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 Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Iraqis: 64 dead, 41 wounded Coalition in Iraq: 2 dead, 0 wounded Afghanis: 20 dead, 5 wounded Coalition in Afghanistan: 0 dead, 2 wounded

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IRAQ LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	IRAQI DEAD	IRAQI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
8/2/2006
IRAQ
Baghdad:
#1: Early Wednesday, a bomb in a garbage bag lying on a street in downtown Baghdad exploded near a group of laborers waiting to be hired for daily wage work, said police 1st Lt. Ahmed Mohammed Ali. He said three laborers were killed and eight were injured. Minutes later a second bomb, also hidden in a bag, exploded but caused no casualties, he said.	3	8
#2: A man was also killed when a bomb he was planting on a highway in northern Baghdad exploded, police said.	1
#3: Two unidentified bodies, showing signs of torture and gunshot wounds to the head, were found in northwestern Baghdad.	2
#4: A short distance away, gunmen in a car opened fire on a checkpoint outside the Ministry of Oil building about an hour later, injuring three guards, said police Lt Bilal Ali Majid.		3
#5: Two hidden bombs exploded on a Baghdad soccer field Wednesday, killing nine young people. The players killed by the homemade bombs in western Baghdad's Amil district ranged in age from 15 to 25, police 1st Lt. Maitham Abdul Razzaq said.	9
#6: About an hour earlier, two mortar shells hit the capital's residential Abu Dshir neighborhood, one landing in a soccer field and killing three people younger than 15, police Capt. Firas Queti said. The other mortar landed on a house, injuring a couple and their child, he said.	3	3
Baqubab:
#1: In Baquba, Ahmed Abdel Hussein, the chief of traffic police in the city, north of Baghdad, was gunned down along with his bodyguard and two others were wounded, police said.	2	2
Diwaniya:
#1: In Diwaniya, a roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol, wounding two soldiers in Diwaniya, 180km south of Baghdad.		2
#2: Gunmen killed an employee of a human rights group outside his home in Diwaniya, police said.	1
#3: A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army convoy exploded on a main road between Simawa and Diwaniya south of Baghdad, killing one soldier and wounding three, police said.	1	3
Khalis:
#1: In other violence Wednesday, two traffic police colonels were killed and two guards wounded in a drive-by shooting in Khalis, 50 miles north of Baghdad.	2	2
Madaen:
#1: Fifteen insurgents and three policemen have been killed in fighting near Madaen, south of Baghdad.	18
Insurgents fired rockets and mortars at Iraqi security forces in the town, 40 miles from Baghdad, drawing a counter-attack, Police Lieutenant Colonel Hassan al-Dalfi said in a statement. Four police officers and two civilians were wounded and ten houses damaged in the fighting, he said.		6
Suwayra:
#1: The bodies of 11 men with their hands bound were pulled from the Tigris river near the town of Suwayra south of Baghdad, a police source said. They had been shot and also showed signs of torture.	11
Qamishli:
#1: The bodies of two men, blindfolded and with their hands bound, were found on a rural road in Qamishli, south of Baghdad, police said.	2
Mosul:
#1: A police patrol was hit by a roadside bomb in the northern city of Mosul, killing one policeman and injuring four, police said.	1	4
Kirkuk:
#1: A body was found, handcuffed, bearing signs of torture with gunshot wounds in the head in the oil city of Kirkuk	1
Hawija:
#1: Two off-duty Iraqi soldiers and a civilian were killed and four civilians wounded when a roadside bomb went off beside a truck carrying wheat in Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.	3	4
An Anbar Prv:
#1: A Soldier assigned to 9th Naval Construction Regiment died due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province today.			1
#2: A Marine assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division died due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province today.			1
Ramadi:
#1: In Ramadi, Iraqi security and coalition forces searched Anbar University for insurgents after receiving intelligence reports that indicated the university is being used as an insurgent safe haven and command center, a U.S. military statement said. "Iraqi and coalition forces have received sniper fire from the university on multiple occasions," the statement said. The operation coincides with a recess in classes.
Tel Afar:
#1: (Tuesday)  In Tal Afar, three Iraqi soldiers were killed and four were wounded in a car bomb.	3	4
#2: Insurgents attacked a police station and wounded one policeman in Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad.	1
IRAQ TOTALS	64	41	2	0
AFGHANISTAN LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	AFGHANI DEAD	AFGHANI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
8/2/2006
#1: Local police chief Ghulam Rasool said Afghan forces backed by coalition aircraft attacked a Taliban position in the village of Habibullah, near Garmser. Police found the bodies of 18 insurgents, believed to have been killed in coalition airstrikes, and four wounded Taliban. An Afghan policeman was also killed during the battle, Rasool said.	19	4
#2: In other bloodshed, an explosion destroyed a car belonging to the Afghan Finance Ministry in Kabul, killing the driver and wounding a passenger and a bystander, officials said. Initial police reports indicated the blast was caused by a suicide car bomber, though Finance Ministry spokesman Aziz Shams rejected that, saying the vehicle was driven by a "trusted" employee.	1	1
#3: A soldier of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force was wounded Wednesday in Afghanistan's southern restive Helmand province, a press release of the multinational force said. An ISAF soldier was wounded at approximately 9:00 a.m. Wednesday in northern Helmand when his position received heavy small arms fire from insurgents, the press release added. The statement did not identify the nationality of the soldier but Britain has some 4,000 troops in Helmand province.				1
Taliban insurgents attacked a Danish camp in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, seriously wounding one soldier in the third assault on Denmark's contingent since it deployed to the volatile region last week. The Danish soldier injured in the attack on the camp in the remote district of Musa Qala, in Helmand province, was transferred to a hospital in the city of Kandahar, the Danish Army Operational Command said in a statement. No further details were immediately available.				1
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS	20	5	0	2
OTHER NEWS
#1: Thousands of Shi'ite civilians charged with guarding neighbourhoods in Iraq marched through Baghdad on Wednesday in a show of force likely to stir passions in a country ravaged by sectarian violence. The crowd included members of the Badr Organisation, one of the armed Shi'ite groups Sunni Arabs accuse of running militia death squads, a charge they deny.
#2: (Adel Najee Al Mansouri was reported dead 8-1-06, Baghdad #11) Monday night, Iraqi journalist Abdul Wahab Abdul Razeq Ahmad Al Qaisie was found dead 10 days after he was kidnapped by masked gunmen in Baghdad, the Iraqi Journalists' Syndicate said. Adel Najee Al Mansouri, a reporter for Iranian TV channel Al Alam, was found dead on Tuesday, a day after armed men took him from his house in Baghdad. The third journalist killed was Riyad Atto, the editor of a newspaper in Talafar, the IJS reported.	2
#3: A TURKISH technician kidnapped in Iraq in June was released unharmed today, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Hasan Eskimutlu was kidnapped on June 14. A video from the Imam Ali Battalion aired in June on Al Jazeera television showed a middle-aged man identified as Eskimutlu sitting next to a wall as a militant pointed an assault gun at his head.