July 27, 2014
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
ANBAR
Falluja
A local PMF commander says Iraqi forces conducted a large military operation in different areas in Qarma, 19 km (12 miles) east of Falluja, and took over the Al-Rashad area completely. He says they killed 30 terrorists including Daesh’s military leader in the area. Iraqi forces are now clearing the area of IEDs in order to let displaced families return. [Al-Mada]
Iraqi forces killed 10 terrorists including 2 snipers, destroyed 2 vehicles and a motorcycle, and found an explosive factory and 8 IEDs in Qarma. [IWMC Report]
Iraqi Federal Police commander says Iraqi forces foiled a Daesh attack from 2 sides on Khaldiya, killing 30, including foreign fighters, and destroying 6 vehicles. [8th Day]
Saraya Al-Jihad says they killed 4 Daesh suicide bombers and destroyed 3 car bombs when a Daesh group tried to break the Iraqi siege in the Al-Sijir area north of Falluja. [Al-Sumaria]
The MoD says Iraqi forces bombed selected targets in Falluja Sunday, killing 8 terrorists and destroying a large fuel depot. [MoD website]
Local sources say Anbar GC asked the Iraqi government to stop bombing Falluja for a week to allow negotiations with the local tribes and allow 4,000 families trapped by Daesh in Falluja to leave the city. [8th Day]
Local sources say 6 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 8 injured in a car bomb attack east of Falluja. [Al-Gharbiya]
Eyewitnesses say Iraqi forces arrested 200 people from the displaced families camp in Ameriyat Al-Falluja, accusing them of being Daesh members. They say dozens of families left the camp for Baghdad or their original areas after the raid. [Iraq Press]
A local PMF commander says Iraqi forces arrested 6 Daesh members trying to enter Ameriyat Al-Falluja. [Al-Baghdadia]
Daesh publishes photos of the civilian casualties of the bombing on Albu Shijil. [Makalem]
Videos of the battles near Falluja. [YouTube] [YouTube]
Daesh publishes a video of its anti-smoking campaign in Falluja. [Isdarat]
Daesh municipal services in Falluja. [Makalem]
Ramadi
Babel Operations commander says Iraqi forces liberated a village, secured the Stadium and the highway, and are only 3 km from Ramadi. [Al-Ghad]
Anbar Operations Command cleared 4 booby-trapped houses and destroyed 18 IED and killed 3 terrorists and stopped Daesh attacks in Hsaiba and Al-Madhiq, east of Ramadi. [IWMC Report]
The Iraqi Federal Police Commander says Iraqi forces clashed with Daesh in Hsaiba, killing 18 fighters, destroying 6 foreign fighter guesthouses, and disassembling 44 IEDs. [Al-Sumaria]
Photos of Anbar University after being captured from Daesh. [8th Day]
A video of the Iraqi forces at Anbar University. [YouTube]
A source in Anbar Operations Command says the police commandos attacked Daesh near the Glass Factory 12 km (7.5 miles) west of Ramadi and killed a Syrian Daesh leader, Ammar Al-Halabi, and 7 of his associates. [Al-Mada]
Daesh says they destroyed 10 Iraqi Humvees and 2 tanks and killed dozens of Iraqi soldiers south of Ramadi. [Dump]
Elsewhere in Anbar
A security source says unknown armed men on motorcycles attacked a Daesh gathering in Rawa in western Anbar, killing 5 terrorists. [Al-Baghdadia]
SALAHUDDIN
A security source says Iraqi Federal Police artillery shelled Daesh locations near Baiji, killing 25 terrorists and destroying 6 car bombs and an oil tanker bomb. [Al-Maalomah]
A security source says Daesh withdrew from Al-Fatha north of Tikrit after heavy bombing by Iraqi aircraft. [Al-Maalomah]
Daesh publishes photos of shelling Iraqi forces west of Baiji. [Just Paste]
Daesh beheads 2 people in Shirqat, accusing them of cooperating with the Iraqi forces. [BasNews]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh atrocities against people in Shirqat continue. One reason is that Iraqi forces have made noises about moving on to Shirqat but can’t seem to get past Baiji. This leaves government supporters in Shirqat exposed.
Daesh publishes photos and a video of the beheading of the 2 “spies”. [Ana Al-Muslim] [Isdarat]
A security source says Daesh surrounded a farm in Shirqat and stole 3 valuable horses worth tens of thousands of dollars, and sent them to Mosul. [Al-Sumaria]
Daesh billboards in Shirqat. [Dump]
Daesh imam graduation in Shirqat. [Dump]
Salahuddin deputy governor says the allocation for reconstruction efforts is not enough. He says the governorate needs around 2 billion dollars more. [Al-Sumaria]
Salahuddin Operations Command conducted a security operation in west Tikrit and killed 13 terrorists. [IWMC Report]
Dijla Operations Command arrested 3 suspects in a search operation in Salahuddin. [IWMC Report]
Daesh claims responsibility for the suicide attack in Tuz and says a Lebanese terrorist did it. [Independence News]
Daesh publishes photos of sniper training camp in Salahuddin. [Ana Al-Muslim]
Iraqi Federal Bank, Ministry of Women, and the IWMC honor Um Qusai, the Sunni women who saved 25 young cadets from the Speicher massacre, in a public ceremony. PM Abadi has awarded Um Qusai the Iraq Medal, the highest civilian medal in the country. [Al-Sumaria]
BAGHDAD
Iraq’s President says, after a brief phone call with Turkey’s President, that Turkey entering the war on terror will lessen the danger of terrorism. [Al-Sumaria]
The Badr Militia leader says the PKK is the “spearhead” in the fight against Daesh and Turkey is supporting Daesh by bombing the PKK. He also says the war on Daesh should end in Syria. [Al-Sumaria]
The Iraqi Minister of Migration and Displacement says tribal conflicts in Salahuddin and Diyala, sometimes within the same tribe, are hindering the efforts of displaced families to return. He says 584,000 families have registered with the Ministry as displaced. [Al-Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. This is an incredibly large number, especially when you multiply 584,000 by the average size of an Iraqi family. The toll in this protracted conflict is not just in the daily casualty statistics.
The Spokesman of the MoD says the Minister appointed General Othman Al-Ghanemi as acting Chief of Staff of the Army to replace General Babkr Zebari, who recently retired. PM Abadi has not yet appointed a permanent replacement. [Al-Maalomah]
According to security sources:
- Five civilians were injured in an IED explosion near a popular restaurant in Al-Sham in north Baghdad. [Al-Maalomah]
- Bodies of 2 unknown men were found tortured and shot in Hurriya in north Baghdad. [Al-Sumaria]
- A civilian was killed and 3 injured in an IED explosion in Tarmiya in north Baghdad. [Rudaw]
- An IED exploded in Jisr Diyala in east Baghdad killing 2 civilians and injuring 5. [Al-Gharbiya]
- An IED exploded near a popular market in Obaidi in east Baghdad killing 2 civilians and injuring 8. [Iraq Press]
- Unknown armed men kidnapped the general secretary of Hezbollah Al-Tha’eroon Party in Karrada in southeast Baghdad. [Al-Mada]
- A roadside IED exploded in Rasheed in south Baghdad killing a lawyer passing by in his car. [Al-Sumaria]
- An employee in the Sunni Endowment was killed and his wife injured when a sticker IED exploded under their car in Ghazaliya in west Baghdad. [Al-Gharbiya]
Daesh publishes a video of one of their suicide bombers in Baghdad. [Ana Al-Muslim]
Baghdad Operations Command arrested 11 terrorists, including 7 foreigners from Arab countries, in the Al-Basateen area between Baghdad and Anbar. [IWMC Report]
The IAF and IAA implemented 64 sorties on different areas in Iraq killing 11 terrorists and destroying 3 hideouts, a construction shovel and a vehicle. [IWMC Report]
Iraqi Intelligence Service arrests a terrorist group trying to enter Baghdad from Falluja as displaced people. [MoD website]
A Shia MP says the Sunni Bloc’s suggested changes to the Amnesty Law will allow the release of terrorists and give them the chance to join Daesh again. [Al-Maalomah]
A Shia MP says foreign terrorists in Iraqi prisons should not be included in the Amnesty Law if it is approved. She says Saudi Arabia is pushing the Iraqi government to release those terrorists and hand them over to Saudi Arabia to deal with them. [BasNews]
Moqtada Al-Sadr says the suggestion to start a security service under the PMFs is unacceptable and that PMFs should be under the command of the elected government. [Iraq Press]
The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights says Iraq doesn’t have a database on people missing since June 2014. [Al-Baghdadia]
DIYALA
A security source says the Peshmerga implemented several security operations in north and east Qara Tappa, 112 km (69.5 miles) northeast of Baquba, and arrested a Daesh sleeper cell of 10 people. [8th Day]
A member of Diyala GC says 7 people were killed and 7 injured in when 3 IEDs exploded in a popular soccer field in Abu Saida, 30 km (18.5 miles) northeast of Baquba. [Al-Sumaria]
A Shia MP says some current and former Iraqi officials have brigades of security guards who are more needed in the battlefields, as the officials already live in secure areas. He gave an example of a GC member who has 83 bodyguards for his house and farm in Diwaniya. [Al-Sumaria]
KIRKUK
A security source says the Coalition, based on intelligence information, launched airstrikes on 5 Daesh locations around Hawija, killing 8 terrorists and injuring 7. The source says a Daesh “judge” in the Sharia court in Hawija and 2 foreign terrorists were killed. [Al-Sumaria]
The spokesman for Kurdish security forces in Kirkuk says they arrested a Baath party military leader in Kirkuk responsible for many terrorist attacks. He says the former officer was transported to Baghdad. [Rudaw]
NINEWA
A security source says Daesh executed 28 employees of the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission after arresting them at their houses on Sunday might. [BasNews] IHEC says Daesh executed its employees publicly in Mosul. It condemned the executions. [Al-Sumaria]
Local Mosul sources say Daesh lashed 50 young men there for shaving their beards. [BasNews]
A source in the forensics department in Mosul says they received the bodies of 13 Daesh Afghani terrorists killed by a Coalition airstrike in Tel Keif north of Mosul. [BasNews]
A Ninewa police officer says Iraqi forces arrested General Abdul Kareem Al-Jubouri, the commander of Ninewa Police Operations, with 3 other police officers, as they arrived in Baghdad. This is unconfirmed. The officer says Jubouri remained in Mosul for 4 months after Daesh seized the city, “repented” to Daesh, and only then left for Erbil and joined Ninewa liberation camps. [8th Day]
The KRG’s Minster of Peshmerga says Kurdish troops will participate in Mosul liberation operations. He says the KRG is discussing the issue with the central government and the Coalition. [8th Day]
Daesh harvest season in Ninewa. [Just Paste]
OTHER GOVERNORATES
Kurdistan
Turkey bombs the PKK in the Qandil Mountains in Suleimaniya again on Sunday evening. [BasNews] Local sources say Turkish artillery attacked PKK locations inside the Iraq borders. [Al-Gharbiya] A local IRFAD source reports a very large number of F-16 jets participated in this operation.
Vice President Maliki criticized the bombing and asked Turkey to keep the airstrikes within its borders. [Al-Sumaria]
A Kurdish MP in the Iraqi Parliament accuses Turkey of bombing civilian villages in northern Iraq. The MP says Turkey is taking advantage of the fact that both Baghdad and Erbil are busy fighting Daesh. [Al-Maalomah]
DaeshDaily comment. This kind of posturing can’t be taken seriously. The PKK has continued to enjoy a safe haven in the KRG. Baghdad can’t do anything about them because the Kurds won’t let the Iraqi military operate in the KRG. The KRG has not tried to remove them because they have political support among some Iraqi Kurds. Letting the Turks cross the border into Iraqi territory, as it has done repeatedly over the years, is politically preferable to securing Iraq’s borders by forcing the PKK to leave.
The KDP says Turkey refused to allow the bodies of 13 YPG fighters from Turkey, killed in battles against Daesh in Syria, to be buried in Turkey. The KDP says they tried to facilitate the return of the bodies but Turkey refused. [KDP Website] The YPG accused the KDP of not allowing the bodies to cross the Turkish borders. [Roj News]
DaeshDaily comment. The real story is probably more like this: Turkey assumes any Kurdish Turk joining the YPG is affiliated or self-affiliated with the PKK, with which it is again at war. Because the Turks would stop the bodies at the Turkish border, the YPG was returning them through the KRG. Refusing the bodies is a Turkish tactic for discouraging Kurdish Turks from fighting in Syria.
Southern Iraq
Mid-Euphrates Operations Command, supported by the IAA and the PMFS, implemented a security operation in Ain Al-Tamr in west Kerbala killing 2 terrorists. [IWMC Report]
Hundreds of people demonstrated against the shortage of electricity in Nasariya. [Al-Mada] Dhi Qar’s Governor ordered a policeman who shot at the demonstrators arrested. [Al-Sumaria]
Basra Police chief says security forces arrested 2 suspects on terrorism charges. [Al-Ghad]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
The Turkish PM says it’s time now to establish the safe area in Syria. [Anadolu Agency]
A YPG source says the Turkish Army shelled the YPG and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in Kobane and Tal Abyad Sunday evening. [Welati] A Turkish official refuted this, saying that the Kurdish forces in Syria are not Turkish targets. [Welati]
Turkey’s PM says the YPG might have a place in “new Syria” if they cut their relationships with the Assad regime and stop being a concern to Turkey. [BasNews]
Local sources say several civilians, including a child, were injured in 2 explosions in Qamishli. [Welati]
Burkan Al-Furat (a coalition of the YPG and the FSA), liberated Sarrin, 40 km (25 miles) south of Kobane and are looking for the remaining Daesh terrorists in the town. Daesh left numerous suicide bombers and hundreds of IEDs in the town. [Welati] The YPG says 24 Daesh terrorists were killed in the battles in Sarrin. [Hawar]
The YPG says their troops freed more areas in southeast Hasaka after heavy battles with Daesh in which 4 YPG fighters were killed. [Hawar]
Turkish forces use tear gas to prevent people from Kobane from crossing the Turkish border back to their homes. Turkey said earlier it will allow re-entry only on Mondays and Wednesdays, citing the terrorist attack in Suruc. [Hawar]
Jaish Al-Islam (Army of Islam), an anti-government militia, announces its support for the Turkish attacks on the Kurdish forces. [Hawar]
A field source says Kurdish forces stopped 2 car bombs and arrested the drivers at a checkpoint 30 km (18.5 miles) east of Kobane. [BasNews]
A field source says Daesh attacked the Kurdish fighters in Tal Abyad with 2 car bombs on Sunday, without giving numbers of casualties. [BasNews]
Daesh publishes a video of its “repent” office in Deir Al-Zor. [Isdarat]
Daesh publishes photos of its “court” in Al-Jazeera. [Dump]
Daesh publishes a video of Eid in Aleppo. [Isdarat]
REPORTS FROM TURKEY
Turkey says the security forces arrested 1050 suspects from different organizations, including Daesh and the PKK, in 34 states. [Anadolu]
The governor of Kilis province in Turkey says the Daesh terrorist who got killed in an attack on the Turkish Army on July 23rd was Egyptian. [Anadolu]
Turkish security sources say a police commander was injured when he was attacked in his civilian car with his wife and child in Mus in east Turkey. [Anadolu]
REPORTS FROM OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Daesh issues a fatwa that every woman married to a man working against Daesh is “automatically divorced”. [Ana Al-Muslim]
DaeshDaily Comment: This is an open invitation to rape women. Daesh terrorists now can “marry” any woman who falls into their hands.
Egypt. Daesh says they attacked an Egyptian police truck in Arish, killing and injuring many policemen. [Twitter]
Tunisia. The Tunisia MoI says security forces raided 195 locations in 5 cities and arrested 17 suspects on terrorism charges. [Rudaw]
Turkmenistan. Daesh publishes a video message to its members I Turkmenistan. [Isdarat]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
Facebook Page of the Day
DaeshDaily comment. Khames Al-Khanjar is a wealthy Sunni Iraqi businessman from Falluja who started his businesses after 2003. The Iraqi government accuses him of supporting the Sunni insurgency, and some politicians say his business is a front for the Baath party or even Daesh. He owns Independence News, a strong Daesh mouthpiece that provides glorified reports of Daesh victories. However, his Facebook page never mentions Daesh in any way, as if it never existed. He blames the government and Shia militias, even for attacks committed by Daesh, including the Khan Bani Saad attack in Diyala. The interesting thing is the hostile comments he receives on this Facebook page. Many Sunnis accuse him of destroying their cities by calling for rebellion against the government, while he lives comfortably outside Iraq.
Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day
https://twitter.com/abvcLibnry
https://twitter.com/ENG_SUNNY56
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Acronyms
| AHH | Asa’eb Ahl Al-Haq |
| COMSEC | Council of Ministers Secretariat |
| GC | Governorate (Provincial) Council |
| GoI | Government of Iraq |
| FSA | Free Syrian Army |
| IAA | Iraqi Army Aviation |
| IAF | Iraqi Air Force |
| IED | Improvised Explosive Devise |
| IFP | Iraqi Federal Police |
| IKR | Iraqi Kurdistan Region |
| IP | Iraqi Parliament (Council Of Representatives) |
| IWMC | Iraqi War Media Cell |
| JOC | Joint Operations Command |
| KDP | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
| KH | Kata’eb Hezbollah |
| KM | Kata’eb Al-Mosul |
| KRG | Kurdistan Regional Government |
| MoD | Ministry of Defense |
| MoI | Ministry of Interior |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| PKK | Kurdistan Workers’ Party |
| PM | Prime Minister |
| PUK | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| PYD | Democratic Union Party (Syria) |
| YPG | People’s Protection Units (Syria) |
