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IRAQI & AFGHANI DEATHS - ALL IN A SINGLE DAY - JULY 8, 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.

Saturday, July 8, 2006

Today’s news search came up with 27 dead in Iraq and 54 wounded -- all in a single day.

Today's news coverage also turned up 16 dead in Afghanistan, and 3 wounded -- all in a single day. (see below).

(See also below: Other news about the wars.)

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IRAQ
Saturday, July 08, 2006
27 dead, 54 wounded

Baghdad:

#1: Gunmen shot dead a woman, believed to be a translator for U.S. forces, in southern Baghdad's Bayaa district, police said.

#2: The bodies of six Shi'ite rag collectors were found in the mainly Sunni Baghdad district of Doura, apparent victims of sectarian violence, Interior Ministry sources said. The victims had gunshot wounds to the head and chest.

#3: Also Saturday, gunmen in two cars stopped a vehicle in Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, forced the two passengers to get out and killed them in front of horrified bystanders, according to police Lt. Maithem Abdel-Razaq.

#4: In the same neighborhood, gunmen opened fire on a Shiite family as it was moving out of the city, wounding five members, police said. Dora has a mixed Sunni-Shiite population and has become one of the most dangerous areas in the capital for sectarian violence.

#5: Elsewhere, gunmen Saturday killed three people working in an ice cream shop in the mostly Shiite Baghdad neighborhood of Nahrawan, police Lt. Fikrat Mohammed said.

#6: Police also reported finding two bodies in separate locations in eastern Baghdad. They were believed the latest victims of sectarian death squads.

#7: Meanwhile, gunmen in two speeding car fired Saturday on a Sunni mosque in west Baghdad's Ghazaliya neighborhood. Mosque guards returned fire and the attackers fled, police Capt. Jamil Hussein said.

#8: A Sunni cleric was killed by gunmen wearing uniforms of Iraq's security forces, the Sunni Iraqi Islamic party said.

#9: Three civilians were killed and five wounded when mortar rounds landed in the southern Baghdad area of Abu Dshir, a religiously mixed area, police said.

#10: A car bomb exploded outside a Shi'ite mosque in the Hay al-Jihad district, police said, adding four people were wounded.

#11: Four children were killed and 38 wounded when four mortars struck an open field in the northern Baghdad district of Kadhimiya, the U.S. military said in a statement.

Baqubah:

#1: Police found two beheaded bodies in the religiously mixed town of Baquba, 65km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police sources said.

Khalis:

#1: Two bodies with gunshot wounds to the head were found in the town of Khalis, just north of Baquba, police said.

Kirkuk:

#1: An Iraqi officer was injured Saturday in a bomb explosion in western Kirkuk, northern Iraq.

Al-Huweija:

#1: police said two citizens were wounded when armed militants attacked a Multi-National Force patrol vehicle in Al-Huweija district.

Afghanistan
16 dead, 3 wounded

#1: US-led forces in Afghanistan say they have killed ten suspected Taleban militants in the south of the country. A coalition spokesman said eight of its soldiers and one Afghan army soldier had been wounded in the battle in Kandahar province. A coalition spokesman said its forces were engaged in numerous fights with Taleban militants in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar. One militant was also injured in the latest battle on Saturday morning. The coalition forces did not disclose the nationalities of the soldiers who were injured, but the largest contingent of foreign troops in the province are from Canada and the US.

#2: In a separate incident, Taliban attacked coalition troops in Zabul province, north of Kandahar, late on Friday. Five coalition soldiers were wounded and one Taliban killed, Roberge said.

Three coalition soldiers and one Afghan soldier were wounded and five Taliban believed killed in the push into the Panjwai district, about 25 km (17 miles) west of Kandahar, said a force spokeswoman.

Other War News
Saturday, July 08, 2006

#1: Iraq has suspended pumping crude oil from Kirkuk oil fields to the Turkish Ceyhan port since Friday morning, an Iraqi oil official said Saturday. The official said that the flow remained suspended Saturday and was expected to resume as soon as there was enough crude at Kirkuk reservoir. "North Oil Co.'s authorities have to gather crude oil from oil fields to stores near Kirkuk" before pumping it to Ceyhan, the official told Dow Jones Newswires by telephone from Baghdad.

#2: President Bush would spend a quarter of the $50 billion down payment he wants for next year’s Iraq and Afghanistan war costs to replace damaged weapons and equipment, while an additional $3 billion would go to train and equip Iraqi and Afghan forces. A document detailing the plan, obtained by The Associated Press, proposes spending $2.3 billion for new armor for troops and vehicles and efforts aimed at thwarting missiles. Another $2.1 billion would be for protecting troops from roadside bombs. About $9 billion would go toward buying new equipment, including two V-22 Osprey airplane-helicopter hybrids, four C-130J cargo planes, one C-17 cargo plane, seven UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and 11 CH-47 Chinook helicopters. Almost half the money — $24.3 billion — would be to provide food, water and medical support for troops, purchase parts and fuel for equipment and maintain military facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

#3: For the second time since the Vietnam War, the 25th Infantry Division yesterday cased its colors for a major war deployment. Nearly 100 helicopters and 7,000 soldiers already are starting to head to northern Iraq to be part of Task Force Lightning and by all accounts, a tumultuous and historic year ahead.

#4: Iraq has raised its southern crude oil production capacity to 2 million barrels a day from 1.7 million b/d, the head of the country's South Oil Co., Abdul Jabbar Lauiby, said Saturday.

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