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 16, 2006 SUMMARY - ALL IN A SINGLE DAY	DEAD	WOUNDED	TOTAL CASUALTIES
Iraqis	51	115
Coalition in Iraq	1	1
Afghanis	4	6
Coalition in Afghanistan	0	6
ALL CASUALTIES, BOTH WARS	56	128	184
IRAQ LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	IRAQI DEAD	IRAQI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
IRAQ
A U.S. soldier died on Tuesday of wounds suffered in combat in Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said in a statement.			1
Baghdad:
#1: A bomb exploded in a crowd of day laborers in central Baghdad on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 28, police said. All eight people killed in the Baghdad bombing were civilians, though four police were among the wounded, said police Lt. Bilal Ali said.	8	28
#2: In Baghdad, meanwhile, assailants blew up a monument erected to 18 Shiite children who were killed in July 2005 suicide bombing in the city.
#3: A roadside bomb went off in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 7 Iraqi civilians and injured 18 others, a police source told Xinhua. The blast occurred at about 11:15 a.m.(0715 GMT) in the neighborhood of Al-Nadha in eastern Baghdad, the source said on customary condition of anonymity. The roadside bomb targeted a police patrol but missed, causing much casualties to the passers-by, the source said.	7	18
A short time earlier, a roadside bomb exploded near a hospital and market in the eastern sector of the capital, claiming 7 victims and wounding 17, based on a still preliminary toll.	(see above)
#4: Two simultaneous car bombs killed at least 13 people and wounded 43 in Baghdad on Wednesday, police said. The attacks took place on Tunis Street, a busy commercial area in central Baghdad	13	43
Baqubah:
#1: policeman was killed and three were wounded when a roadside exploded near their patrol in the religiously mixed city of Baquba, 65 km north of Baghdad, police said.	1	3
Dinwaniya:
#1: Gunmen killed a former member of Saddam Hussein's ousted Baath Party in the southern city of Diwaniya, 180 km south of Baghdad, police said.	1
Karbala:
#1: (update from six killed) Government troops regained control of the holy city of Karbala after killing ten members of a Shiite cleric's private army, arresting 281 more and imposing a strict curfew on the town.	4
Kut:
#1: Police in Kut, 150km from Karbala, said Hasani's supporters there had ambushed a patrol and killed one officer.	1
#2: Two policemen wounded late on Tuesday by a roadside bomb targeting their patrol near a cemetery in Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.		2
Basra:
#1: Members of the Bani Assad tribe attacked the Basra governor's office because they believed provincial officials were behind the killing of a tribal leader Tuesday, according to an official trapped in the besieged building. The tribesmen fled after British armored vehicles arrived. Basra Gov. Mohammed al-Waeli said one policeman was killed and four were wounded. Seven attackers were arrested, he said.	1	4
Basra Gov. Mohammed al-Waeli said one policeman was killed and four others were wounded. Seven attackers were arrested, he added.	(see above)
#2: Yusif al-Mousawi, the general secretary of Tharalla Islamic Party, one of the Shi'ite Islamist parties, escaped an assassination attempt when two roadside bombs went off near his house in Basra, police said.
Qurnah:
#1: A Danish soldier was hospitalized after he was shot in the back during an assignment in Qurnah, about 35 miles north of Basra.				1
Kut:
#1: Authorities found three bodies floating in the Tigris in Kut, 100 miles southeast of Baghdad. All were bound, blindfolded and showed signs of torture, morgue official Maamoun al-Ajili said.	3
Mussayab:
#1: Gunmen wound two people late on Tuesday in Mussayab, police said		2
#2: Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and four wounded late on Tuesday by a roadside bomb near their patrol in the small town of Jbala, near Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.	3	4
Muqdqdiya:
#1: Bomb blast kills a woman and injures seven other civilians near the main bus station of this small town, 90 km (50 miles) north east of Baghdad, police said.	1	7
Hilla:
#1: Also Wednesday, a roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol north of Hillah, killing three soldiers and wounding four, police 1st Lt. Osama Ahmed said. Hillah is a mostly Shiite city about 60 miles south of Baghdad.	3	4
Gunmen attacked an Iraqi Army check point near Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad. The soldiers ran off and the attackers stole their weapons, police said.
Mosul:
#1: In Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, armed clashes erupted between police and assailants in three predominantly Sunni Arab neighborhoods, police Lt. Col. Abdul-Karim Ahmed Khalaf said. At least five gunmen were killed and six arrested, he said. Western Mosul is predominantly Sunni Arab, while Kurds dominate in the east of the city.	5
IRAQ TOTALS	51	115	1	1
AFGHANISTAN LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	AFGHANI DEAD	AFGHANI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
#1: U.S. and Afghan forces raided compounds suspected of being al-Qaida sanctuaries in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, seizing weapons and explosives and arresting eight people, the U.S. military said.
#2: Meanwhile, insurgents hit a Canadian base in southern Afghanistan with mortars, wounding six soldiers, a Canadian military spokesman said. The attack on the Canadians occurred in Zhari district in southern Kandahar province Tuesday, but none of the soldiers' injuries was life-threatening, said Capt. Edward Stewart, a Canadian military spokesman.				6
At least six Canadian soldiers and two Afghan army troops were wounded when their joint military base in the southern province of Kandahar came under rocket attack, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Wednesday.		2		(see above)
#3: In the neighboring province of Ghazni, Taliban attacked a police vehicle killing three constables last night and injuring three others. A security official, on condition of anonymity, said the policemen were intercepted in Andar area. They were asked to step down from their vehicle, disarmed and then sprayed with bullets, he said. However, police chief of the province, Tafseer Khan, said the cops were killed when Taliban attacked a construction company in the area.	3	3
#5: In a separate attack in the same province, one policeman was killed and another wounded on their way to secure the last night fighting site, in which three policemen were killed by Taliban. Security chief of the province Abdul Wakil said the team was on way to Andar area when it came under attack from the insurgents. One policeman was killed on the spot while the other was wounded and taken to hospital, he added.	1	1
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS	4	6	0	6
OTHER NEWS
#1: A FILIPINO worker died in a bombing in Iraq, according to GMA Network “Flash Report.” Qutoing the victim’s death certificate, the report identified the fatality as Carlito Sotes Mainit who died on July 31. The report said Mainit’s body was brought to Kuwait this August by a US Air Force plane. The report said Mainit was a driver of a warehouse company based in Kuwait.			1
#2: Iraq's Oil Minister declared lately that Iraq's crude oil production is back to 2.5 million barrels per day after repairing the pipeline that transport oil to Turkey, Market Watch reported. The minister said plans are under way to raise Iraq's oil production to reach 3 million b/d by the end of the current year, and raise it by 500,000 b/d annually by 2010.
ALL IN A SINGLE DAY - Daily News Log
Dead and Wounded in Both Wars, military and civilian
Daily News Log	Total deaths reported, all nationalities, both wars	Total wounded reported, all nationalities, both wars	Total dead and wounded reported, all nationalities, both wars
31-Aug-06			0
30-Aug-06			0
29-Aug-06			0
28-Aug-06			0
27-Aug-06			0
26-Aug-06			0
25-Aug-06			0
24-Aug-06			0
23-Aug-06			0
22-Aug-06			0
21-Aug-06			0
20-Aug-06			0
19-Aug-06			0
18-Aug-06			0
17-Aug-06			0
16-Aug-06	56	128	184
15-Aug-06	28	64	92
14-Aug-06	67	75	142
13-Aug-06	86	195	281
12-Aug-06	74	40	114
11-Aug-06	37	7	44
10-Aug-06	133	176	309
9-Aug-06	58	77	135
8-Aug-06	59	87	146
7-Aug-06	47	97	144
6-Aug-06	95	57	152
5-Aug-06	39	38	77
4-Aug-06	88	52	140
3-Aug-06	127	118	245
2-Aug-06	86	48	134
1-Aug-06	81	66	147
Totals, August 2006	1161	1325	2486
Daily average, August 2006	73	83	155