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08/25/06 ABCNews: Military Intensifies Ramadi Effort Amid Daily
Attacks
"There's no sectarian violence out in Ramadi," said Lt. Gen. Peter
Chiarelli, commander of the multinational forces in Iraq. "It's a
different fight because you're fighting al Qaeda. You're fighting
terrorists."
08/25/06 WaPo: Into the heart of Baghdad
Gen. John Abizaid made headlines three weeks ago when he told Congress
that civil war was a possibility in Iraq. On Thursday, he went into
two of Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhoods to see if a new
American-led offensive against the death...
08/25/06 IRIN: Threatened teachers fleeing Iraq
Being a teacher in Iraq today has become as dangerous as being a
soldier in action, teachers say, and it's a risk many are not willing
to take. Ever since a Shi'ite shrine was attacked last February in
Samarra, 125km north of Baghdad...
08/25/06 Reuters: Iraqis cautious over Baghdad security crackdown
U.S. commanders have declared their security crackdown in Baghdad a
contest for the future of the entire country but many in the capital
have a hard time believing anything can save their city from further
bloodshed.
08/25/06 AFP: Insurgents kill seven as Iraq violence rages
Sectarian and insurgent violence has claimed seven more victims around
Iraq as Muslims from the bitterly divided Sunni and Shiite communities
gathered in their respective mosques for weekly prayers.
08/25/06 Reuters: Body of Iraqi soldier found near Qaim
The body of an Iraqi soldier with multiple gunshot wounds, bearing
signs of torture, was found in an area near the Syrian border just
east of Qaim, 500 km (300 miles) west of Baghdad, said police officer
Falah Hassan.
08/24/06 WaPo: Sadr's Militia and the Slaughter in the Streets
The death squads that carry out the extrajudicial killings are widely
feared but mysterious. Often, the only evidence is the bodies
discovered in the streets. Several commanders in the Mahdi Army said
in interviews that they act independently...
08/24/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Lance Cpl. James D. Hirlston, 21, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., died Aug. 23
while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division,
II Marine Expeditionary Force
08/24/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Thomas J. Barbieri, 24, of Gaithersburg, Md., died on Aug. 23
south of Baghdad, Iraq when his patrol encountered enemy forces small
arms fire during combat operations. Barbieri was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment
08/24/06 AP: Five Oklahoma Soldiers Injured In Iraq (part 2)
Five Oklahoma Army National Guard soldiers have been injured in Iraq
by an improvised explosive device. Specialist Mathew Herndon of
Kingston, Sergeant Kelsey Birdsall of Marietta, Specialist Christon
Stone of Midwest City...Injuries were more extensive
08/24/06 AP: Five Oklahoma Soldiers Injured In Iraq (part 1)
Five Oklahoma Army National Guard soldiers have been injured in Iraq
by an improvised explosive device. Sergeant Larhonda Johnson of
Marietta and Specialist Jacob McNeely of Gainesville, Texas....were
treated for minor injuries
08/24/06 AP: Army studies accuracy of casualty reports
The Army has begun a review of casualty reports on American soldiers
killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere since 2001, a response to
complaints that it has not always given families accurate information.
08/24/06 DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
Chief Petty Officer Paul J. Darga, 34, of Lansing, Mich., died Aug. 22
when his Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team was struck by an improvised
explosive device while responding to a previous strike.
08/24/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt 1st Class Ruben J. Villa Jr, 36, of El Paso, Texas, died on Aug
18, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from a non-combat related cause.
Villa was assigned to the Area Support Group (CFLCC) , Camp Arifjan,
Kuwait.
08/24/06 BBC: Fifteen killed in Iraq violence
At least 12 Iraqis and three US soldiers have died in bombings and gun
attacks across Iraq in the last 24 hours, officials say. The attacks
included three car bombings in different parts of Baghdad, which
killed four people and injured several
08/24/06 week.com: Illinois Soldier Injured In Iraq
Specialist Jeremiah Sullivan was in the gunner's position of the
Humvee. An IED reportedly detonated just after the vehicle drove over
it. Sullivan's mother says shrapnel grazed her son's left leg, arms
and ... deeply wounding his right leg.
08/24/06 suburbanchicago: Wounded Waukegan Marine faces one more
operation
Sgt. Miguel Delgado clambered back up into his seven-ton truck, the
roadside bomb went off, detonated by a cell phone or pressure from the
truck behind his truck. The bomb broke Delgado's femur and bones in
his foot and ripped open his femoral artery
08/24/06 Centcom: MND-B SOLDIER KILLED IN SMALL-ARMS FIRE ATTACK
A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died of wounds after his
patrol was attacked by terrorists using small-arms fire at
approximately 12:15 p.m. today in Baghdad. (Release Number:
06-08-02CL, Release Date: 8/24/2006)
08/24/06 dpa: Forced displacements threaten Iraq's social fabric
More and more Iraqis are being uprooted by forced displacement which
is threatening Iraq's social fabric - with the government powerless to
take effective action.
08/24/06 sundaytimes: Iraq PM bans TV from showing attacks
Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has banned television channels
from broadcasting gory images of daily bloodshed in the country, the
interior ministry said in a statement.
08/24/06 Centcom: U.S. ARMY SOLDIER KILLED (confirmed)
A U.S. Army Soldier was killed Aug. 23 while conducting combat
operations south of Baghdad when his unit came in contact with enemy
forces. (Release Number: 06-08-02CL, Release Date: 8/24/2006)
08/24/06 Centcom: MND-B SOLDIER KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMB (confirmed)
A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 8
a.m. today when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by an
improvised-explosive device south of Baghdad. (Release Number:
06-08-02C, Release Date: 8/24/2006)
08/24/06 Reuters: Top Iraqi cleric tells politicians to stop
travelling
Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, chastised
his country's politicians on Thursday for travelling abroad too often
and said they should spend more time at home improving public services
08/24/06 wesh.com: Local Iraq Vet Says He Has 'New' Agent Orange
Chuck Hubert of Ocala fought in Iraq, and he said he believes he is
suffering from the "new" Agent Orange...Hubert said he and thousands
of others who have returned from the Iraq war are battling the effects
of inhaling depleted uranium
08/24/06 KUNA: Baghdad bomb kills civilian and security guard
A security source said one of the cars blew up near a security
checkpoint in the district of Al-Aathamiah, killing one civilian and
wounding nine people including four members of the Iraqi Special
Security Squad.
08/24/06 KUNA: Two killed, six wounded in car explosion in Baghdad
Up to two people were killed and six others wounded Thursday in a car
explosion in the southeast district of Baghdad, the Iraqi police said.
A police source said in a press release that the car explosion
occurred in Al-Mashtal area in southeast Baghdad.
08/24/06 Reuters: Three bodies found in kut, another in Suwayra
Police found the bodies of three people, handcuffed and with gunshot
wounds, in Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police
said...Police found a body, handcuffed and with gunshot wounds, in the
town of Suwayra
08/24/06 Reuters: Body and severed head found near Baji
Police found the body of an Iraqi near the town of Baiji, 180 km (112
miles) north of Baghdad, after earlier finding its severed head in the
same town on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.
08/24/06 Reuters: Bodies retreived from the Tigris near Tikrit
Police retrieved a body from the Tigris river in the city of Tikrit,
175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, a joint U.S. and Iraqi policing
centre said.
08/24/06 Reuters: Bodies retreived from river near Latifiya
Police retrieved a body, handcuffed, blindfolded and with gunshot
wounds, from a river near Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad,
police said.
08/24/06 AP: Gumen kill police captain in Amariyah, Iraqi soldier
killed in Baghdad
Gunmen killed a police captain and wounded his father outside their
home in Amariyah on Wednesday night, while an Iraqi soldier was shot
dead at a checkpoint in the same western Baghdad neighborhood, said
1st Lt. Maytham Abdul Razzaq.
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"It's a number"
Tony Snowjob
2,619 American troops are dead, 19,609 have been wounded, tens of
thousands of innocent Iraqis are dead and wounded in deranged Bush's
insane war.
Harry
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