September 29, 2015
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
ANBAR
Falluja
A source in Anbar Operations Command says Iraqi forces conducted a military operation in Nuaimiya, 12 km (7.5 miles) south of Falluja, killing 13 Daesh fighters, all from other Arab countries, and destroyed 3 suicide bomber guesthouses and a truck with a rocket launcher. The source also says Iraqi forces are clearing Falluja’s southern perimeter, preparing for a major attack to liberate the city in the coming days with help from Coalition airpower. [Mada]
A PMF commander says Daesh killed one of its injured terrorists before he could surrender to the Iraqi forces in Saqlawiya. [Sumaria]
Iraqi forces destroyed 3 vehicles and 5 hideouts in Qarma. [BOC Facebook Page]
Ramadi
The IAF destroyed 8 Daesh hideouts in Albu Aitha and the IAA destroyed 2. [IWMC Report]
A security source says Iraqi forces attacked a Daesh convoy on the road between Albu Bali and Albu Ubaid northeast of Ramadi, killing 8 men and destroying 5 vehicles. [Ghad]
Iraq War Media Cell (IWMC) says Anbar Operations Command shelled Daesh locations with artillery and mortars north of Ramadi, killing 12. IWMC also says the IAF destroyed 14 hideouts in Albu Aitha. [Baghdadia]
The IFP Commander says his troops killed 12 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 4 sites and a truck loaded with weapons and ammunition east of Ramadi. [Sumaria]
The IFP Commander says his troops rocketed Daesh near Tal Masoud east of Ramadi, destroying a supply storehouse. [Etejah]
A video of a Daesh terrorist having fun with his Iraqi companions [Facebook]
Hit/Haditha
Coalition airpower killed 11 terrorists and destroyed 2 hideouts and a rocket launcher in Kubaisa. [IWMC Report]
The Commander of the Iraqi Army’s 7th Division says Iraqi forces shelled and destroyed a Daesh house in Jubba north of Baghdadi, killing 10 terrorists. [Baghdadia]
Western Anbar
A local tribal commander says Daesh has started to abandon its camps and hideouts in Horan Valley and Anbar desert in western Anbar in order to concentrate its forces inside the cities. [Mada]
The Anbar GC Chairman says the Iraqi Borders Command deployed 2 brigades on the borders with Saudi Arabia and Jordan. [Baghdadia]
SALAHUDDIN
Baiji
The PMF Commission says the Al-Nujaba Movement stopped a Daesh attack on the outskirts of Siniya, killing many of them, and destroyed 2 bulldozers and an armored vehicle. [Ghad]
IWMC says the Coalition destroyed a Daesh weapons hideout in Baiji. [Mada]
A source in Salahuddin Operations Command says the Coalition destroyed 2 Daesh vehicle bombs and killed the suicide bombers, one near Hay Al-Asri and the other near Tameem in Baiji. [Mada]
A security source says an IED exploded in the Hajjaj area south of Baiji, killing a police traffic captain and wounding a policeman. [Mada]
Daesh publishes photos of the battles in Baiji. [Just Paste]
A video of the AAH militia in Baiji [YouTube]
Shirqat
A security source says unknown armed men on motorcycles killed 3 Daesh members in Shirqat. [Mada]
Samarra
A Sunni MP from Samarra says the destiny of 600 detainees from Samarra is still unknown. He also asks Saraya Al-Salam, the Sadrist militia, to give the 21 detainees they have to Salahuddin Operations Command. [Sumaria]
Elsewhere in Salahuddin
A security source says Iraqi forces defused 4 IEDs east of Dhuluiya near the Diyala border. [Ghad]
A source in Salahuddin Operations Command says the IAF bombed Daesh locations in Ain Al-Faras west of Tikrit, killing 7 terrorists and destroying 2 cars, a construction shovel and a hideout. [Mada]
Daesh publishes photos of shelling Iraqi forces in Salahuddin. [Just Paste]
BAGHDAD
The Baghdad Operations Command spokesman says a parked-car bomb exploded Monday night in a parking lot near a restaurant on Al-Sadoun Street in downtown Baghdad, killing 3 civilians and wounding 18. [Ghad] Another security source says 5 civilians were killed and 16 wounded in the explosion. [Baghdadia]
Daesh claims responsibility for the car bomb on Sadoun Street and says it killed PMF fighters. [Dump]
A security source says the Anti-Explosives Service defused a car bomb on Sadoun Street. [Sumaria]
Iraqi security forces killed Daesh’s mufti of north Baghdad after raiding his house in Tarmiya, and arrested 2 of his associates. Another terrorist detonated himself during the raid. [BOC Facebook Page] The BOC spokesman says an Iraqi officer was wounded. [Ghad]
A security source says a suicide bomber detonated himself on a checkpoint in Tarmiya in north Baghdad, killing 3 soldiers and 3 civilians and wounding 7 soldiers and 5 civilians. [Baghdadia] Another security source said later that 5 soldiers were killed and 12 wounded in the Tarmiya raid. [Hurra]
A police source says unknown armed men clashed with Iraqi security forces at the same checkpoint after the attack and the fighting was still going on. [Sumaria]
Daesh’s version of the story says Iraqi security forces raided the house of a local operative called Abu Saif, in Tarmiya, and he fought them for 3 hours before detonating himself and killing 6 of them and wounding “dozens”. [Dump]
DaeshDaily comment: The photos published by Baghdad Operations Command show that this Rambo was not fighting alone.
The security forces closed 2 Green Zone entrances after 200 demonstrators tried to break through. The demonstrators demanded the release of a civil society activist kidnapped last week in Baghdad. [Maalomah]
The leader of Badr militia says if the Americans really want to help against Daesh they should provide “us” with weapons and not participate in the battles. [Waradana]
DaeshDaily comment. Aside from the fact that the gentleman is picking up on an apparently baseless rumor, his comments reflect the anti-American tone of recent militia comments. The Badr militia’s origins and continuing relationship with Iran may be part of the explanation, but it wasn’t always anti-American. We get the feeling some of this is a message of opposition to the Prime Minister for working closely with the US.
The government had been able until recently to control war information and commentary through official media (including the IWMC) without competing (and sometimes self-promoting statements from militia leaders). Lately this is not working. We also notice that the militias seem to be less active than before, at least in Anbar. One point of certainty is that the challenge of dealing with the militia organizations after Daesh goes is a problem already developing.
A video of the displaced people establishing their own “markets” in the camps in Baghdad [Sumaria]
According to security sources:
- An IED exploded near the industrial area in Taji in north Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding 8. [Baghdadia]
- Two employees of the Iraqi Ministry of Finance were killed and another wounded when unknown armed men opened fire on them as they drove in their government car on Al-Qanat highway in east Baghdad. [Baghdadia]
- An IED exploded near an Iraqi officer’s house in Albu Aitha in Dora in south Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding the officer and 2 members of his family. [Baghdadia]
- Two civilians were killed and 6 wounded in an IED explosion near a popular market in Mahmudiya in south Baghdad. [Baghdadia]
- A retired Army officer was killed when a sticker IED exploded under his car in Hay Al-Adel in west Baghdad. [Mada]
- Two unknown bodies were found shot, one in Al-Amin in east Baghdad, the other in Arab Jabour just southeast of Baghdad. [Mada]
Iraqi Army’s 23rd Brigade destroyed 2 suicide bomber guesthouses and defused 2 IEDs in the Al-Sour area in south Baghdad. [BOC Facebook Page]
Iraqi troops killed a terrorist in Hitawiyeen in west Baghdad. [BOC Facebook Page]
Iraqi Army’s 60th Brigade killed 6 Daesh members and destroyed their vehicles in Al-Abed and Ubaid areas in west Baghdad. [BOC Facebook Page]
Overall, the IAF conducted 6 sorties and the IAA 7.
The Coalition conducted 6 sorties, killing several terrorists and destroying 2 tunnels, 7 hideouts, 3 shelters and 4 rocket launchers. [IWMC Report]
DIYALA
The Iraqi Army’s 5th Division and Dijla Operations Command held a reconciliation meeting for 250 tribal leaders from Diyala and north Baghdad. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment: Such meetings are very important and are a way to start the national reconciliation process from the bottom up.
The Chairman of the security committee in Diyala GC says Iraqi forces foiled 14 Daesh attempts to sneak into Diyala from Himrin Hills during the last 3 months. [Xendan]
Baquba
A security source says a roadside IED exploded on a police patrol in Balad Ruz, killing a policeman and wounding 4. [Baghdadia]
A security source says a roadside IED exploded on an Iraqi Army patrol in Mansouriya east of Baquba, killing a soldier and wounding 3. [Baghdadia]
Muqdadiya/Abu Saida
A security source says 3 unknown bodies were found shot on a dirt road in Abu Saida. [Baghdadia]
A security source says unknown armed men shot and killed a local merchant and stole USD 100,000 on the road between Abu Saida and Baquba. [Baghdadia]
A security source says 2 armed men were killed while attacking a police checkpoint in Abu Saida, west of Muqdadiya. [Baghdadia]
A security source says an IED exploded near the market in Muqdadiya, killing 2 civilians and wounding 6. [Baghdadia]
A security source says a roadside IED exploded in Kanaan east of Baquba, killing a civilian and wounding 5. [Baghdadia]
A security source says unknown armed men shot and killed a mukhtar near his house in Mandali, near the Iranian border east of Balad Ruz. [Baghdadia]
DaeshDaily comment: Mukhtars are local administrative officials. We have reported several attacks on mukhtars in Baghdad and now in Diyala. Assassinating mukhtars and other local leaders is a calculated move by Daesh and other armed groups, because they are the first ones to report unusual activities in their areas. Daesh killed many mukhtars in Mosul before they took over the city.
KIRKUK
A source in the Joint Operations Command says Iraqi forces supported by Coalition airpower have started the campaign to liberate Hawija. [Mada]
A security source says the Coalition bombed 2 Daesh locations in the Sayyed Khalaf village in Hawija, killing 10 terrorists and destroying 2 vehicles. [Sumaria]
A Peshmerga source says the Coalition bombed Daesh locations between Hawija and Makhmur, killing 7 and wounding 5. [Mada]
NINEWA
IWMC reports 22 Daesh members killed or wounded in a Coalition airstrike on Rufaila village in Mosul. It also confirms the reports about a Coalition airstrike that killed a Daesh police commander and 2 of his associates in Duaizat south of Mosul, conducted in coordination with the Iraqi Intelligence and Investigations Service. [Mada]
The IWMC says the IAF bombed a Daesh gathering in Qayara, south of Mosul, killing and wounding “dozens” and destroying 6 vehicles. [Mada]
A local source says the Coalition bombed Daesh inside Qayara oil refinery, killing 10 and wounding 12 and destroying 9 oil tankers. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. Qayara is getting a lot of attention from the Coalition, as part of the campaign to reduce Daesh’s oil revenues but also because it is in a largely tribal area where Daesh’s takeover of Mosul got a lot of support and because it is on a plausible path to Mosul when Iraqi forces and the Coalition begin the hoped-for campaign to retake the city.
Local sources say the Daesh office of mosques in Mosul was destroyed in an airstrike, killing “dozens” of terrorists including 2 leaders. [Maalomah]
Daesh publishes photos and a video of the results of the airstrikes on Mosul and says 11 civilians were killed and 33 wounded. [Just Paste] [A3maq]
A security source says the Coalition bombed Daesh in Al-Subaiya village in Tal Afar, killing many Daesh fighters including an Algerian commander called Abu Muawiya and 6 of his associates. [Ghad]
A PUK official says Daesh executed 5 Iraqi Army and police officers in Hamdaniya. He also says the Coalition bombed Daesh near Bashiqa, killing 6 and wounding 4 and destroying 2 vehicles. [PUKMedia]
A local source says Daesh whiplashed 28 young men for listening to songs or trimming their beards. [Karemlash]
A KDP official says unknown snipers killed 10 Daesh members in 2 neighborhoods in Mosul. [Sumaria]
Kata’eb Al-Mosul says their sniper killed a Daesh terrorist at a checkpoint near a farm in Mosul. [The KM Facebook Page]
Local sources say unknown armed men shot and killed a Daesh Yemeni leader called Abu Ayman in his house in Mosul. [Maalomah]
A local source in Mosul says many Daesh terrorists are escaping Mosul, after their salaries were decreased USD $60 a month. [AIN]
Displaced people from Mosul ask the Iraqi government to let them volunteer for the upcoming liberation battles. [Karemlash]
A source in Ninewa police says Daesh continued digging trenches around the city anticipating the start of the liberation campaign. [BasNews]
A PUK official says the Mosul forensics department received 37 bodies of Daesh terrorists killed in Coalition bombings in Kirkuk and Ninewa. [PUKMedia]
A local source says 6 Daesh terrorists, including a Brit, a Russian and Syrian, died in internal clashes between foreign and local terrorists in Hatra in rural southern Ninewa. [BasNews]
OTHER GOVERNORATES
Kurdistan
The new Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East moves the Church’s headquarters from Chicago back to Erbil after 80 years outside Iraq. The new Patriarch himself, Gewargis Sliwa, has been living in Iraq, however, as the long-time Metropolitan of Baghdad, staying there through its worst days. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment: This is a bold move by a leader with courage, and might help to keep Christian Iraqis in their country. The Assyrian Church of the East is one of the largest Assyrian Christian denominations.
Southern Iraq
The Director of Health in Diwaniya says 53 cholera cases were registered in the governorate and most were cured. [Mada]
An IED exploded near the house of the deputy chief of Basra Criminal Court without any casualties. [Sumaria]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA 0
A leader in the Syrian opposition says if he had to choose between Daesh and Al-Assad he would choose Daesh. [Rudaw]
The YPG says they stopped another Daesh attack on Abdul Aziz Mountain killing 5 terrorists. [Hawar]
The Syrian Army attacked Daesh in Al-Shaer oil field near Tadmur and the clashes continued on. [ARA]
Daesh publishes photos of its programs for kids in Aleppo. [Just Paste] [Just Paste]
DaeshDaily comment: Iraqis and Syrians should think seriously about how to deal with this corruption of young people. Daesh is poisoning the thinking of too many children and teenagers.
REPORTS FROM OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Egypt. A video of 2 Egyptian young men making fun of Daesh [YouTube]
Libya. Daesh publishes a video of its 4 men who tried to free prisoners held at Mitiga Airport in Tripoli. The attempt on September 18 was foiled and the 4 terrorists were killed. [Archive]
The soldiers of the Shoura Council of Mujahedeen in Derna kill 7 Daesh members and capture one in the ongoing clashes in Derna. [AfriGate]
Algeria. The Algerian authorities found a tunnel used by Daesh terrorists between Algeria and Libya. [Akhbar Libya]
Afghanistan. Daesh says it captured another Afghani army barracks, killed its commander, and destroyed 2 vehicles in Nangarhar. [Dump]
Daesh publishes a video message from its terrorists in the Caucasus. [Isdarat]
Daesh audio newsletter in English. [Archive]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
Facebook Page of the Day
A news page from Ninewa Valley.
Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day
https://twitter.com/mz911946_aammzz
