Iraqi Dinar Discussion Board

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Last 7 days in Iraq for Jan 2014...

Levels of violence rose significantly in Iraq last week. It was the worst seven-day period recorded by AKE since the height of the insurgency between 2005 and 2007.

At least 274 people were killed and 243 injured in nationwide incidents, although the true figure may be significantly higher.

A total of 71 non-suicide bomb attacks left 56 people dead and 179 injured. Seven additional suicide bombings left nine people dead and 20 injured.

Small arms attacks left 33 people dead and 26 injured. A notable rise in indirect fire attacks (rockets and mortars) left seven people dead and 18 injured.

The most deadly development, however, was an escalation in armed clashes between gunmen and the security forces in Anbar province. The violence left at least 170 people dead and dozens injured.

Outside Anbar province, violence was concentrated in Baghdad, Ninawa, Salah ad-Din, Babil and Diyala provinces, where conditions could worsen even further over the coming weeks.

The south of the country and Kurdish administered north saw no major incidents and remain much more stable – albeit far from immune from violence.
ENDS