Americans Dominate Casualties In Iraq In Aug 2024

More than half of the casualties in Iraq in August 2024 were Americans. This resulted from an attack by pro-Iran groups and a joint Iraq-U.S. raid on an Islamic State camp. This was a decided change from previous months.

 

There were 7 security incidents involving the Islamic State in August although 2 weren’t attacks. The last time there were 7 IS incidents was back in May. Still 6 out of the 8 months of the year has seen single digit incidents with the insurgency.

 

In Anbar there were 3 incidents. There was a rare drone strike upon a Tribal Hashd HQ and an IED went off in Lake Thar Thar that killed 2 civilians. U.S. and Iraqi forces also conducted a raid looking for IS leadership which led to a gun battle that wounded 5 U.S. soldiers. 2 more Americans were injured falling from their helicopter.

 

In Diyala there were two IEDs against the security forces. 2 soldiers, 2 Hashd and 1 civilian were injured as a result.

 

An old bomb went off in Salahaddin’s Baiji which killed 2 civilians and wounded another.

 

Finally, some Asayesh came across a group of IS militants digging a tunnel in Sulaymaniya province that erupted in gunfire. 2 Asayesh were killed in the process.

 

There were 6 attacks by pro-Iran groups. At the start of August Ain Al-Assad airbase in Anbar that houses American troops were rocketed. The first one on August 5 wounded 5 U.S. soldiers and 2 U.S. contractors. 5 Hashd al-Shaabi members were arrested for one of these incidents but then released. The Sudani government also claimed it talked the Biden administration out of retaliating for that last attack.

 

The Iraqi Islamic Resistance claimed 6 attacks upon Israel as well during the month.

 

In February Iran and the Sudani government negotiated a ceasefire with these factions to stop operations against Americans. That resulted in just 1 incident in February. Then attacks increased each month peaking at 13 in May. After that they have dropped every month with 13 in June, 8 in July and now 6 in August.

 

Security Incidents In Iraq By Province

Province	Aug 1-7	Aug 8-14	Aug 15-21	Aug 22-28	Aug 29-31	Totals
Anbar	2 Pro-Iran	1	-	-	2	5/2 Pro-Iran
Diyala	1	-	1	-		2
Israel	-	-	1 Pro-Iran	2 Pro-Iran	1 Pro-Iran	4 Pro-Iran
Salahaddin	-	-	-	-	1	1
Sulaymaniya	-	1	-	-		1
TOTAL	3/2 Pro-Iran	2	2/1 Pro-Iran	2 Pro-Iran	4/1 Pro-Iran	13/6 Pro-Iran

 

Casualties In Iraq By Province

Province	Aug 1-7	Aug 8-14	Aug 15-21	Aug 22-28	Aug 29-31	Totals
Anbar	7 (7W)	-	-	-	9 (2K, 7W)	16 (2K, 14W)
Diyala	3 (3W)	-	2 (2W)	-	-	5 (5W)
Salahaddin	-	-	-	-	3 (2K, 1W)	3 (2K, 1W)
Sulaymaniya	-	2 (2K)	-	-	-	2 (2K)
TOTAL	10 (10W)	2 (2K)	2 (2W)	-	12 (4K, 8W)	26 (6K, 20W)

 

Security In Iraq 2022-23

Week	Security Incidents (Total/By IS)	Dead (Total/By IS)	Wounded (Total/By IS)
JAN 2022	87/41 Pro-Iran	33	59
FEB	42/14 Pro-Iran	10	29
MAR	46/12/1 Pro-Iran	19	21
APR	111/22 Pro-Iran	34	103
MAY	73/13 Pro-Iran	41	51
JUN	40/14 Pro-Iran	7	33
JUL	43/6 Pro-Iran	33	54
AUG	57/7/1 Pro-Iran	24	54
SEP	41/1/3 M	9	64
OCT	28/2/3 M	17	45
NOV	23	10	28
DEC	33/1 Pro-Iran	42	38
JAN 2023	29/4 Pro-Iran	12	15
Feb 1-7	6/2 Pro-Iran	1	5
Feb 8-14	1	-	2
Feb 15-21	4	4	8
Feb 22-28	9/1 Pro-Iran	7	3
FEB	20/3 Pro-Iran	12	18
Mar 1-7	3	10	4
Mar 8-14	2	2	1
Mar 15-21	2	1	3
Mar 22-28	1	2	-
Mar 29-31	1	3	-
MAR	9	18	8
Apr 1-7	5	1	7
Apr 8-14	4	-	1
Apr 15-21	5	3	-
Apr 22-28	2	1	-
Apr 29-30	1	1	-
APR	16	6	8
May 1-7	2	1	1
May 8-14	6	4	3
May 15-21	3	2	6
May 22-28	3	1	3
May 29-31	2	-	3
MAY	15	8	14
Jun 1-7	-	-	-
Jun 8-14	4	7	4
Jun 15-21	2	1	2
Jun 22-28	4	2	4
Jun 29-30	-	-	-
JUN	10	10	10
Jul 1-7	1	-	-
Jul 8-14	3	2	1
Jul 15-21	2	-	1
Jul 22-28	2	-	2
Jul 29-31	3/2 Pro-Iran	-	-
JUL	11/2 Pro-Iran	2	4
Aug 1-7	4	-	4
Aug 8-14	2	1	3
Aug 15-21	2	-	5
Aug 22-28	2	-	2
Aug 29-31	3/1 Pro-Iran	1	9
AUG	13/1 Pro-Iran	2	23
Sep 1-7	1	-	1
Sep 8-14	1	1	-
Sep 15-21	2	-	4
Sep 22-28	1	1	1
Sep 29-30	-	-	-
SEP	5	2	6
Oct 1-7	-	-	-
Oct 8-14	-	-	-
Oct 15-21	7 Pro-Iran	-	-
Oct 22-28	7/5 Pro-Iran	-	8
Oct 29-31	3 Pro-Iran	-	-
OCT	17/15 Pro-Iran	-	8
Nov 1-7	11/9	4	2
Nov 8-14	12/10	-	3
Nov 15-21	6 Pro-Iran	-	8 Amer
Nov 22-28	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Nov 29-30	2	11	16
NOV	35/29 Pro-Iran	15	29 (8 Amer)
Dec 1-7	10/8 Pro-Iran	1	9
Dec 8-14	8/6 Pro-Iran	-	2
Dec 15-21	6/2 Pro-Iran	1	2
Dec 22-28	7/6 Pro-Iran	-	3 US
Dec 29-31	4 Pro-Iran
DEC	35/26 Pro-Iran	2K	16W
Jan 1-7	10/6 Pro-Iran/1 Iranian	5	9
Jan 8-14	7/3 Pro-Iran	3	3
Jan 15-21	10/6 Pro-Iran	6	6
Jan 22-28	11/10 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jan 29-31	3 Pro-Ira	-	-
JAN	42/28 Pro-Iran/1 Iranian	14	20
Feb 1-7	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Feb 8-14	-	-	-
Feb 15-21	-	-	-
Feb 22-29	1	-	-
FEB	2/1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Mar 1-7	4/2 Pro-Iran	1	4
Mar 8-14	8/1 Pro-Iran	4	8
Mar 15-21	2	-	2
Mar 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Mar 29-31	2/1Pro-iran	1	1
MAR	18/6 Pro-Iran	6	15
Apr 1-7	3/2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 8-14	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 15-21	3 Pro-Iran	-	-
Apr 22-28	1 Pro-Iran	4	-
Apr 29-30	1	2	-
APR	9/7 Pro-Iran	6	-
May 1-7	3 Pro-Iran	-	-
May 8-14	6/5 Pro-Iran	5	5
May 15-21	11/9 Pro-Iran	1	6
May 22-28	6/2 Pro-Iran	11	12
May 29-31	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
MAY	27/20 Pro-Iran	18	22
Jun 1-7	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 8-14	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 15-21	2/1 Pro-Iran	1	-
Jun 22-28	5 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jun 29-31	1 Pro-Iran	-	-
JUN	14/13 Pro-Iran	1	-
Jul 1-7	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jul 8-14	4	10	4
Jul 15-21	4 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jan 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Jul 29-31	-	-	-
JUL	12/8 Pro-Iran	10	4
Aug 1-7	3/2Pro-Iran	-	10 (5 Amer)
Aug 8-14	2	2	-
Aug 15-21	2/1 Pro-Iran	-	2
Aug 22-28	2 Pro-Iran	-	-
Aug 29-31	4/1 Pro-Iran	4	8 (7 Amer)
AUG	13/6 Pro-Iran	6	20 (14 Amer)

 

SOURCES

 

Al Arabiya, "At least seven Americans wounded in Iran-backed Iraq attack: US defense official," 8/6/24

- “US forces conduct raid in Iraq, 15 ISIS operatives dead,” 8/31/24

 

Bas News, "IS Militants Behind Sulaymaniyah Attack, VP Confirms," 8/10/24

 

Mustafa, Hamza, “Iraq Steers Clear of US Retaliation for Ain al-Asad Attack,” 8/21/24

 

NINA, "Two PMF members injured in a war projective explosion in Diyala," 8/20/24

 

Rudaw, “Iraq releases 5 suspects in attack on US troops,” 8/23/24

 

Salem, Amr, "Second attack targets Ain Al-Asad airbase within 24 hours," Iraqi News, 8/6/24

 

Shafaq News, "Diyala .. An explosive device targeted an officer, wounding his brother and a member of his protection," 8/4/24

- "ISIS attacks tribal mobilization headquarters with a drone in the Anbar desert," 8/13/24

 

Xinhua, "2 civilians killed by IS bomb in central Iraq," 9/1/24

- "Farmers killed in explosion targeting crop transport vehicle in Anbar," 8/31/24