Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Security In Iraq Oct 1-7, 2022


With the Islamic State’s summer offensive over security largely went back to normal at the start of October. Insurgent attacks were in single digits. There were no incidents by pro-Iran groups who were too busy fighting their rivals the Sadrists in the south.

 

There were 9 security incidents reported in Iraq from October 1-7. That compared to 10 the last full week of September.

 

Sadrists fired rockets at the Hashd headquarters in Basra during a gun battle in the city. Two people were killed and 10 wounded as a result. There have been clashes off and on throughout the south between Sadr’s followers and members of the Coordination Framework its main rival.

 

There was also a rocket attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone. This was likely the work of Sadr’s forces as well. There have been missile strikes on the Green Zone since parliament met again after several weeks hiatus.

 

That left 7 incidents by the Islamic State. Those took place in Babil (2), Baghdad (2), Kirkuk (1) and Salahaddin (2).

 

They left 4 dead and 6 wounded. 1 Hashd al-Shaabi, 1 civilian and 2 members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) were killed. 2 civilians, 2 Hashd and 2 ISF were also injured.

 

There was a shooting and an IED in northern Babil that left 1 civilian dead and 2 wounded. Usually the Islamic State focuses upon Jurf al-Sakhr in the northeast but they occasionally venture out to other northern parts of the province.

 

There were two shootings in Baghdad one in Tarmiya in the north and another in Latifiya in the south. The latter was an assassination. 2 police were killed and a soldier injured as a result. IS was largely dormant in the capital province for weeks but has recently returned. The group usually operates out of Tarmiya but Latifiya is a long time IS area as well.

 

A soldier was dismantling an IED in Kirkuk when it blew up on him. There were two more bombs in Salahaddin’s Baiji district as well. That caused the death of one Hashd and two more wounded.

 

Out of the 7 incidents only the assassination in Latifiya was offensive in nature. The other 6 were the usual defensive operations where the Islamic State was trying to keep people and the government out of its areas.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province

Oct 1-7

Babil

2

Basra

1 M

Baghdad

3/1M

Kirkuk

1

Salahaddin

2

TOTAL

9/2M

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province

Oct 1-7

Babil

3 (1K, 2W)

Basra

12 (2K, 10W)

Baghdad

3 (2K, 1W)

Kirkuk

1 (1W)

Salahaddin

3 (1K, 2W)

TOTAL

22 (6K, 16W)

 

Attacks by Pro-Iran Groups

 

August Total 5 (1)

9/5/22

Rockets – Irbil

 

September Total 1

 

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

Feb 15-21

9/1

-

11

Feb 22-28

8/4

1

5

FEB

42/14

10

29

Mar 1-7

7/3

1

-

Mar 8-14

18/3/1

6

5

Mar 15-21

10/4

5

6

Mar 22-28

6/1

7

4

Mar 29-31

4/1

-

5

MAR

46/12/1

19

21

Apr 1-7

16/8

-

6

Apr 8-14

21/7

8

25

Apr 15-21

22/2

10

22

Apr 22-28

44/4

14

44

Apr 29-30

6/1

2

6

APR

111/22

34

103

May 1-7

31/3

8

25

May 8-14

9/2

2

7

May 15-21

18/6

10

6

May 22-28

13/1

21

11

May 29-31

2/1

-

2

MAY

73/13

41

51

Jun 1-7

6/2

-

8

Jun 8-14

12/4

1

9

Jun 15-21

10/2

5

2

Jun 22-28

12/6

1

14

Jun 29-30

-

-

-

JUN

40/14

7

33

Jul 1-7

7/1

6

11

Jul 8-14

3

-

2

Jul 15-21

11/2

14

16

Jul 22-28

18/7

9

21

Jul 29-31

4

4

4

JUL

43/6

33

54

Aug 1-7

9/1

6

15

Aug 8-14

14

2

14

Aug 15-21

7/2

-

6

Aug 22-28

23/4

14

15

Aug 29-31

4

2

4

AUG

57/7/1

24

54

Sep 1-7

11/1

3

20

Sep 8-14

5

-

12

Sep 15-21

12

4

14

Sep 22-28

10/2 M

2

16

Sep 29-30

3/1 M

-

2

SEP

41/1/3 M

9

64

Oct 1-7

9/2 M

6

16

 

Violence By Province Oct 1-7, 2022

Province

Violence

2018 Avg

2019 Avg

2020 Avg

2021 Avg

2022 Avg

Anbar

-

12.6 incidents/

month

8.6 incidents/ month

7.0 incidents/ month

4.6 incidents/ month

2.5 incidents/month

Babil

2 Incidents

1 Killed

1 Civilian

2 Wounded

2 Civilians

 

1 Shooting

1 IED

4.0 incidents/month

3.0 incidents/month

2.75 incidents/month

2.5 incidents/month

1.7 incidents/month

Basra

1 Militia Incident

2 Killed

2 Civilians

10 Wounded

10 Civilians

 

1 Rockets

 

 

 

 

 

Baghdad

3/1 Militia Incidents

2 Killed

2 ISF

1 Wounded

1 ISf

 

2 Shootings

1 Rockets

33.0 incidents/month

11.6 incidents/month

7.3 incidents/month

5.6 incidents/ month

3.5 incidents/month

Diyala

-

34.5 incidents/month

30.0 incidents/month

30.6 incidents/month

23.2 incidents/month

14.2 incidents/month

Kirkuk

1 Incident

1 Wounded

1 ISF

 

1 IED

36.5 incidents/month

18.6 incidents/month

13.9 incidents/month

11.6 incidents/month

9.8 incidents/month

Ninewa

-

20.0 incidents/month

14.0 incidents/month

10.6 incidents/month

8.4 incidents/month

6.5 incidents/month

Salahaddin

2 Incidents

1 Killed

1 Hashd

2 Wounded

2 Hashd

 

2 IEDs

21.7 incidents/month

10.6 incidents/month

11.2 incidents/month

11.5 incidents/month

6.0 incidents/month

 

SOURCES

 

Buratha News, “Security sources: 12 were killed or wounded by the terrorist gangs that attacked the presidential palaces,” 10/4/22

 

NINA, "Assassination of an officer and a civilian in southern Baghdad," 10/2/22

- "The Popular Mobilization announces the martyrdom of an official of the Baiji Force," 10/6/22

- "The Presidential Palaces in Basra Subjected to a Missile Attack," 10/3/22

- "A soldier was wounded by gunfire, north of Baghdad," 10/5/22

- "Targeting the Green Zone with a Katyusha missile," 10/1/22

- "Two members of the tribal crowd were injured in an explosive device explosion in Salah al-Din," 10/5/22

- "Two people were injured in an explosive device explosion north of Babylon," 10/7/22

- "Unidentified Gunmen Assassinate A Man South Of Hills," 10/1/22

 

Al-Salhy, Suadad, “Iraq: Sadrists attack rival factions in Basra to choke off their funds,” Middle East Eye, 10/4/22

 

Shafaq News, "An officer and his escort were assassinated by unidentified gunmen, south of Baghdad," 10/3/22

 

Al Sumaria, "A soldier was injured while dismantling an explosive device in Kirkuk," 10/2/22

 

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