Over 4,000 Killed And 658 Wounded During The Month Of August In Iraq !

4,245 Killed in Iraq During the month of August ~ 4,245 people were killed and 658 were wounded during August. In comparison, July’s figures were 2,695 killed and 1,352 wounded. These figures are only estimates. Due to the nature of the conflict, precise numbers are unavailable, and the true numbers may never be known.

At least 678 civilians were killed and 493 more were wounded in attacks. The number of wounded is likely to be higher.

One British national was killed and another was wounded in a de-mining accident. At least 13 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (P.K.K.) were killed in Turkish cross-border operations. Four Turks were killed and nine were wounded, when the P.K.K. launched a cross-border mortar attack from Iraqi territory. Iraq executed 47 people on terrorism charges on three separate dates.

Security forces lost 134 personnel, and another 141 were wounded, but these figures are undoubtedly too low. Accounts from a cemetery in Najaf suggest that Shi’ite militias alone could be losing about 100 members per day.

About 3,416 militants were killed, and another 115 were wounded. Those figures were mostly reported by the Iraqi government, which could be exaggerating the numbers or even counting civilians deaths as militant ones. However, large-scale operations in Khalidiya and Qayara must have left significant casualties.

In other news:

Human Rights Watch issued a warning that children in their mid-teens are being recruited by Sunni tribal militias to fight against the Islamic State.

Iraq used its new F-16 fighters to launch an airstrike against militants in the Qaim area. The airbase at Qayara will apparently require about six months of repairs before it can be used in the upcoming operation against Mosul. It was heavily damaged by retreating militants.