More News From Iraq

[Boogyman]

The first news thread was gettin' kinda long, and was beginning to turn into a debate.

That's OK, but just so ya'll know...

I'm posting this as an informational update only, since Iraq is a hot topic. This isn't a political statement by me one way or the other. I think it's important to acknowledge our troops sacrifices and the conditions under which we are operating in Iraq.

I'll try to keep it updated every day or two.

News From Iraq

09/03/06 arabnews: 21 Iraqis Die in Baquba Attacks
Twenty one Iraqis have been killed — including two policemen and four children — in a series of attacks in Baquba northeast of Baghdad, security sources said yesterday.

09/03/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill Hassan al-Jawadi
Gunmen killed Hassan al-Jawadi in the southern Shi'ite city of Amara on Sunday, police said. Police and local representatives of Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, denied media reports that Jawadi was a representative of Sistani

09/03/06 hindustantimes: Killed Indians buried in Iraq
The three Indians, killed by unidentified people in Iraq, were buried in Karbala on Sunday, government said in New Delhi as efforts were underway to ensure return of other members of the group of 14 in a couple of days.

09/03/06 stltoday: Soldier from Desloge is killed in Iraq
Michael Deason, 28, died Thursday when an armor-piercing grenade struck his Humvee, part of an attack on a six-vehicle convoy, his wife told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Sunday's edition.

09/03/06 charlotteobserver: Marine from Charlotte killed in Iraq
On Friday, 21-year-old Lance Cpl. Golla -- the only son of Polish immigrants -- died near Habbaniyah in central Iraq in a roadside bombing. He was serving a second tour in Iraq, assigned to the 3rd Battalion, Lima Company...

09/03/06 MNF: Two Marines Killed in Separate Incidents in Al Anbar (part 2)
The second report indicated one Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died from wounds sustained due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province September 3.

09/03/06 MNF: Two Marines Killed in Separate Incidents in Al Anbar (part 1)
The first report indicated one Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 died from wounds sustained due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province September 1.

09/03/06 AFP: Kurdish leader attacks Arab politicians over Iraqi flag
The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has launched a scathing attack on Iraqi Arab leaders Sunday over their opposition to his order banning the national flag from public buildings.

09/03/06 KUNA: Two mass graves discovered near Kirkuk
Two mass graves were discovered Sunday by the Iraqi police and an Iraqi human rights committee west of Kirkuk city northern Iraq. A police source in Kirkuk stated that a mass grave, which held 20 victims in it, was found in Tobzawah village west of Kirkuk

09/03/06 WaPo: Despite stigma, number of Iraqi orphans increases
Social workers and Iraqi officials say the steady climb in the number of orphans turned over to the government — which has required the construction of three new orphanages in Baghdad alone in the past three years — reflects the toll...

09/03/06 AFP: Iraqi AFP journalist kidnapped
An Iraqi freelance journalist working as a stringer for news agency Agence France-Presse has been abducted in Baghdad after visiting a relative in a government-run jail.

09/03/06 KUNA: Kuwait expresses dismay at recurring Iraqi border violations
Kuwait notified Iraq on Sunday about its dismay at recurring violations and attacks on national territories across the northern borders between the two countries.

09/03/06 MNF: 2 MND-B Soldiers killed by roadside bomb (confirmed)
Two Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers died at approximately 6:20 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle they were riding in was struck by an improvised-explosive device in eastern Baghdad.

09/03/06 AP: Two policemen killed in Baghdad
On Sunday morning, a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol in eastern Baghdad killed two policemen and a civilian and wounded three policemen, police Maj. Mahir Hameed Mosa said.

09/03/06 AP: Mortar Attack Kills 6 Near Baghdad
A mortar attack east of Baghdad killed six people, including two children, as a dispute emerged over transferring control of the armed forces from the U.S.-led coalition to the Iraqi government.

09/03/06 dpa: Kurdish authorities ready to hand over suspects in Anfal case
A senior Kurdish official said Sunday that authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan would be willing to hand over suspected collaborators in the 1988 massacre of over 100,000 Kurds in Anfal

09/03/06 Reuters: Iraq, U.S. locked in dispute over military handover
Talks between the United States and Iraq over the transfer of operational command of Iraq's armed forces were deadlocked on Sunday, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanding more independence from the U.S. military.

09/03/06 WaPo: Al-Qaeda Leader Arrested in Iraq
Iraqi armed forces have arrested the No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq... The leader, Hamed Jumaa Faris Juri al-Saaydi, was captured within the past few days near Baqubah along with 20 other senior members of the Sunni Arab insurgent group

09/03/06 AP: Influential Shiite cleric levels violence warning
Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric on Saturday warned the prime minister to quell violence or risk "other powers" filling the gap, while police found the tortured and blindfolded bodies of 13 Pakistani and Indian pilgrims and their Iraqi driver.

09/03/06 AP: 2 U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad blast
Two U.S. soldiers were killed in eastern Baghdad Sunday morning when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb, the U.S. military command said. The names of the soldiers and of their units was being withheld while military officials contact their families

09/02/06 BirminghamNews: Wounded, but not out
Marine Cpl. Rowdy Zane Burney's hands, face and eyes were blasted with shrapnel May 6 when the Humvee he was riding in was blown up by a bomb hidden under a road in western Iraq.

09/02/06 KUNA: Two security guards killed, 13 wounded in west Baghdad
Two security guards were killed and 13 others injured on Saturday when unidentified gunmen opened fire at them in a house in west Baghdad, a security source said.

09/02/06 AP: Iraq PM to axe four cabinet ministers
Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that four of his ministers are expected to lose their jobs in an imminent reshuffle of his embattled government.

09/02/06 AP: Death penalty urged for soldiers accused of murder in Iraq
An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty, according to a report obtained Saturday by The Associated Press.

09/02/06 AP: Rebels kill 5 Turkish soldiers
Separatist Kurdish militants attacked two military outposts along the Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey, killing five Turkish soldiers and wounding two others, local authorities said on Saturday.

09/02/06 AP: U.S. asserts Iran stirring up trouble, but evidence less certain
U.S. officials have made strong charges in recent weeks that Iran is directly stirring up trouble in Iraq. But inside Iraq, it's hard to see any change and some American officials in Baghdad say privately the evidence is not that clear.

09/02/06 AP: Troops who lost limbs in Iraq learn to surf the Pacific
Navy corpsman Derek McGinnis knew that losing his left leg to a suicide bomber wouldn't stop him from surfing again. As a child of 1970s California, riding waves felt like a birthright.

09/02/06 AP: Afghan plane crash kills 14 U.K. troops
A NATO plane crashed Saturday in southern Afghanistan, killing 14 British troops, according to a spokesman and the British Ministry of Defense.

09/02/06 Reuters: Gunmen attack Iraqi security firm, kill 2
Gunmen attacked an Iraqi security firm in the western Baghdad Jihad neighbourhood killing two and wounding eight, an Interior Ministry source said.

09/02/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill three in Kerbala
Gunmen attacked a bus carrying guards for Shi'ite shrines just north of Kerbala killing three and wounding eight, police said.

09/02/06 Reuters: Planning error delays U.S.-Iraq military handover
A much-anticipated ceremony to transfer operational command from U.S-led forces to Iraq's new army was postponed on Saturday at the last minute amid confusion, a U.S. military spokesman said, citing poor planning.

09/02/06 Reuters: Bomb in New Baghdad district wounds 3
A bomb planted inside an apartment building in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite New Baghdad district wounded three people, police said.

09/02/06 Reuters: Baghdad bombs kill 2, wound 19
Three bombs killed two Iraqi civilians and wounded 19, including three policemen, in an attack near a police convoy in Baghdad's Waziriya district, police sources said.

09/02/06 Reuters: Three bodies found in Baghdad
Police said they found the bodies of four Iraqis in the capital.

09/02/06 Reuters: Car bomb kills 3 in Mahaweel
A car bomb near a police station in Mahaweel in Babil province, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, killed three people and wounded 14, police said

http://icasualties.org/oif/

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09/04/06 MNF: Task Force Band of Brothers Soldier killed by IED
A Soldier from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division was killed by an IED yesterday near Baqubah.

09/04/06 Soldier Dies of Non-Combat Related Causes
A 15th Sustainment Brigade Soldier died of non-combat injuries during the early morning hours on Sep. 4. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.

09/04/06 MNF: Task Force Band of Brothers Soldier dies
A Soldier from the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division died Sunday from wounds sustained after his vehicle was struck by an IED near Mosul.

09/04/06 NYTimes: In one Iraqi neighborhood, security returns
Three weeks after American and Iraqi troops began searching, fortifying and patrolling Dora, one of the bloodiest neighborhoods in Baghdad, the stench of death on the streets has eased

09/04/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds two in Karrada district
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol exploded near al-Wathiq intersection in Karrada district, central Baghdad, wounding two people, including one policeman, an Interior Ministry source said.

09/04/06 Reuters: Two car bombs explode near Iraqi army checkpoin
Two car bombs exploded in quick succession on Sunday at an Iraqi army checkpoint on a road that links Abu Ghraib and Baghdad, killing or wounding seven Iraqi army soldiers and destroying one military vehicle, Falluja policeman Ammar Abd said.

09/04/06 Reuters: Former member of Republican Guard killed
Major General Mohammed al-Fahdawi, a former commander of Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard, was killed in a drive-by shooting on Sunday in an area just east of Ramadi...a relative and a hospital source said. He was the third high-ranking...

09/04/06 MNF: Two Marines killed in Al Anbar
Two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 died Sept. 3 due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province.

09/04/06 AFP: Police recover 33 bullet-riddled bodies in Baghdad
At least 33 bullet-riddled bodies of Iraqi men murdered in apparent sectarian killings were recovered by Iraqi forces across Baghdad on Monday, a security official told AFP.

09/04/06 DoD: British soldier seriously wounded
One other British soldier was seriously injured, and a further soldier suffered minor injuries. Both have been evacuated for emergency medical care and taken by helicopter to a British Field Hospital at Shaibah Logistics Base.

09/04/06 MoD: Two British soldiers killed in Iraq
two British soldiers in Iraq today...The soldiers died following an attack on a British patrol near the town of Ad Dayr, north of Basrah City. The patrol was subject to an attack by a roadside bomb and small arms fire.

09/04/06 telegraph: Popular Iraqi footballer kidnapped
A popular Iraqi footballer who was planning to move to play in Syria has been kidnapped in Baghdad. Ghanim Ghudayer, 22, a former Olympic player, is considered one of the best players in Baghdad's Air Force Club.

09/04/06 Reuters: U.S. army says dead soldiers not linked to Iraqi rape
The U.S. military in Iraq said on Monday that three soldiers killed by kidnappers in June do not appear to have had any involvement in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and her family in the same area.

09/04/06 Reuters: Bomb wounds two British soldiers in southern Iraq
Two British soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb hit their convoy near the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, a British military spokesman said.

09/04/06 Reuters: Gunmen wound five tourists in central Amman; one arrested
Two gunmen, including at least one Iraqi, opened fired at a group of foreign tourists in the Jordanian capital Amman on Monday, wounding five, a Jordanian security source said.

http://icasualties.org/oif/

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09/06/06 NYTimes: Iraq’s Endangered Journalists
IN today’s Iraq, intellectuals are targets of a widespread, often ethnically driven campaign of murder. Many have fled their homes, or even the country, to protect their families. Doctors, engineers, professors and even teachers seek new...

09/06/06 nbcactionnews: Overland Park native killed in Iraq
An Overland Park native is killed in Iraq. Christopher Walsh was in the Navy, assigned to a Marine detachment, when he was killed in hostile action on Monday.

09/05/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Cpl. Shannon L. Squires, 25, of Virginia Beach, Va., died in Brooke Army Medial Center, San Antonio, Texas on Aug. 28, of injuries sustained along Main Supply Route Tampa, Iraq on Apr. 21, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy

09/05/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. Matthew J. Vosbein, 30, of Metairie, La., died on Aug. 29, in Sadr Al Yusifiyah, Iraq, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat operations.

09/05/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (part 2)
Cpl. Jared M. Shoemaker, 29, of Tulsa, Okla., died Sept. 4 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Broken Arrow, Okla

09/05/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (part 1)
Pvt. Ryan E. Miller, 21, of Gahanna, Ohio, died Sept. 3 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force...

09/05/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Lance Cpl. Shane P. Harris, 23, of Las Vegas, N.M., died Sep. 3 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force...

09/05/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (part 2)
Lance Cpl. Philip A. Johnson, 19, of Hartford, Conn., died Sept. 3 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

09/05/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (part 1)
Lance Cpl. Cliff K. Golla, 21, of Charlotte, N.C., died Sept. 1 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force

09/05/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Staff Sgt. Eugene H.E. Alex, 32, of Bay City, Mich., died on Sept. 2 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries suffered on Aug 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, when he encountered enemy forces using small arms fire

09/05/06 AP: N.C. Soldier Killed In Iraq Weeks After Returning From Leave
A North Carolina soldier died in Iraq just weeks after returning to the Middle East from leave, his mother said Tuesday. Pfc. Justin Dreese, 21, served with the 82nd Airborne Division, based at Fort Bragg, N.C. The Pentagon has not released...

09/05/06 AP: Michigan soldier assigned to Fort Wainwright dies
A Michigan soldier assigned to Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks has died of injuries suffered in Iraq, the Army said. Staff Sgt. Eugene Alex, 32, of Bay City, Mich., died Saturday in Germany

09/05/06 Reuters: British soldier seriously wounded
A British soldier was shot and seriously wounded in Qurna north of Basra in southern Iraq, British military spokesman Major Charlie Burbridge said.

09/05/06 iran-daily: Iraq Will Have New Flag
Iraq’s President Jalal Talabani vowed Tuesday that Iraq would soon get a new national flag, amid a fierce dispute between Kurds and Arabs over the current banner, AFP said. "It’s a Saddamist flag," Talabani said, standing before the red, white, black...

09/05/06 AP: Iraq lawmaker tells colleagues of ordeal
A Sunni Arab lawmaker held hostage for two months by Shiite militants told parliament Tuesday that the ordeal showed her the agony Iraqis are experiencing at a time of rising sectarian tensions.

09/05/06 KUNA: Talabani unveils timetable for foreign troops pullout from Iraq
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani unveiled on Tuesday a possibility of setting up a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq by the end of next year.

09/05/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Staff Sgt. Michael L. Deason, 28, of Farmington, Mo., died on Aug 31, in Ad War, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Deason was assigned to the 3rd Battalion

09/05/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Nicholas A. Madaras, 19, of Wilton, Conn., died on Sept. 3, in Baqubah, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat operations. Madaras was assigned to the 1st Battalion,

09/05/06 Centcom: THREE SERVICEMEMBERS DIE IN AL ANBAR
Two Marines and one Sailor assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 died Monday due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province.

09/05/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 3 in Samarra
Three people were killed and others wounded when two roadside bombs struck a fuel tanker in a residential area in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, witnesses and hospital officials said

09/05/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill one Shi'ite pilgrim, and wound 3 others near Latifiya
Gunmen killed one Shi'ite pilgrim and wounded three others near Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, as they were going to Kerbala to attend a religious ceremony, an Interior Ministry source said.

09/05/06 Reuters: RPG kills three policemen in Baquba
Insurgents killed three policemen when they fired a rocket-propelled grenade at their vehicle in the city of Baquba, north of Baghdad.

09/05/06 Reuters: Three Shi'ite pilgrims killed in the southern Baghdad
Gunmen killed three Shi'ite pilgrims in the southern Baghdad district of Doura while they were walking to a religious ceremony in Kerbala, police said.

09/05/06 Reuters: Seven bodies found in Baghdad
Police said they found the bodies of seven people in Baghdad with gunshot wounds to the head, five of them in the mainly Sunni area of Adhamiya, where insurgents are active.

09/05/06 Reuters: The bodies of five blindfolded men pulled from the Tigris River
The bodies of five blindfolded men with multiple gunshot wounds and signs of torture were pulled from the Tigris River near Suwayra, a town south of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

09/05/06 MNF: Iraqi, Coalition forces capture 30 insurgents, 38 suspected insurgents
Iraqi police and soldiers, along with U.S. Marines and soldiers from Regimental Combat Team 7, detained 30 confirmed insurgents and 38 suspected insurgents over the weekend throughout the western Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

09/05/06 wchstv: Ohio Marine killed in Iraq, parents say
Twenty-one-year-old Ryan Miller was with "K" Company, Third Battalion, Second Marines and was on his second tour of duty in Iraq. Parents Mary and Ed Miller say a pair of uniformed Marines came to their home Sunday evening with the sad news.

09/05/06 AP: Iraq to extend state of emergency
Iraqi parliament voted on Tuesday to extend the country's state of emergency for 30 more days. The measure has been in place for almost two years and grants security forces greater powers.

09/05/06 ITN: UK soldier killed in Iraq named
One of the two British soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has been named. Stephen Wright, 20, was in a patrol that was attacked outside Ad Dayr, near Basra, on Monday afternoon.

09/05/06 timesargus: Vermonter earns Bronze Star for actions in Iraq
Master Sgt. David W. Long, 44, whose home is now in Swanton, is a battalion master gunner, 1st Battalion, 172d Armor Division of the Vermont Army National Guard. The medal was awarded for Long's performance from June 2005 to June 2006...

09/05/06 AP: Connecticut Marine killed Sunday in Iraq
Lance Cpl. Philip Alexander Johnson died Sunday morning with one other Marine as his unit was traveling from Ramadi, family spokesman Ron Jackman said.

09/05/06 Xinhua: Bomb blasts kill 3 people, wounds 5 north of Baghdad
Bomb blasts detonated successively in Iraqi city of Samarra north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding five others, local police said.

09/05/06 AFP: Iraq's parliament reopens amid sectarian strife
Iraq's parliament reopened after a month-long recess marked by mounting sectarian violence, beginning a session which will discuss breaking up the country into semi-independent regions.

09/04/06 Reuters: U.S. troops kill five in assault in Muqdadiya
U.S. troops killed five men in a ground assault and air strike on what they called a "safe house", targeting a person involved in moving money and foreign fighters into Iraq. A child was also killed in the fighting in Muqdadiya, northeast of Baghdad

09/04/06 Reuters: Two bodyguards of Sunni parliament member killed in Taji
Two bodyguards of a Sunni Arab member of Iraq's parliament, Falah Zaidan, were shot dead in Taji, just north of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. Zaidan and his party were not immediately available for comment.

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09/08/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualties
Sgt. Jason L. Merrill, 22, of Mesa, Ariz. and Pvt. Edwin A. Andino II, 23, of Culpeper, Va...died on Sep. 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations.

09/08/06 AFP: Shia cleric urges halt to Iraq’s sectarian bloodshed
The senior cleric of the Shia faith, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, urged Iraqis to unite on Friday and to support their elected government in its struggle to avert a civil war.

09/08/06 MoD: British soldier killed in Iraq (confirmed)
The soldier, from 58 Battery of 12 Regiment Royal Artillery, died as a result of injuries sustained in a shooting incident in the town of Al Qurna, Iraq on Tuesday 5 September 2006.

09/08/06 AP: Four Iraqi soldiers killed near Karmah
A roadside bomb also struck an Iraqi army convoy in a village near Karmah, 50 miles west of Baghdad, killing four Iraqi soldiers, police said

09/08/06 AP: U.S. finds 'torture chambers' in Iraq
The senior commander of U.S. and Iraqi forces in northern Iraq said Friday that a small number of "torture chambers" apparently used for sectarian violence were discovered along the Diyala River.

09/08/06 Reuters: Body of interpreter found in Diwaniya
The body of Haider Hamza, an interpreter working for Danish troops in Iraq, was found shot dead in front of his house in central Diwaniya, 180 km (115 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. He had been kidnapped three days ago, they added.

09/08/06 Reuters: Six Bodies found in Baghdad
The six bodies of blindfold people with multiple gunshot wounds, showing signs of torture, were found overnight in different areas of Baghdad...Two of the bodies were found in Shula, two in Sadr City and two others in Doura

09/08/06 Reuters: Iraqi soldier killed south of Samarra
An Iraqi soldier was killed and two others were wounded when gunmen ambushed their patrol 15 km (10 miles) south of Samarra, 100 km north of Baghdad, the U.S.- Iraqi Joint Coordination Center said.

09/08/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill leader of Sunni Arab Bagara tribe
Gunmen killed Ibrahim al-Khalaf, leader of the Sunni Arab Bagara tribe, and seriously wounded his guard and a member of the city council in a drive-by shooting in Hawija, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, a security source said.

09/08/06 Reuters: Clashes between insurgents and U.S. troops in Falluja
Clashes between insurgents and U.S. troops after a roadside bomb attack on a U.S. convoy on Thursday in Falluja...residents and police sources said. Raed al-Ani, a hospital doctor, said three Iraqis were killed and six wounded

09/08/06 AP: Mortar attack on pilgrims, Baghdad bomb kill 5
A roadside bomb in Baghdad and a mortar attack on Shiite pilgrims south of the capital killed five people Friday, authorities said, a day before tens of thousands of people were expected in the Shiite holy city of Karbala for a religious festival.

09/08/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Pfc. Vincent M. Frassetto, 21, of Toms River, N.J., died Sept. 7 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

09/08/06 MNF: Iraqi civilian killed, child injured in CF Convoy accident
One Iraqi civilian died and a young child was injured in Central Baghdad today following an accident involving a Coalition Convoy.

09/08/06 MNF: MND-B Soldier dies of wounds from roadside bomb
A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died of wounds at approximately 2 a.m. today [Sept. 8, 2006] after his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad

09/08/06 Reuters: British soldier dies in southern Iraq
A British soldier has been killed in Iraq... A spokeswoman said the soldier, from the 12th regiment of the Royal Artillery, was injured in an attack in al Qurna in the south of the country on Tuesday and died of his injuries on Thursday

09/08/06 AP: Explosion Kills 2, Wounds 6 in Baghdad
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol in eastern Baghdad Friday killed two people and wounded six, police said. The blast occurred in the Zayouna area, and the wounded included three policemen, police 1st Lt. Bilal Ali Majid said.

09/08/06 boston.com: Boston policeman injured in Iraq
Terrence Burke...sustained a leg injury and had been transported to a military hospital in Germany. ``His injury is described as critical, but thankfully he is expected to survive," Goslin said.

09/08/06 mercedsunstar: Iraq veteran suffers wounds on battlefield, home front
Iraq veteran Marcel D'Entremont has a recurring nightmare of being in Baghdad with a roadside bomb about to explode. But when the 37-year-old woke up Friday night, reality tore his world apart.

09/08/06 greenbaypressgazette: Soldier will receive Purple Heart today
A Green Bay soldier is among three members of the Appleton-based 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry who will receive the Purple Heart today for wounds received...Sgt. Luke Luther of Green Bay was wounded by a bomb on Jan. 31

09/07/06 Reuters: Gunmen attack family of policeman in Kirkuk
Gunmen stormed into the home of a policeman in the restive northern city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, killing a member of his family and wounding two others, police said.

09/07/06 Reuters: Bombs kill 2 policemen, 4 civilians in Zaafariniya district
Two bombs planted in a market killed two policemen and four civilians in Zaafariniya in southern Baghdad, police said

09/07/06 Reuters: car bomb kills 2 in Iskandariya
Two people were killed and 15 wounded by a car bomb in Iskandariya 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

09/07/06 usatoday; IED attacks keep rising, U.S. adjusting
Iraqi insurgents continue to increase their homemade-bomb attacks on U.S. and other coalition troops, despite a $3.5 billion Pentagon effort to stop them, a Pentagon official said Thursday.

09/07/06 ananova; Joking hero awarded gallantry medal
An officer who joked as he rescued foot patrols from a deadly firefight in Iraq is among 64 members of the armed forces being honoured for their service. Sergeant James Newell, 33, of the Parachute Regiment, told the patrols...

09/07/06 insidenova: Culpeper soldier dies in Baghdad
Pfc. Edwin Anthony Andino Jr....On Sunday, the 23-year-old Culpeper resident, known as E.J., died while responding to a mortar attack against a U.S. Army camp in Baghdad

09/07/06 AP: Lack of tips affecting efforts to stop roadside bombings in Iraq
PENTAGON Roadside bombs are the number one killer of American soldiers in Iraq. But the Pentagon says it's having a hard time countering the bombers -- in large part because tipsters aren't helping as much.

09/07/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Jeremy R. Shank, 18, of Jackson, Mo., died on Sept. 6 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered in Hawijah, Iraq, when he encountered enemy forces using small arms fire during a dismounted security patrol. Shank was assigned to the 2nd Battalion...

09/07/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Lt. Col. Marshall A. Gutierrez, 41, of New Mexico, died on Sep. 4 in Camp Virginia, Kuwait, from non-combat related injuries. Gutierrez was assigned to the Area Support Group, Arijan, Kuwait.

09/07/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. Germaine L. Debro, 33, of Omaha, Neb., died on Sept. 4 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Debro was assigned to the Army National Guard 1st Squadron...

09/07/06 MNF: U.S. Soldiers kill insurgent and wound another
U.S. Soldiers killed one insurgent and wounded another near Hawija in the Kirkukprovince of Iraq, Thursday. The Soldiers, from 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, spotted the insurgents placing...

09/07/06 MNF: Marine helicopter makes weather-based hard landing
A CH-53 helicopter executed a hard landing in Al Anbar Province today due to reduced visibility caused by dust. There were no injuries caused by this event.

09/07/06 Reuters: Al Jazeera airs audio of new Iraq al Qaeda leader
Al Qaeda's new leader called on Muslims to unify ranks with insurgents in Iraq, according to an audio tape aired by Al Jazeera television on Thursday.

09/07/06 AP: Interior ministry spokesman says 12 policemen killed by bomb
On Thursday, a suicide bomber ploughed his explosives-laden car into a police fuel depot in the town centre, killing at least 12 policemen, said interior ministry spokesman Brigadier General Abdul Karim Khalaf

09/07/06 MNF: Marine killed in Al Anbar Province
One Marine assigned to 1st Marine Logistics Group died today due to wounds sustained from enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province September 6.

09/07/06 denverpost: Officials - Marine's disappearance staged
Boulder authorities say the disappearance last week of a Marine during a hike was staged. Sheriff's deputies arrested Steve Powers, 20, on suspicion of false reporting on Wednesday night.

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09/12/06 Reuters: Design editor of a state-run Iraqi newspaper shot
A design editor of a state-run Iraqi newspaper was shot on his way to work in Baghdad. The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the murder of Abdel Karim al-Rubai, 40, ...was shot on Saturday

09/11/06 Newsweek: Straight to the Heart
Toward the end of July, Capt. Brad Velotta began daydreaming a lot. He thought about making the summer's last run of salmon in Alaska's Russian River, where bears lumber down from the woods and chase fishermen out of the water...

09/11/06 AP: Three bodies found floating in the Tigris
In Kut, about 25 miles south of Baghdad, police said they found the bodies of three men floating in the Tigris. All three were blindfolded, bound and bore signs of torture.

09/11/06 WaPo: Situation Called Dire in West Iraq
The chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that the prospects for securing that country's western Anbar province are dim and that there is almost nothing the U.S. military can do to improve..

09/11/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Anthony P. Seig, 19, of Sunman, Ind., died on Sept. 9, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when he encountered indirect fire from enemy forces while on base. Seig was assigned to the Army's 118th Military Police Company...

09/11/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. John A. Carroll, 26, of Ponca City, Okla., died on Sept. 6 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained when he came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during a dismounted security patrol. Carroll was assigned to the Army 1st Battalion

09/11/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Cpl. Johnathan L. Benson, 21, of North Branch, Minn., died Sept. 9 from wounds suffered on June 17 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...

09/11/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds civilian in Mosul
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in the western part of the flashpoint city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, wounding a passer-by, police said.

09/11/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 2 in Jihad district of Baghdad
A roadside bomb exploded in Jihad district, southern Baghdad, wounding two civilians, an Interior Ministry source said.

09/11/06 Reuters: Car bomb wounds four in Talbiya district of Baghdad
Four civilians were wounded when a car bomb exploded in Talbiya district, northern Baghdad, police and Interior Ministry sources said. The target of the bomb was not clear.

09/11/06 Reuters: Post office employee killed in Baghdad
Gunmen killed a employee of a post office in the mostly Shi'ite district of Bayaa, southern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

09/11/06 Reuters: Up to four U.S. military vehicles found burnt out in Ramadi
Up to four U.S. military vehicles were found burnt out in the Sunni Arab city of Ramadi, 110 km (70 km) west of Baghdad, local residents said. Details of what caused the damage were unclear. There was no immediate U.S. comment.

09/11/06 MoD: Gunner Lee Thornton dies of wounds sustained in Iraq
Gunner Thornton, 22, from 58 (Eyre's) Battery, 12th Regiment Royal Artillery died on 7 September 2006 as a result of injuries sustained two days earlier from a single gunshot wound whilst on patrol in the town of Al Qurna, north of Basra, Iraq.

09/11/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. Luis A. Montes, 22, of El Centro, Calif., died on Sept. 7 in Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of injuries suffered on Sept. 1 in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations

09/11/06 Reuters: Militants kill one person in the mainly Shi'ite city of Hilla
Militants killed one person in the mainly Shi'ite city of Hilla, police said. The identity of the gunmen and the victim were not clear.

09/11/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill civilian in Iskandariya
Gunmen killed a civilian outside his home in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, a police source said.

09/11/06 Reuters: Man's head found at the Hindiya dam
Police said they found a man's head at the Hindiya dam, just west of the city of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad. The identity of the victim was not clear.

09/11/06 Reuters: Gunmen attack and kill policeman his house in the city of Kut
Gunmen killed policeman Hasan Radhi al-Azzawi when they attacked his house in the city of Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

09/11/06 theleafchronicle: Cavalry sergeant earns bronze for valor
Sgt. 1st Class Rayne Jones...was awarded the Bronze Star medal with Valor..."They shot my truck, and the concussion shut the door on my leg. At that point I was really more angry than anything,"

09/11/06 LATimes: Autonomy vote sparks Sunni threat
A parliamentary vote on a Shiite proposal to grant greater autonomy to Iraq's provinces was scuttled Sunday when Sunni Arab legislators, fearing it would divide and weaken the central government, threatened a walkout.

09/11/06 AP: 16 Die In Bombing Near Iraqi Army Recruiting Center
A mini bus exploded on Monday morning near an army recruiting center in central Baghdad. The Defense Ministry said at least 16 people were killed and seven hurt.

09/11/06 PioneerPress: Marine, hurt in June in Iraq, dies
Cpl. Johnathan Benson, of North Branch, lay in his Texas Army hospital bed, his left leg gone, most of his left arm, too, from midway between his elbow and shoulder. The 21-year-old Marine had been wounded by a roadside bomb June 17 during his second...

09/10/06 Reuters: Barber killed in Mosul
Gunmen killed a barber in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday, a hospital official said.

09/10/06 Reuters: Four oil workers killed in Baiji
Four oil workers from Iraq's biggest refinery at Baiji were killed by gunmen as they drove close to the northern town of Tuz Khurmato, hospital and police sources said. A fifth man was wounded.

09/10/06 guardian: US patrols to weed out militias posing as Iraqi police
The police in Baghdad and multinational forces are cracking down on militias posing as police amid continuing accusations that members of the Iraqi police service are involved in kidnappings, torture and extra-judicial killings.

09/10/06 MNF: MND-B Soldier killed by small-arms fire
A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 6:45 p.m. Sunday when terrorists attacked his patrol with small-arms fire north of Baghdad.

09/10/06 AFP: Iraqi police find 16 bullet-riddled corpses
Seven mutilated bodies were fished out of the Tigris river in the town of Suwayrah...The bullet-riddled corpses of three men were found under a bridge on the road north from Baghdad to Balad...three bodies during a raid on a warehouse...

09/10/06 Reuters: Iraqi soldiers repel insurgents near Fatha
Iraqi soldiers killed four insurgents when they repelled an ambush on a road near the town of Fatha southwest of Kirkuk on Saturday, the Iraqi army said..

09/10/06 Reuters: Police General killed by gunmen in Baquba
Gunmen killed police General Majeed al-Mani and two of his bodyguards while he was on a shopping trip in Baquba, police said.

09/10/06 Reuters: Clashes between Sunni and Shi'ite districts in Baquba kill five
Clashes between two Sunni and Shi'ite districts in the town of Baquba 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad killed five people and wounded 14, police said, adding that mortars had been fired during the violence.

09/10/06 Reuters: Iraqi soldier killed by roadside bomb in Ishaqi
A roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded three others in Ishaqi, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad.

09/10/06 Reuters: Civilian killed by crossfire in Falluja
One civilian was killed and another wounded in an exchange of fire between insurgents and a U.S. patrol in Falluja, local police said.

09/10/06 Reuters: Chief of traffic police in Falluja killed in Falluja
The chief of traffic police in Falluja, Brigadier Ahmed Diraa, was ambushed and shot dead in his car by gunmen, police said.

09/10/06 AFP: Three killed, 16 wounded in Baghdad bomb attack
Insurgents killed three people and wounded 16 in a bomb attack in central Baghdad. "The Al-Kindi hospital has received three bodies of people killed in the bomb attack," a medic at the hospital told AFP Sunday.

09/10/06 ellsworthmaine: Wounded Soldier Will Return Home Soon
Cpl. Brian Smith Jr.,...was wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq two weeks ago...needs a “couple more surgeries,” but the shrapnel missed the bone and doctors expect he will recover 90 percent of the use of the injured hand.

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09/13/06 AP: US tries to end Kurdish threat to Turkey
A special US envoy embarked Wednesday on a mission to help Turkey counter Iraq-based Kurdish fighters, whose war for autonomy threatens both the security of this US ally and the stability of northern Iraq

09/13/06 Reuters: Iraqi army kills insurgent, detains others in Baghdad
The Iraqi army killed an insurgent and detained five wanted men and 36 others over the last 24 hours across Iraq, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.

09/13/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills civilian in Mosul
A civilian was killed and seven were wounded, including a policeman, when a roadside bomb exploded and clashes erupted between gunmen and the police in Mosul, police and a Reuters reporter at the scene said.

09/13/06 Reuters: Two killed, eight wounded in attacks in Mosul
A woman was killed and eight were wounded on Tuesday in a driveby shooting while they were on a bus near Mosul, the U.S. military said....Gunmen killed a man in Mosul, police said

09/13/06 Reuters: Violence kills two in Hit
The U.S. military said a female Iraqi was shot in the stomach on Tuesday during a firefight between insurgents and an Iraqi army patrol in Hit, a restive town in mainly Sunni Anbar province. Police in the town said a 5-year-old girl died and blamed...

09/13/06 Reuters: Body of journalist found in eastern Baghdad
Police found the body of Safaa Ismail Inad, a journalist at al-Watan Newspaper, shot in the head near Sadr city in eastern Baghdad, police said.

09/13/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 4 in Kirkuk
Four people, including a child, were wounded when a roadside bomb went off in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said. The target of the explosion was not clear.

09/13/06 Reuters: An oil installation guard was wounded in a clash with gunmen
An oil installation guard was wounded in a clash with gunmen who tried to blow up an oil pipeline in al-Fatha, an area 30 km (20 miles) south of Kirkuk, police said.

09/13/06 Reuters: Iraqi militant group threatens to kill Turkish hostage
An Iraqi militant group holding Turkish hostage Yildirim Tek said in a statement on the Internet it would kill him within 72 hours unless Ankara forces his company to shut down its operations in Iraq.

09/13/06 AP: Gunmen kill civilian, two gunmen killed in western Baghdad
Gunmen killed a man in his car in southern Baghdad and another two gunmen were killed when they tried to kidnap the owner of a currency exchange business in western Baghdad.

09/13/06 AP: Two pedestrians killed by crossfire in Fallujah
In the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, two pedestrians were killed and two others injured apparently in the crossfire between U.S. troops and unidentified gunmen in the city's main market, police Lt. Mohamed Sami said.

09/13/06 AP: Mortar attack kills 2 policemen in neighborhood of Mashtal
Another two policemen were killed when two mortar rounds landed near their station in Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of Mashtal, police Maj. Maher Hamid Mousa said. Three others were injured.

09/13/06 AP: 1 Policeman kill as Mortar sheels hit al-Rashad police station
Two mortar shells struck al-Rashad police station in southeastern Baghdad, killing one policeman and wounding two others, said police 1st Lt. Mohammed Kheyoun.

09/13/06 AP: At least 12 killed, 34 wounded by car bomb (update)
In eastern Baghdad, a parked car bomb exploded next to a passing Iraqi police patrol in the Zayona neighborhood, killing at least 12 people and wounding 34, the U.S. military reported. That number was higher than the eight originally reported

09/13/06 KUNA: Iraqi minister condemns "wicked" attacks on Kuwaiti borders
Iraqi Minister of Culture Asaad Al-Hashemi condemned on Wednesday the acts of the "wicked" Iraqi militant groups that attacked the Kuwaiti-Iraqi borders from time to time, adding that they "only represent themselves."

09/13/06 KCRA.com: Yuba City Soldier Dies In Iraq
A soldier from Yuba City died in the war in Iraq. Pfc. Harley Andrews, 22, was killed Sunday, friends of his family said...Pfc. Harley Andrews Leaves Behind Wife, Son

09/13/06 BBC: Polish PM in military talks in US
Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski is on a visit to the United States to discuss military co-operation in Iraq and Afghanistan.

09/13/06 NYTimes: Iraqi Leader Asks Iran for Help With Security
In his first state visit to Iran, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki today discussed the security situation in Iraq with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and asked for Mr. Ahmadinejad’s support in quelling the violence that threatens...

09/13/06 Reuters: Mortar fire wounds four in Samawa
Four people were wounded when two mortar rounds landed in two different districts in the southern city of Samawa, 270 km (170 miles) south of Baghdad, on Tuesday night, police said.

09/13/06 Reuters: Four bodies retrived from Tigris river in Suwayra
Police retrieved the bodies of four people, including a woman, from the Tigris river in the town of Suwayra, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said

09/13/06 ocregister: Marine breaks down at hearing
A 21-year old Marine broke down in tears after being questioned for an hour about his squad's alleged kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian, a Navy investigator testified Tuesday

09/13/06 VOA: Iraq Car Bomb Kills 14, wound 60 in Baghdad
A car-bomb explosion in Baghdad has killed at least 14 Iraqis and wounded nearly 60 others. Authorities say three policemen were among the dead. The bomb exploded during the morning rush hour Wednesday near a police station in eastern Baghdad.

09/13/06 MNF: MND-B Soldier killed by roadside bomb
Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 10:53 p.m. Tuesday after the vehicle he was riding in was struck by an improvised-explosive device south of Baghdad.

09/13/06 MNF: Soldier killed in Al Anbar Province
One Soldier assigned to a battalion under I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) died Monday, Sept. 11, from injuries sustained due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province.

09/13/06 AP: 60 bodies found scattered around Baghdad
Police said Wednesday that they had found 60 bodies dumped around Baghdad, the majority in predominantly Sunni Arab areas. The bodies were found overnight, 45 in mostly Sunni parts of western Baghdad and the rest in majority Shiite areas...

09/13/06 KUNA: Three killed, 19 injured in booby-trapped explosion in Baghdad
A booby-trapped car blew up killing three Iraqis and injuring at least 19 others near a police station in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday. The explosion was aimed at a patrol that protects power institutions as it was passing near the police station

09/12/06 AP: Vt. Lieutenant Governor Serving in Iraq
Vermont Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie, a colonel in the Air Force reserves, was in Iraq on Tuesday after being called to serve as part of a field assessment team.

09/12/06 WaPo: Even Dating Is Perilous In Polarized Baghdad
He was a dashing young computer engineer. She was a shy student at his alma mater. They fell in love over lunch last year in the university cafeteria and promptly became engaged.

09/12/06 Reuters: DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Alexander Jordan, 31, of Miami, Fla., died on Sept. 10 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when he encountered enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. Jordan was assigned to the 4th Battalion

09/12/06 NPR: Front-Line Baghdad: Stryker Brigade
U.S. troops in Baghdad are expanding operations, with Iraqi soldiers and police trying to bring security to some of the capital's most dangerous districts. Among the U.S. units involved is the Tomahawks Battalion of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team

09/12/06 monroenews: Luna Pier Marine injured in Iraq
A Luna Pier Marine, a young man who knew at an early age that he would serve his country, was wounded Monday in a mortar attack in Iraq and lost a leg. Lance Cpl. Corey Smith, 19, is in critical but stable condition and is expected to be shipped to German

09/12/06 Projo.com: R.I. reservist injured by bombing in Iraq
Patrick Murray...suffered burns on his upper body and injuries to his leg Monday when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb, his father said yesterday from his office in the Fire Department.

09/12/06 dailysentinel: Broaddus soldier injured in Iraq
Spec. William Barth, 23, was critically injured while on maneuvers with the Army 82nd Airborne Division when the device hit his vehicle...When the bomb went off, Barth was hit in the left arm, his side and his left arm

09/12/06 csmonitor: As violence escalates, so does talk of a divided Iraq
In Iraq's Kurdish north, the Iraqi flag no longer flies alongside the Kurdish banner on public buildings - the presi- dent of the largely autonomous Kurdish region has banned it.

09/12/06 AP: Senior military officer plays down intel report on situation in Anbar
The senior commander of U.S. forces in western Iraq on Tuesday played down a classified intelligence report indicating that American troops had failed to dampen the insurgency in volatile Anbar province.

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09/15/06 MNF: MND-B Soldier in DUSTWUN status
A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier has been reported as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown following an incident reported yesterday in which two fellow MND-B Soldiers were killed and 30 Soldiers were injured by a suicide vehicle-borne improvised

09/15/06 BBC: Trenches plan to secure Baghdad
Iraq's interior ministry has announced plans to increase security in Baghdad by digging trenches around the city, and surrounding it with checkpoints.

09/15/06 KUNA: Bomb kills four civilians in Fallujah
At least four Iraqi civilians were killed and another six were wounded Friday when a bomb exploded in a football field in Fallujah City. Eyewitnesses said the bomb was planted inside a public field in the city and it was ignited while...

09/15/06 Newsweek: The First Loss
The call came over Capt. Brad Velotta's radio with the audible clarity that only shocking news can bring. Shots fired, the voice said, with one soldier down, "shot in the head by a sniper." Velotta and his men jumped up from the chai-and-chat session

09/15/06 Reuters: Headless body found in Mussayab
The body of an unidentified man, with a missing head and amputated legs, was retrieved on Thursday from a river in Mussayab, police said.

09/15/06 Reuters: 1 killed, 5 wounded in clashes in al -Fadhl area of Baghdad
One person was killed and five others were wounded in clashes between gunmen and residents in al -Fadhl area, north-central Baghdad, police said

09/15/06 Reuters: 3 Policemen seriously wounded by roadside bomb in Mussayab
police convoy was struck by a roadside bomb late on Thursday in the town of Mussayab, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. Three policemen were wounded in the attack, they said.

09/15/06 Reuters: Nine civilians wounded in attack on U.S. convoy
A car bomb targeting a U.S. military convoy exploded in the outskirts of the northern city of Mosul, wounding nine civilians, police said.

09/15/06 Reuters: Dhi Qar's police kill two members of Mehdi Army militias
Dhi Qar's police killed two members of the Mehdi Army militias who were attempting to launch mortar rounds at an Italian military base in Dhi Qar, south of Baghdad, police sources said. They said the two men were killed in clashes with police.

09/15/06 Xinhua: Australia announces small troops increase in Iraq
Australian Defense Minister Brendan Nelson announced Friday that 20 extra Australian soldiers will be sent to Iraq in the coming weeks to support a new role in the war-torn Middle East country.

09/15/06 13wmaz.com: Iraq Veterans Suffer from Brain Injuries
Lance Cpl. Sam Reyes bears scars from three horrific attacks in Iraq, but his most debilitating wound cannot be seen. He recovered from the chest wound delivered by a machine gun-toting insurgent and the bullet wound to his back that came during an ambush

09/15/06 MNF:MND-B Soldier killed by IED
A Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldier was killed at approximately 9 p.m. Thursday when an improvised-explosive device exploded near his dismounted patrol northwest of Baghdad.

09/15/06 MNF: Marine dies of enemy action
One Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died today from enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province

09/15/06 BBC: Seven US servicemen killed, dozens wounded in the past 48 hours
US military officials said insurgents have killed seven US servicemen and wounded dozens more in the past 48 hours across Iraq.

09/15/06 BBC: Police find 50 corpses in Baghdad
Police in Baghdad have recovered at least 49 bodies from the streets of the capital in the past 24 hours, an interior ministry official has said. A spokesman said most of the victims had been shot in the head, and showed signs of having been tortured.

09/14/06 CSM: Iraqis feel weight of high prices, few jobs
When the top Marine commander in Iraq addressed criticism that US forces appeared to be losing the political, if not the military, fight in Anbar Province recently, he said that success rests as much on restoring a measure of economic stability...

09/14/06 wchstv: Fort Campbell soldier from Tennessee has been killed in Iraq.
A relative told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that Sergeant David Weir, a member of the 101st Airborne Division, was killed late Tuesday or early yesterday. Gerald Sneed told the newspaper that family members believe the 23-year-old was ambushed...

09/14/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Capt. Matthew C. Mattingly, 30, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, died on Sept. 13 in Mosul, Iraq, when he encountered enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. Mattingly was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment...

09/14/06 AP: Iraq official says Syrian help needed
Iraq will spend more on jobs and reconstruction to battle the insurgency in the restive west, but neighboring Syria must clamp down on terrorists crossing the border, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said Thursday.

09/14/06 AP: 25 US soldiers wounded by suicide vehicle-borne IED
It said the wounded Soldiers were evacuated by helicopter to a military hospital. Of the 25 wounded, six have been returned to duty and 15 were listed as not serious.

09/14/06 AP: 2 U.S. troops killed, 25 wounded in Iraq
A suicide car bomber killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded 25 in Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. command said. The attack brought to five the number of Americans who have died in Iraq since Wednesday.

09/14/06 MNF: 2 Soldiers killed by SVBIED, 25 Soldiers wounded
Two Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers were killed and 25 Soldiers were wounded by a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device at approximately 2:50 p.m. today west of Baghdad

09/14/06 NPR: 'Blood Money' Examines Iraq War
Journalist T. Christian Miller of The Los Angeles Times talks about his new book, Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq. Miller writes, "In almost every way, the rebuilding has fallen short."

09/14/06 reuters: Deadly car bombs rock Baghdad (video)
Two car bombs which appear to have been aimed at Iraqi police killed ten people and wounded 39 others in Baghdad on September 14.

09/14/06 IRIN: Armed conflict depriving youth of education, report says
The UK-based charity organisation Save the Children has launched a global report exposing the devastating consequences of armed conflict on education in 30 countries. As the only country in the Middle East assessed...

09/14/06 NYTimes: Food worth dying for? Some in Baghdad decide it's worth the risk
Being the most popular restaurant in Sadr City is about as mixed a blessing as there is in Baghdad nowadays. On the one hand, the restaurant, Habayibna, is so revered by its customers that several said they would rather die in their red plastic seats..

09/14/06 Reuters: 32 bodies found in Baghdad (update)
Thirty-two bodies, most bound, tortured and executed, were found in various locations in Baghdad over the last 24 hours. This brings the total to nearly 100 in two days.

09/14/06 Reuters: Police lieutenant-colonel killed in Mosul,
Gunmen killed a police lieutenant-colonel in the northern city of Mosul, police said.

09/14/06 Reuters: Family of six shot dead in western Baghdad
A Shi'ite family of six, including a three-month-old boy, were shot dead in their home in a Sunni district of western Baghdad, family members said.

09/14/06 Reuters: Two civilians killed in Daquq
Abdulla Khalaf, a member of the city county, and his son were killed in a drive-by shooting in the small town of Daquq, south of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

09/14/06 Reuters: "Fourth-ranked al-Qaeda leader" arrested in near Baquba
Iraq's Defence Ministry said its troops arrested the fourth-ranked al-Qaeda leader, Thamer Mohsen al- Jibouri, known as Abu Ayman, in northeast of Baghdad, the state-owned television al-Iraqiya said.

09/14/06 Reuters: Suicide bomber kills policemen in Tal Afar
A suicide bomber strapped with explosives detonated himself at a police checkpoint in Tal Afar, about 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, killing one policeman and wounding two civilians, police and hospital sources said.

09/14/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills five civilians in Falluja
A roadside bomb targetting an Iraqi army patrol killed five civilians and wounded 15 outside a soccer field in Falluja, in the restive western province of Anbar, a hospital source said.

09/14/06 AP: U-S official confirms rise in sectarian violence
The top U-S military spokesman in Iraq confirmed a spike in sectarian violence around the capital over the past 24 hours. Major General William Caldwell says there was an increase in "murder-executions," probably from an increase in sectarian violence.

09/14/06 MNF: Task Force Lightning Soldier killed
A Soldier attached to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, was wounded by enemy fire Wednesday near Mosul. The Soldier was transported to a military hospital where he later died of wounds.

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09/19/06 TheOklahoman: Guardsman wounded in Iraq returns to Kingston
The war in Iraq left Army National Guard Spc. Matt Herndon with a broken arm, a broken forearm, a fractured wrist and two bullet holes. The Kingston soldier returned home Wednesday and now enters months of physical therapy.

09/19/06 Reuters: Motar fire kills 10, wounds 20 in southern Baghdad
Mortars slammed into residential homes in southern Baghdad, killing 10 people and wounding 20, an Interior Ministry source said. A police source gave an initial toll of two people killed and 19 wounded, adding the numbers could change

09/19/06 Reuters: Car bomb kills 18 in Mosul
A car bomb followed by a suicide blast killed 18 people and wounded 11 in Sherqat, a town near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday, police said.

09/19/06 Reuters: Iraq government sacks Saddam's genocide trial judge
Iraq's government said on Tuesday it had sacked the chief judge trying Saddam Hussein on genocide charges, saying he had sacrificed his neutrality by stating last week the ousted leader was not a dictator.

09/19/06 Reuters: U.S. eyes up to $750 million in military sales to Iraq
The Pentagon notified U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday about the possible sale to Iraq of up to $500 million in helicopters, weapons and vehicles and up to $250 million in logistics support for those systems.

09/19/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Russell M. Makowski, 23, of Union, Mo., died of injuries suffered in Taji, Iraq, on Sept. 14 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat operations. Makowski was assigned to the 4th Battalion...

09/19/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. James R. Worster, 24, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, died from a non-combat related incident on Sept. 18 in Baghdad, Iraq. Worster was assigned to the 10th Combat Support Hospital, 43rd Area Support Group, Fort Carson, Colo.

09/19/06 AP: Young children fight U.S. troops in Iraq
Shiite militias are encouraging children - some as young as 6 or 7 - to hurl stones and gasoline bombs at U.S. convoys, hoping to lure American troops into ambushes or provoke them into shooting back, U.S. soldiers say.

09/19/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Jeffrey P. Shaffer, 21, of Harrison, Ark., died of injuries sustained in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept.13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle during combat operations...

09/19/06 MNF: 89th MP Brigade Soldier killed and two others wounded
An 89th Military Police Brigade Soldier was killed and two other Coalition Force Soldiers were wounded at approximately 3:45 p.m. Tuesday when the vehicle they were traveling in was struck by a suicide car bomb in Mosul.

09/19/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill two members of the ousted Baath Party in Najaf
Gunmen killed two members of the ousted Baath Party in the Shi'ite city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

09/19/06 Reuters: Mortar fire kills 2, wounds 7 in Mahmudiya
Two people were killed and seven wounded when three mortar rounds landed in two different areas of Mahmudiya.

09/19/06 Reuters: Civilian killed car bomb in al-Rasheed
A civilian was killed and two others were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a U.S. patrol in the town of al-Rasheed town, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

09/19/06 Reuters: 11 bullet riddled bodies found in Mahmudiya
A total of 11 bodies, with bullet holes and signs of torture, were found in different areas in the town of Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

09/19/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill 11 people across Baquba
Gunmen killed 11 people across Baquba, north of Baghdad, including a former army officer and his wife, police said.

09/19/06 AP: Gen. Says U.S. May Boost Forces in Iraq
The U.S. military will likely maintain or possibly even increase the current force levels of more than 140,000 troops in Iraq through next spring, the top US. commander in the Middle East said Tuesday in one of the gloomiest assessments yet...

09/19/06 AP: Rocket Attack in Baghdad Kills 10 People
A rocket attack on a Shiite neighborhood in southern Baghdad Tuesday killed 10 people and wounded 19, police said. Five rockets landed on houses in the Abu Tesher neighborhood in the predominantly Sunni Arab Dora district

09/19/06 telegraph: British soldier admits Iraqi war crime
A soldier has become the first member of the British armed forces to admit a war crime. Cpl Donald Payne pleaded guilty to inhumanely treating civilians detained in Iraq. The guilty plea was entered as seven British soldiers went on trial...

09/19/06 Reutes: Iraqi Boy Was Country's Third Bird Flu Case
A three-year-old Iraqi boy in Baghdad has been confirmed as having survived a mild case of bird flu last March, the first confirmed human infection in the capital, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

09/19/06 AP: Kurdish party to get shut down in Iraq
The Iraqi government said Tuesday it will shut down all offices belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, around the country.

09/19/06 Reuters:General sees no troop cut in Iraq before spring
The general who oversees the Iraq war said on Tuesday he did not expect any reductions in the size of the U.S. force until at least the end of spring 2007, as American troops try to prevent Iraq from falling into civil war.

09/19/06 AFP: British troops shoot dead southern Iraq militia leader
British soldiers have shot dead a Shiite militia commander in the main southern Iraqi city of Basra, a military spokesman said.

09/19/06 MNF: Taskforce 3d MEDCOM Soldier dies
A Soldier assigned to Taskforce 3d MEDCOM died yesterday in Baghdad from non-battle related injuries. The Soldier was part of the medical task force which provides care throughout Iraqi.

09/19/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. Adam L. Knox, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, died on Sept. 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his patrol encountered enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. Knox was assigned to the Army Reserve 346th Psychological...

09/19/06 UnionLeader: Marine is home to recover after being hit by enemy sniper
Louis Stamatelos Jr....: on July 21, he was nearly killed when a sniper shot him through the right shoulder while he was on guard duty in the city of Karmha.

09/19/06 hindustantimes: Journalist shot dead in Baghdad
Militants murdered a Baghdad TV journalist in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported on Tuesday. Ahmed Riyadh al-Karbouli, 25, was shot by six men after midday prayers on Monday...

09/19/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 2 civilians in Baquba
Two civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off in a village near Baquba, police said. The target of the explosion was not clear.

09/19/06 AP: Roadside bomb wounds 4 civilians in Mosul
In northern Iraq, a roadside bomb aimed at a U.S. military convoy in the city of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, wounded four civilians, said police Col. Abdul-Karim Ahmed Khalaf.

09/19/06 Reuters: Policeman and 4 civilians killed in Baquba
A policeman was killed and six people, including four civilians, were wounded when gunmen attacked them in the religiously mixed city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

09/19/06 Reuters: Five U.S. Soldiers wounded by roadside bomb
Five U.S. soldiers were wounded on Monday night when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in the southern city of Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. A tank was damaged in the explosion.

09/19/06 AFP: British and Iranian consulates in Basra attacked
The Iranian and British consulates in the southern Iraqi city of Basra have come under attack, Iraqi police and British officials said. Two rockets crashed into the outer wall of the Iranian consulate early Tuesday while a third hit a police vehicle

09/19/06 AFP: Iraq to debate division law as Annan warns of civil war
Iraqi lawmakers are set this week to debate a controversial draft law to divide the war-torn country into autonomous regions, after UN chief Kofi Annan voiced fears of all-out civil war.

09/19/06 AP: Car bomb in western Baghdad kills 2 wounds 25
A car bomb exploded near a gas station in western Baghdad today, killing two civilians and wounding another 25, police said. The parked car exploded in the Hay al-Amil district, and the wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital

09/19/06 adn: Two 172nd soldiers wounded in attack Sunday
A Fort Wainwright soldier was killed in Iraq on Sunday...Two other 172nd soldiers were injured in the incident...One was listed as seriously injured, the other as not seriously injured. Both were evacuated to medical facilities in Iraq.

09/19/06 Xinhua : British soldier wounded in gunbattle in southern Iraq
A British soldier was wounded in a clash with suspected terrorists in the Iraqi southern city of Basra, in which an Iraqi suspect was killed, a British spokesman said on Tuesday.

[Boogyman]

09/21/06 columbian: Vancouver soldier killed in Iraq
Army Master Sgt. Robb Gordon Needham of Vancouver, was killed in Iraq Wednesday. Needham, 51, was in his 25th year in the Army and on his third tour of duty to Iraq. Needham died when hit by a bullet on a patrol...It was apparently fired by a sniper.

09/21/06 AP: Army Ends Best Recruiting Year Since 1997
The Army is ending its best recruiting year since 1997 and expecting similar success in 2007, despite the weight of grim war news from Iraq, Army Secretary Francis Harvey said Thursday.

09/21/06 NYTimes: Strained, Army Looks to Guard For More Relief
Strains on the Army from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have become so severe that Army officials say they may be forced to make greater use of the National Guard to provide enough troops for overseas deployments

09/21/06 sptimes: War injury now tears family
After a bomb tore through Cpl. Josh Cooley’s brain, his family set out to heal him together. In the two months after his return from Iraq, his parents and wife shared sleeping quarters close to his hospital bed in Bethesda, Md

09/21/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Sgt. Christopher M. Zimmerman, 28, of Stephenville, Texas, died Sept. 20 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division...

09/21/06 Reuters: Sunni group accuses militia and government forces of killing five
The Sunni religious organisation, the Muslim Scholars Association, accused unnamed militia and government forces of killing five people in the village of al-Intsar, on the northeastern outskirts of Baghdad late on Wednesday.

09/21/06 Reuters: Police kill man wearing a suicide vest in Tal Afar
Police killed a man wearing a suicide vest in the tense northern city of Tal Afar, the head of the local authority Najim Abdullah said. The man ignored an order to stop. The shots detonated his explosives.

09/21/06 AP: Massachusetts soldier based at Fort Hood dies in Iraq
20-year-old Fort Hood soldier from Massachusetts has been killed in Iraq. The tank he was driving was hit by an improvised bomb. The defense department says Jared Raymond of Swampscott, Massachusetts, died Tuesday in Taji, Iraq.

09/21/06 Reuters: 38 more bodies found in Baghdad
Thirty-eight bodies were found dumped in the streets of Baghdad, a toll that has become almost routine in the capital over the past weeks as death squads roam its streets, dragging victims out of homes and shops, torturing and killing them.

09/21/06 AP: Old tactics used to stop Iraq smuggling
The soldiers of the Queen's Royal Hussars are traveling light, borrowing tactics from the British army's desert campaigns of World War II as they target arms smuggling across the rugged Iranian border.

09/21/06 AP: Kentucky Soldier's Death Under Investigation
A Kentucky National Guard soldier died in Iraq of non combat-related causes, guard officials said Thursday. Sgt. 1st Class Charles Jason Jones, 29, of Lawrenceburg died Wednesday in Baghdad, guard officials said.

09/21/06 AP: Casey - Iraq war becoming internal fight
The conflict in Iraq is changing from a fight against U.S.-led coalition forces to an internal struggle for political and economic power, the top U.S. general in Iraq told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday.

09/21/06 AP: Kidnap victims unwittingly turned into 'suicide bombers'
Iraq You hear a lot about "suicide bombers" in Iraq. But there's new information that at least some of those people are not trying to kill themselves at all. They're actually murder victims.

09/21/06 MNF: Soldier dies in Al Anbar
One Soldier assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division died today

9/21/2006] as a result of wounds sustained from enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province.

09/21/06 esercito: MILITARE DECEDUTO IN UN INCIDENTE STRADALE (bad translation)
Caporal Maggiore Massimo Vitaliano (25)...died as a result of an accident on the outskirts of Nassyriah in Iraq, during a normal patrolling.

09/21/06 esercito: NASSYRIAH, MILITARE DECEDUTO IN UN INCIDENTE STRADALE
Il Caporal Maggiore scelto Massimo Vitaliano, 25 anni nato a Galatina (LE), effettivo al Reggimento "Cavalleggeri Guide" é deceduto in seguito a un incidente stradale verificatosi nei dintorni di Nassyriah in Irak, durante un normale pattugliamento.

09/21/06 AP: Torture reaches new depths in Iraq
Torture in Iraq is reportedly worse now than it was under deposed president Saddam Hussein, the United Nations' chief anti-torture expert said Thursday.

09/21/06 Reuters: 2 policemen killed, 2 wounded in Baquba
Gunmen attacked a police patrol and killed two policemen and wounded two others in Baquba, police said.

09/21/06 Reuters: Governor of Diyala province escapes assassination attempt
The governor of Diyala province Raad Rasheed al-Timimi escaped an assassination attempt when a roadside bomb exploded near his motorcade in Baquba, police said.

09/21/06 Reuters: 67 suspected insurgents arrested in the past 24 hour
The Iraqi army arrested 67 suspected insurgents in the past 24 hour period throughout Iraq, the defence ministry said in a statement.

09/21/06 Reuters: Two Iraqi soldiers killed in Diwaniya
A roadside bomb killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded four in the southern city of Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police said

09/21/06 Reuters: Militants wound three in attack in southern Baghdad
Militants wounded three Iraqi employees for a Kuwaiti mobile phone firm when they attacked their car in southern Baghdad, police said.

09/21/06 Reuters: Gunmen attack two banks, kidnap four employees
Gunmen wounded the manager of a small bank in central Baghdad...Gunmen stormed a bank and kidnapped four employees in central Baghdad, police said.

09/21/06 Reuters: Four bodies found in minibus
The bodies of four people were found in a minibus in Baghdad's mainly Sunni Adhamiya district, police said.

09/21/06 Reuters: Bomb kills 3 policemen, another wounded by gunmen
A bomb killed three policemen guarding a local power grid and wounded four in the southern Baghdad district of Doura, police said....Gunmen wounded a policeman and two civilians in western Baghdad, police said.

09/21/06 Reuters: Bombs kill 5, wound 14 in Baghdad
A car bomb killed two people and wounded eight when it exploded in western Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite Hurriya district, police said...A roadside bomb killed three people and wounded six others in the mainly Shi'ite district of New Baghdad

09/21/06 Reuters: Katyusha rockets land home in Baghdad house killing five residents
Four Katyusha rockets landed on a house killing five residents and wounding four in southern Baghdad, police said.

09/21/06 Reuters: Three policemen killed by gunmen in Baquba
Gunmen killed three policemen after attacking their patrol in the religiously-mixed city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

09/21/06 Reuters: Gunmen shot and kill three civilians in Kerbala
Gunmen shot and killed three civilians in different parts of Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) southwest of Baghdad, police said.

09/21/06 wlextv: Kentucky National Guardsman Dies In Iraq
A Kentucky National Guardsman has died in Iraq from non combat-related injuries, according to a press release Thursday. Though the name of the guardsman has not yet been released, his family has been notified...

09/21/06 AP: Italian soldier dies in accident in southern Iraq
Another Italian soldier died Thursday in an accident in southern Iraq, hours before Italy handed over control of Dhi Qar, the Italian defense ministry said.

09/21/06 MND-B Soldier killed by roadside bombMND-B Soldier killed by roadside bomb
Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 10:30 p.m. Wednesday after the vehicle he was traveling in was struck by an improvised-explosive device in northern Baghdad.

09/21/06 Xinhua: Iraq takes over security in S Dhi Qar province
Italian troops in Iraq handed over security for the southern Dhi Qar province on Thursday to Iraqis in the second such transfer of an entire province. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hailed the security transfer of Dhi Qar province

09/21/06 VOA: Car bomb kills two civilians in Baghdad
Iraqi security officials say... two people died and at least eight others were wounded in a car bomb blast in a Shi'ite neighborhood market in northeastern Baghdad.

09/21/06 VOA: Six policemen killed in Baghdad
Iraqi security officials say six policemen...The officials say gunmen attacked a police station in the city's upscale Mansur district, killing six officers and wounding another.

[Boogyman]

09/24/06 AP: Iraqi parties agree to go ahead with Shiite federalism bill
Iraq's fractious ethnic and religious parliamentary groups agreed Sunday to open debate on a contentious Shiite-proposed draft legislation that will allow the creation of federal regions in Iraq, politicians said.

09/24/06 NYTimes: Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terror Threat
A stark assessment has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.

09/24/06 Xinhua: Rising prices, the unbearable heavy for Iraqis
After three years of the U.S.-led invasion, Iraqis feel they have to face more and more troubles with rising prices in amid ongoing inflation. Um Muhammed, a mother of four children in Baghdad, said she only bought vegetables for her family...

09/24/06 AP: Policeman gunned down in east Baghdad
An Iraqi soldier died in a morning attack in east Baghdad, where he was gunned down in his car on his way to report to his unit, police said

09/24/06 Reuters: Roadside bombs kill one civilian, wound two
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded two civilians in the northern city of Mosul...Another roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed a man in Mosul, a hospital sources said.

09/24/06 Reuters: Mortar rounds kill civilian in Mussayab
A man was killed and five wounded when three mortar rounds landed in a residential neighbourhood in the town of Mussayab, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

09/24/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill Iraqi translator in Samawa
Gunmen killed an Iraqi translator working with the U.S.-led forces on Saturday in the southern city of Samawa, 270 km (168 miles) south of Baghdad, one of his relatives and a hospital source said.

09/24/06 Reuters: Police Colonel killed in Tikrit
Gunmen killed police Colonel Ismail Jihayan, deputy head of the Salahideein police headquarters, on Saturday in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

09/24/06 Reuters: 10 bodies found in Falluja
Police found the bodies of 10 people with signs of torture and bullet holes in their bodies during the last three days in Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

09/24/06 Reuters: Car bomb kills 2 policemen in Tal Afar
A suicide car bomber killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded three, including a civilian, when he rammed his car into their checkpoint in the northern town of Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said.

09/24/06 AP: Mortar rounds slam into ministry building, wounding 3 civilians
Two mortar shells slammed into the ministry building and its garden at 8:40 a.m., seriously injuring three civilians, police Lt. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said. The attackers were not identified.

09/24/06 VOI: Leader of armed group arrested with 7 aides in Baghdad
Iraqi army forces arrested the leader of Thawrat al-Ishreen armed group along with seven aides in north Baghdad, al-Iraqiya official TV channel reported on Sunday

09/24/06 dpa: Explosion near Iraqi church kills 4, wounds 14
A car bomb blast near a Christian church in Baghdad on early Sunday killed four civilians and wounded 14 others including four Iraqi policemen...The policemen who were killed were members of a security patrol, employed to guard the church.

09/24/06 pressherald: Contractors find danger stalks jobs in Iraq
During his year in Iraq, James Gillway escaped harm when insurgents blew up a nearby hotel and killed dozens of civilians at an entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone. Some of his colleagues were killed by car bombs and others died in a car accident...

09/23/06 Reuters: Militant group claims to kill 4 Indians and 3 Pakistanis
Sunni militant group Ansar al-Sunna posted on the Internet photographs of the identity cards of four Indians and three Pakistanis and said they were among 10 South Asian Shi'ite Muslims it killed in Iraq as they headed for Syria

09/23/06 AFP: Iraqi rebel bastion recruits locals for the city police
Major Ted Gates is about to get the monthly police recruiting session under way in the Sunni insurgent bastion of Ramadi. "Sixty to a hundred will be a good day," he says hopefully.

09/23/06 KUNA: At least 17 reported dead or injured in motorcycle bomb,
Iraq marked a bloody start to Ramadan on Saturday, with at least nine Iraqis killed and eight others injured when a motorcycle bomb exploded at a restaurant in Baghdad and an attack at Neayriya suburb

09/23/06 AP: Terror group posts footage of bodies
An al-Qaida-linked group posted a Web video Saturday purporting to show the bodies of two American soldiers being dragged behind a truck, then set on fire in apparent retaliation for the rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman by U.S. troops...

09/23/06 MNF: Two Coalition Soldiers Killed
Two Task Force Lightning Soldiers were killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device exploded near their patrol outside the Kirkuk city of Hawija today.

09/23/06 AFP: Nine severed police heads found in Saddam's hometown (update)
Nine severed heads of policemen were found in the central Iraqi city of Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein. Two boxes containing the heads were tossed out of a speeding car in the centre of Tikrit, the capital of Salaheddin province

09/23/06 registerguard: Iraqi troops reluctant to help out in Baghdad
Only a quarter of the Iraqi Army forces that had been designated more than a month ago to work on security improvements in the capital have arrived, a sign of continuing problems with the government of Iraq's ability to command and move its troops.

09/23/06 AFP: Eight injured in bombing that killed Danish soldier
One soldier was killed on the spot and a second was injured, although his life is not in danger, he said. Seven others were slightly injured...The injured were taken by a British helicopter to the army hospital at the headquarters...

09/23/06 AP: Pa. soldier, 21, killed in suicide bombing in Baghdad
Jennifer Marie Hartman, 21, was in her barracks at a west Baghdad electrical substation that her unit was guarding when the Sept. 14 car bombing occurred, the Department of Defense said Friday. Two other soldiers were killed...

09/23/06 Reuters: Leader of top militant group said captured in Iraq
Iraq said it captured the leader of a top Iraqi insurgent group, Ansar al-Sunna, along with two of his aides north of Baghdad, state television reported on Saturday

09/23/06 AP: Gunmen throw decapitated heads into open-air market in Beiji
In a grisly scene in Beiji, about 155 miles north of Baghdad, gunmen threw the decapitated heads of ten men into a popular open-air market at about 4:30 p.m., police said. They then fled the scene.

09/23/06 Reuters: Danish soldier killed by roadside bomb south of Basra
A Danish soldier was killed in southern Iraq on Saturday after his patrol vehicle hit a bomb by the side of the road south of the city of Basra, the Danish central army command said.

09/23/06 Reuters: Five bodies found in Mahmudiya
Police found five bodies bearing signs of torture and bullet wounds, in different parts of the small town of Mahmudiya just south of Baghdad, police said.

09/23/06 Reuters: Woman's body found northwest of Kirkut
Police found the body of an Iraqi woman in a small river northwest of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, police said.

09/23/06 Reuters: Body of teenage boy found in Rashad
The body of a teenage boy was found dumped on a roadside in the small town of Rashad, 30 km (20 miles) southwest of Kirkuk. Police said the body had numerous gunshot wounds.

09/23/06 MNF: MND-B Soldier killed by roadside bomb
Baghdad Soldier died at approximately noon today [Sept. 23, 2006] after the vehicle he was traveling in was struck by an improvised-explosive device in northern Baghdad.

09/23/06 Reuters: American killed at Iraq palace base
Authorities say a US contractor working for the American consulate in Iraq's second biggest city, Basra, has been killed by a rocket that struck the city's main British compound overnight...The missile struck the Basra Palace compound

09/23/06 NYTimes: New York City’s Reservists Are Asked to Return Iraq Pay
When they were called up for military service in the wake of 9/11, hundreds of uniformed city workers in the Reserves faced the suspension of their city health and pension benefits. The city offered them an option: it would keep paying their salaries...

09/23/06 AP: More War Veterans Suffering From Stress
More than one-third of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seeking medical treatment from the Veterans Health Administration report symptoms of stress or other mental disorders - a tenfold increase in the last 18 months, according to an agency study.

09/23/06 AP: U.S. State Department contractor killed in rocket attack in Iraq
An American contractor working for the State Department was killed in a rocket attack in Basra, the U.S. Embassy said Saturday. The contractor was killed in an attack on the city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad on Friday

09/23/06 Reuters: Tribal leader killed in Najaf
Gunmen shot dead Fadhil Abu Seybi, the leader of a local tribe, near his home in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

[stevekaw]

Perhaps, most poignantly for us:

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[Boogyman]

Thank you, SK, I was beginninig to think no one cared.

:usa:

[Boogyman]

09/27/06 guardian: Relocation protest by MoD depot workers threatens troop supplies
Frontline British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq face shortages in a range of equipment, from ammunition to toilet paper, following a decision by 4,000 defence workers to take industrial action over job losses.

09/27/06 theherald: First US woman officer killed by Iraq blast
THE first female US army officer to die in action in Iraq was named yesterday as Lieutenant Emily Perez, 23, bringing the number of women soldiers of all ranks killed there since 2003 to 61.

09/27/06 AP: Iraqis back attacks on U.S. troops
About six in 10 Iraqis say they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, and slightly more than that want their government to ask U.S. troops to leave within a year, according to a poll in that country.

09/27/06 AP: Second commander in Iraq says it is imperative to disarm militias
The second ranking U.S. military commander in Iraq said Wednesday that it is imperative to disarm militias, but that the Iraqi government must decide when it should be done.

09/27/06 AP: Researchers - Most Iraqis dislike both U.S. troops and bin Laden
As many as six in ten Iraqis say they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces in their country. But almost as many say they also have an overwhelmingly negative opinion of Osama bin Laden

09/27/06 AP: Raid in Iraq kills 8; relatives deny terror ties
American troops killed eight people — four of them women — after taking heavy fire during a raid Wednesday on a suspected terrorist’s house northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. command said.

09/27/06 AP: Army brings charges against AWOL Oregon woman
The U.S. Army brought charges Wednesday against a military police officer who refused to return to Iraq after alleging her supervisor coerced her into a sexual relationship.

09/27/06 thekansascitychannel: Mo. Soldier Accused Of Murdering Prisoners
The military is accusing a Missouri soldier of killing Iraqi prisoners, but his mother said her son is innocent, KMBC's Bev Chapman reported Wednesday.

09/27/06 kbtv4: Port Arthur Resident Killed in Iraq
Relatives tell us 28-year-old Edward Charles Reynolds was killed monday night in Iraq when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb. Reynolds was in the Army and had been in Iraq for nearly two years.

09/27/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Jared J. Raymond, 20, of Swampscott, Mass., died on Sept. 19, in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A2 Abrams Tank during combat operations in Taji, Iraq.

09/27/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Pfc. Christopher T. Riviere, 21, of Cooper City, Fla., died Sept. 26 of wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 3rd Marine Division

09/27/06 MNF: MND-B Soldier dies from wounds following small-arms fire attack
A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died at approximately noon today [Sept. 27, 2006] from wounds he received when his patrol was attacked by small-arms fire in southern Baghdad

09/27/06 AFP: Saudi Arabia plans Iraqi border fence
Saudi Arabia has said it is pushing ahead with plans to build a 900km fence along its border with Iraq in an attempt to improve security.

09/27/06 Reuters: Ten killed in attack at Sunni mosque
Gunmen opened fire near a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, killing 10 civilians at the time of Ramadan evening prayers on Wednesday, Interior Ministry and police sources said.

09/27/06 AFP: US generals up pressure on Iraq over militias
US commanders in Iraq are worried about the increasing power of illegal militias and are urging the embattled government to do more to bring them under control, officers said.

09/27/06 AFP: Suicide attacks in Iraq at all time high:
The past week has seen the highest number of suicide attacks in Iraq since the March 2003 US-led invasion, with half of them targeting security forces, a coalition spokesman has said.

09/27/06 Reuters: Reuters seeks Pentagon probe on journalist’s death
Reuters urged the U.S. military on Sunday to investigate the killing of one of its journalists by American troops in Baghdad a year ago. An independent inquiry commissioned by Reuters concluded that the soldiers’ shooting of television soundman...

09/27/06 grandhaventribune: Tri-Cities area sees its first injured soldier in Iraq
Tony Griffin...was the gunner in the turret of a Humvee at the time of the explosion. When the blast hit, the Humvee rolled onto the driver's side, and the turret fell on top of Tony, injuring his left ankle, leg, arm and face...

09/27/06 MNF: MNF-W Marine dies in Anbar
One Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died Monday from enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province

09/27/06 Reuters: Sister of Shi'ite MP Liqaa al-Yaseen shot and killed
Nima al-Yaseen, the sister of Shi'ite MP Liqaa al-Yaseen, was shot dead on Tuesday as she headed to work in western Baghdad, a spokesman from the MP's political party said.

09/27/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds three policemen in Mussayab
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in Mussayab, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, wounding three policemen, a police source said.

09/27/06 Reuters: 1 insurgent killed, 3 detained in Mosul
An insurgent was killed when clashes erupted between insurgents and the Iraqi army in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, Army Major Khalid al-Jibouri said. Three insurgents were detained after the clash.

09/27/06 Reuters: Mortar fire kills 2 Iraqi soldiers in Rashad
Mortar rounds landed on and around an Iraqi army checkpoint in the small town of Rashad south of Kirkuk, killing two soldiers and wounding three others, police said.

09/27/06 Reuters: Police patrol transferring detainees struck by roadside bomb
A police patrol transferring detainees was struck by a roadside bomb in Baquba. It killed four people, including two detainees, and wounded two policemen, a police source said.

09/27/06 MNF: MNF-W Soldier dies in Anbar
One Soldier assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division died Monday from enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province

09/27/06 AP: Sniper kills Iraqi soldier in Karma
In Karma, 50 miles west of Baghdad, an Iraqi soldier on foot patrol was gunned down by a sniper, according to an Iraqi police lieutenant.

09/27/06 AP: Gunmen kill two in Baghdad's Dora district
In the capital's Dora district, an official of the neighborhood power station and a friend were killed, police said. The two were shot by unknown assailants while driving through the area.

09/27/06 AP: Car bomb kills police detective in Baghdad
In Baghdad, a police detective was killed in a morning attack, when a bomb hidden in his car detonated, police Lt. Bilal Ali Majeed said. The blast on the city center's Rasheed Street also wounded one passer by, Majeed said.
09/27/06 AP: Nine corpses pulled from the Tigris river

The corpses of nine people were pulled out of the Tigris river. They had been blindfolded, had their hands and legs tied, and showed signs of torture, al-Rubaie said.

09/27/06 AP: Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and three wounded in Kirkuk
Two Iraqi soldiers were also killed and three wounded when unidentified people opened fire on them in their car in an area south of Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad. The incident occurred Tuesday evening, officials said.

09/27/06 CNN: Police count 77 bodies found in Baghdad this week
Police said Wednesday they discovered 17 unidentified bodies in the past 24 hours, putting the total number of corpses found in the Iraqi capital this week at 77.

09/27/06 AP: Insurgent leader captured in Iraq
Iraqi security forces have arrested another leader of the 1920 Revolution Brigades, a group accused of numerous attacks on U.S. forces, the General Command of the Armed Forces said Wednesday. The man was arrested Tuesday night in the village of al-Jazira

09/27/06 AP: Four civilians killed during raid in Baqouba
Iraq The U-S military says four suspected terrorists and four civilians were killed today during a raid in Iraq...Troops moving through the building after the airstrike found the bodies of two more suspects and four women, along with weapons...

09/27/06 BBC: British launch Iraq police purge
British and Iraqi forces have launched a major drive in Basra city aimed at purging the police of the militias that have infiltrated their ranks. About 1,000 British troops and 2,300 Iraqis have begun to deploy as part of...Operation Sinbad.

09/26/06 ktva: Newlywed wife maintains vigil after husband wounded in Iraq
25-year old Army Sergeant Paul Gregory, had been seriously wounded by a suicide bomber...He was on foot patrol in Baghdad when a suicide truck driver exploded a bomb buried in a pile of gravel in the truck bed. Gregory and others were peppered...

[stevekaw]

Lots of us do care...few of us know how to say so.

[Boogyman]

09/29/06 AP: U.S. citizen found in Iraq charged with supporting terror group
A naturalized U.S. citizen from Iran who was found in Iraq was indicted Friday on charges of providing support to a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the current Iranian regime, federal prosecutors said.

09/29/06 independent: Soldier was alive hours after Iraq ambush, inquest told
A British soldier was still alive as his killers filmed him surrounded by an angry crowd days after the Iraq invasion.

09/29/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualties
Staff Sgt. Edward C. Reynolds, Jr., 27, of Groves, Texas and Pfc. Henry Paul, 24, of Kolonia Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia...ied in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 26, of injuries suffered when their M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled over

09/29/06 Reuters: Turkish PM says Kurd rebels must give up arms
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, speaking after a jailed rebel leader called for a ceasefire in a separatist conflict, said Kurdish militants had to give up their weapons, media reports said on Friday.

09/29/06 Reuters: Gunmen firing from car kill three Iraqi soldiers in Rashad
Gunmen firing from a car killed three Iraqi soldiers, two of them brothers, in the small town of Rashad, 20 km (12 miles) southwest of the northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said.

09/29/06 Reuters: Two roadside bombs explod near National Theatre in Baghdad
Two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession near the National Theatre in central Baghdad, killing one passer-by and wounding 10, police said.

09/29/06 Reuters: Iraqi military launch a major security operation in Baquba,
The Iraqi military said it had launched a major security operation in Baquba, capital of the volatile ethnically- and religiously-mixed Diyala province northeast of the capital. It said 60 suspected insurgents were arrested in door-to-door sweeps.

09/29/06 Reuters: Motar fire kill woman in Mahmudiya
Two mortar rounds landed on a residential area in northern Mahmudiya, about 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, killing one woman and wounding three members of her family, police said.

09/29/06 Reuters: Two policemen killed in Baghdad
Two policemen were killed and two women wounded when gunmen clashed with police forces in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, police said.

09/29/06 Reuters: Six gunmen killed in Hawija
Six gunmen in a truck were killed when they attempted to attack an army checkpoint in Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, the army media office said.

09/29/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill Sunni leader of Marsoumi tribe
Gunmen killed Turki al-Marsoumi, a Sunni leader of the Marsoumi tribe, in a drive-by shooting in Doura, southern Baghdad, police said

09/29/06 Reuters: U.S. troops search home of Sunni political leader
Adnan al-Dulaimi, a top Sunni political leader, said U.S. troops searched one of his homes in Baghdad and detained one of his guards. But he denied any illegal weapons were found and said he had no complaint about the operation.

09/29/06 Reuters: Iraq declares curfew in Baghdad
Iraq declared a curfew on Saturday in the capital Baghdad, ordering all cars off the streets and telling people to remain in their homes...the curfew would remain in force until 6:00 a.m. (0200 GMT) on Sunday

09/29/06 therolladailynews: Soldier injured in Iraq returns home
Anthony Snodgrass...injuries to his right and left knees and his left lateral chest when an Explosive Fragmentation Device (EFD) hit his Humvee early Sunday morning...The Humvee’s Driver, Pfc. Brandon Beyers, and an Iraqi interpreter were also wounded

09/29/06 Reuters: Iraqi tribes fight Qaeda in west, capture five
Iraqi tribes who have vowed to take on al Qaeda captured five militants on Friday, including three foreign fighters from Yemen, police and tribal leaders said.

09/29/06 Reuters: US commander backs Iraqi PM after criticism
The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq issued an unusual statement declaring support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday, after news media quoted senior U.S. military officials criticising the government.

09/29/06 Reuters: Iraqi forces launch crackdown in volatile province
The Iraqi army launched a large operation against insurgents on Friday in Diyala province, a volatile, ethnically-mixed area northeast of the capital that has seen some of the worst violence over recent months

09/29/06 NYTimes: Iraqi Journalists Add Laws to List of Dangers
Ahmed al-Karbouli, a reporter for Baghdadiya TV in the violent city of Ramadi, did his best to ignore the death threats, right up until six armed men drilled him with bullets after midday prayers.

09/29/06 nashuatelegraph: Women combat deaths meet quiet acceptance
To date, 65 women soldiers have died fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan – a small percentage of the U.S. total of almost 3,000 war dead as of this writing, but a significant number nonetheless.

09/29/06 BBC: Soldiers recall Iraq death ambush
Two soldiers have told an inquest of the ambush that led to the capture and killing of two colleagues by Iraqi insurgents three years ago.

09/29/06 ABC: Soldiers Describe Their Experiences In Letters Collected for New Book
A father's reunion with his children, and vivid descriptions of the destruction of war were among the emotional stories illuminated in New York City on Wednesday when a group of actors read from the letters and e-mails of soldiers...

09/29/06 AP: 7 More Tortured Bodies Found In Baghdad
Seven bodies bearing signs of torture were found in Baghdad on Friday, more apparent victims of the sectarian death squads...The corpses of six men and one woman were all found in east Baghdad neighborhoods. They were blindfolded...

09/29/06 Reuters: U.S. says attacks cost Iraq $16 bln in oil exports
Iraq lost $16 billion in oil export revenue for about a two-year period and has not been able to maintain adequate electricity supplies due, in part, to insurgent attacks on the country's energy infrastructure

09/29/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills civilian in Baghdad
Two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession near the National Theatre in central Baghdad, killing one passer-by and wounding 10, police said.

09/29/06 Reuters: Three Iraqi soldiers killed
Gunmen firing from a car killed three Iraqi soldiers, two of them brothers, in the small town of Rashad, 20 km (12 miles) southwest of the northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said.

09/29/06 Reuters: Brother-in-law of Saddam trial judge killed
A brother-in-law of the judge trying Saddam Hussein for genocide was shot dead by gunmen while driving in western Baghdad, police said on Friday. One police source told Reuters that the 10-year-old nephew of chief judge Mohammed al-Ureybi...

09/29/06 KUNA: Marsoumi tribe chief assassinated
Chief of the Marsoumi tribe was assassinated on Friday by unknown militants in the Doura district, southern Baghdad, the interior ministry said...Sheikh Turki Abduljabbar Al-Tayef, was stopped while on driving and his car was showered with bullets

09/28/06 49abcnews: Wounded Topekan returns from Iraq to heal
Earlier this month, a suicide bomber rammed a truck into 20 year old Brent Whitten's Humvee. Whitten was injured in the explosion...Whitten received 2nd degree burns to his entire face and arms, plus a fractured hip.

09/28/06 Reuters: Nine bodies found inside booby- trapped vehicle
Iraqi soldiers found nine bodies inside a booby- trapped vehicle in the western Mansour district of Baghdad on Tuesday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

09/28/06 thecourier: Mental health cost for TA serving in Iraq
INCREASING numbers of Territorial Army soldiers are returning from duty in Iraq with mental health problems...Of those who have served in Iraq, 116 service personnel across the navy, army and RAF are receiving treatment from Combat Stress.

09/28/06 AFP: Violence returns to 'secure' Baghdad neighborhoods
Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq threatened fiercer attacks on Thursday as US military intelligence warned that militias are reoccupying previously cleared neighborhoods while local police turn a blind eye

09/28/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Staff Sgt. Jose A. Lanzarin, 28, of Lubbock, Texas, was killed in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept. 26, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Lanzarin was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment...

09/28/06 columbiatribune: Columbia Marine shot in Iraq
John McClellan was shot in the head Tuesday while manning his post in Haditha, Iraq. Although he was wearing a helmet, the bullet entered over his left ear and exited through the back of his neck.

09/28/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
1st Lt. James N. Lyons, 28, of Rochester, N.Y., died on Sept. 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his mounted patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. Lyons was assigned to the 1st Battalion,

09/28/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Cpl. Casey L. Mellen, 21, of Huachuca City, Ariz., died on Sept. 25 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his mounted patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations in Mosul, Iraq.