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 Friday, August 18, 2006 SUMMARY - ALL IN A SINGLE DAY	DEAD	WOUNDED	TOTAL CASUALTIES
Iraqis	26	15
Coalition in Iraq	4	0
Afghanis	0	0
Coalition in Afghanistan	1	1
ALL CASUALTIES, BOTH WARS	31	16	47
IRAQ LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	IRAQI DEAD	IRAQI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
Friday, August 18, 2006
IRAQ
General news:
#1: Friday's statement did not say if any arrests were made at the mosque, but listed the results of the nationwide crackdown: 77 detained in the last 24 hours including 31 people with strong evidence of terrorist activities against them. It said the 31 included four Iraqis who were caught planting a roadside bomb south of Baghdad, five Egyptians and a man who had obtained a security clearance pass for the highly protected Green Zone, an enclosed area in Baghdad containing government headquarters and the U.S. facilities.
#2: Two contractors working in Iraq for the Army Corps of Engineers' center in Huntsville have been killed by roadside bombs in Iraq this week. One was killed Sunday and another Thursday, according to a news release from the Corps of Engineers, which is in charge of storing and destroying captured munitions in Iraq. There have now been 28 contractors associated with the Huntsville center killed in Iraq. None so far have been from the local area. The contractor killed Sunday was Rogelio Saraida, 47, from the Philippines. The vehicle he was riding in was struck by an "improvised explosive device," according to the Corps of Engineers. Saraida worked as a security specialist and was employed by the AIM Group, headquartered in Houston, Texas. The name of the contractor who died Thursday has not been released. His vehicle also was struck by an IED, officials said.			2
#3: Turkey and Iran have dispatched tanks, artillery and thousands of troops to their frontiers with Iraq during the past few weeks in what appears to be a coordinated effort to disrupt the activities of Kurdish rebel bases. Scores of Kurds have fled their homes in the northern frontier region after four days of shelling by the Iranian army. Local officials said Turkey had also fired a number of shells into Iraqi territory. Some displaced families have pitched tents in the valleys behind Qandil Mountain, which straddles Iraq's rugged borders with Turkey and Iran. They told the Guardian yesterday that at least six villages had been abandoned and one person had died following a sustained artillery barrage by Iranian forces that appeared designed to flush out guerrillas linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), who have hideouts in Iraq.	1
#4: Sgt. John P. Phillips, 29, of St. Stephen, S.C., died Aug. 16 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on March 7. He was assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.			1
#5: Iraqi media reported on Friday what was believed to have been the first-ever attack by a female suicide bomber, an attack which targeted joint Iraqi-US forces. The Iraqi news agency al-Dar cited eyewitnesses as saying the attack took place Wednesday in Maqdadiya, 110 kilometres north-east of Baghdad. The woman, wearing an explosives belt, approached a joint US-Iraqi forces patrol positioned near a bus stop and blew herself up, the report said. At least seven were killed and more than another 20 wounded, including civilians and military personnel, al-Dar said. The US and Iraqi military did not specify the number of casualties inflicted upon their forces in this attack.	(not enough information)
Baghdad:
#1: Iraqi security forces, supported by U.S. military forces, killed one insurgent and detained another in an early-morning operation in Rasheed district, southeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.	1
#2: Gunmen killed a policeman in the al-Rashdiya district, north of Baghdad, police Colonel Sabah Moussa said.	1
#3: A group of Shiite pilgrims enroute to attend an major ceremony were attacked by unidentified gunmen in northern Baghdad Friday night, leaving seven people killed, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua. The attack occurred at about 9:30 p.m. (1730 GMT) in al-Adal district while the pilgrims were walking to the Imam Mousa al-Kadim shrine in Kazimiyah district for a ceremony, the source said on condition of anonymity.	7
Baqubah:
#1:  Four bodyguards working for a Baquba city council member were wounded in a mortar attack on his home.		4
#2: TWO civilians were killed and seven others wounded today in a string of attacks around Baquba, a restive provincial capital just north of Baghdad, Iraqi police said.	2	7
Dinwaniya:
#1: A former Baath Party member was assassinated in Diwaniya, 180 Km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.	1
Taji:
#1: Unidentified gunmen attacked a convoy of civilian trucks Friday, killing one guard. The convoy carrying unspecified goods had just left Baghdad for the northern city of Irbil when it came under attack in Taji, 20 kilometres north of the capital, said police Lt. Ahmed Al-Qaisi. He said one guard riding alongside in an SUV was killed and one guard was injured.	1	1
Mahmoudiya:
#1: Also Friday, Iraqi police found five bodies with gunshot wounds in Mahmoudiya, about 30 kilometres south of Baghdad	5
Balad Ruz:
#1: and a roadside bomb killed one person in Balad Ruz, 70 kilometres northeast of Baghdad.	1
Yarmuk:
#1: A greengrocer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Yarmuk	1
Amarah:
#1: The British military base near Amarah, some 380 kilometres south of Baghdad, came under mortar fire Friday morning, Iraqi security sources said. The sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that unidentified insurgents fired five mortar rounds on Abu Naji base, five kilometres to the south of the city at dawn on Friday. The sound of explosions could be heard echoing near the base. The mortar attack was confirmed by the British military, but they did not comment on the extent of material damage or casualties inflicted by the attack.
Mosul:
#1: Three men were killed in Mosul, north of Baghdad, including one believed to be a member of the Kurdish Peshmerga militia, Colonel Kareem Khalaf said.	3
#2: Two women, one of whom was pregnant, were gunned down about 10 km northeast of Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.	2
Kirkush: (kirkuk?)
#1: The commander of the fifth brigade of the Iraqi army, Brigadier Shakir al-Kaabi, escaped injury when a roadside bomb exploded near Kirkush, wounding three of his guards, a defence official said.		3
Al Anbar Prv:
#1: Capt. John J. McKenna IV, 30, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Aug. 16 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Albany, N.Y.			1
IRAQ TOTALS	26	15	4	0
AFGHANISTAN LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	AFGHANI DEAD	AFGHANI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
Friday, August 18, 2006
#1: In eastern Kunar province, meanwhile, militants attacked a coalition patrol, killing a coalition soldier and wounding another, a coalition statement said. The nationalities of the soldiers were not disclosed. Most of the coalition troops in Kunar are American.			1	1
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS	0	0	1	1
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	31	16	47
17-Aug-06	67	64	131
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	1259	1405	2664
Daily average, August 2006	70	78	148