TURKEY
Operations Summary
Mosul
Operation Swift Sword
Bayji
Kirkuk
SYRIA
Samarra
Baqubah
Ramadi
IRAN
Fallujah
Baghdad
ISF numbers more than
19,000
Operation Scales of
Justice
Al Kut
Diwaniyah
Najaf/Kufah
Samawah
Nasiriyah
SAUDI ARABIA
Basrah
Weekly Ops
15-21 Apr 06
Combined
ISF-only
CF-only
Total
214/35%
141/23%
259/42%
614
KUWAIT
Kuwait City
24 0942D – 1535D APR 06 SVBIED/VBIED ROLLUP
1
6
0942D APR 06
3 CIV KILLED
28 CIV INJURED
2
1135 APR 06
1 CIV KILLED
1230D APR 06
2 CIV KILLED
21 CIV INJ
3
1 IP WIA
1 IA WIA
2
1535D APR 06
1 IP WIA
3
4
1
1235 APR 06
0 INJ
6
LEGEND
4
5
Total Casualties
2 IP WIA
1 IA WIA
6 CIV KILLED
65 CIV INJURED
5
1245D APR 06
16 CIV INJ
1
SVBIED
0942D
2
SVBIED
1135D
3
2 SVBIEDs 1230D
4
2 VBIEDs
1235D
5
VBIED
1245D
6
VBIED
1535D
Combined Cordon and Knock
New Baghdad
Summary (19-20 APR):
• 340 VS-50 AP mines and U/I sub-munitions
• 124 x 75mm pro HE
• 64 x 60mm, three 100m, and three 82mm Illum mortar rounds
• Five 107mm Rockets
• Four 100mm HEAT, two 90mm pro HE, one 85mm HEAT round
• Two mortar bipods
• Unknown amount of TNT
Summary (21-23 APR):
• 63 Various artillery & mortar rounds
• Two Mortars with bipods
• Seven IEDs encased in concrete (1 w/pressure switch)
• Eight Hand grenade IEDs encased in concrete with pressure switches to prevent removal
• 10 Pipe Bombs with washing machine timers
• Two Plunger operated booby traps
• Two 5 lb. bags of suspected C4
• 1/2 stick of PE4
• Five Fragmentary, one blast, and one flash bang grenade
• 75 Electrical blasting caps
• 12 Motorola radios modified to be used as initiation devices
• One RPG propellent
• Two M1 grenade fuses
• One 9mm grease gun with homemade suppressor
• 1000 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition
• 200 rounds of 9mm ammunition
• Misc: Two Nokia cell phones, 50 ft. of wire, seven 6v batteries, three project boxes, one car battery
charger, one voltmeter, one Garmin ETREX Global Positioning System, and one bottle of
unidentified chemical with syringe
Civil War Indicators
Indicator
Reporting 16-22 Apr 06
Ethno-sectarian identities
are the overriding force
driving decision-making
- President Talabani accepted UIA
nomination of Nuri al Maliki as PM
candidate
- In Baghdad, some Iraqis view Iraqi Police
as partisan
Unrestrained, self-sustained
sectarian strife across
multiple provinces
- Ethno-sectarian casualties 152, lowest
since Golden Mosque attack
- Violence is concentrated in Baghdad
Ethno-sectarian
mobilization
Forced Population
movements
- Wide-spread influence and actions by
militias not seen
- Some intimidation tactics taking place in
Baghdad
- Pockets of families have been
intimidated to leave some areas, but not in
large numbers
Internally Displaced Persons
• Most IDP movement
is within Baghdad or
out of Baghdad to
Southern Provinces
Fallujah
Baghdad
• Numerous
motivations for Iraqi
Displacement; some
inconsistent with
definition of IDP
Al Kut
• Four IDP camps
confirmed by MNF as
occupied
• No external
assistance requested
to date by Provincial
Government –
situation viewed as
manageable
Confirmed
IDP Camps
Unconfirmed
IDP Camps
Nasiriah
Basrah
Leaflet Translation
• “The Mujahadeen will chop anyone who
helps or supports or works with the
Americans.”
• “Muslims are not allowed to work in the
above mentioned jobs for their safety and
their lives.”
• “Their goal is not to clean our areas, but to
prevent Mujahadeen from planting IEDs …
those cleaners will be targeted”