|
26
|
19
|
44
|
|
Jun 8-14
|
25/24
|
29
|
15
|
|
Jun 15-21
|
21/16
|
6
|
13/10
|
|
Jun 22-28
|
18
|
17
|
41
|
|
Jun 29-30
|
9
|
3
|
9
|
|
JUN
|
99/93
|
74
|
122/119
|
|
Jul 1-7
|
20
|
11
|
39
|
|
Jul 8-14
|
14
|
31
|
10
|
|
Jul 15-21
|
17
|
14
|
37
|
Violence
By Province Jul 15-21, 2019
|
Province
|
Violence
|
|
Babil
|
1 Incident
1 Killed
1 ISF
1
Shooting
|
|
Baghdad
|
5 Incidents
9 Killed
1 Hashd
8
Civilians
25 Wounded
25
Civilians
1 IED
1 Motorcycle
Bomb
2
Suicide Bombers
1 Car
Bomb Dismantled
|
|
Diyala
|
5 Incidents
1 Killed
1
Civilian
11 Wounded
2 ISF
9
Civilians
4 IEDs
2
Mortars
|
|
Kirkuk
|
5 Incidents
2 Killed
2
Civilians
1
Shooting
3
Rockets
|
|
Salahaddin
|
1 Incident
1 Killed
1
Civilian
1 Wounded
1
Civilian
1 IED
|
SOURCES
Ali, Sangar, "Explosions injure seven in
Iraq's disputed Jalawla town," 7/18/19
Baghdad Post, "A child was injured when a
bomb exploded northeast of Diyala," 7/19/19
Al Forat, "URGENT Death toll rises to
25," 7/15/19
- "URGENT: Eight people killed and wounded
in a booby-trapped explosion in Sabi al-Bour," 7/15/19
Hath Al Youm, "Five mortar shells hit a
village in Jalawla district of Diyala," 7/21/19
Iraq Newspaper, "Joint Operations Are
Looking For Abductors Of The Village Of Mohammed Al-Danouk And The Terrorist
Leader Issued A Statement On The Bombing Of Three Villages," 7/16/19
NINA, "2 Civilians Kidnapped In
Kirkuk," 7/16/19
- "2 Civilians Killed By Daesh After
Storming A Village South Of Kirkuk," 7/16/19
- "The explosion of an explosive device in
the orchards of Diyala," 7/19/19
- "Three people were killed and 11 others
wounded in a double suicide bombing southwest of Baghdad," 7/15/19
Rudaw, "ISIS claims responsibility for
Baghdad suicide bombings killing 5," 7/17/19
Shafaaq News, "Four killed and injured in
Diyala blast," 7/21/19
Al Sumaria, "At least four people were
killed at least four wounded in a suicide bombing in southern Baghdad,"
7/15/19
- "Car bomb was seized east of
Baghdad," 7/15/19
Xinhua, "2 civilians killed, 4 wounded in
separate IS attacks in Iraq," 7/21/19
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