These daily logs detail some of the many dead and wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, both military and civilian, of all nationalities. We are not aware of any source that authoritatively and consistently compiles or counts these kinds of reports.

Note: These news reports overlap in some cases. We've done our best to count a casualty only once. Where vague reports suggest "many" "some" or "several" we count a minimum of 2. These logs were compiled by Evan D. 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 Saturday, July 22, 2006

	Iraqis: 34 dead, 20 wounded Coalition in Iraq: 4 dead, 2 wounded
	Afghanis: 13 dead, 15 wounded Coalition in Afghanistan: 2 dead, 8 wounded

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IRAQ LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	IRAQI DEAD	IRAQI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
7/22/2006
IRAQ
Baghdad:
#1: Iraq U-S and Iraqi forces have sealed off an area of east Baghdad, where two large blasts have killed at least one civilian.	1
#2: Gunmen opened fire on workers in a house in western Baghdad, killing seven and wounding one, police sources said.	7	1
Seven Shiite workers were gunned down Saturday in a religiously mixed area of west Baghdad, and explosions in the heart of the capital shattered a one-day calm after a ban on private vehicles expired.
#3: A roadside bomb went off near a U.S. military patrol in eastern Baghdad on Saturday, causing casualties, a police source said. A makeshift bomb detonated shortly after 9:00 a.m. (0500 GMT) on main road near Zaiyouna neighborhood, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. "Our patrols reported that a U.S. Humvee was damaged and several U.S. soldiers wounded in the blast," the source said, adding that U.S. troops cordoned off the area.				2
#4: Earlier, another roadside bomb struck a U.S. patrol on Qanat Street in eastern Baghdad, but it was not clear whether there was any casualty as U.S. troops sealed off the area, police said. The U.S. military had no immediate comments on the incidents.
#5: Two rockets were launched against the highly-guarded Green zone in Baghdad, which hosts the headquarters of the Iraqi Government and the British and U.S. embassies, AFP reported. A spokesman of the U.S. military command said that so far they have no information about material damages or casualties.
#6: Meanwhile the U.S. military said Saturday a U.S. soldier was killed when his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad.			1
Baqubah:
#1: Three policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb targeting their patrol exploded in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police sources said.		3
#2: Four policemen and three civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off in a local market in Baquba, police sources said.	7
Samarra:
#1: The chairman of the council in the Iraqi city of Samarra narrowly survived an assassination attempt by one of his guards who blew himself up as his boss returned home, police said.	1
Kut:
#1: A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army convoy exploded in the city of Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, killing one soldier and wounding four others, police said.	1	4
Hilla:
#1: An Iraqi soldier was killed Saturday when a bomb exploded at the entrance to his home in Hillah, 95 60 miles south of Baghdad, police said.	1
Musayyib:
#1: Six people were wounded Saturday when a bomb exploded at the central bus station in Musayyib, about 40 miles south of the capital, hospital authorities said.		6
Kirkuk:
#1: Furthermore, an Iraqi police source in Kirkuk told KUNA that unidentified armed men kidnapped an Iraqi civilian in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
Mosul:
#1: Meanwhile an Iraqi police source told KUNA that an exchange of fire was witnessed between armed men driving a civilian vehicle and an Iraqi police patrol in north east Mosul, during which three militants were killed.	3
One civilian was killed in the crossfire when masked gunmen attacked Iraqi police in Mosul, and three gunmen died in an a separate firefight with police in the city, Khalaf said.	1
#2: Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi man in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, medical sources said.	1
#3: In the northern city of Mosul, gunmen attacked a joint U.S.-Iraqi base with rocket-propelled grenades and mortar fire Saturday. A suicide car bombing followed, but nobody was reported hurt, said police Lt. Col. Abdul-Karim Khalaf.
Tal Afar:
#1: A child was killed and another six civilians were wounded Saturday in mortar shell attacks targeting a residential compound in Talaafar in west Mosul, north Iraq.	1	6
Karmah:
#1: 10 Iraqi soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb struck a convoy in Karmah, west of Fallujah in the insurgent stronghold of Anbar province, police Lt. Ahmed Ali said.	10
IRAQ TOTALS	34	20	1	2
AFGHANISTAN LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	AFGHANI DEAD	AFGHANI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
7/22/2006
#1: US-led coalition and Afghan forces have killed at least 13 suspected Taleban in a strike in southern Helmand province, local officials have said. Some 15 Taleban fighters are said to have been injured in the strike in which ground forces were backed by helicopter gunships.	13	15
#2: Two Canadian soldiers were killed and eight wounded in a suicide vehicle attack that occurred at 5:20 p.m. local time today (8:50 a.m. EDT), five kilometres west of Kandahar City on Highway One.			2	8
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS	13	15	2	8
OTHER NEWS
#1: A Servicemember assigned to the 43rd Military Police Brigade died of a non-combat related injury on July 20.			1
#2: (not confirmed) A US army statement said that two US soldiers were killed due to an bomb explosion in a military truck east of Baghdad.			2
#3: Instead of cutbacks, a senior U.S. defense official said the Pentagon was moving ahead with scheduled deployments to Iraq next month and was moving one battalion to Baghdad from Kuwait, where it was in reserve, U.S. officials said. The U.S. command had drawn up plans to reduce the number of U.S. combat brigades in Iraq from 14 to 12 by September. But that plan has been shelved for the time being because of the security crisis in the capital.