Iraq 2015: nowt is simple in this conflict

**davidbfpo** · 02-09-2015

From:http://www.understandingwar.org/back...ruary-7-8-2015

**JWing** · 02-09-2015

Iraqi official continue to under report casualties. Since the summer offensive both Baghdad and Irbil have only given partial numbers for members of the security forces lost in the fighting. Recently the Peshmerga Ministry released some numbers but they are below figures reported in the press. Read more here.

**OUTLAW 09** · 02-09-2015

Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss
Uh huh. Iraqi commander denies paramilitary groups involved in killings http://ara.tv/w2e9w via @AlArabiya_Eng

Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss
There is more to come on the US' blind eye to Special Groups in Iraq...

**JWing** · 02-10-2015

Just released new security report for 1st wk of Feb. After attacks were going up from Dec to Jan they saw a drop in Feb. Were now big offensive moves by IS during the week. Read all the details and see charts on violence in Iraq here.

**JWing** · 02-11-2015

Iranian Revolutionary Guard suffered its 7th acknowledged loss in Iraq in Feb. A general who was an intelligence chief was killed fighting IS. Read the details here.

**JWing** · 02-19-2015

My latest article is about Yazidis and Turkish PKK forces retaliating against four Arab villages in Ninewa's Sinjar. The Yazidi community was singled out for destruction by IS and now some have decided to take their revenge on locals they claim supported the insurgents. More evidence of Iraqi society coming apart. Read more here.

**davidbfpo** · 02-19-2015

Joel,

As a SME can I pose a question please.

Assuming for now Daesh (ISIS) remain in occupation of the territories in Iraq they hold now, how will the Kurds defend their long border?

I recall from some early newsreel the Kurds were manning a defence line in the plains. My geographical knowledge of the Kurdish region is limited.

**JWing** · 02-24-2015

Just released my weekly security report. 3rd k of Feb saw a large increase in deaths due to mass executions by IS in Anbar. Executed a few hundred people after it took parts of Baghdadi in Anbar as long as burning around 100 in two other cities. Read more here.

**OUTLAW 09** · 02-25-2015

Forget about "Clone Wars".
Here comes "Drone Wars".
#Iranian vs. #US UAV.

UAV air encounter somewhere over Iraq and or Syria

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