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04/06/07 Reuters: CHRONOLOGY-Journalists killed in Iraq
The body of a reporter at a national Iraqi radio station was found in
western Baghdad on Thursday, two days after she went missing, her
employers said.

04/06/07 Reuters: Landmine wounds shepherd in Kirkuk
A shepherd was wounded by a landmine in a rural area south of Kirkuk,
250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

04/06/07 Reuters: Tribal leader seriously wounded by gunmen in Hilla
Sheikh Karim Omran al-Shafi, a tribal leader, was seriously wounded
when gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in the Shi'ite city of Hilla,
100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

04/06/07 Reuters: Sniper kills 2 people in southwestern Baghdad
A sniper killed two people in the Amil district in southwestern
Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said.

04/06/07 Reuters: Mortar fire kills 3, wounds 5 in separate incidents
A mortar bomb killed one person in the Talibiya district in
northeastern Baghdad, police said...Two people were killed and five
were wounded when three mortar bombs landed in Baghdad's northern
Shaab district, police said.

04/06/07 Reuters: 11 bodies found in Baghdad, 4 in Tal Afar
Eleven bodies were found in different parts of the city, police
said...Four bodies, including that of a child, were found in Tal Afar,
about 420 km (260) miles northwest of Baghdad, police said.

04/06/07 VOA: Suicide Car Bombing in Ramadi Kills 20
Iraqi security officials say a suicide car bomber struck a police
checkpoint in western Ramadi Friday, killing at least 20 people and
wounding 30 others.

04/06/07 AP: Basra Police - EFP Bomb Killed Britons
The Basra police commander on Friday said the roadside bomb used in an
attack that killed four British soldiers had not been used in southern
Iraq before, and his description of the deadly weapon indicated it was
a feared Iranian-designed...

04/06/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. James J. Coon, 22, of Walnut Creek, Calif., died April 4 in
Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when in improvised explosive device
detonated near his vehicle. Coon was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
8th Cavalry Regiment...

04/05/07 MNF: Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
Task Force Lightning Soldier was killed Thursday when an improvised
explosive device exploded near his vehicle in Diyala Province. Two
other Soldiers were also wounded in the attack and were taken to a
Coalition Forces’ medical treatment facility

04/05/07 dailyexpress: TWO BRITISH WOMEN KILLED IN IRAQ
TWO women were among four British soldiers killed in a roadside ambush
in Iraq, it was revealed tonight. The women - from the Intelligence
Corps, the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps - were inside a
Warrior armoured vehicle returning...

04/05/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill 10 Iraqi soldiers near Mosul
Gunmen also killed 10 Iraqi soldiers and wounded one in an attack on
Thursday on their checkpoint near Mosul, an army source said. The
source said at least 40 gunmen attacked the checkpoint at dawn
northwest of Mosul...

04/05/07 AP: Explosion strikes oil pipeline in southern Iraq
A pipeline carrying oil to storage tanks in Basra from southern Iraq
has been shut down by a bomb that caused a huge fire. An Iraqi
official says the tanks were full and oil exports aren't affected yet.

04/05/07 KUNA: Reporter of Saudi newspaper abducted in Baghdad
An unidentified armed group has abducted a reporter working for the
Saudi Arabian "Al-Watan" newspaper and the "Al-Watan Al-Arabi"
magazine.

04/05/07 dpa: Abducted TV presenter found dead, 10 Baghdad TV
employees wounded
An woman television presenter was found dead Thursday a day after her
abduction, and 10 Baghdad satellite TV channel employees were wounded,
some seriously, in a car bomb blast.

04/05/07 Reuters: Two roadside bombs kill 2 in northern Baghdad
Two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession in northern Baghdad,
killing two people and wounding two others, police and a Reuters
witness said. The first bomb exploded shortly after a U.S. patrol
passed by.

04/05/07 Reuters: 2 Policemen wounded by roadside bomb in southern
Baghdad
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded two policemen in the
Zaafaraniya district in southern Baghdad, police said.

04/05/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill 2 Iraqi contractors
Gunmen shot dead two Iraqi contractors working with the Iraqi military
on Wednesday in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police
said.

04/05/07 Reuters: Gunmen kidnap the former Diwaniya police chief
Gunmen kidnapped the former Diwaniya police chief, Major-General Fuad
Faris, as he was standing outside his house in central Diwaniya on
Wednesday, police said.

04/05/07 Reuters: Gunmen set fire to houses abandoned by Sunni owners
Gunmen set on fire to several houses abandoned by their Sunni owners
on Wednesday night in the towns of Haswa and Iskandariya, 40 km (25
miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

04/05/07 Xinhua: Explosion targeting Baghdad TV station wounds six
An explosion went off near the office of a Baghdad TV station on
Thursday, wounding at least six people, the pan-Arab al-Jazeera
television channel said. The TV station is the mouthpiece of the Iraqi
Islamic Party, a Sunni political party...

04/05/07 dailymail: Celebrating Iraqis parade macabre souvenirs
A mob of Iraqis celebrated the death of four British soldiers in a
roadside bomb by parading the victims' helmets and equipment. The
disturbing scenes came after the four were ambushed while on patrol in
Basra last night.

04/05/07 AP: U.S. Helicopter Shot Down In Baghdad - All Survive, 4
Wounded
The U.S. military confirmed that an Army helicopter went down south of
Baghdad, and reported all nine aboard survived; four were reportedly
wounded. The helicopter came under fire Thursday in a Sunni militant
stronghold south of Baghdad

04/05/07 MoD: Four British soldiers killed in Iraq roadside bomb
attack
four British soldiers and a civilian interpreter have been killed in
Iraq today, 5 April 2007. The five were killed in a roadside bomb
attack against a Warrior patrol west of Basra this morning.

04/05/07 MNF: Small arms fire kills one MND-B Soldier
In a separate incident, an MND-B Soldier died when a patrol was
attacked with small arms fire in an eastern section of the Iraqi
capital...No other Soldiers were wounded during the attack.

04/05/07 MNF: Roadside bomb strikes MND-B Patrol - 2 killed, 1 wounded
While providing escort security for another unit, two MND-B Soldiers
died and another was wounded when an improvised explosive device
detonated north of the Iraqi capital April 4.

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The monthly U.S. death toll through April 5 is 19

3,266 American troops are dead, 24,482 have been wounded, over 655,000
innocent Iraqis are dead and wounded

Harry