MULTINATIONAL FORCE-IRAQMULTINATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ

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Tigris R.

Euphrates R.

IRANIRANBaghdad

KUWAITKUWAIT

JORDANJORDANKarbala

Al Muthanna’ Al Basrah

Thi Qar

Maysan

WasitBabilAl Anbar

Diyala

Ninawa At TamimAs Sulaymaniyah

Arbil

Dahuk

An Najaf

SYRIASYRIA

SAUDIARABIASAUDIARABIA

TURKEYTURKEY Attacks by Province29 Aug 05 – 10 Feb 06

Al Qadisiyah

Salah ad Din

Attack Density Attacks per Sq Km

Most Dense

Least Dense

Number of Attacks

Less than 1 Attack per day1 – 5 Attacks per dayGreater than 5 Attacks per day

22

5

8

.1

.21

.1

.2.4

1

.2

0

00

.2

5

13

21

Large weapons cache - 950 mortars - 26 cases of ammo

Extremely good condition

Very well placed

Recovery took two days of digging

EOD destroyed the munitions

WEAPONS CACHE IN NORTH BABIL PROVINCE

15 0800C – 1216C FEB 06 IED/VBIED ROLLUP

LEGEND

IED 0845C

IED 1140C

VBIED 1129C

VBIED 1216C6

4

2

5

5

6

2

IED 0800C1

1

15 0800C FEB 063 CIV KILLED

15 0845 FEB 061 IA WIA

15 1140C FEB 06 0 INJ

15 1216C FEB 062 IP WIA

3 CIV INJ

4

VBIED 1015C3

15 1129C FEB 063 IP KIA 2 IP WIA 2 Trucks/DAM

15 1015C FEB 061 CIV KILLED

4 CIV INJ

Total Casualties

3 IP KIA 4 IP WIA 1 IA WIA 4 CIV KILLED 7 CIV INJ

1

3

35 4

2

6

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

2004 2005 2006

Killed

Total Casualties

Ashura: 2 March 2004; 19 February 2005; 9 February 2006

ASHURA VIOLENCE COMPARISON

MULTINATIONAL FORCE-IRAQMULTINATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ

16 FEBRUARY 200616 FEBRUARY 2006Maj Gen Rick LynchMaj Gen Rick Lynch

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