Joel Wing

@JoelWing2

Iraq analyst at Musings On Iraq Blog

Berkeley, CA
musingsoniraq.blogspot.com
Joined May 2012
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  1. 6 hours ago

    Iraqi govt launched 2 major security ops in July but attacks down in provinces not included UN says IS attacks up in Syria so could be concentrating there right now more than Iraq

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  2. 6 hours ago

    IS likely behind sticky bomb in Karbala 1st attack in south since 2017 Also launched planned attack in south Sulaymaniy vs Kurds Attacked checkpoint Had IED planted for reinforcements Used mortars IS could be testing new areas for vulnerabilities

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  3. 6 hours ago

    Diyala only province violence has remained relatively constant 27 incidents in Jun 28 in Jul 1st place IS returned to insurgency Now active in every rural area Fav target Khanaqin-Jalawla dists since Baghdad took them over from Kurds

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  4. 6 hours ago

    IS slowly but surely picking up attacks in Baghdad Were 4 in March now 15 in July More importantly 2 suicide bombings 1 suicide bomber arrested Car bomb dismantled 1st mass casualty bombing in Baghdad since May and before that May 2018

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    Incidents in Salahaddin also followed pattern of summer offensive Peak of 20 in May down since then to 8 in July

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    Ninewa another province where attacks up & down nearly every month 25 in May down to 6 in July

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    Attacks in Kirkuk followed pattern of summer campaign Peaked in May with 35 attacks down to 15 in July

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    Attacks up and down every month in Anbar 13 in June 5 in July Appears Anbar secondary front Is mostly using it to move men & material between Iraq & Syria

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    Attacks are on the decline in Iraq hinting that IS's summer offensive coming to an end Campaign started in April with 97 incidents Peaked at 135 attacks in May Now down to 82 in July Far below 2018 when avg 168 attacks per month during campaign

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  10. 6 hours ago

    Musings On Iraq Islamic State’s Offensive Could Be Winding Down

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  11. 6 hours ago

    Musings On Iraq This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 5

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    6 hours ago

    On this day in 1945, the US drops the first of two atomic bombs on Japan. "What has been done is the greatest achievement of organized science in history" -- President Truman "The time will come when mankind will curse the names Los Alamos and Hiroshima" -- Robert Oppenheimer

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    "Sayoc's attorneys said the 57-year-old former pizza delivery man became radicalized off a daily consumption of Trump’s tweets, Fox News, and conspiracy theories on the internet.”

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    11 hours ago

    French inventor Franky Zapata has made history as the first person to cross the English Channel by hoverboard.

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    17 hours ago

    if Trump follows through on next round of threatened China tariffs, independent economist Mark Zandi tells me, US economy is likely to slip into recession in 2020

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    11 hours ago

    Oh.

    We may well be at the most dangerous financial moment since the 2009 Financial Crisis with current developments between the US and China.
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    16 hours ago

    BREAKING: Stocks plunge around the world as US-China trade war worsens, threatening global economy; Dow sinks 800 points, or 3%.

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    17 hours ago

    The jobs aren’t going away exactly, they’re just being outsourced somewhere else -- a practice that's becoming more common in a lot of industries.

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    22 hours ago

    Trump advisers conceded he should do more to unify the country in the wake of twin mass shootings but expressed doubt that he would.

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