IRAQ Report

Please find enclosed the latest AKE Iraq Weekly Report. A pdf version of the report is attached, complete with graphs and incident mapping. A plain text version is included below. If you have any questions on the contents please contact the AKE Iraq analyst.

Summary
Levels of violence continued to rise in Iraq last week, to levels not seen in years. At least 112 people were killed and 193 injured in nationwide incidents, although note that this figure does not take militant casualties into account. The reporting climate is also extremely poor at present so the true number of dead and injured is likely to be much higher.

A total of 36 bomb attacks left 26 people dead and 69 injured. Small arms attacks left 13 people dead and 48 injured, including members of the security forces shot during clashes with militants. Indirect fire incidents (rockets, mortars and military artillery shelling) left 27 people dead and 76 injured.

Militants continue to consolidate their presence in central and northern parts of Iraq. The most severe violence remains concentrated in urban areas with large Sunni Arab populations, including the area surrounding Mosul, south and south-west of Kirkuk, northern Babil province, parts of Diyala province as well as most of urban Anbar and Salah ad-Din provinces. Baghdad also continues to see sporadic incidents, although it is less affected that the ring of hostile districts now surrounding it.

Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) territory and the oil-rich south remain far quieter, although they are not immune from the rising levels of instability in the country. Organisations based in these areas are advised to continue monitoring conditions closely, review security measures and contingency plans and be prepared to take action at short notice in case the situation deteriorates further.

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