The Baghdad Order Of Battle as of March 5, 2007.
Click map to view. THE BAGHDAD SECURITY Plan is now well into its third week of operations since the official announcement on February 14. Over the course of the last week, Baghdad has seen a significant reduction in violence. Deaths from sectarian fighting have dropped dramatically since December. “The number of bodies found this month in Baghdad–most shot and showing signs of torture–has dropped by nearly 50 percent to 494 as of Monday [February 27], compared with 954 in January,” reports the Associated Press. “The figure stood at 1,222 in December, according to figures compiled by The Associated Press.” Over the past week, there have been two mass-casualty car bomb attacks in Baghdad and no major suicide attacks. A car bomb was detonated in a New Baghdad market (10 killed, 21 wounded). Another was detonated at a Sadr City used-car lot (10 killed, 17 wounded). Also, there was an assassination attempt on Adel Abdul Mahdi, one of Iraq’s two vice presidents. A bombing at the Ministry of Public Works killed 12 and wounded 42. Mahdi was lightly wounded. Overall, the last week has shown a significant reduction in violence relative to the flurry of suicide and car bombings that claimed hundreds at the beginning of the security operation. Read the rest of Roggio’s weekly wrap-up at THE DAILY STANDARD.
