Monday, February 21, 2022

Security In Iraq Feb 8-14, 2022


Violence remained at a very low level for another week in Iraq. Both the Islamic State and pro-Iran groups were barely active during the second week of February.

 

There were a total of 14 incidents reported in the media from February 8-14. That compared to 11 the first week of the month, 16 the last full week of January and 12 the third week of that month.


 

6 incidents were by pro-Iran groups. They bombed convoys working for the U.S. in Diwaniya, Muthanna and twice in Salahaddin. Two IEDs were also dismantled in Muthanna.

 

There were just 8 incidents by the Islamic State, the same amount as the first week of February. Attacks by the group have been in the tens and teens for five months now the lowest level of activity by the insurgency since 2003.

 

Those attacks occurred in Anbar (2), Babil (1), Diyala (4), and Kirkuk (1).

 

They left 8 killed and 3 wounded. 2 civilians and 6 members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) lost their lives and 1 ISF and 2 Hashd al-Shaabi were injured. There were 7 dead in Anbar, 2 wounded in Babil, and 2 casualties in Diyala.

 

As usual almost all of the 8 IS incidents were defensive in nature. There were two IEDs aimed at soldiers in western Anbar. In Diyala there were two shootings and a gun battle. Two of those were in the Muqdadiya district in the center but the last was in the northeast which has seen more activity over recent months. These were aimed at keeping people and the security forces out of IS areas.

 

A cafe was bombed in Diyala’s Muqdadiya and a grenade was thrown at the house of an Asayesh member in Kirkuk City. These were likely done for intimidation.

 

Finally, two Hashd were wounded by an IED in the Jurf al-Sakhr district of Babil. This is a target of opportunity for IS since it is a large Kataib Hezbollah base.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province

Feb 1-7

Feb 8-14

Anbar

-

2

Babil

-

1

Dhi Qar

1 Pro-Iran

-

Diwaniya

1 Pro-Iran

1 Pro-Iran

Diyala

1

4

Irbil

1

-

Kirkuk

-

1

Muthanna

-

3 Pro-Iran

Ninewa

4/1Pro-Iran

-

Salahaddin

3

2 Pro-Iran

TOTAL

11/3 Pro-Iran

14/6 Pro-Iran

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province

Feb 1-7

Feb 8-14

Anbar

-

7 (7K)

Babil

-

2 (2W)

Diyala

4 (4W)

2 (1K, 1W)

Irbil

3(3W)

-

Ninewa

3 (3W)

-

Salahaddin

1 (1K)

-

TOTAL

11 (1K, 10W)

11 (8K, 3W)

 

Attacks by Pro-Iran Groups

1/2/22

Rockets – Turkish army base, Ninewa

1/3/22

2 Drones shot down – Baghdad International Airport

1/4/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Baghdad

 

Drone shot down – Ain al-Asad Base, Anbar

1/5/22

Rockets – Camp Victory, Baghdad

 

Rockets – Ain al-Asad Base, Anbar

 

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Muthanna, Babil

1/6/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil

1/9/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil, Baghdad x2, Muthanna, Salahaddin

 

IED dismantled – Baghdad, Dhi Qar, Diwaniya, Muthanna

1/11/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Baghdad x2, Muthanna

 

IED Dismantled - Babil

1/12/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Babil

1/13/22

Rockets – Green Zone – 3 Wounded

 

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US - Baghdad

 

IED on KDP offices - Baghdad

 

IED dismantled – Dhi Qar

1/14/22

Assassination attempt on KDP official - Baghdad

 

Grenades thrown at Taqadum and Azm offices - Baghdad

1/15/22

Rockets – Turkish army base, Ninewa

 

Rockets – Turkish army base, Ninewa

 

Drones shot down – Balad Air Base, Salahaddin

1/16/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US - Basra

 

IEDs on Cihan Bank and Kurdistan Bank, Baghdad

1/19/22

IED 2nd Dep Speaker’s office - Kirkuk

1/23/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US - Babil

1/26/22

Rockets – Speaker Halbusi’s House, Anbar

 

Molotov cocktail – Sadr office, Baghdad

1/28/22

Rockets – Baghdad International Airport

1/30/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Dhi Qar, Muthanna

 

January Totals 31 (9) – 3 Wounded

2/1/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Dhi Qar

2/3/22

Rockets – Turkish army base, Ninewa

2/6/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Diwaniya

2/8/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Diwaniya

2/9/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Muthanna

2/10/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Salahaddin

2/13/22

IED on convoy carrying supplies to US – Salahaddin

 

2 IEDs dismantled – Muthanna

 

February Totals 7 (2)

 

Security In Iraq 2021-22

Week

Security

Incidents

(Total/By IS)

Dead

(Total/By IS)

Wounded

(Total/By IS)

Jan 1-7

21/2

13

19

Jan 8-14

17/3

12

6

Jan 15-21

20/3

52

133

Jan 22-28

10/3

13

12

Jan 29-31

9/1

2

6

JAN

77/13

92

176

Feb 1-7

19/2

11

23

Feb 8-14

11/3

4

8

Feb 15-21

20/7

11

23

Feb 22-28

13/4

13

23

FEB

63/16

39

77

Mar 1-7

19/5

5

8

Mar 8-14

12/2

13

15

Mar 15-21

24/6

8

7

Mar 22-28

14/2

8

13

Mar 29-31

9/5

2

1

MAR

79/20

39

44

Apr 1-7

16/10

3

5

Apr 8-14

15/6

6

18

Apr 15-21

32/4

19

44

Apr 22-28

31/6

15

42

Apr 29-30

12/1

11

23

APR

107/27

54

132

May 1-7

36/8

33

37

May 8-14

31/5

14

25

May 15-21

15/2

3

3

May 22-28

20/9

3

24

May 29-31

11

6

11

MAY

113/24

59

100

Jun 1-7

12/5

6

29

Jun 8-14

22/10

7

7

Jun 15-21

24/4

14

14

Jun 22-28

19/2

10

17

Jun 29-30

5

-

21

JUN

83/21

36

87

Jul 1-7

38/9

11

35

Jul 8-14

25/4

7

17

Jul 15-21

20/1

48

75

Jul 22-28

10/1

10

7

Jul 29-31

16/5

30

30

JUL

110/20

106

164

Aug 1-7

44/5

12

19

Aug 8-14

31/6

17

23

Aug 15-21

25/8

12

18

Aug 22-28

21/9

8

10

Aug 29-31

12/2

5

12

AUG

133/30

54

82

Sep 1-7

21/3

12

24

Sep 8-14

28/3

24

36

Sep 15-21

13/1

5

17

Sep 22-28

17/4

13

9

Sep 29-30

2

-

-

SEP

81/11

54

86

Oct 1-7

17

11

22

Oct 8-14

14/1

4

13

Oct 15-21

9/2

3

2

Oct 22-28

21/1/1

36

42

Oct 29-31

11/1

7

7

OCT

72/6/1

61

86

Nov 1-7

20/2

3

20

Nov 8-14

15/1

11

18

Nov 15-21

14/4

2

4

Nov 22-28

15/4

10

14

Nov 29-30

3/1

1

3

NOV

67/12

27

59

Dec 1-7

17/2

29

22

Dec 8-14

14/4

4

6

Dec 15-21

22/8

11

12

Dec 22-28

18/8

11

27

Dec 29-31

7/1

5

4

DEC

78/23

56

67

Jan 1-7, 2022

18/9

3

4

Jan 8-14

35/21

3

18

Jan 15-21

12/5

17

12

Jan 22-28

16/3

8

19

Jan 29-31

6/2

2

6

JAN

87/41

33

59

Feb 1-7

11/3

1

10

Feb 8-14

14/6

8

3

 

Violence By Province Feb 8-14, 2022

Province

Violence

2018 Avg

2019 Avg

2020 Avg

2021 Avg

Anbar

2 Incidents

7 Killed

1 Civilian

6 ISF

 

2 IEDs

12.6 incidents/

month

8.6 incidents/ month

7.0 incidents/ month

4.6 incidents/ month

Babil

1 Incident

2 Wounded

2 Hashd

 

1 IED

4.0 incidents/month

3.0 incidents/month

2.75 incidents/month

2.5 incidents/month

Baghdad

-

33.0 incidents/month

11.6 incidents/month

7.3 incidents/month

5.6 incidents/ month

Diwaniya

1 Pro-Iran Incident

 

1 IED

 

 

 

 

Diyala

4 Incidents

1 Killed

1 Civilian

1 Wounded

1 ISF

 

3 Shootings

1 IED

34.5 incidents/month

30.0 incidents/month

30.6 incidents/month

23.2 incidents/month

Kirkuk

1 Incident

 

1 Grenade

36.5 incidents/month

18.6 incidents/month

13.9 incidents/month

11.6 incidents/month

Muthanna

3 Pro-Iran Incidents

 

3 IEDs

 

 

 

 

Ninewa

-

20.0 incidents/month

14.0 incidents/month

10.6 incidents/month

8.4 incidents/month

Salahaddin

2 Pro-Iran Incidents

 

2 IEDs

21.7 incidents/month

10.6 incidents/month

11.2 incidents/month

11.5 incidents/month

 

SOURCES

 

Bas News, "Iraqi Army Foils IS Attack, Kills Four Militants," 2/11/22

- "Iraqi Forces Foil Two Attacks Targeting Coalition Convoys," 2/14/22

 

NINA, "Two members of the Popular Mobilization were injured in an explosive device explosion north of Babylon," 2/11/22

 

NRT, "Three Soldiers Killed In IED Blast In Western Anbar," 2/9/22

 

Shafaq News, "An explosion targets a support convoy for the International Coalition near Salahaddin," 2/13/22

- "Explosion targeting a youth café in Diyala," 2/14/22

- "A farmer fell victim to an armed attack in Diyala," 2/9/22

- "ISIS attacks the army and injures one in Diyala," 2/10/22

- "The second attack within hours .. A bomb exploded on a logistical convoy of the International Coalition," 2/10/22

- "Unidentified persons attack the house of an Asayesh member with a grenade in Kirkuk," 2/11/22

 

Sotaliraq, "Targeting a convoy of the American occupation in Al-Diwaniya Governorate," 2/8/22

 

Xinhua, "4 killed in roadside bomb explosion in western Iraq," 2/8/22

 

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