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 Thursday, July 20, 2006

	Iraqis: 141 dead, 106 wounded Coalition in Iraq: 1 dead, 0 wounded
	Afghanis: 4 dead, 4 wounded Coalition in Afghanistan: 0 dead, 3 wounded

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IRAQ LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	IRAQI DEAD	IRAQI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
7/20/2006
IRAQ
Baghdad:
#1: The bodies of four men were found in two areas in eastern Baghdad.	4
#2: Five people were injured when police detonated a car bomb at Amin Square. Police tried to evacuate the area before detonating the vehicle but the area was too crowded, officials said.		5
A car bomb went off in a busy area in downtown Baghdad on Thursday, killing a civilian and wounding 15 others, an Interior Ministry source said. A parked explosive-packed car detonated near the Shorjah commercial area, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.	1	15
At least three people were killed and 10 others wounded Thursday when a car bomb exploded on a busy central Baghdad street, Iraqi emergency police said.	3	10
#3: A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army convoy south of the capital, injuring five soldiers, police said.		5
#4: Earlier, two people were killed, including a police officer, and 11 others wounded, including five policemen when a roadside bomb hit a passing police patrol in the Sakhrah intersection on the Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, according to a ministry source.	2	11
#5: Iraqi police recovered the 38 bodies showing signs of torture in the capital city during a 24-hour period ending Thursday morning.	38
#6: An Iraqi army convoy traveling in the western Baghdad neighborhood al-Jamia was also bombed by insurgents, police said. Police cordoned off the area and have not released a casualty report.
#7: One civilian was killed and six wounded when clashes erupted between gunmen and the police in the southern Dora district of the capital, police said.	1	6
#8: Mortar bombs wounded nine civilians in the Shula district in northwestern Baghdad, police said		9
Karbala:
#1: Gunmen assassinated a former official of Saddam Hussein's party in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad.	1
#2: Five Iraqi soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol near Kerbala, police said.		5
Najaf:
#1: Ten civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb targeting a U.S. military convoy exploded on a main road near the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.		10
Baiji:
#1:  Gunmen killed three engineers working in the oil refinery in Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.	3
Numaniya:
#1: Iraqi police found the body of a taxi driver in his car on a main road in the small town of Numaniya south of Baghdad, police said.	1
Muqdadiya:
#1: Seven people were wounded when gunmen opened fire at a checkpoint in Muqdadiya, 90 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad.		7
Diwanija:
#1: The Polish military base in Diwanija has been under attack. Four rockets were fired at Camp Echo of the multinational forces stationed in Iraq’s south-central stabilization zone. No casualties have been reported.
#2: An Iraqi army officer was wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a joint Iraqi and Polish patrol in the southern city of Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said.		1
#3: Gunmen kidnapped and killed a taxi driver, who was a former member of the ousted Baath Party, on Thursday in Diwaniya, police said.	1
#4: (unconfirmed) A Multi-National Forces (MNF) chopper crashed Wednesday in southern Iraq, according to eyewitness reports. Eyewitnesses told KUNA Thursday, a Polish chopper crashd near a MNF military base in Diwaniya, southern Iraq. The crash was not a result of fire, although reports are inconclusive, a malfunction in the chopper is suspected. MNF spokesperson neither confirmed nor denied the news.
Balad:
#1: The bodies of two people with gunshot wounds were found near Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.	2
Tikrit:
#1: Gunmen killed a police officer near a checkpoint in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.	1
#2: The body of a translator for U.S. forces was found near Tikrit with gunshot wounds, police said. He was kidnapped on Tuesday, police added.	1
#3:  Iraq Iraqi police say a car bomb has killed 12 people who had gathered around a vehicle after discovering a corpse inside. A police captain says the victims were staring at the car parked at a gas station when it blew up. Seven others were injured in the village about 155 miles north of Baghdad.	13
At least four people were killed and 12 wounded when a car bomb exploded in a small village between the cities of Tikrit and Baiji in central Iraq, according to police.	4	12
At least four people were killed and 12 wounded when a car bomb exploded in a small village between the cities of Tikrit and Baiji in central Iraq, according to police. Police initially reported 12 dead, but then revised their toll downward.
#4: In Tikrit, the hometown of former president Saddam Hussein, gunmen shot dead a police lieutenant as he left his house.	1
Kirkuk:
#1: A car bomb killed one person and wounded seven in Kirkuk.	1	7
#2: So far this month, at least 84 people have been killed in Kirkuk and surrounding areas. (Our previous July total for Kirkuk was 53, so today we add 31 more.)	31
#3: Three people were wounded late on Wednesday when a car bomb exploded in a crowded market in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.		3
#4: U.S. and Iraqi forces surrounded and entered two towns near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Thursday in search of suspected al Qaeda militants, the military said on Thursday. The operation follows a series of insurgent attacks in the area where 31 Iraqi soldiers have been killed by rebels in the past five weeks, said a military statement.	31
Mosul:
#1: The governor of Mosul Duraide Muhammad Kashmula survived Thursday an assassination attempt after a bomb exploded near his convoy in the city of Mosul in Northern Iraq. A security source told reporters that the explosion occurred in Al-Faisaliya area in Mosul. The source added that the explosion did not cause any damage.
Sulaimaniya:
#1: (N. of) A senior Iraqi-Kurdish official accused Iranian forces on Thursday of shelling Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq. Othman Mahmoud, interior minister of the Kurdish regional government in the north, said shelling was going on along the border about 170 km (105 miles) north of the city of Sulaimaniya. Mahmoud said it was still not clear whether there were any casualties. There was no immediate comment from officials in Iran.
Fallujah:
#1: Gunmen kidnapped and killed a policeman in Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.	1
An Anbar Prv:
#1: (Ramadi?) A Marine assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division died due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province today.			1
IRAQ TOTALS	141	106	1	0
AFGHANISTAN LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	AFGHANI DEAD	AFGHANI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
7/20/2006
#1: Canadian troops narrowly missed death and serious injury when an American jet dropped a 225-kilogram laser-guided bomb on their position earlier this month
#2: An artillery shell dumped in a pile of rubbish exploded in Kabul, killing one Afghan man and wounding two others today, police said. The explosion happened in the west of the capital early Thursday	1	2
#3: (update) The Kandahar Air Field, where Canadian soldiers are based, came under rocket attack again Wednesday as the Taliban threatened escalated attacks against foreign forces in Afghanistan. A coalition soldier was injured in Wednesday's attack when a single rocket slammed into the base.				1
#4: (update) Two Afghan soldiers were wounded and two Taliban were killed in the battle to retake Garmser, a remote town of about 50,000 people on the Helmand River, officials said. A U.S. military spokesman said the scanty resistance showed insurgents were weaker than they appeared.	2	2
#5: Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint south of Helmand's capital, Lashkar Gah, killing one policeman and burning two vehicles, the provincial governor's spokesman said.	1
#6: The Defence Force says Australian soldiers have suffered minor injuries in southern Afghanistan. A Defence spokesman has confirmed some soldiers were injured during a coalition patrol. He says for operational reasons no details can be given on how many soldiers where injured or when the incident occurred.				2
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS	4	4	0	3
Note: the above news reports overlap in some cases. We've done our best not to count the same casualties twice. Where vague reports suggest "many" "some" or "several" we count a minimum 2.
OTHER NEWS
#1: Four more people seized last weekend at a sports conference have been found blindfolded and dumped unharmed in an east Baghdad neighborhood, officials said Thursday. There was no word on the fate of Iraq's Olympic committee chairman.
#2: Raging violence has pushed up the number of displaced people in Iraq to at least 162,000, the Ministry of Displaced and Migration said on Thursday.
#3: Elsewhere, Baghdad's central morgue said it had received a total of 33,728 corpses since the beginning of the current Iraq war in 2003, most of them unidentified, a health ministry official said Thursday.
#4: U.S. military officials reported a 40 percent increase in the daily average of attacks in the Baghdad area. U.S. spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said there has been an average of 34 attacks a day against U.S. and Iraqi forces in the capital over the past five days. The daily average for the period June 14 until July 13 was 24 a day, he said.

 

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