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 Thursday, August 03, 2006

Iraqis: 90 dead, 89 wounded Coalition in Iraq: 3 dead, 0 wounded Afghanis: 30 dead, 18 wounded Coalition in Afghanistan: 4 dead, 11 wounded

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IRAQ LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	IRAQI DEAD	IRAQI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
8/3/2006
IRAQ
Baghdad:
#1: (updated from 12) In Baghdad, police said the death toll from Wednesday's twin bomb attack on a soccer pitch where children were playing in west Baghdad's predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Amil had risen to 16.	4
#2: A bomb strapped to a motorcycle exploded in the center of Baghdad Thursday, killing at least nine people and injuring 21, police said. The attack near Rusafi Square in the Rashid Street shopping area apparently targeted vendors and commercial stalls, said police Lt. Ahmed Mohammed Ali.	9	21
#3: At least 10 people were killed on Thursday in a roadside bomb in Al-Amin, an eastern district of Baghdad, a police source said. A further 14 were wounded.	10	14
#4: Two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb targeting police commandos exploded in the Zayuna district of Baghdad.		2
#5: A roadside bomb went off near a police commando patrol in a southern Baghdad district on Thursday, wounding four commando members, an Interior Ministry source said. The bomb detonated shortly before 4:00 p.m. (1200 GMT) in the Eilam neighborhood when a police commando patrol was passing by, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. A police vehicle was damaged and four commando members aboard were wounded in the blast, the source said.		4
Suwaiyah:
#1: Iraqi police came under attack and fought intense battles with gunmen overnight in the southern outskirts of Baghdad. A second battle erupted nearby between a joint military and police force and insurgents, the prime minister's office announced. Iraqi forces chased the insurgents through a rural area 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of the capital and killed 15 of them, the statement said, adding that two policemen had also died.	17
A joint Iraqi army and police force chased and fought unidentified gunmen near Suwaiyah, some 40 km south of Baghdad, killing 15 militants and seizing weapons and ammunition, the source said on condition of anonymity.	(see above)
Wahda:
#1: At least eight people died as Iraqi security forces clashed with gunmen in the town of Wahda, southwest of Baghdad, Wednesday night, police said. Among the dead were four Iraqi police and four civilians. A police official said some of the gunmen also died, but did not have specific numbers. Wahda is about 20 miles (35 km) southwest of Baghdad.	(see below)
Iraqi police came under attack and fought intense battles with gunmen overnight in the southern outskirts of Baghdad. In the first clash, 30 kilometres (19 miles) south of the capital, gunmen attacked a police checkpoint killing 14 people, including six policemen, Kut police said on Thursday.	14
Mahmudiya:
#1: U.S. troops opened fire on a convoy carrying supporters of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr at a checkpoint south of Baghdad on Thursday, wounding at least 16 people, Iraqi police said. The U.S. military said it was checking the report and had no immediate comment. A Mahmudiya police source said the convoy, transporting Sadr supporters from the holy city of Najaf to Baghdad for a rally on Friday, had been passing by a U.S. base in the flashpoint town of Mahmudiya when the shooting took place.		16
American troops opened fire today on a vehicle carrying armed Shiites to an anti-Israel demonstration in Baghdad, killing two occupants and wounding at least 16, officials said.	2	(see above)
Kut:
#1: Police in Kut also reported finding 18 bodies in the Tigris river showing signs of torture. They had all been shot.	18
Wajihiya:
#1: In Wajihiya, gunmen stormed a house late Wednesday, killing four people and wounding a fifth, according to an official with Diyala Joint Coordination Center. Wajihiya is about 50 miles (80 km) north of Baghdad.	4	1
Kut:
#1: Police found the body of a former member of Saddam Hussein's ousted Baath party in the city of Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.	1
Latifiya:
#1: Gunmen snatched a car with its driver after wounding a man and a woman in Latifiya, police said.		2
#2: A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, wounding two policemen, a police source said.		2
Diwaniya:
#1: A guard was shot in Diwaniya, a town 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.		2
Samarra:
#1: A decomposed body was found in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, the Joint U.S.-Iraqi Coordination Centre said.	1
Balad:
#1: Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.		3
Dujail:
#1: Police found the bodies of three people shot dead on Wednesday in Dujail, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.	3
Ishaqi:
#1: Gunmen kidnapped a food contractor for the Iraqi army on Wednesday, the Joint Coordination Centre said.
Mussayab:
#1: Three people were killed and 22 wounded on Wednesday night when gunmen attacked a wedding party with hand grenades in Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.	3	22
An Anbar Prv:
#1: Two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 died, in separate incidents, due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province today.			2
Other Iraq:
#1: In one incident, gunmen shot to death four people in separate incidents in Baghdad, Amarrah, Mosul and Basra, police said.	4
#2: A Wisconsin National Guard soldier who was about two weeks away from completing his tour of duty in Iraq was killed in action by a roadside bomb, his mother said Wednesday. Spc. Ryan Jopek, 20, of Merrill, was killed by an explosive device Tuesday somewhere near Tikrit, said his mother, Tracy Jopek, by telephone.			1
IRAQ TOTALS	90	89	3	0
AFGHANISTAN LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	AFGHANI DEAD	AFGHANI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
8/3/2006
#1: A roadside bomb killed a Canadian soldier on Thursday in Afghanistan's south, where NATO troops took over security from U.S. forces this week. Another soldier was wounded when the bomb hit a NATO vehicle in Kandahar province, a stronghold for Taliban insurgents, NATO said in a statement.			1	1
#2: A second blast in the same area hit another NATO vehicle hours later, wounding three more Canadian soldiers, it said.				3
#3: Another roadside bomb on Thursday, possibly aimed at a NATO convoy, wounded three civilians in the northern province of Baghlan, provincial officials said.		3
#4: Afghan security forces backed by NATO warplanes killed at least 10 Taliban fighters in a fresh sweep in volatile southern Afghanistan, police said on Thursday. The rebels died on Wednesday when dozens of Afghan police attacked their hideouts in Helmand province's Garmser district, on the border with Pakistan, local police chief Mohammad Rasoul Aka said. Aka said the bodies from Wednesday's offensive were still on the ground and that security forces were chasing the insurgents in nearby mountains. Two policemen were also wounded during the fighting, he told the agency.	10	2
#5: A suicide car bomb attack aimed at a convoy of NATO troops in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar killed 20 Afghan civilians on Thursday, the provincial police chief said. There was no immediate word if there were any casualties among the NATO troops, Sayed Aziz told Reuters. "It was a suicide car attack, aimed at NATO, but killed instead 20 civilians and wounded 13 others," he said. No further details were immediately available.	20	13
#6: Meanwhile, in the southern Zabul province, 12 highway police manning a checkpoint abandoned their post overnight, said Yousef Stanezai, a spokesman for Interior Ministry. Stanezai said the men defected as the police were preparing to arrest them for extorting money from motorists and hijacking a fuel truck.
#7: Taliban fighters killed three NATO soldiers in an attack in southern Afghanistan Thursday, a NATO spokesman said. The insurgents attacked the soldiers with rocket-propelled grenades near a school on the outskirts of the city of Kandahar, a NATO statement said. Six soldiers were injured, but their wounds were not life-threatening, it said.			3	6
Three NATO soldiers killed in a barrage of rocket-propelled grenades in southern Afghanistan have been identified as Canadian, CTV News reported Thursday.			(see above)
#8: A Canadian soldier conducting operations aimed at countering Taliban disruptions of traffic on Highway One west of Kandahar City was injured Wednesday by a Howitzer blast and airlifted to the multi-national hospital here where he was listed in good condition with non-life threatening injuries. "Howitzers based at the Zhari district centre were conducting a fire mission and the soldier, who was working on the gun-line, was accidentally injured by the ensuing blast," said Public Affairs Officer Mark MacIntyre. "The exact circumstances of the incident are being determined."				1
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS	30	18	4	11