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IRAQI & AFGHANI DEATHS - ALL IN A SINGLE DAY - JULY 7, 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 and Afghani military and civilians. We are not aware of any source that authoritatively and consistently compiles or counts these kinds of reports. The following news links were compiled by Evan D.

Friday, July 7, 2006

Today’s news search came up with 31 dead in Iraq and 96 wounded -- all in a single day.

Today's news coverage also turned up 8 dead in Afghanistan, and 3 wounded, plus one Coalition soldier killed and one wounded -- all in a single day. (see below).

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IRAQ
Friday, July 07, 2006
Iraqis: 31 dead, 96 wounded
Coalition forces: 0 dead, 0 wounded

Baghdad:

#1: Iraqi forces backed by U.S. aircraft battled militants in a Shiite stronghold of eastern Baghdad early Friday, killing or wounding more than 30 fighters and capturing an extremist leader who was the target of the raid, Iraqi and U.S. officials said. U.S. officials did not identify the insurgent leader but residents of the Shiite neighborhood said he was Abu Diraa, a commander in the Mahdi militia of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. There were conflicting casualty figures. Lt. Kadim Abbas Hamza of the Sadr City police said fighter planes also fired from the air and nine people, including a woman, were killed and 14 were wounded. He also said eight people were arrested. A hospital official said seven people were killed and 34 wounded.

#2: A car bomb also exploded about 10 minutes later as worshippers were leaving a Sunni mosque in western Baghdad, killing three people, a woman and two children, police Lt. Maitham Abdul-Razzaq said.

#3: The mortar round landed in front of the al-Nidaa Sunni mosque in northern Baghdad about 2 p.m., killing five people, including a policeman, and wounding two worshippers, the army said.

#4: A man from Kerala working as a truck driver for a Kuwait-based transportation firm has been killed in a landmine explosion in Iraq recently, members of his family said. Thirty-year-old Bijumon's family in Elambal village near Kollam was informed of his death by his employers Friday, his relatives said Friday. The tragedy occurred on July 1 when Bijumon was transporting goods to a US military camp near Baghdad

#5: A Sunni cleric was abducted in Baghdad, a powerful religious leader said in his sermon, denouncing the attack. Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samaraie, the head of the Sunni Endowment, the state agency responsible for Sunni mosques and shrines, said he had been informed that Sheik Alaa of the Ibn Taimya mosque had been kidnapped at a checkpoint.

#6: Iraqi soldiers captured a militant leader, and up to 40 “enemy fighters” were killed or wounded today in a gun battle in eastern Baghdad, the US military said. The statement came after fierce clashes were reported between Shiite militiamen and US-led forces in the Sadr City slum. The US military said the gunfight erupted after Iraqi forces came under fire from a rooftop from which the “insurgent leader was detained”.

#7: A mortar attack killed three and wounded about 30 in the mainly Shi'ite Shula district of Baghdad, police said.

Baqubah:

#1: police said in Baquba, 64 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded outside a mosque, wounding at least seven people as worshippers left the building.

Northeast of Baghdad, a roadside bomb struck worshippers leaving the Ahmed bin Hanbal Sunni mosque in Baqouba, killing one person and wounding five others, according to police.

#2: U.S.-led forces killed two fighters and detained five suspected insurgents during a raid near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, on Thursday, the U.S. army said.

Hilla:

#1: In another operation, Iraqi troops backed by U.S. soldiers arrested a top regional commander of a Shiite militia near Hillah, a U.S. statement said. In a statement Thursday, the U.S. said Iraqi and U.S. forces also arrested Adnan al-Unaybi, commander of a Mahdi militia force south of Baghdad.

Salman Pak:

#1: Also on Friday, two Iraqis were killed and four policemen wounded in clashes between police and fighters when the Salman Pak Shia mosque, southeast of Baghdad, came under attack, the US military said.

It said the National Police Headquarters located near the mosque was also attacked.

Sewera:

#1: Four bodies showing signs of torture were also recovered in the village of Suwera, 50 kilometers south of Baghdad.

Mosul:

#1: Gunmen shot dead three people in three different districts in Mosul on Thursday, police said.

Tal Banat:

#1: A car bomb outside a Shi'ite mosque in a village in northern Iraq killed at least six people and wounded 46 after Friday prayers, police in the northern city of Mosul said. A source in one of the main Shi'ite Islamist political parties in Baghdad said the blast in the village of Tal Banat, near the town of Sinjar close to the Syrian border, had killed at least 25 people. But Mosul police said their information put the casualty toll lower.

Ramadi:

#1: Four mortar rounds landed on the governorate building of Ramadi 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, killing one Iraqi army soldier and wounding two, police said.

Afghanistan
Friday, July 07, 2006
Afghanis: 8 dead, 3 wounded
Coalition forces: 1 dead, 1 wounded

#1: Militants attacked a coalition convoy in the province's Baghran Valley on Thursday, killing a coalition soldier and wounding another, said spokesman Sgt. Chris Miller. Five militants died when coalition forces returned fire, he said. Miller gave no details about the dead soldier's identity or nationality, but another foreign military official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to policy, said the fatality was American.

#2: Also in Helmand, three suspected Taliban militants died Thursday night and two more were wounded when a bomb they were trying to plant exploded on the side of a main highway in Grishk district, said Helmand police chief Ghulam Nabi Malakhail.

#3: In addition, he said Taliban fighters attacked government offices in Khana Shien district. Police returned fire and the militants retreated after the fighting, leaving bloodstains. It wasn't clear how many, if any, were killed or wounded.

#4: In neighbouring Uruzgan province, legislator Abdul Khaliq told The Associated Press foreign troops fired on a vehicle carrying his wife to a hospital Wednesday, on a road between Chora district and the provincial capital, Tirin Kot. "Before we reached the U.S. convoy, they started firing on our vehicle," said Khaliq's nephew, Naimatullah Khan, 35, who was in the vehicle and sustained minor injuries. He spoke from a hospital in Kandahar, where the wounded were being treated.

#5: In addition, he said Taliban fighters attacked government offices in Khana Shien district. Police returned fire and the militants retreated after the fighting, leaving bloodstains. It wasn't clear how many, if any, were killed or wounded.

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