1,083 Assassinations and Other Performance Metrics: ISIS's Year in Review
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The extremist group engaged in a broad-based insurgency in Iraq oversaw 1,047 targeted attacks, 57 sniper engagements, and set up 30 checkpoints last year. Assassinations were up more than 85 percent from the year prior, to 1,083, as were improvised explosive devices (IEDs: 4,465) and rocket attacks (607).
The figures come from the latest annual report (pdf) issued by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, better known as ISIL, which appears to have been issued in March. The document demonstrates yet again that Islamist groups overtly committed to eradicating modern, Western influences from Muslim countries often embrace modern, Western business practices in their organizations.