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IRAQI & AFGHANI DEATHS - ONE DAY'S MAYHEM - JULY 5, 2006
A compilation of news for a single day...

These reports (each with a reputable news link) detail some of the many dead and wounded among Iraqi military and civilians. We are not aware of any source that authoritatively and consistently compiles or counts these kinds of reports. Our totals are not official totals, and there could be some overlap. The following stories were compiled by Evan D.

A news search came up with 47 dead in Iraq, 80 wounded and another 2 detained in fighting on a single day, Wednesday, July 5, 2006.

A similar search turned up news in Afghanistan of 46 dead and 91 wounded on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 (see below).

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IRAQ

Wednesday, July 05, 2006
47 dead, 80 wounded, 2 detained
(Central Morgue: 1,595 bodies in May, 2006)

General news:

The central morgue said Tuesday that it received 1,595 bodies last month, 16 percent more than in May, in a tally that showed the pace of killing here has increased since the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaida in Iraq leader. The toll for last month, provided by the morgue deputy, who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the news media, was roughly double the 879 bodies the morgue received in June 2005.

Baghdad:

#1: A bomb struck the busy Tayaran Square in central Baghdad, reducing a restaurant near a bus stop to a pile of rubble. Two people were killed and 10 wounded in that explosion, Lt. Bilal Ali said.

A civilian was killed and six wounded when a roadside bomb went off in a central Baghdad square, police said.

#2: Iraqi police in eastern Baghdad found the body of a man who was shot in the head, Lt. Raad Abdul-Hussein said.

#3: Elsewhere in the capital, gunmen killed an employee of the Dora refinery in a drive-by shooting

#4: an intelligence captain in the Interior Ministry was seriously wounded when gunmen opened fire on his car in the volatile neighbourhood, according to Lt. Maithem Abdul-Razzaq.

#5: Gunmen in a speeding car also opened fire on a Shiite family as they were walking to the market in a southwestern neighbourhood in the capital, killing a 12-year-old boy and wounding his brother and two other relatives, he said.

#6: A roadside bomb missed a police patrol in eastern Baghdad but killed one civilian and wounded four others, Maj. Mahir Mohammed said.

#7: A bomb hidden in a bag also exploded in a market in central Baghdad, wounding seven people, Ali said.

#8: Three civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a police commando patrol in southern Doura district, police said.

#9: a car bomb in western Baghdad killed six people and wounded 17. The car bomb exploded outside a mosque in a public square in Washash neighborhood, a mostly Shiite area in the largely Sunni Mansour district.

#10: Also in central Baghdad on Wednesday, a bomb left in a shopping center selling clothes and shoes exploded, wounding ten people, according to the nearby al-Kindi hospital.

Karbala:

#1: In the Shiite holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, police reported the shooting death of a former Baathist.

#2: Gunmen killed six civilian on Tuesday in different areas of Kerbala, a hospital and police sources said.

#3: The bodies of two people with gunshot wounds were found near the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, 100 km (68 miles) southwest of Baghdad, police said.

#4: Meanwhile Iraqi police arrested two members of the security forces who had kidnapped a bride in Karbala, police sources said. The two men, who are members of a unit providing security at public installations, abducted the woman as she left a beauty salon accompanied by her mother and sister.

Suwaira:

#1: In a separate incident four civilians were killed in a bomb attack on an Iraqi army convoy overnight Wednesday in a suburb of Suwaira, 45 kilometres south of Baghdad. No soldiers were injured in the attack, according to police reports.

Baqubah:

#1: The restive province of Diyala, also saw its share of violence when one civilian was killed by a car bomb in the capital Baquba

#2: and another gunned down in the east of the city.

Khalis:

#1: Two others were shot dead in Khalis, to the north.

Beni Saad:

#1: Two corpses were found in the village of Khan Beni Saad, south of Baquba.

Tikrit:

#1: In Tikrit, in central Iraq, a shopowner was killed when gunmen opened fire on his store

#2: (Near) Elsewhere in the country one Iraqi civilian was killed by a roadside bomb which detonated as he was passing on the road from Balad to Ishaqi, close to Tikrit, security sources said.

Awja: (Near Tikrit)

#1: while in the nearby village of Awja, birthplace of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, a women was shot dead.

Baiji:

#1: A second car bomb targeting a US army patrol was detonated in Bayji, 200 kilometres north of the Iraqi capital. The car bombing failed to hit the targeted patrol, and no casualties were reported in association with the explosion.

Mosul:

#1: The bomb that struck the police patrol in Mosul killed a police officer and a civilian and wounded a policeman and three civilians, Capt. Ahmed Khalil said.

#3: (See #1 above) Gunmen killed three civilians and a policeman on Tuesday in different areas of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) police said.

Kirkuk:

#1: A roadside bomb also struck a car carrying members of a private security company in Kirkuk, 290 kilometres north of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding three others. Firefighters arriving at the site to help also were hit by a roadside bomb, which wounded two of them, Col. Nashat Shawish said.

On the main road 40 kilometers south of the Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, a roadside bomb went off as a car full of Kurdish peshmergas fighters passed, killing one and wounding two. When members of the civil defense showed up at the site, a second bomb detonated injuring three of them.

#2: (S. of) Police in a village 90 kilometers south of Kirkuk also reported finding the headless corpse of a man in a black tracksuit lying in the river Zab.

#3: Gunmen killed a civilian on Tuesday on the Kirkuk- Baghdad highway, police said

#4: Two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a U.S. patrol in Kirkuk, police said

#5: Three civilians were wounded when a car bomb targeting a civil defence official exploded near a hospital in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

#6: Another Kurd died near Kirkuk when gunmen opened fire on his car while he was driving on the main road leading to Baghdad

Ramadi:

#1: U.S. and Iraqi forces also raided a hospital that was suspected of being used as an insurgent base in the western city of Ramadi. The Saddam Hospital has been used as a launching pad for mortar attacks and sniper fire against coalition forces, as well as violence against Iraqi civilians, the military said. The coalition security forces began searching the hospital in the northern half of the city early Wednesday, the military said, adding that the operation had national and local government approval and was being led by the Iraqi army.

Fallujah:

#1: A police officer died from wounds he sustained after being attacked by gunmen on Tuesday in the city of Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said

Afghanistan
46 dead, 91 wounded

Afghanistan:

#1: Three bombs targeting government workers and security forces exploded Wednesday in the Afghan capital. In the first attack at 7:15 a.m., a remote-controlled bomb targeted an Afghan National Army bus in downtown Kabul, wounding 39 people on board, the Defense Ministry said. Police said the bomb had been hidden in a garbage container on the street. The blast sent the bus veering out of control and it crashed nearby. All the wounded were taken to a military hospital and were listed in stable condition, the statement said.

Bombs exploded on two government buses in the Afghan capital Kabul during the morning rush hour, killing at least one person and wounding forty Afghan army officers, the defence ministry said. Most of the officers were wounded lightly when one of the bomb blasts struck an army bus.

#2: Three bombs targeting government workers and security forces exploded Wednesday in the Afghan capital.

A second bomb hidden in a hand cart exploded 15 minutes later in northern Kabul as a bus carrying Commerce Ministry employees drove by, killing one bystander and injuring eight others, police and witnesses said. Five of the wounded were inside the bus, which was carrying 16 ministry workers, said government worker Noor Hak Stanezai, who had been on board. A bystander was killed and three others were injured outside the bus, Police officer Mohammad Nawad said.

#3: Three bombs targeting government workers and security forces exploded Wednesday in the Afghan capital.

A third explosion in eastern Kabul targeted an Afghan army convoy on Policharki Road, but nobody was reported hurt, said police officer Mohammad Nasim. The blast left a hole one yard wide in the roadside.

#4: Taliban militants have attacked the convoy of a private US security firm in western Afghanistan and killed two local security guards. A five-vehicle convoy of the USPI company was travelling through western Herat province late Tuesday when it was ambushed by Taliban fighters, deputy provincial police chief Ghulam Sarwar Haidari told АFР Wednesday. "Taliban attacked a USPI convoy. One vehicle was damaged and two USPI guards were killed yesterday," Haidari said. The company has a strong presence in Afghanistan, providing security for private firms, military bases and a host of organisations.

#8: In a skirmish Tuesday in northern Kandahar province, a Canadian reconnaissance platoon from Alpha Company engaged about a dozen Taliban fighters, killing one and wounding another who was brought to the Kandahar Airfield for treatment.

#13: A Taliban leader who thanked God and Canadians before renouncing the insurgents a few weeks ago has died. Mullah Ibrahim had lost a leg and suffered from jaundice and other diseases when he changed sides. Afghan officials said he died of natural causes Tuesday and was buried Wednesday.

#14: Coalition forces killed about 35 militants during a raid on a Taliban compound in southern Afghanistan, the military said today. The attack occurred last night in the village of Gujdar about 15 miles east of Musa Qala in southern Helmand province, a statement said.

#15: Police in nearby Zabul province said meanwhile that they had killed three Taliban in a battle on Wednesday in which an Afghan soldier was also killed.

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