Friday, October 31, 2003

Fallujah: police shooting: 1 Iraqi civilian

Excite News: Two Iraqi Civilians Killed During Protest | Oct 31, 11:43 AM (ET) | By SAMEER N. YACOUB
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In Fallujah, a center of Sunni Muslim resistance 40 miles west of Baghdad, an explosion rocked the city center at midday. Heavy black smoke billowed from the mayor's office.

Afterward, residents shouted at authorities that their neighborhood was a target because the U.S.-appointed mayor and other officials worked there, police said. Civil defense officer Ahmed Khalil said police shot and killed a resident during the argument.

Later, residents angered by the police action broke into the smoldering building and looted the mayor's office. They dispersed when U.S. Humvees arrived with helicopters overhead.

ABU GHRAIB: market clashes: 2 Iraqi civilians & 17 wounded

Excite News: "Two Iraqi Civilians Killed During Protest | Oct 31, 11:43 AM (ET) | By SAMEER N. YACOUB

ABU GHRAIB, Iraq (AP) - Iraqis waving pictures of Saddam Hussein clashed with U.S. troops and tanks Friday after the Americans tried to clear market stalls from Baghdad's outskirts. Two civilians were killed, and hospital officials said 17 were wounded. Two soldiers also were wounded, the U.S. military said."
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"God damn America!" shouted friend Ali Hussein, who said the men were innocent passers-by. He said the Americans fired indiscriminately when Iraqis began throwing stones at them.

"U.S. soldiers are the real terrorists, not us!" he said.

Abu Ghraib, western Baghdad: grenades: 2 US wounded | no infor Iraqi civilians

Excite - News: "U.S. Soldier Killed in Bomb Attack West of Baghdad | Oct 31, 11:07 am ET

The spokeswoman said a 1st Armored Division patrol was also attacked with grenades Friday morning in a market in Abu Ghraib, on the western outskirts of Baghdad. She said two soldiers were wounded, and the attack sparked fighting and demonstrations in the area which lasted for much of the day.

She had no information on reports that some Iraqi civilians had been killed during the unrest.

West of Baghdad: bomb attack: 1 US soldier

Excite - News: "U.S. Soldier Killed in Bomb Attack West of Baghdad | Oct 31, 11:07 am ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division was killed in a bomb attack Friday near the Iraqi town of Khaldiya in the hostile 'Sunni triangle' area west of Baghdad, a U.S. military spokeswoman said."

Thursday, October 30, 2003

Baghdad's Old Quarter: Explosion: 2 Iraqis

Explosion Rocks Street in Baghdad's Old Quarter (washingtonpost.com): "Explosion Rocks Street in Baghdad's Old Quarter | By Charles J. Hanley | The Associated Press | Thursday, October 30, 2003; 1:45 PM

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saboteurs brought a trainload of U.S. Army supplies to a fiery halt west of Baghdad on Thursday, as a Ramadan campaign of terror bombs and escalating attacks spurred a new Iraq pullout by international aid groups.

An explosion rocked a row of shops in Baghdad's Old City late Thursday, killing two people, according to police, and deepening the unease in the Iraqi capital

Wednesday, October 29, 2003

south of Baghdad: land mine: 7 Ukranians wounded

Excite - News: "U.S. Postwar Death Toll in Iraq Hits New Milestone | Oct 29, 8:26 am ET | By Alistair Lyon
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Three land mine blasts wounded seven Ukrainian soldiers, part of a Polish-led multinational division operating south of Baghdad, Tuesday. A Ukraine Defense Ministry spokesman said the mines had hit two armored vehicles during a night patrol.

Balad 75 miles north of Baghdad: tank bombed: 2 US 1 wounded

Excite - News: "Attack on U.S. Tank Kills 2 GIs in Iraq | Oct 29, 8:40 AM (ET) | By SLOBODAN LEKIC

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two American soldiers were killed when their Abrams battle tank was damaged by resistance fighters...
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The Abrams tank was disabled when it was struck by a land mine or a roadside bomb Tuesday night during a patrol near Balad, 45 miles north of Baghdad, said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, a spokeswoman for the 4th Infantry Division. A third crewman was evacuated to a U.S. hospital in Germany, she said.

Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Mosul: shot: 1 Iraqi editor

Excite News: "Newspaper Editor Fatally Shot in Mosul | Oct 28, 12:12 PM (ET)

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - An editor of an Iraqi weekly newspaper was shot and killed Tuesday on the roof of his office's building, police said. His daughter said he had been threatened because of his writings."

Baghdad: rocket attack: 1 US 6 wounded

Excite - News: "American Soldier Killed in Latest Iraq Violence | Oct 28, 2:45 pm ET | By Alistair Lyon
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Another American soldier was confirmed killed and six other troops wounded in a Baghdad rocket attack as President Bush blamed the violence in postwar Iraq on members of Saddam Hussein's ousted Baath party and 'foreign terrorists.'"

Baghdad: Assassination: 1 Iraqi Deputy Major

Excite News: "Deputy Mayor of Baghdad Assassinated | Oct 28, 10:48 AM (ET)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Unknown gunmen assassinated a deputy mayor of Baghdad in an apparent hit-run shooting, the U.S. occupation authority reported Tuesday."

SUMMARY: May 1 - October 28: 113 US killed + 1675 wounded

Excite News: "Car Bomb Kills 4 in Fallujah; 4 GIs Hurt | Oct 28, 8:35 AM (ET) | By SLOBODAN LEKIC

... Since Bush declared an end to major combat in Iraq on May 1, 113 U.S. soldiers have been killed by hostile fire, and about 1,675 have been wounded. U.S. forces come under attack an average of 26 times a day, and incidents have been on the rise since early September.

Northern Iraq: ambushes: 4 US wounded

Excite News: "Car Bomb Kills 4 in Fallujah; 4 GIs Hurt | Oct 28, 8:35 AM (ET) | By SLOBODAN LEKIC
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The Fallujah attack came hours after four American soldiers were wounded in ambushes in northern Iraq."

Fallujah: car bomb: 4 Iraqis

Excite News: "Car Bomb Kills 4 in Fallujah; 4 GIs Hurt | Oct 28, 8:35 AM (ET) | By SLOBODAN LEKIC

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded Tuesday near a police station in the tense city of Fallujah, killing at least four people, one day after a series of suicide bombings in Baghdad left about three dozen dead.

Monday, October 27, 2003

Baghdad: car bomb: 1 US 6 wounded

Excite - News: "U.S. Soldier Killed, 6 Wounded in Baghdad Attack | Oct 27, 11:38 am ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One U.S. soldier was killed and six wounded in a bomb attack at a Baghdad police station on Monday morning, the U.S. military said in a statement.

'A 1st Armored Division soldier was killed and six were wounded by an explosion from a vehicle packed with explosives at approximately 8:30 a.m.,' the U.S. Central Command said in a statement."

Baghdad: Suicide bombers: 34 Iraqis + 224 wounded

Excite - News: "34 Dead as Baghdad Bombers Hit Red Cross, Police | Oct 27, 9:56 am ET | By Rosalind Russell and Michael Georgy

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Suicide bombers struck four times in Baghdad's Monday morning rush hour, killing 34 people and wounding 224 near the Red Cross offices and police stations, in the city's bloodiest day since Saddam Hussein's overthrow.

Apparently coordinated blasts shook the city after three U.S. soldiers were killed in separate attacks overnight. An ambulance bomb was used in the Red Cross attack."
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... 26 of the 34 dead were civilians and eight police. Sixty-five police and 159 civilians were wounded. He did not say if foreigners were killed.

Sunday, October 26, 2003

Baghdad: rocket barrage against Wolfowitz: 1 US killed + 15 wounded

Excite - News: "Rocket Barrage Blasts Wolfowitz's Baghdad Hotel | Oct 26, 5:35 am ET | By Carol Giacomo

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Anti-American guerrillas blasted the Baghdad hotel where U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying with a barrage of rockets on Sunday, but the No. 2 Pentagon official survived unharmed, U.S. officials said.

The brazen attack killed a U.S. soldier but a defiant Wolfowitz vowed that the United States would not be cowed into abandoning Iraq.

Fifteen people were also wounded in the strike that is a setback for the Bush administration, undermining its insistence the United States is winning the guerrilla war in Iraq despite escalating violence.
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Wolfowitz, a major force behind the United States invading Iraq, was led away by security forces. He appeared composed after descending a stairwell past thickening smoke and blood stains with a fire alarm blaring, witnesses said.
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Angry at U.S. occupation, Iraqis expressed regret at what they saw as an assassination attempt had failed.

"I wish Wolfowitz had been killed. I wish all Americans here would be killed," said Ali Hussein, a grocer in central Baghdad. "The Americans are not human beings, they are monsters. They lied to the Iraqi people."

Saturday, October 25, 2003

Baghdad: Roadside bomb: 3 US wounded

Excite - News: "Roadside Bombs in Iraq Kill Three, Wound U.S. Troops | Oct 25, 3:21 pm ET | By Rosalind Russell

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Roadside bombs killed three civilians and wounded three American soldiers in Iraq on Saturday, while a poll said most Iraqis regarded the U.S.-led forces as occupiers rather than liberators of their country."
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The military said three American soldiers wounded by a roadside bomb were on a dawn patrol in Baghdad. None were in serious condition

Amara: shot dead: 1 Iraqi police chief

Excite - News: "Roadside Bombs in Iraq Kill Three, Wound U.S. Troops | Oct 25, 3:21 pm ET | By Rosalind Russell

A British army spokesman said the police chief of the southern city of Amara was shot dead on Friday outside a city mosque by an unknown gunman. Guerrillas have frequently targeted Iraqi police they see as collaborators with the U.S.-led occupation forces.

50 West of Baghdad: roadside bomb: 3 Iraqi civ dead

Excite - News: "Roadside Bombs in Iraq Kill Three, Wound U.S. Troops | Oct 25, 3:21 pm ET | By Rosalind Russell

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Roadside bombs killed three civilians and wounded three American soldiers in Iraq on Saturday, while a poll said most Iraqis regarded the U.S.-led forces as occupiers rather than liberators of their country."

Tikrit: helicopter shot: 1 US wounded

Excite News: "U.S. Helicopter Goes Down Near Tikrit | Oct 25, 10:05 AM (ET)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. Army helicopter was shot down Saturday by ground fire near Tikrit, a center of Iraq's anti-U.S. insurgency, witnesses said. One person was reported injured.

Two helicopters were flying overhead when the second one in the formation was hit by a projectile, believed to be a rocket-propelled grenade, the witnesses said. The striken copter circled, swayed then came down in a farming area while the other hovered overhead, they said."

Friday, October 24, 2003

Samarra: mortar: 2 US 4 wounded

Excite - News: "Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Mortar Attack in Iraq | Oct 24, 10:33 am ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a mortar attack near the Iraqi town of Samarra Friday, a U.S. military spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman said four soldiers were wounded in the attack, which took place just before noon around 100 km (60 miles) north of the capital Baghdad."

Mosul: small arms attack: 1 US

U.S. Soldier Killed While Guarding Building in Iraq: "By CHRISTINE HAUSER | Published: October 24, 2003

An unidentified gunman killed an American soldier who was guarding a building in northern Iraq today, a military spokesman said, the latest in a string of attacks against forces occupying Iraq.

The soldier, attached to the 101st Airborne Division, was killed in a 'small arms fire' attack in the city of Mosul, according to a statement by the United States Central Command"

Southern Baghdad: mortar: 1 Iraqi civilian 2 wounded

Excite - News: "One Iraqi Killed, Two Wounded in Mortar Attack | Oct 24, 7:37 am ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi civilian was killed and two were wounded in what residents said on Friday was a mortar attack in southern Baghdad."

Thursday, October 23, 2003

Fallujah: bomb: 1 US wounded

Excite News: "Roadside Bombs Kill Soldier, Two Iraqis | Oct 23, 12:35 PM (ET) | By ROBERT H. REID
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The American paratrooper, from the 82nd Airborne Division, was wounded Thursday by a roadside bomb in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, U.S. officials said.

150 miles North: bomb near pipeline: 2 Iraqis 10 wounded

Excite News: "Roadside Bombs Kill Soldier, Two Iraqis | Oct 23, 12:35 PM (ET) | By ROBERT H. REID
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The two Iraqi guards were killed in a bombing near an oil pipeline 150 miles north of the capital, U.S. officials said. Ten other members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Force were wounded by the blast.

North of Baghdad: Bomb: 2 Iraqis

Excite News: "Roadside Bombs Kill Soldier, Two Iraqis | Oct 23, 12:35 PM (ET) | By ROBERT H. REID

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Roadside bombs killed an American soldier and two Iraqis in separate incidents Thursday north of Baghdad, and an American paratrooper was wounded in a fifth straight day of attacks in a Sunni Muslim city west of the capital."

Northern Iraq: attack: 2 Iraqi Militants + 1 wounded

Excite - News: "U.S. Soldier Killed, Two Wounded in Iraq | Oct 23, 12:53 pm ET

U.S. troops also killed two Iraqis and wounded one other in northern Iraq on Thursday when an American post was attacked.

Baquba: explosion: 1 US 2 wounded

Excite - News: "U.S. Soldier Killed, Two Wounded in Iraq | Oct 23, 12:53 pm ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One U.S. soldier was killed and two wounded on Thursday when their convoy was hit by an explosion near Baquba, north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. U.S. Central Command said the soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division had been hit by an improvised explosive device in the latest in a series of attacks on U.S. occupying forces."

Monday, October 20, 2003

Kirkuk: assassination: 1 Iraqi bystander, 1 wounded

Excite - News: "U.S. Soldier, Two Civilians Killed in Iraqi Town | Oct 20, 10:47 am ET
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The U.S. military reported 43 attacks across Iraq Sunday.

In a separate incident, the Iraqi police commander in the northern city of Kirkuk survived an assassination attempt, but one bystander was killed and one was wounded

Falluja: bomb/ambush: 1 US, 2 Iraqi civilians, 5 wounded

Excite - News: "U.S. Soldier, Two Civilians Killed in Iraqi Town| Oct 20, 10:47 am ET

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier and two civilians were killed after an American patrol was attacked in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Falluja Monday, the U.S. military and witnesses said.

A U.S. military spokeswoman said a roadside bomb exploded as the patrol was driving past. Attackers then fired assault rifles at the Americans, who returned fire.

Witnesses said two civilians were killed and five wounded, including a woman and a child, in the crossfire."

Fallujah: Shrapnel: 1 Iraqi civilian, 3 wounded

Excite News: "Assailants Kill Soldier Outside Fallujah | Oct 20, 1:28 PM (ET) | By TAREK AL-ISSAWI

Four other civilians were wounded Sunday, and one died later of shrapnel wounds, said Dr. Rafae al-Issawi, director of Fallujah General Hospital. The U.S. command said there were no American casualties Sunday.

Fallujah: 1 US Soldier, 6 wounded; 2 Iraqi civilians

Excite News: "Assailants Kill Soldier Outside Fallujah | Oct 20, 1:28 PM (ET) | By TAREK AL-ISSAWI

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - Assailants ambushed a U.S. Army foot patrol outside Fallujah at midday Monday, killing one American and wounding six others in the second day of attacks in this anti-U.S. hotbed, the American command reported. Two civilians also were killed."

Sunday, October 19, 2003

Thru August: 1,500 US wounded

The Observer | International | America's hidden battlefield toll: "New figures reveal the true number of GIs wounded in Iraq | Jason Burke in London and Paul Harris in New York | Sunday September 14, 2003 | The Observer

The true scale of American casualties in Iraq is revealed today by new figures obtained by The Observer, which show that more than 6,000 American servicemen have been evacuated for medical reasons since the beginning of the war, including more than 1,500 American soldiers who have been wounded, many seriously.

The figures will shock many Americans, who believe that casualties in the war in Iraq have been relatively light. Recent polls show that support for President George Bush and his administration's policy in Iraq has been slipping.
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It is military police policy to announce that a soldier has been wounded only if they were involved in an incident that involved a death.

Critics of the policy say it hides the true extent of the casualties. The new figures reveal that 1,178 American soldiers have been wounded in combat operations since the war began on 20 March. "

Fallujah: 2 US, 1 wounded | 3 Iraqi militants

Excite News: "2 GIs Killed in Attack on Patrol in Iraq | Oct 19, 7:55 AM (ET) | By TAREK AL-ISSAWI

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and one was wounded in an ambush north of Baghdad, the military said, and insurgents on Sunday attacked a convoy in this turbulent city west of the capital, setting off huge explosions in several vehicles.
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In other action in the north early Sunday, U.S. troops were attacked by grenades and small arms and returned fire, killing three Iraqis near Hawija, 150 miles north of Baghdad, the 4th Infantry Division reported.
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Resistance forces have mounted an average of 22 attacks a day on the U.S. occupation forces in Iraq in recent weeks, mostly in the so-called "Sunni Triangle,"

Kirkuk: 2 US | 1 Iraqi 19 wounded

Excite - News: "Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Northern Iraq | Oct 19, 7:04 am ET

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed when their patrol was attacked near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, and a U.S. convoy came under fire in the flashpoint town of Falluja, the U.S. military and witnesses said Sunday.
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In the town of Baquba, north of Baghdad, one Iraqi was killed and 19 were wounded when a roadside bomb planted to hit U.S. forces exploded as Iraqi police were evacuating the area, a police officer in the town told Reuters.

Saturday, October 18, 2003

1 Iraq POW -- US soldiers charged

Excite - News: "U.S. Marines Charged in Death of Iraq War POW | Oct 18, 3:48 pm ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eight U.S. Marine reservists have been charged in connection with allegations of mistreatment of prisoners of war in Iraq, a Marine spokesman confirmed on Saturday.

Of those eight, Maj. Clark Paulus and Lance Cpl. Christian Hernandez were charged with negligent homicide in connection with the June death of a prisoner, said Marine Staff Sgt. Bill Lisbon, a Marine spokesman at Camp Pendleton, California, where the reservists are now located."

Friday, October 17, 2003

Kerbala: grenades: 2 Iraqi Police + 5 wounded

Excite - News: "Four U.S. Military Police Killed in Iraq Attacks | Oct 17, 10:09 am ET | By Michael Georgy
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The U.S. military said two Iraqi police were also killed and five wounded when attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at their patrol in Kerbala, 90 km (55 miles) south of Baghdad."

Karbala: firefight: 3 US + 7 wounded; 10 Iraqi

Excite News: "3 Soldiers Killed, 7 Hurt in Iraq Fight | Oct 17, 9:25 AM (ET) | By HAMZA HENDAWI

KARBALA, Iraq (AP) - A joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol enforcing a curfew clashed with gunmen guarding the headquarters of a Shiite cleric, setting off a firefight that killed three Americans and 10 Iraqis, including two security officers, the U.S. Central Command and witnesses said."

Baghdad: bomb blast: 1 US MP + 2 wounded

Excite - News: "Iraq Bomb Kills U.S. Military Policeman, Wounds Two | Oct 17, 9:03 am ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb blast killed one U.S. military policeman and wounded two in the Baghdad area Friday morning, the U.S. military said.
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Guerrillas opposed to the U.S. occupation of Iraq frequently attack U.S.-led forces with roadside bombs, land mines and rocket-propelled grenades"

Over 1,500 violent civilian deaths in occupied Baghdad thru August: gunshot wounds soar from 10% to 60%

Iraq Body Count | PRESS RELEASES: "September 23rd 2003 | Over 1,500 violent civilian deaths in occupied Baghdad

The first definitive total of violent civilian deaths in Baghdad since mid April has been published by Iraq Body Count (IBC), an Anglo-American research group tracking media-reported civilian deaths occuring as a consequence of the US/UK military intervention in Iraq.

From April 14th to 31st August, 2,846 violent deaths were recorded by the Baghdad city morgue. When corrected for pre-war death rates in the city a total of at least 1,519 excess violent deaths in Baghdad emerges from reports based on the morgue's records.
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The study confirms the widespread anecdotal evidence that violence on the streets of Baghdad has skyrocketed, with the average daily death rate almost tripling since mid April from around 10 per day to over 28 per day during August.

Another worrying development is that during the pre-war period deaths from gunshot wounds accounted for approximately 10% of bodies brought to the morgue, but now account for over 60% of those killed. The small number of reports available for other cities indicate that these trends are being mirrored elsewhere in the country.

Although the majority of deaths are the result of Iraqi on Iraqi violence, some were directly caused by US military fire. There is evidence that these deaths, often from indiscriminate use of firepower, increasingly fail to be reported or remain unacknowledged by occupation forces.

Iraq Body Count Project: At Least 20,000 Civilians Injured, 7798 killed in Iraq War

Iraq Body Count Project: At Least 20,000 Civilians Injured in Iraq War: "Adding Indifference to Injury | By Hamit Dardagan, John Sloboda and Kay Williams | August 7, 2003 | Iraq Body Count Project

Extraction of media-reported civilian injuries from the Iraq Body Count database and archive of war reports provides evidence of at least 20,000 civilian injuries on top of the maximum reported 7798 deaths. 8,000 of these injuries were in the Baghdad area alone, suggesting that the full, countrywide picture, as with deaths, is yet to emerge.

The Iraq Body Count Project has never published a running total of injuries suffered in the war because injuries encompass a scale from the grievous and incapacitating to the light and fully recuperable, and in the absence of information about severity it makes no sense to assign the same unit value to each report of injury. But because injuries are not all comparable does not mean that they can or should be excluded from an accounting of the human costs of the war. On the contrary, the need to investigate and assess them is especially urgent, for many of the injured may still be suffering and their condition may be improved if we act promptly."

Thursday, October 16, 2003

1 suicide prevented

Explosion damages Iraq pipeline: "Oct 16
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Meanwhile, Iraqi security officials said a woman with explosives tied to her belt was arrested Tuesday as she tried to enter a Finance Ministry building, apparently to carry out a suicide attack.
The woman, who appeared to be in her late 40s, was stopped at the checkpoint at the entrance to the building, where guards found the explosives, the officials said Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity."

Basra: 1 Iraqi doctor

Explosion damages Iraq pipeline: "Oct. 16
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In the southern city of Basra, an Iraqi doctor, Haidar al-Baaj, was shot in the back of the head and killed as he was entering his clinic, hospital officials said Thursday.

Al-Baaj, 48, was recently promoted to the post of director of the Educational Hospital in Basra, the officials said. The officials and members of al-Baaj�s family said he had been threatened over the past two months for cooperating with authorities of the U.S.-run coalition."

Tikrit: bomb: 1 Iraqi child dead, 1 wounded

Explosion damages Iraq pipeline: "Oct. 16

... In Tikrit, meanwhile, a 4-year-old Iraqi girl was killed Thursday when a bomb exploded just outside the main U.S. Army base. Her 12-year-old sister was critically wounded, U.S. officials said.

U.S. officials said they believed the bomb was intended for two U.S. Bradley armored vehicles that had passed down the same road minutes before the blast."

US kills: 8 Iraqi policemen + 4 civilians

A Nightmare in Iraq: "by Sheldon Richman, September 24, 2003

Americans soldiers are killing innocent Iraqi civilians almost on a regular basis. In recent days and in separate incidents they killed eight Iraqi policemen, an Iraqi interpreter working for the U.S. occupiers, a woman and her child at a wedding, and a young teenager at another wedding. Many more have been seriously injured. As British journalist Robert Fisk reports from Baghdad,

Every day, Iraqi civilians are wounded or shot dead by US troops.

No wonder that U.S. government analysts believe that the troops have more to fear from average citizens than from the remnant of Saddam Hussein sympathizers. Citing Defense Department officials, the New York Times reported,

New intelligence assessments are warning that the United States� most formidable foe in Iraq in the months ahead may be the resentment of ordinary Iraqis increasingly hostile to the American military occupation.

This has got to be an eye-opener to all those who insisted that the Americans would be greeted as liberators.

Things are obviously out of hand. There are a dozen attacks on American troops each day. U.S. casualties continue to mount. Scared military personnel fire on vehicles that seem suspicious at the many checkpoints along the roads.

As 2nd Lt. Mallory Chambers told a Knight Ridder reporter, "You can't tell who's on our side and who's not."

Irbil: 1 Iraqi militant

ZEENEWS.COM: "Explosion damages pipeline in Iraq reducing export

Baghdad, Oct 17: An explosion damaged part of the main pipeline running from Iraq's northern oil fields forcing a reduction in the amount of oil available for export.

In Irbil, 300 kilometres north of Baghdad, police shot and killed the driver of a car packed with 100 kilograms of explosives as he approached the police ministry office, the US military in Baghdad said yesterday. "

Baghdad: bomb: 6 Iraqis + 35 wounded

Car Bomb Kills 6 at Baghdad Hotel; at Least 35 Hurt: "Car Bomb Kills 6 at Baghdad Hotel; at Least 35 Hurt | By ALEX BERENSON | Published: October 13, 2003 | Joao Silva for The New York Times

AGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 12 — A huge car bomb exploded early Sunday afternoon outside a hotel used by members of the Iraqi Governing Council and by many Americans, killing six Iraqi security guards and wounding more than 35 other people.

Checkpoint: US kills: 4 Jordanian Civilians

Excite - News: "Four Jordanians Killed at U.S. Checkpoint in Iraq | Oct 16, 4:43 pm ET

AMMAN (Reuters) - Four Jordanians died when U.S. troops opened fire on their car at a checkpoint in Iraq on Thursday after the driver of the vehicle apparently ignored warnings to stop, a Jordanian foreign ministry source said.

The source said the driver and three passengers in the vehicle were killed after their car approached the checkpoint at speed in the dark, in the early hours of the morning.

'The four Jordanians were killed when the driver passed a checkpoint, possibly ignoring warnings to stop in poor visibility, and a U.S. tank close by opened fire at the car which overturned,' said the source who requested anonymity."

Baghdad: accident: 2 US, 1 US unknown

CNN.com - Suicide blast hits near Turkish Embassy in Iraq - Oct. 15, 2003: "Suicide blast hits near Turkish Embassy in Iraq | Wednesday, October 15, 2003 Posted: 0722 GMT ( 3:22 PM HKT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide car bomb detonated Tuesday afternoon in the Iraqi capital near the Turkish Embassy, the second such bombing in the past three days.
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Two 1st Armored Division soldiers were killed in a vehicle accident. The third solder, whose body was found floating in the Euphrates River, died of unknown causes; he was with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Both incidents are being investigated.

Baghdad: ambush: 1 US + 2 wounded

Excite - News: "Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in 24-Hour Period | Oct 13, 2:54 pm ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi guerrillas ambushed a U.S. military convoy northeast of Baghdad Monday killing one American soldier and wounding two others, the U.S. military said."

1 US; 4 Brits wounded

Excite - News: "U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraqi Town of Tikrit | Oct 13, 9:40 am ET
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A U.S. soldier was killed in a land mine blast late Sunday in the northern oil town of Baiji. In the south, four British soldiers were slightly wounded Monday morning in three roadside bomb attacks in the city of Basra.

Tikrit: grenade: 1 US + 2 wounded

Excite - News: "U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraqi Town of Tikrit | Oct 13, 9:40 am ET

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in the Iraqi town of Tikrit Monday, the U.S. military said.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division said two other soldiers were slightly wounded "

Baghdad: gunmen: Spanish Diplomat; 1 US solider

Excite - News: "Two U.S. Troops Killed After Day of Baghdad Bloodshed | Oct 10, 6:54 am ET | By Andrew Marshall
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Also Thursday -- six months to the day after U.S. troops swept through Baghdad and symbolically toppled a large statue of Saddam Hussein -- a Spanish diplomat was shot dead by gunmen in the city and a U.S. soldier was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack northeast of the capital.

Baghdad: 2 US, 4 wounded: 10 Iraqi civilians, 10 wounded; 2 Iraqi militants; 2 suicide

Excite - News: "Two U.S. Troops Killed After Day of Baghdad Bloodshed | Oct 10, 6:54 am ET | By Andrew Marshall

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and four wounded in an ambush in a Shi'ite Baghdad slum district where a suicide car bomb attack on a police station earlier claimed at least 10 lives, the U.S. Army said Friday."

al-Haswah: bombing: 3 US + 3 wounded | 1 Iraqi interpreter

Excite News: "3 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Central Iraq | Oct 7, 9:12 AM (ET) | By STEVEN R. HURST

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Three U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were killed and three other service members were wounded in a pair of roadside bombings in central Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday"

Mortar: 7 Iraqis [civilians]

NYTimes.com Abstract: "THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ: THE TOLL; Mortar Shell Kills at Least 7 Iraqis Near U.S. Position | By IAN FISHER (NYT) | September 27, 2003

DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 1009 WORDS - A mortar shell crashed down in the cool of early evening here on Thursday, killing at least seven Iraqis -- a peddler chatting with his brother, the owners of the local computer store, a pair of sheep sellers from the north -- in a town square. At least 20 people... "

Fallujah: US kills: 2 civilians

Excite News: "U.S. Troops Kill Two Iraqis in Fallujah | Sep 27, 4:42 PM (ET) | By CHARLES J. HANLEY

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Guerrillas struck a glancing but bold blow at the heart of the U.S. occupation on Saturday, firing three rockets or grenades at a Baghdad hotel filled with American soldiers and civilians. To the west, in the flashpoint city of Fallujah, U.S. troops killed at least two Iraqi civilians."

Falluja: US kills: 4 Iraqi civilians

Excite - News: "U.S. Troops Kill Iraqis; Guerrillas Attack Hotel | Sep 27, 8:36 am ET | By Fiona O'Brien and Suleiman al-Khalidi

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi police said U.S. troops shot dead four civilians in the volatile town of Falluja, and guerrillas fired grenades at a Baghdad hotel on Saturday housing senior officials with the U.S.-led occupation forces."

Monday, October 13, 2003

Baiji: mine: 1 US

Excite - News: "Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in 24-Hour Period | Oct 13, 2:54 pm ET
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In the northern oil refining town of Baiji, a U.S. soldier was killed when his Bradley fighting vehicle hit a land mine late Sunday. In the hometown of ousted president Saddam Hussein, another soldier was killed Monday in a rocket-propelled grenade attack.

Jalawla: bomb: 1 US

Excite - News: "Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in 24-Hour Period | Oct 13, 2:54 pm ET
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A spokesman said the latest soldier to die was from the 4th Infantry Division died when a convoy was ambushed with a roadside bomb and small arms fire near the town of Jalawla, 75 miles northeast of Baghdad.

Thursday, October 02, 2003

Fallujah: US kills: 1 Iraqi, 3 civilians wounded in Battle

Excite - News: "One Killed, Several Wounded in Battle in Iraq Town | Oct 2, 8:28 am ET

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A gunbattle erupted on Thursday in the Iraqi town of Falluja, a center of anti-U.S. sentiment, and police said several people were wounded when American troops returned fire after coming under attack.
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They shot a woman, who is in a critical condition, and also a young girl," Abdul-Karim said. "Two Iraqi police officers who were sealing off the area were also wounded."