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Al-Qaeda On Rampage: Almost 1,000 Iraqis Killed In September

By Countercurrents.org

02 October, 2013
Countercurrents.org

Graphics Courtesy:BBC

According to casualty figures released by UNAMI, a total of 979 Iraqis were killed and another 2,133 were wounded in acts of terrorism and violence in September.

The number of civilians killed was 887 (including 127 civilian police), while the number of civilians injured was 1,957 (including 199 civilian police). A further 92 members of the Iraqi Security Forces were killed and 176 were injured.

“As terrorists continue to target Iraqis indiscriminately, I call upon all political leaders to strengthen their efforts to promote national dialogue and reconciliation,” the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, said. “Political, religious and civil leaders as well as the security services must work together to end the bloodshed and ensure that all Iraqi citizens feel equally protected," he added.

Baghdad was the worst-affected governorate in September, with 1,429 civilian casualties (418 killed and 1011 injured), followed by Ninewa, Diyala, Salahuddin and Anbar. Kirkuk, Erbil, Babil, Wasit, Dhi-Qar and Basra also reported casualties (double-digit figures).

The death toll was lower than July's, which stood at 1,057, but still one of the highest in years. It brings the number killed this year to 5,740.

A BBC report said most of the violence has been blamed on Sunni Islamist militants linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), which has said it was behind the series of car bomb attacks in predominantly Shia districts of Baghdad on Monday that left more than 54 people dead.

A statement posted online by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), an umbrella group to which AQI belongs, said the bombings were revenge for a "campaign of torture, displacement, detainment and liquidation" of the Sunni minority by the Shia-led government.

Iraq has also seen a spill-over of violence from the conflict in Syria, where jihadist rebels linked to the Islamic State of Iraq, a Sunni militant umbrella group that includes al-Qaeda, have risen to prominence.

In the past two months, Iraqi security forces have reportedly arrested hundreds of alleged al-Qaeda members in and around Baghdad as part of a campaign the government is calling "Revenge for the Martyrs".

Major attacks in September

30 September: At least 54 killed by car bomb blasts in mainly Shia areas of Baghdad

21 September: At least 60 killed at funeral in Sadr City, Baghdad

15 September: More than 40 killed in blasts across Iraq mostly targeting Shia areas

3 September: At least 60 killed in mainly Shia districts of Baghdad

 



 

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