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06/24/07 Times: Soldier watches his twin die in Iraq on their 24th
birthday They were twins and, by coincidence, corporals in the same
battalion. On Friday they should have been celebrating their 24th
birthday. But it was not to be; Will Rigby sat at the bedside of his
brother, John, in an Iraq field hospital and watched him die.
06/24/07 Reuters: IED kills 4 Interior Ministry special forces
personnel in violence around Iraq on Sunday, a roadside bomb exploded
at noon in central Samarra, north of Baghdad, killing four Interior
Ministry special forces personnel in a passing utility vehicle, police
reported.
06/24/07 AP: Gunmen kill Shiite Kurdish member of the provincial
council Ninevah provincial police said gunmen in a speeding car shot
and killed Ahmed Zeinel, a Shiite Kurdish member of the provincial
council, as he left his house in Mosul on Sunday morning.
06/24/07 Reuters: Gunmen kidnapped member of the Yathrib city council
east of Balad Gunmen at a fake checkpoint kidnapped Salim Mohammed, a
member of the Yathrib city council east of Balad, police said.
06/24/07 Reuters: Body of female found in orchard in the town of Balad
Police found the body of a female non-government organisation worker
in an orchard in the town of Balad, around 90 km (50 miles) north of
Baghdad, police said. She had been shot.
06/24/07 Reuters: off-duty Iraqi soldier killed near Kut
An off-duty Iraqi soldier was killed in a drive-by shooting near the
city of Kut, 170 km (100 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.
06/24/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill Iraqi translator
Gunmen killed an Iraqi translator in a drive-by shooting near his
house in the town of Suwayra, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad,
police said.
06/24/07 Reuters: 6 bodies found west of Kerbala
The bodies of six people, including a member of the local city
council, were found shot and tortured in the town of Ain al-Tamur,
about 75 km (50 miles) west of Kerbala, south of Baghdad, police said.
06/24/07 Reuters: 11 bodies found in Baghdad
The bodies of 11 people were found in different areas of Baghdad on
Sunday, the Interior Ministry said.
06/24/07 Reuters: U.S. troops battle "minefield" of bombs in Iraq
U.S. troops hoping to directly confront al Qaeda militants in a major
offensive in the Iraqi city of Baquba instead found themselves
"swimming through a minefield", a senior officer said on Sunday.
06/24/07 MNF: MND-B Soldier dies of wounds sustained from combat
operations
A Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldier died of wounds sustained
from a roadside bomb and small arms fire attack in eastern Baghdad
early June 23.
06/24/07 AP: 'Most severely wounded' soldier endures
He lies flat, unseeing eyes fixed on the ceiling, tubes and machines
feeding him, breathing for him, keeping him alive. He cannot walk or
talk, but he can grimace and cry. And he is fully aware of what has
happened to him.
06/24/07 AP: Iraqi journalist shot to death in northern Iraq
A 35-year-old Iraqi journalist was shot to death Sunday on her way
home from work in Mosul, officials said, the second female journalist
to be killed in the northern city this month. The attack against Zeena
Shakir Mahmoud occurred about 3:35 p.m.
06/24/07 BBC: Two die in 'PKK suicide attack'
Two people have died in a suspected suicide attack by Kurdish
separatist rebels on a Turkish paramilitary police post, Turkish
officials say. A hijacked fuel lorry exploded after soldiers began
shooting as it headed towards the post in...
06/24/07 news4jax: Jacksonville Beach Native Killed By IED In Iraq
Sgt. Darren Hubbell, a 38-year-old combat medic, was one of four
American soldiers and four Iraqis killed in Iraq on Wednesday after
their vehicle hit a roadside bomb.He was serving his third tour in
Iraq with the 3rd Infantry Division.
06/24/07 dpa: Iraqi officer kidnapped in Basra
a statement from multi-national forces in southern Iraq disclosed that
one Iraqi officer was kidnapped Friday in Basra. The statement...said
'One officer in the Iraqi army was kidnapped Friday night and the
Iraqi army is dealing with the incident.'
06/24/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills police commando in western
Baghdad
A roadside bomb killed a police commando and wounded three others when
it exploded near their checkpoint in Mansour district in western
Baghdad, police said
06/24/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill policeman and his wife in Kufa
Gunmen killed a police officer and his wife in a drive-by shooting in
Kufa, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
06/24/07 Reuters: 24 bodies found in Baghdad on Saturday
Police said they had recovered 15 bodies from different areas of
Baghdad in the past 24 hours.
06/24/07 AP: Wounded troops are coming home, spurring questions about
care
While most of the attention from Iraq is focused on Americans who've
died in the war, medical experts say the lasting legacy will be the
military's success at keeping severely wounded troops alive.
06/24/07 MoD: Corporal John Rigby killed in Iraq on Friday 22 June
2007
the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Corporal John Rigby
from 4th Battalion The Rifles in Basra, southern Iraq on Friday 22
June 2007. Corporal Rigby, aged 24, from Rye, died from injuries
sustained by a roadside bomb attack in Basra.
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The monthly U.S. death toll through June 23 is 82
3,559 American troops are dead, 26,132 have been wounded, over
655,000 innocent Iraqis are dead and wounded
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