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.