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ISIS Attacks Baghdad
Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:55 pm
Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:55 pm
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On September 18, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) launched a complex attack likely targeting the Adala (Justice) Prison in Baghdad’s Kadhmiyah neighborhood in northern Baghdad. According to the Baghdad Operations Command, the attack was intended to break into the prison but was foiled. ISIS also launched another attack in Baghdad’s Iskan neighborhood that likely targeted the offices of the Iraqi Shi’a political group and militia, the Badr Organization.
The Attack
ISIS’s attack included mortar rounds, Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs), and Suicide Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (SVBIEDs). The mortars were likely launched from the areas of the northern Baghdad belt including Taji. Fourteen mortar rounds reportedly targeted the Adala prison and in the vicinity of Kadhmiyah, and other mortar rounds fell in the Greaat area in northern Baghdad which is adjacent to Kadhmiyah. An SVBIED also targeted the prison, resulting in the death of three people and injury of 10. Two attackers who had intended to attack the prison while wearing an explosive vest (SVEST) were arrested. Another VBIED exploded in a restaurant area in Kadhmiyah that resulted in the death of four people and the injury of 11 people. Iraqi police also defused yet another VBIED that was also found in Kadhmiyah. As a result of these attacks, security forces raised alert levels in Kadhmiyah. Security Forces also ordered commercial shops to be closed in the predominantly Iraqi Sunni neighborhood of Adhamiyah. Adhamiyah lies just across the Aaima bridge from Kadhmiyah. Elsewhere in Baghdad, a VBIED detonated in the Iskan area in western Baghdad. The VBIED targeted the office of the Badr Organization, a Shi’a militia organization that has taken a leading role in directing Iraqi Shi’a militia operations to counter ISIS.
Implications
This attack is very significant. It is the first infantry-like, complex, and penetrating attack in Baghdad city by ISIS since the fall of Mosul in June of this year. ISIS likely carried out the attack to release some of the pressure it is facing as a result of the recent U.S. air campaign targeting its positions. The attack also signifies that, despite the heightened defenses of Baghdad in the aftermath of the fall of Mosul, ISIS is still able to carry out attacks in an area where it is unlikely to have active sleeper cells given Kadhmiyah’s predominantly Iraqi Shi’a demographic. The mortars were likely launched from Taji due to ISIS’s historical presence in the area and its ongoing activities there.
The attacks will not likely divert great deal of resources of the ISF and Iraqi Shi’a militias into other areas. The government will want to maintain a strong defense of Baghdad by preserving the same posture. More likely, however, the attacks will trigger increased activities of Iraqi Shi’a militia in Baghdad in order to target ISIS sleeper cells and predominantly Iraqi Sunni areas including Adhamiyah.
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Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:57 pm to carbola
Hopefully the Iraqi soldiers push them back with ease.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:02 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
The Iraqi soldiers will simply take off their uniforms and expose the civilian garb underneath and walk away.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:04 pm to carbola
ISIS needs to go away, or Obama will taunt them a second time.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:04 pm to carbola
Coming to a town or city near you.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:06 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
God what a fricking mess Baghdad is and to think that there are folks who want to put US soldiers back into that fricking hell-hole.
Nice maps by the way - good informational post.
Nice maps by the way - good informational post.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:06 pm to carbola
TX Tiger says there is no ISIS
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:09 pm to TidenUP
The ISIS soldiers will simply take off their uniforms and expose the civilian garb underneath and walk away.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:12 pm to themunch
Didn't realize ISIS had "uniforms". Masks and flags do not equal uniforms.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:12 pm to Big12fan
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Nice maps by the way - good informational post.
Institute for the Study of War (ISW) makes this every time there is a sufficient number of "incidents" to warrant a map or a major event occurs (like the attack on Baghdad). I'll take no personal credit for it, but if you want to track what's going on there you should check that site out every couple of days. They do the same for Syria, but not the Ukraine oddly.
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Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:14 pm to carbola
So who is the boogeyman attacking now? Baghdad?
So let's see ... one group of Arabs attacking another halfway across the world. Let me guess, this demands U.S. military attention, right?
So let's see ... one group of Arabs attacking another halfway across the world. Let me guess, this demands U.S. military attention, right?
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:17 pm to carbola
Thanks - I have it bookmarked.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:21 pm to carbola
If Hussein was still in power these clowns wouldn't exist. Period/ thread.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:25 pm to Big12fan
Hawijah was our AO and it's always been a active area. During my time there we had over 3500 IEDs and killed multiple snipers. I see it's under ISIS control and it doesn't surprise me at all. Kinda worries me the Peshmerga hasn't taken control of it since the presence of Kurdish people in that area.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:33 pm to carbola
They should just start executing prisoners, at least the ones they know are a part ISIS. Theyd probably go away once all are dead.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:43 pm to carbola
It's going to be difficult stopping an entity that is as well funded as they are.
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the ISIS--controlled oil market in Iraq was reported to be worth $1 million a day. Now, with expansion, further control of oil fields and smuggling routes, the market is believed to be raising at least $2 million a day.
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This could fetch them more than $730 million a year, enough to sustain the operation beyond Iraq.
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Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:53 pm to Alahunter
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It's going to be difficult stopping an entity that is as well funded as they are.
It's says Turkey is buying this oil, we need to pressure Turkey to not buy it, if we can.
Posted on 9/20/14 at 8:31 am to BoogerEater
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It's says Turkey is buying this oil, we need to pressure Turkey to not buy it, if we can.
why would turkey not buy that oil?
Posted on 9/20/14 at 8:44 am to TT9
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tt9
You nailed it.
Just because some rulers are tyrannical doesn't mean that they don't offer stability in an area. Our government does not get that.
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