http://icasualties.org/oif/

09/07/06 AP: Roadside bomb kills father, wounds daughter in Mansour
district
Elsewhere, in the upscale district of Mansour, a roadside bomb
explosion killed a man and injured his daughter and another person,
police said.

09/07/06 AP: Suicide bomb kills 2 police and 2 civilians in Baghdad's
Taiyran Square
Another suicide car bomb in Taiyran Square in the center of the city
killed two civilians and two police special forces members, and
wounded 13 people, police said.

09/07/06 AP: Bomb kills 3, wounds 20 near al-Nidaa Mosque in northern
Baghdad
bomb hidden under a parked car near al-Nidaa Mosque in northern
Baghdad exploded as a police patrol passed by, killing three civilians
and wounding 20, police Lt. Thair Mahmoud said.

09/07/06 AP: Suicide car bomb kills 4 policemen, 6 civilians in
Baghdad
A suicide car bomb targeting a police patrol outside a gas station
near the Elouya Hospital in central Baghdad killed 10 people,
including four policemen, and wounded 21, police said.

09/07/06 Reuters: Tempers fray as Iraqi lawmakers discuss federalism
Iraq's parliament abruptly adjourned on Thursday after several Shi'ite
lawmakers tried to force debate on the divisive issue of federalism,
which Sunnis fear could lead to the breakup of the oil-rich country.

09/07/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds four policemen in Kirkuk
A roadside bomb exploded on Wednesday near a police patrol in Kirkuk,
north of Baghdad, wounding four policemen, including an officer,
police said.

09/07/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill 2 civilians in Mosul
Gunmen killed two people, a man and a woman, guarding a parking lot on
Wednesday in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of
Baghdad, police said.

09/07/06 Reuters: Policeman shot dead in Hay
A policemen was shot dead by gunmen in the southern town of Hay, about
50 km south of Kut, police said

09/07/06 Reuters:Gunmen kill 2 policemen, wound 4 civilians in Baghdad
Gunmen killed two policemen and wounded four civilians when they
attacked Shi'ite pilgrims crossing a southern Baghdad bridge, police
said.

09/07/06 Reuters: Bodies of 2 people with multiple gunshot wounds
found in Kirkuk
The bodies of two people with multiple gunshot wounds, showing signs
of torture with their hands and legs bound together, were found in the
oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police
said.

09/07/06 Reuters: Three bodies retrieved from the river Tigris near
Suwayra
The bodies of three people, including a beheaded woman bearing signs
of torture, were retrieved from the Tigris river near the town of
Suwayra, south of Baghdad, police said.

09/07/06 MNF: Soldier killed in Al Anbar Province
One Soldier assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division died
Wednesday due to injuries sustained from enemy action while operating
in Al Anbar Province.

09/07/06 MNF: Task Force Band of Brothers Soldier killed
A Task Force Band of Brothers' Soldier from the 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 25th Infantry Division was shot and killed Wednesday, while
executing a mission near Hawija.

09/07/06 AP: Baghdad Bomb Explosions Kills 14
Four bomb attacks targeting police patrols in Baghdad left at least 14
people dead and more than 40 wounded on Thursday morning, police said.
A suicide car bomb targeting a police patrol outside a gas station
near the Elouya Hospital

09/07/06 Reuters: Unrest in Iraq continues
Suicide car bombs in Baghdad killed 13 people in the last 24 hours and
left many more wounded. A bomb exploding in a residential area in
southern Baghdad on Wednesday (September 06) night, killed two
civilians and wounded six others

09/07/06 AP: 27 executed for killings, rapes in Iraq
Iraq has executed 27 "terrorists" convicted by Iraqi courts of
killings and rapes in several provinces, the government said Thursday.
The 27 were executed in Baghdad on Wednesday, the government's media
office said in a brief statement.

09/07/06 KUNA: Gunmen kidnap nephew of parliament speaker
Gunmen have kidnapped nephew of speaker of parliament in a district in
the north of the Iraqi capital, police said on Thursday. The police
said Mahmoud Almash-Hadani, the

09/07/06 dailypress: Va. Beach soldier, hurt in Iraq, dies
For months Shannon Squires lay in a San Antonio hospital, swaddled in
bandages, sedated, virtually comatose, unable to speak or to recognize
people by his bedside.

09/07/06 Reuters: U.S. set to handover rule of Iraqi army
The United States was set on Thursday to hand over formal command of
Iraqi troops to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, a
significant step toward the withdrawal of some 150,000 U.S.-led
foreign troops.

09/06/06 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...

09/06/06 wlfi.com: Purdue Researchers Try to Help Soldiers Returning
Home
Thousands of reservists are serving in the war in Iraq. That includes
120 members of the Lafayette-based 209th Quartermaster Company.
Research being done at Purdue is hoping to find better ways to prepare
troops and their families for returning...

09/06/06 AP: More Minnesotans headed for duty in Iraq
Another group of about 160 Minnesota National Guard troops have been
ordered to active duty in preparation for deployment in Iraq, the
guard announced Wednesday.

09/06/06 AFP: Shiites submit law to separate Iraq into rival regions
Iraq's dominant Shiite alliance submitted a draft of a new law to
govern the division of the country into autonomous regions, as
unabated violence left at least 18 people dead and the authorities
said 27 "terrorists" had been executed.

09/06/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. 1st Class Richard J. Henkes II, 32, of Portland Ore., died on
Sept. 3 of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Henkes was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment...

09/06/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Staff Sgt. Angel D. Mercado-Velazquez, 24, died in Yusifiyah, Iraq, on
Sept. 1 of injuries suffered from mortar fire during dismounted combat
operations. Mercado-Velazquez was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th
Airborne Infantry Regiment...

09/06/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualties
Sgt. Ralph N. Porras, 36, of Merrill, Mich. [And] Pfc. Justin W.
Dreese, 21, of Northumberland, Pa... died in Yusifiyah, Iraq, on Sept.
2 of injuries suffered from mortar fire during dismounted combat
operations.

09/06/06 DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher G. Walsh, 30, of St. Louis, Mo.
died Sept. 4 while his unit was conducting combat operations against
enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Walsh was serving as a
corpsman with Multi National Corps Iraq.

09/06/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Hannah L. Gunterman, 20, of Redlands, Calif., died on Sept. 4 in
Taji, Iraq, from a non-combat related cause. Gunterman was assigned to
the 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion, Fort
Lewis, Wash.

09/06/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill two people from the Yezidi religious
minority in Mosul
Gunmen killed two people from the Yezidi religious minority in the
northern city of Mosul, police said. It was not clear whether they
were targeted because of their beliefs.

09/06/06 Reuters: Mortars kill 2 people, wound 6 in Mahmudiya
Mortars killed two people and wounded six when they landed on a main
road in the violent town of Mahmudiya, just south of Baghdad, police
said.

09/06/06 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

09/06/06 AP: Army sergeant from Portland killed in Iraq
An Army sergeant from the Portland area was killed by a roadside bomb
in Iraq, his family said Tuesday. Sgt. 1st Class Richard Henkes, 33,
died Sunday in Mosul, where he had been serving the past two months,
his sister told The Oregonian newspaper

09/06/06 clarionledger: Miss. Marine wounded in Iraq returning to U.S
Sgt. Brantley Ravencraft, 25, received shrapnel wounds to the left
thigh, back and arm and sustained a ruptured ear drum in a blast that
occurred more than a week ago, his mother, Charlotte Ravencraft of
Gloster told the McComb Enterprise-Journal.

09/06/06 JournalNews: Marine from Harrison injured in Iraq
Cpl. Jeffrey Combs Jr., 22, a 2002 Harrison High School graduate, was
injured Thursday. He was on his second tour of duty and had been due
to come home in about two weeks, said his father, Jeffrey Combs Sr. of
New Milford, Conn.

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2,660 American troops are dead, 19,773 have been wounded, tens of
thousands of innocent Iraqis are dead and wounded in deranged Bush's
insane war.

Harry