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Written question asked by Keith Simpson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 April 2005. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Thursday, 7 April 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Ministry of Defence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many attacks there have been on British forces in Iraq in each month since April 2003.
Answer

Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many attacks there have been on British forces in Iraq in each month since April 2003. [210612] Mr. Ingram :[holding answer 24 January 2005]: I have been asked to reply. The best data available giving the breakdown of attacks against UK forces are set out in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year/Month Troops Infrastructure Total 2003 Jun 5 0 5 Jul 3 1 4 Aug 18 3 21 Sep 8 0 8 Oct 21 4 25 Nov 9 0 9 2004 Dec 19 1 20 Jan 6 2 8 Feb 10 2 12 Mar 18 2 20 Apr 55 41 96 May 88 91 182 Jun 31 40 71 Jul 7 18 25 Aug 109 316 425 Sep 42 34 76 Oct 22 17 39 Nov 8 8 16 Dec 6 9 15 2005 Jan 13 7 20 Feb 3 0 3 Mar 1 0 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Consolidated data are not available for April and May 2003.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
432 c1565W;432 c1561W; 210612
Session
2004-05
Subjects
Iraq Peacekeeping operations Terrorism
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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