Aftermath of an Insurgent Attack

Aftermath of an Insurgent Attack

Baghdad Church

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5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Sectarian Attacks on Iraqi Church, 2004-09

Askariya Mosque, 2002 Askariya Mosque, 2006

(Source: Joseph H. Felter and Jacob N. Shapiro’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) and the Iraq Body Count (IBC) Project.)

Daily Sectarian Attacks in Iraq, 2003-09

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10

20

30

40

50

60

3/20/03 3/20/04 3/20/05 3/20/06 3/20/07 3/20/08 3/20/09

Dailysectarianattacks

Daily Sectarian Attacks in Iraq, 2003-09

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

3/20/03 3/20/04 3/20/05 3/20/06 3/20/07 3/20/08 3/20/09

Dailysectarianattacks

Daily Sectarian Attacks in Iraq, 2003-09

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5

10

15

20

25

MonthlySectarianIncidents

Poly. (MonthlySectarianIncidents)

Monthly Sectarian Attacks in Iraq, 2006-08

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5

10

15

20

25

MonthlySectarianIncidents

Poly. (MonthlySectarianIncidents)

= +8.27%p=0.7

Monthly Sectarian Attacks in Iraq, 2006-08

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5

10

15

20

25

MonthlySectarianIncidents

Poly. (MonthlySectarianIncidents)

= +8.27%p=0.7

= -30.63%p=0.01

Monthly Sectarian Attacks in Iraq, 2006-08