OIF - Iraq Significant Activities (SIGACTS)

Subject: OIF - Iraq Significant Activities (SIGACTS) Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:32 pm

The term “attacks” refers to all incidents reported to Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) through daily Significant Activity Reports. It includes known attacks on Coalition forces, Iraqi Security Forces, the civilian population, and infrastructure. It does not include criminal activity, nor does it include attacks initiated by Coalition or Iraqi Security Forces. The complexity and effectiveness of these attacks vary. They can range from a single insurgent firing a single shot causing no casualties to a highly coordinated complex attack using two or more weapon systems.
December 2007 SIGACTS Recap

The increase in US and Iraqi force levels and the emphasis on population security, along with several other developments, improved the security environment during the last quarter of 2007. Overall attacks had fallen to levels seen in January 2006 — the last month before weekly attacks began the 17-month upward trend that peaked in June 2007. The last period during which attacks were consistently at this level was the summer of 2005. Overall civilian deaths, to include those associated with hostile actions, followed a similar trend both Iraq-wide and in the Baghdad security districts.

July 2007 SIGACTS Recap

While overall attacks declined in July compared to June, levels of violence remain high. Enemy initiated attacks increased around major religious and political events, including Ramadan and elections. For 2007, Ramadan was scheduled to begin in mid-September.

April 2007 SIGACTS Recap

Enemy-initiated attacks against the coalition and its Iraqi partners continued to increase through October 2006 and remain high. The average total number of attacks per day has risen from 71 per day in January 2006 to a record high of 176 per day in October 2006. For the last 3 months, average attacks per day were 164 in February, 157 in March, and 149 in April 2007.

October 2006 SIGACTS Recap

Since June 2003, overall security conditions in Iraq deteriorated and grew more complex, as evidenced by the increased numbers of attacks and Sunni-Shi’a sectarian strife after the February 2006 bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra. Enemy-initiated attacks against the coalition and its Iraqi partners continued to increase through October 2006. The average total attacks per day increased, rising from about 70 per day in January 2006 to about 180 per day in October 2006. These attacks increased around major religious and political events, including Ramadan and elections. Coalition forces were still the primary target of attacks, but the number of attacks on Iraqi security forces and civilians also did increase since 2003.

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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_sigacts.htm
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