These reports (each with a reputable news link) detail some of the many dead and wounded among Iraqi and Afghani military and civilians, as well as Coalition dead and wounded. 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.

Note:  Our hearts go out to the people of Israel and Lebanon as they suffer through the terrible recent violence there.  We regret we do not have time to track the death and mayhem there.  Like the prayers of so many others, our prayers are vague and faceless: God be with them all. (For detailed daily news updates on the Middle East, try the blog, News About the Middle East.)

In the news on Tuesday, July 18, 2006

	Iraqis: 153 dead, 151 wounded Coalition in Iraq: none
	Afghanis: 7 dead, 21 wounded Coalition in Afghanistan: none

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IRAQ LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	IRAQI DEAD	IRAQI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
Baghdad:
#1: In the capital, armed men wearing Iraqi military uniforms stormed into the Rafidain Bank early Tuesday afternoon and made off with about $675,000, police told CNN. Few other details were released.
#2: Morgue officials reported the discovery of 32 bodies of Iraqi men, found with their hands bound, bodies bloodied and bullet wounds to the head in various parts of the capital.	32
#3: Gunmen killed a local leader of the Badr Brigade, the military wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the largest Shi'ite party in government. Abu Ali al-Garawi, head of Badr in Diwaniya, was killed near Baghdad along with two of his nephews while travelling in a motorcade.	1
Najaf:
#1: (Kafa) A suicide bomber pulled his minivan into a busy market on Tuesday, lured labourers onboard with the promise of jobs and then blew himself up, killing at least 59 people in one the bloodiest attacks in Iraq this year. The blast in the Shi’ite city of Kufa wounded 132 people	59	132
Mahmoudiya:
#1: (near) Three Iraqi soldiers were killed as gunmen attacked a checkpoint near Mahmoudiya killing three Iraqi soldiers, 35 kilometres south of Baghdad, said a security source. The source told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that unidentified gunmen opened intensive fire on an Iraqi army checkpoint, on the road between Youssefiya and Mahmudiya, killing three soldiers and injuring another.	3	1
#2: Iraqi police on Tuesday found bodies of 14 people killed in the execution style near a town south of Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said. "Our police patrols found 14 bodies of men outside the town of Mahmudiyah," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The bodies, showing signs of torture, were bound and with bullet holes in the heads and chests, the source said.	14
Baqubah:
#1: One police officer and two gunmen were killed in an attack on Baquba police station, 60 kilometres north of Baghdad, security sources said Tuesday. The sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that 'unidentified armed men attacked the Tahrir Police Station in Baquba on Monday night killing one police officer and injuring another two members of the police force, while two of the gunmen were killed in the attack.'	3	2
#2: (near) Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint, killing four policeman and wounding another near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.	4	1
Tikrit:
#1:  Iraqi police found the head of a young woman near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. A man was killed when a bomb planted under the head exploded as he was trying to take a photo of the head, police said.	2
Sweira:
#1: Armed clashes near the town of Soweira, 50 kilometres south of Baghdad, between gunmen and joint Iraqi police and armed forces left one gunman dead, and three others injured.	1	3
#2: One army officer was also injured and seven gunmen arrested in the clashes that took place after joint Iraqi police and armed forces raided homes in a village on the outskirts of Soweira.		1
Basra:
#1: British forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra said they conducted a large operation to search for weapons early on Tuesday, and Iraqi police said five Shi'ite militia fighters had been killed in clashes. He said there were no British casualties and that three suspects had been arrested.	5
Kut:
#1: Five Iraqi soldiers were wounded when several rockets landed near a military base used for training Iraqi forces in Kut, Iraqi army said.	5
Kirkuk:
#1: Gunmen killed sheikh Khalid Ahmed Hasan, a tribal leader, near Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad	1
Habaniya:
#1:  Insurgents fired mortar rounds on an Iraqi army base, killing one soldier and wounding four, in the town of Habaniya, 75 km (47 miles) west of Baghdad.	1	4
Mosul:
#1: suicide bomber targeting an Iraqi army patrol in the northern city of Mosul killed four people and wounded two, police said.	4	2
Hawija:
#1: Five policeman were killed and five were wounded, including four civilians, when a roadside bomb went off near a police patrol in Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.	5	5
A roadside bomb Tuesday killed nine Iraqis, including six policemen, at Howeija, 250 kilometres north of Baghdad, a police source said. The bomb went off as a police patrol was passing through the town, south-west of Kirkuk.	9
Haditha:
#1: Gunmen killed three translators who worked for the U.S. forces in Haditha, 240 km (150 miles) northwest Baghdad, police said.	3
Fallujah:
#1: Gunmen killed a police major in the city of Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.	1
IRAQ TOTALS	153	151	0	0
AFGHANISTAN LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	AFGHANI DEAD	AFGHANI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
#1: The U.S.-led military in Afghanistan confirmed Tuesday that the Taliban have captured two southern Afghan towns. Coalition forces vowed "decisive action" to reclaim the towns.
#2: Separately, militants killed two Afghan policemen in an execution-style shooting and wounded another in eastern Ghazni province‘s Gelan district, said Gen. Tafseer Khan, the provincial police chief.	2	1
#3: A suicide bomber killed an Afghani soldier and four civilians, the U.S. military announced Monday. The attack took place in Paktia Province in Afghanistan. Two soldiers and as many as 20 civilians were injured.	5	20
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS	7	21	0	0

 

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