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Iraq
Nearly 2,000 Members of Iraqi Forces Killed in November, 1,600 Peshmerga Killed Since Start of Mosul Offensive
2016-12-03
An estimated number that may prove to be significantly higher,
[AnNahar] Close to 2,000 members of the Iraqi security forces were killed in November across the country, along with hundreds of civilians, the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
said Thursday.

The figure increased threefold from October, when tens of thousands of forces launched a huge assault to retake the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group's last major Iraqi bastion of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
According to the U.N. mission in Iraq's monthly tally, 1,959 Iraqi forces were killed last month and at least 450 others maimed.

The toll includes members of the army, police who are engaged in combat, the Kurdish peshmerga, interior ministry forces and pro-government paramilitaries.

The U.N. statement also said at least 926 non-combatants were killed, bringing to 2,885 the number of Iraqis killed in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict last month.

The spike in casualties comes as a major offensive to retake the IS stronghold of Mosul, Iraq's largest military operation in years, enters its seventh week.

The number of members of the Iraqi forces killed released by the U.N. for October was 672.

The highest number of civilian deaths recorded in November was in Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital, with 332, the U.N. figures showed.

The U.N. explained it had few reliable figures for the western province of Anbar, which has seen continued IS-related violence in recent weeks, and suggested that real casualty figures were likely higher.

The government in Baghdad and the authorities in the autonomous Kurdish region rarely divulge casualty figures during a military operation. The ongoing Mosul offensive is no exception and the myriad forces involved have remained mum on losses within their ranks.

Burials at the main Shiite cemetery of Najaf however, as well as partial figures provided by local officials across the country and the number of obituaries posted on Facebook pointed to significant losses among the security forces.

1,600 Kurdish peshmerga killed in Mosul offensive: Spokesman

[AlAhram] A total of 1,600 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed since the start on October 17 of a huge offensive to retake the jihadist bastion of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, a front man said Thursday.

Close to 10,000 peshmerga were also maimed in the six weeks of fierce fighting to oust the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS) myrmidon group from Iraq's second city, said Halgord Hekmat, front man for the autonomous Kurdish region's peshmerga ministry.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  So when we read no one(0) has a winning engagement strategy ...
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-12-03 12:42  

#2  Remember, when listening to hajji figures to knock off at least one zero to get a more accurate picture of what is going on.
Posted by: Nguard   2016-12-03 09:20  

#1  What is that? A 10 per cent loss rate?
Posted by: Tennessee   2016-12-03 00:53  

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