Anti-Media berichtte op 1 maart j.l. over het aantal vermoordden, die Irak in februari telde. Het aantal doden, 2.748, was een stuk lager dan in januari, wat te wijten is aan de strijd om Mosul. De Iraakse coalitie (o.l.v. de VS) wist het westerse deel van die stad te ontzetten, waarna de strijd voor een groot deel werd gestaakt, dit om het veroverde gebied verder veilig te stellen. M.a.w. het aantal doden is vooral te vinden in en rond Mosul……. Vreemd genoeg steeg wel het aantal gewonden in februari.
Onder de vermoordde slachtoffers meer dan 500 burgers en meer dan 1.000 gewonde burgerslachtoffers. Waarbij aangetekend moet worden, dat veel burgerslachtoffers niet werden meegeteld, daar ze zijn achtergelaten in gebombardeerde huizen, dan wel haastig zijn begraven op plekken als parken en tuinen. Voorts wordt er gesteld, dat een aantal slachtoffers die tot IS zijn gerekend, in feite burgerslachtoffers zijn…….
Dat laatste houdt in, dat het aantal IS slachtoffers een stuk lager zal zijn. Zeker is, dat de Irak-coalitie het aantal IS slachtoffers uit propaganda standpunt overdrijft……
Weer ‘een mooi resultaat’, na de illegale inval van de VS in 2003, zijn er inmiddels meer dan 1,5 miljoen Irakezen vermoord, door toedoen van de grootste terreurentiteit op aarde >> de VS!! Overigens kreeg de VS veel hulp van andere westerse landen, waaronder Nederland, dat in die illegale oorlog werd gesleept door de oorlogsmisdadigers van het CDA: de Hoop Scheffer en Balkenende, plus VVD’er Kamp….*)…..
2,748 Killed in Iraq During February
2,748
Killed in Iraq During February
March
1, 2017 at 7:54 am
Written
by Anti-Media
News Desk
(ANTIWAR) During
February, at least 2,748
people were killed and 1,224 were wounded.
This is a large drop from January,
when 4,176 were reported killed and 1,433 were injured. The reduction
is likely due to an extensive break in the fighting in Mosul. After
the eastern half was captured,
Iraqi forces took time to reorganize troops and only resumed fighting
last week.
Analysis:
At least 512 civilians, 174 security personnel, and 2,024 militants
were killed during February. Also killed were one Iranian soldier and
36 Kurdistan Workers Party (P.K.K.) guerrillas. A U.S. servicemember
died in a non-combat-related event as well. As for wounded: 1,003
civilians, 149 security personnel, and 72 militants were reported
injured or sickened (by tear gas) during the month. Several U.S.
servicemembers were also wounded,
but details, including exact numbers, were not released, and they
remain untallied. This brings the totals to 2,748
killed and 1,224 wounded for
February. These numbers are rough estimates. The true casualty
figures could be much higher.
Casualties
among security personnel — including American troops, as seen above
— have been underreported for months. During February,
General Joseph
Votel,
the head of the U.S. Central Command, revealed that
about 500 Iraqi troops were killed, and 3,000 more were wounded
during the first three months of operations in Mosul. Few of these
casualties were reported, and these numbers did not contribute to the
monthly tallies above.
The
number of civilians killed is likely too low as well. There are
reports from Mosul that many civilians are being left to die in their
homes or have been buried hastily in nearby parks and gardens. Some
of the casualties being reported as Islamic State deaths could be
civilians who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Militant
deaths, on the other hand, could be too high. There is little to no
independent confirmation of ISIS/Daesh deaths behind the enemy lines,
and there is a clear propaganda benefit to exaggerating the number of
militants killed.
Other
News:
According to the United
Nations,
at least 16,000 people have fled the
recent fighting in western Mosul,
but authorities are unsure of the number of Islamic State militants
hiding among them.
However, many of the militants they are encountering are foreign
fighters,
who should be easily distinguishable from the Iraqi population.
Prime
Minister Haider
al-Abadi visited
Wasit University in Kut on
Tuesday but was met with protests that turned
violent.
The demonstrators were recorded chanting slogans popular with
followers of Shi’ite cleric Muqtada
al-Sadr.
Sadr later apologized to the premier, stressing that Abadi is not
involved in the corruption the Sadrists are targeting. At least 97
were killed and 75 more were wounded in
the latest violence:
In Kut,
about 70
protesters were injured.
Three among them were shot, and 50 were sickened by
tear gas.
In Mosul, 31
people were killed in
a mortar attack on the Tayaran neighborhood.
Security forces killed
18 militants in Wadi
Hajar and Mamoun.
An
I.E.D. killed
eight militiamen in Alam.
In Baghdad,
blasts on a playing field in Shuhada killed
one person and wounded four more. Two
people were wounded by
a bomb in Bab
al-Sham.
Sixteen
militants were killed in
clashes in the Makhoul
Mountains.
Security
forces killed
nine militants in Metabijh.
Six militants were killed in Tal
Abta.
In Karab
al-Jahash, four
militants were killed.
Three
suicide bombers were killed in
a failed attack on Dhuluiya.
Shelling
in Subaihat left
a militant
official dead.
By Margaret
Griffis /
Republished with permission / Anti-War.com / Report
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* Denkt u daar a.u.b. aan, als u op 15 maart a.s. van plan bent om op CDA dan wel VVD te stemmen, de genoemde ‘heren’ hebben naast verantwoordelijkheid zijn voor oorlogsmisdaden, meegeholpen aan het ontstaan van IS en daarmee mede verantwoordelijk zijn voor de terreurdaden in de EU!
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