An Update On ISIS Activities

June 23, 2015

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  • The MoD says Jazeera Operations Command and Iraqi Army 7th Infantry Division supported by tribal fighters and PMFs liberated many areas in Baghdadi and broke the siege on the residential compound in the town. A member of Baghdadi Subdistrict Council contradicts the report and says dozens of Baghdadi families left for Daesh-controlled Hit because of the lack of basic human services.

 

  • Daesh publishes a video of an IED explosion targeting the Iraqi forces in Baghdadi.

 

  • The Spokesman of the PMFs refutes the reports about Daesh launching a major attack on Iraqi forces in Nukhaib. Kerbala Police Commander also refutes the reports and says they are part of the Daesh psychological warfare.

DaeshDaily Comment: Daesh said yesterday a Tajik terrorist attacked Iraqi forces in Nukhaib with a car bomb.

 

  • A local source in Anbar says a group of tribal fighters sneaked into the city of Hit and blew up a Daesh car bomb factory.

A leader of the Sahwa in Anbar says 20 Daesh terrorists were killed in internal disputes in Hit. Another Sahwa leader says 12 Daesh terrorists were killed in similar disputes in Falluja.

 

  • A security source says the Iraqi Air Force bombed Daesh in Rutba in west Anbar, killing 4 terrorists.

 

  • Iraqi Ministry for Human Rights says Iraqi forces found a mass grave of 40 people who had been kidnapped by Daesh in Al-Qanater near Qarma.

 

  • A video of the Iraqi forces fighting Daesh in Qarma.

 

  • The leader of Sahwa fighters in Qarma says Iraqi security forces supported by tribal fighters and PMFs liberated 3 areas in Qarma, killing dozens of Daesh terrorists. He also says 3 car bombs were found and defused in Qarma. Iraqi Joint Operations Command says Baghdad Operations Command forces killed 17 Daesh terrorists in Qarma and destroyed many of their vehicles.

 

  • The JOC says Anbar Operations Command killed 24 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 4 anti-aircraft machine guns and rocket launchers in military operations in several areas east of Ramadi. The JOC says the Iraqi Air Force launched 17 airstrikes on Daesh chemical storehouses in Hsaiba east of Ramadi. The IAF also targeted a meeting of 30 Daesh terrorists in the same area, killing many, including a Daesh leader in Hsaiba.

The JOC also says the Coalition launched 10 airstrikes on Daesh in several Iraqi cities.

DaeshDaily Comment: The JOC has started to broadcast daily reports about its operations, based on PM Abadi’s instructions to unify the media messaging and reporting.

 

  • A security source says 5 Daesh terrorists were killed in a failed attack on the Iraqi forces in Saqlawiya north of Falluja.

 

  • A source in Falluja hospital says 7 people were killed and 8 injured, including women and children, in the Iraqi forces’ shelling on different areas in Falluja. Anbar Governorate Council issued a statement asking the Iraqi government to stop shelling Falluja, saying many civilians are trapped in the city because Daesh doesn’t allow them to leave.

 

  • A Sunni MP says the Iraqi Joint Forces Command should take a “brave” decision and take over Falluja instead of shelling the civilians there. A Sahwa leader in Falluja says Daesh is taking money from the families as payment for letting them leave the city.

 

  • Daesh publishes photos of the results of the bombing on the Sajar area in Falluja.

 

  • Daesh Twitter accounts say Daesh leader Baghdadi gave amnesty to Sahwa and security officers in Anbar after requests from tribal leaders.

SALAHUDDIN

  • Iraqi Federal Police Command says several Daesh terrorists were killed and 2 vehicles destroyed in a security operation in Baiji. The IFPC also says 3 booby-trapped houses were restored to normal and mortars were confiscated in Baiji.

 

  • Iraqi Federal Police Commander says Iraqi forces targeted a Daesh food and medical supply convoy of 3 trucks in Fatha east of Tikrit with Kornet missiles and destroyed them.

 

  • The Mayor of Baiji says 2,000 displaced families returned to their houses in south Baiji regardless of the lack of support from the directorates of health and trade. He also says young men from these areas started voluntary cleanup campaigns.

 

  • A PMFs source says his troops in Baiji killed a Daesh leader called Abu Khalifa Al-Yamani, responsible for Daesh intelligence.
  • The man executed by Daesh in Salahuddin two days ago was a Ph. D. holder and Sunni cleric.

 

  • A security source the man was executed because his tribe (Qaisi) joined the fight against Daesh.

 

  • A security source says a civilian was killed when an armed group shot him in Tuz Khurmatu, 120 km east of Tikrit.

 

  • A video of the Iraqi forces capturing a man trying to smuggle weapons to Daesh in his truck.

BAGHDAD

  • UNAMI says more than 3 million Iraqi people have been displaced since January 2014. More than 2.2 million are from Anbar and Ninewa and almost half a million from Salahuddin.

The Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament asks the central and the local governments to help the displaced people to return to their houses in Babel and Diyala.

DaeshDaily Comment: Beyond immediate military requirements, how to deal with citizens displaced by the fighting is one of the government’s major internal problems. Whether Iraq succeeds as a country may depend on these decisions. Most of these displaced people are Sunni Iraqis, many already dissatisfied with the government and political system. They don’t trust the government and the government and its supporting Shia militias don’t trust them, but the government and militias usually don’t know which ones are anti-government.

        Even before Daesh, long-term displaced people have often been receptive to joining radical armed groups, on all sides, for obvious revenge reasons. The Iraqi government should look beyond providing displaced people with humanitarian help, which it is not doing well, and also focus on expediting people’s return to their homes and schools after Daesh has been cleared from the area, to avoid alienating those citizens. This involves the unavoidable risk of helping some of the wrong people but would be one way for the Iraqi government to start the real peace-building process.

 

  • Local sources say Iraqi police found 2 bodies shot and killed in west and southwest Baghdad. Hours before that, 4 bodies were found in other areas, one of them a woman. PM Abadi says the phenomenon of the unknown dead bodies in Baghdad has become worrisome and should be dealt with. He did not say by whom.

 

  • A security source says an IED exploded near a Sahwa leader’s house in Abu Ghraib in west Baghdad, killing his brother and 4 other civilians.

 

  • Eyewitnesses say armed men in 3 cars without registration plates kidnapped an employee in the Iraqi Ministry of Trade and an officer in Saddam’s army from their houses in Zayouna in east Baghdad.

 

  • A security source says a sticker IED exploded in a civilian car in Ghazaliya, killing the driver.

 

  • An MoI source says the body of man kidnapped from Baquba was found in Shula area in northeast Baghdad, shot in the head and chest.

 

  • An MoI source says an IED exploded in Nahrawan area in south Baghdad killing one civilian and injuring 4.

 

  • A police source says Iraqi security disassembled an IED planted in the house of an employee in the Ministry of Electricity in east Baghdad.

 

  • Kata’eb Hezbollah offers financial rewards to anyone who brings in foreign Daesh terrorists alive. The Kata’eb offered $12,000 for western terrorists, $10,000 for those from the Gulf, Lebanon and Algeria, $7,000 for Caucasus, Turkey and Uighur fighters (western China). The organization offered no money for turning in Iraqis, Syrians, Pakistanis, and Afghans, (an implied invitation to just kill them).

 

  • Iraqi Minister of Defense visits Serbia and meets with Serbian officials to discuss military cooperation.

DIYALA

  • A security source says 3 Daesh terrorists were killed in an explosion while trying to transport explosives between Diyala and Salahuddin, in Mtaibija village north of Baquba. Local sources say an IED exploded in Qara Tappa, north of Baquba, killing 2 and injuring 6.

 

  • A local source says a (Shia) militia kidnapped a tribal leader from his house in east Baquba.

 

  • A security source says an IED targeted a police patrol in Muqdadiya, killing a police officer and injuring 2.

KIRKUK

  • Kurdish security forces broadcast the confessions of 4 terrorists who planned a suicide attack on a hotel in downtown Kirkuk in January.

 

  • A security source says Daesh executed a Turkmen civilian in front of his house in south Kirkuk. A source in the PMF says Daesh also detonated Turkmen houses in Basheer, 25 km south of Kirkuk.

 

  • Daesh publishes photos of its terrorists in Kirkuk.

 

NINEWA

  • Daesh is using new ways to execute people in Mosul, by drowning them in a cage in water, electrifying them, or putting them in cars to be attacked with with RPG rockets. Daesh publishes a video of these executions.

DaeshDaily Comment: The people executed were arrested recently and accused of spying.

 

  • A security source says an IED explosion targeted a Daesh convoy near the Mosul southern gate, killing 4 Daesh “ministers” in Mosul (finance, health, water and municipalities).

 

  • Iraqi Ministry for Human Rights says Daesh is training 1227 boys age 9-15 in Al-Salamiya training camp east of Mosul.

 

  • Kata’eb Al-Mosul Facebook page about the resistance operations against Daesh in Mosul.

 

  • A source in the Peshmerga says the Coalition launched airstrikes on Daesh in Bertilla, 40 km east of Mosul, killing 17 of them. The source also says the Peshmerga stopped a Daesh attack on Yazidi villages in Sinjar, killing dozens of terrorists.

 

  • Deputy Chairman of Ninewa Governorate Council says the Iraqi government stopped paying the salaries of the 8,000 volunteers five months ago. The volunteers are policemen from Mosul, training in Kurdistan and Ninewa valley for Mosul liberation battles.

 

  • Daesh publishes photos of its Hisba (control) operations in Mosul.

 

  • A police commander from Ninewa says the Coalition bombed a Daesh car as it crossed the 4th Bridge in Mosul, killing 3 Daesh Arab leaders.

 

  • The Security Committee in Ninewa GC says preparations to start liberating areas in south Mosul have been completed and the operations will start in the coming days.

 

  • A local source in Mosul says Daesh distributed its new golden coin on a limited scale in some areas in Mosul, and supporters published the photos on social media. The source also says Daesh will start using the coin by the end of the month of Ramadan.

 

  • Daesh destroys another celebration platform in Mosul. Local sources say the citizens of Mosul used the platform to make phone calls because the network coverage was better there. Daesh also lashed 3 young men, accusing them of cursing the caliph.

 

OTHER GOVERNORATES

  • Al-Yamani Group, a small violent Shia cult, reappeared in Basra asking people to join its new militia, Saraya Al-Qaem to fight Daesh. The group was fought by the Iraqi military in 2008, then disappeared.

 

SYRIA

  • A source in Al-Burkan Operations Command (a coalition of Syrian armed groups and the YPG) says the YPG will not move towards Raqqa after liberating the Brigade 93 area and Ain Eisa, 55 km west of Raqqa. The source says Daesh still controls south of Kobani and the town of Sareen, and the YPG’s priority now is to liberate these areas.

 

  • Rudaw TV says two car bombs exploded in Hasaka without causing any casualties.

 

  • A source in the Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry says his government refuses to meet with a Syrian Kurdish leader and demands his troops stop displacing Arab residents in Tal Abyad.

DaeshDaily comment: This is a variation of the displacement problem commented on above regarding Iraq. There is a claimed security motive in not trusting some residents, but the effect of displacing Arabs is to make the population more Kurdish, which makes the tactic suspicious. Similar accusations have been made against the Iraqi Kurds in northern Iraq. One concern in Syria is that such tactics could actually make Daesh stronger.

 

  • The General Command of the Kurdish security forces in Syria (Asayesh) says they received 80 remote-control drones to be used in special security operations. They didn’t mention the source of the drones.

 

  • The Director of Syrian Museums and Antiquities says Daesh destroyed two shrines in Tadmur, one of them on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

 

  • Daesh publishes photos of the results of the airstrikes on Zabadani. And Sareen.

 

  • A Daesh dairy in Hama. And shelling in the same city.

 

 

  • A Kurdish source says Daesh gave an ultimatum to the Kurdish citizens in Raqqa to leave the city in 3 days for Homs and Tadmur, as a security precaution against sleeper cells.

DaeshDaily Comment: Daesh has always expressed animosity towards Kurdish troops and political parties but it is unlikely to start a propaganda war against Kurdish Muslims, as some Daesh leaders in Iraq and Syria are Kurds.

OTHER COUNTRIES

  • Daesh issues a new audio speech by its spokesman Abu Mohammed Al-Adnani. Adnani says Ramadan is the month of jihad and not forgiveness. He asked the displaced people from Anbar to return to their houses and promised an amnesty to Sahwa and security officers.

Adnani also threatened armed groups in Libya and Afghanistan if they continue their opposition to Daesh.

 

  • Daesh publishes a video of its attacks in West Africa.

 

  • Al-Qaeda-linked cleric issues a statement against claims by Daesh that it is establishing a religious caliphate.

 

  • Daesh supporters say all jihadi groups in the Caucasus united under Abu Mohammed Al-Qadari, who was appointed by Baghdadi as emir there.

 

  • Moroccan Ministry of Interior says it arrested a radical Islamist who confessed he used to finance Daesh from his trade in expired food items.

Moroccan Minster of Interior said earlier 1350 Moroccans are fighting with Daesh in Iraq and Syria, including 220 ex-prisoners.

 

  • Daesh Twitter accounts of the day

https://twitter.com/O_oxlx

https://twitter.com/sfeupgbm

https://twitter.com/aabbbuuahmed13

https://twitter.com/gogoaag6

 

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