The new Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) quarterly report to Congress has been released and includes new details on the security situation in Iraq. The report has a calendar recording the number of Iraqi casualties by day. It notes that while the number of monthly attacks has stayed at a low level from January to July 2009, mass-casualty attacks have led to an increase in Iraqi casualties. June 20-24 was the deadliest period recorded in the second quarter of 2009 with 136 Iraqis killed and more than 300 wounded in bombings. As noted several times before, attacks and deaths dropped in the second half of 2008 as the January 2009 provincial elections neared. The average number of security incidents for example, went from 1,715.5 from July to September 2008 to 323.0 from January to March 2009. From April to July 24 there was a slight increase to an average of 396.7 attacks per month. This is the new ebb and flow of violence in Iraq, which closely follows major political events.
Below is the statistics provided by the SIGIR.
Iraqi Casualties (Killed/Wounded) and Major Attacks 4/1/09-
7/21/09
April 09 – 435 killed/Avg: 14.5 killed per day
6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | |||
12 | 44 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
13 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 81 | 75 | 8 |
9 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 9 |
4/15/09 11 killed in bombing Kirkuk
4/23/09 60 killed in suicide bombings in Baghdad and Diyala
4/24/09 60 Iraqis and Iranian pilgrims killed and 125 wounded by 2 suicide bombers in Baghdad
4/29/09 16 killed and 45 wounded in 3 car bombings in Baghdad
May 09 – 305 killed/Avg. 9.8 killed per day 8 3 8 13 4 18 5 2 5 4 12 7 6 10 2 8 16 3 5 48 29 7 4 11 11 12 9 8 14 7 9
5/6/09 11 killed and 44 wounded in 2 car bombings in Baghdad
5/11/09 11 killed in car bombing in Kirkuk
5/20/09 35 killed and 72 wounded in car bomb in Baghdad
5/21/09 20 killed and 33 wounded by suicide bombers in Baghdad and Kirkuk
June 09 – 624 killed/Avg. 20.8 killed per day
9 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
8 | 11 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 6 |
6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 271 |
8 | 80 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 15 | 14 |
0 | 9 | 30 |
6/10/09 26 killed in car bomb in Nassirya
70 killed and more than 200 wounded in attack in Kirkuk
6/22/09 14 killed and 60 wounded in attacks in Baghdad and Abu Ghraib
6/27/09 13 killed in motorcycle bombing in Baghdad
July 1-21/09 – 447 killed/Avg. 21.2 killed per day
4 | 35 | 11 | 3 | |||
25 | 15 | 3 | 40 | 52 | 0 | 6 |
35 | 11 | 1 | 55 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
0 | 10 | 115 |
7/8/09 31 killed and wounded in two bombings in Mosul
7/9/09 52 killed or wounded in attacks in Tel Afar, Mosul, Baghdad and Kirkuk
7/20/09 10 killed in attacks in Mosul
7/21/09 15 killed and 100 wounded in attacks in Baghdad
Total Number of Attacks In Iraq April 1, 2008-July 21, 2009 From U.S. Military - Least To Most Violent
Province | Total Attacks 4/1/08-7/1/08 | Total Attacks 7/1/08- 9/30/08 | Total Attacks 10/1/08- 12/31/08 | Total Attacks 1/1/09- 3/20/09 | Total Attacks 4/1/09- 7/21/09 |
Muthanna | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Karbala | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Najaf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
Kurdistan (Dohuk, Irbil, Sulaymaniya) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
Dhi-Qar | 17 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
Qadisiyah | 17 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
Wasit | 34 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
Maysan | 12 | 43 | 39 | 24 | 13 |
Basra | 108 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 18 |
Babil | 81 | 54 | 62 | 17 | 15 |
Anbar | 275 | 209 | 162 | 53 | 92 |
Tamim | 248 | 245 | 184 | 73 | 129 |
Diyala | 537 | 533 | 251 | 123 | 122 |
Salahaddin | 717 | 482 | 374 | 138 | 150 |
Ninewa | 1,041 | 924 | 511 | 219 | 454 |
Baghdad | 2,221 | 867 | 713 | 293 | 486 |
TOTALS: | 5,318 | 3,431 | 2,338 | 969 | 1,587 |
Avg. Per Month | 1,772.6 | 1,715.5 | 1,169.0 | 323.0 | 396.7 |
SOURCES
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, - "Quarterly Report and Semiannual Report to the United States Congress," 1/30/09
-"Quarterly Report and Semiannual Report to the United States Congress," 7/30/09
- "Quarterly Report to the United States Congress," 10/30/08
- "Quarterly Report to the United States Congress," 4/30/09
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