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. The following news links were compiled by Evan D.

In the news on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 SUMMARY - ALL IN A SINGLE DAY	DEAD	WOUNDED	TOTAL CASUALTIES
Iraqis	86	134
Coalition in Iraq	4	0
Afghanis	40	45
Coalition in Afghanistan	0	0
ALL CASUALTIES, BOTH WARS	130	179	309
IRAQ LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	IRAQI DEAD	IRAQI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
IRAQ
General News (In Country):
#1: The U.S. military is likely to maintain and may even increase its force of more than 140,000 troops in Iraq through next spring, the top American commander in the region said Tuesday in one of the gloomiest assessments yet of when troops may come home. Gen. John Abizaid, commander of the U.S. Central Command, said military leaders would consider adding troops or extending the Iraq deployments of other units if needed.
#2: Attacks against Americans have increased following a call earlier this month from al-Qaida in Iraq's leader to target U.S. forces, the top U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday. Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell also said that Iraqi and American troops were expecting violence to increase further during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Caldwell said the attacks against U.S. troops were mostly carried out by suicide car bombers or car bombs. He added that the number of killings carried out by death squads had also increased in the past week. The increase in attacks against American forces came after a threat issue on Sept. 7 by Abu Ayyoub al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajer.
Baghdad:
#1: A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 5:30 p.m. today after the vehicle he was traveling in was struck by an improvised-explosive device northwest of Baghdad.			1
#2: A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died in a non-combat incident in southwest Baghdad at approximately 9 p.m. Tuesday.			1
#3: A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died in a non-combat incident in Baghdad at approximately 6 a.m. today.			1
#4: A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier was killed by small-arms fire at approximately 10:40 a.m. today in north eastern Baghdad.			1
#5: A suicide truck bomb slammed into a Baghdad police headquarters on Wednesday, killing seven and wounding more than a dozen. The truck bomb attack on the police building in the southern Baghdad neighborhood of Dora came Wednesday morning just as officers were coming on duty, said Capt. Jamil Hussein. He said the number of casualties was expected to rise.	7	(see below)
A suicide truck bomber blew up his explosives near a police checkpoint in the southern Doura district of Baghdad, killing seven police commandos and wounding 11 people, including three civilians, an Interior Ministry source said.	(see above)	11
#6: Another policeman and two civilians were killed when a mortar round landed near a patrol in northern Baghdad, police Lt. Bilal Majid said.	3
#7: Four policemen were wounded when a mortar round struck a police checkpoint in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, a well-informed police source said. "A mortar round landed close to a police checkpoint in the Palestine Street area, wounding four policemen," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.		4
#8: The Iraqi police patrol found 34 bodies in execution-style in different neighborhoods of the capital during the past 24 hours, a well-informed police source said on Wednesday. "We have 34 bodies found in different parts of Baghdad," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The bodies were bound and blindfolded, showing signs of torturewith bullet holes in their head and chest, the source said.	34
#9: Two children were killed and a woman wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in the Saediyah neighbourhood.	2	1
#10: Another civilian was killed in a roadside bombing in east Baghdad as US patrol passed in the Baladiyat neighbourhood.	1
#11: Mortar fire wounded four civilians in the Al-Talbiyah neighbourhood in the city centre.		4
Karbala:
#1: Hameed al-Hilaly, a member of Kerbala's governorate, escaped an assassination attempt when gunmen ambushed his car in central Kerbala, south of Baghdad, police said. Two of his bodyguards, including his son, were wounded in the third attack on his life, they added.		2
#2: Police found the body of Dhahir Habeeb, a former Baathist, with multiple gunshot wounds in central Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) southwest of Baghdad, a hospital source said.	1
#3: (round-up) The unclaimed bodies of 112 people, who had been dumped in Baghdad in the last three months, were delivered to Kerbala's morgue awaiting their burial, Tameem Kadhum, spokesman of Kerbala's health directory told Reuters.	(many previously reported)
Numaniya:
#1: A roadside bomb placed on side of the road exploded near Numaniya, 120 km (72 miles) south of Baghdad, wounding 10 civilians as they were passing by, police said.		10
Kut:
#1: In other violence reported Wednesday, the mutilated body of a policeman was turned in to the morgue in Kut, about 100 miles southeast of Baghdad, after being found in the al-Falahiya district east of the city in the morning.	1
#2: The body of an unknown civilian in a similar condition was also turned in to the morgue after being dragged out of the Tigris River about 30 miles south of Baghdad, Al-Rubai'ey said.	1
Hillah:
#1: Another 12 civilians were injured in a series of three roadside bombings aimed at police patrols Wednesday morning in the Hillah area, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, police Lt. Osama Ahmed said. There were no reported police injuries.		12
Samarra:
#1: A suicide car bomber rammed his car into the house of Khalid al-Fulalli, a Sunni leader of the Bazi tribe, in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, police and a Reuters cameraman at the scene said. Police major Saadoun Mohammed said that one child was killed and 26 people, mostly women and children, were wounded in the attack.	(see below)
In other violence Wednesday, a suicide car bomber killed 10 people and wounded 38 in Samarra, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, in an attack against the house of a tribal leader, police said Wednesday.	10	38
Baqubah:
#1: Gunmen also killed a former colonel in Saddam Hussein's disbanded military and a police officer in Baquba, while two civilians were killed and two security personnel wounded in other attacks in the city.	3	2
Diwaniya:
#1: One civilian was killed when a roadside bomb placed on side of the road exploded in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.	1
Mahaweel:
#1:  A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi Army patrol exploded in Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, wounding one soldier, police said.	1
Sharqat:
#1: Meanwhile, Mosul police confirmed that tandem bombings killed 21 people near the northern city and wounded 50 others. A parked car bomb detonated near an Iraqi army base in Sharqat, about 45 miles south of Mosul, on Tuesday night, and a suicide bomber detonated his explosives as a crowd gathered at the scene of the first bombing, police said.	21	50
IRAQ TOTALS	86	134	4	0
AFGHANISTAN LOCATION / STORY / NEWS LINK	AFGHANI DEAD	AFGHANI WOUNDED	COALITION DEAD	COALITION WOUNDED
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
#1: An outdoor wedding celebration north of the Afghan capital was attacked by assailants who threw a grenade, killing five women and wounding 18, an official said. Four suspects were detained after the blast Monday in the village of Sayadan, about 40 miles north of Kabul, said Abdul Jabar Takwa, the governor of Parwan province. The women were celebrating in a garden when the assailants threw the grenade over a wall, Takwa said. The motive for the attack appeared to be a private feud, he said.	5	18
#2: Clashes and bombings left four suspected insurgents dead and three Afghan soldiers wounded in eastern Afghanistan, the defense ministry said on Wednesday. The insurgents were killed in a clash with Afghan soldiers in the eastern Paktika province on Tuesday, a statement from the defense ministry said. The troops recovered an unspecified amount of ammunition and a mortar.	4	3
#3: Three Afghan soldiers were wounded by a roadside bomb in neighbouring Khost province.		3
#4: In the south, in Zabul and Kandahar provinces, soldiers detained four suspected Taliban insurgents, who are battling government and foreign troops throughout the country.
#5: Six US helicopters violated Pakistan’s air space by intruding into Lawara Mandi area of the North Waziristan Agency on Tuesday morning, officials and residents said. Eyewitnesses said that the US helicopter gunships had intruded into Lawara Mandi area, about 55 kilometres west of Miramshah after militants attacked allied forces in Pipali area of Afghanistan, close to Pakistani border. They said that the helicopters violated Pakistan’s air space more than six times in the area, but did not take action. Pakistani security forces did not react against helicopters. The sources said that constant air space violations by US helicopters triggered tension and senior military officers flew in helicopters from Miramshah to assess the situation.
#6: Police recovered the bodies of seven suspected Taliban fighters after a two-hour clash with police early today in a mountainous southern region of Helmand province, district police chief Ghulam Rasool said.	7
#7: Nato-led soldiers, meanwhile, killed up to 10 suspected insurgents in Helmand’s Garmser district yesterday in a clash that also destroyed three insurgent vehicles, a Nato statement said. There were no Nato casualties.	10
#8: (update) Suspected Taliban fighters ambushed police in Ghazni province yesterday, and provincial police chief Tafseer Khan claimed that 13 fighters were killed. But he said no bodies had been recovered because the insurgents removed them from the battlefield. Khan also said that two police and about 17 fighters were wounded in the fight in Giro district.	13	19
#9: In the central province of Wardak, one policeman was killed and two wounded after dozens of fighters attacked police, said Mohammed Hassan, the deputy provincial police chief. One of the officer’s legs was severed by a rocket-propelled grenade.	1	2
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS	40	45	0	0
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
30-Sep-06			0
29-Sep-06			0
28-Sep-06			0
27-Sep-06			0
26-Sep-06			0
25-Sep-06			0
24-Sep-06			0
23-Sep-06			0
22-Sep-06			0
21-Sep-06			0
20-Sep-06	130	179	309
19-Sep-06	82	90	172
18-Sep-06	128	113	241
17-Sep-06	132	113	245
16-Sep-06	64	62	126
15-Sep-06	128	28	156
14-Sep-06	88	84	172
13-Sep-06	181	149	330
12-Sep-06	63	81	144
11-Sep-06	127	44	171
10-Sep-06	196	69	265
9-Sep-06	68	37	105
8-Sep-06	88	88	176
7-Sep-06	107	131	238
6-Sep-06	66	70	136
5-Sep-06	123	39	162
4-Sep-06	104	65	169
3-Sep-06	248	49	297
2-Sep-06	90	91	181
1-Sep-06	36	180	216
Totals, September 2006	2249	1762	4011
Daily average, September 2006	112	88	201