These reports (each with a reputable news link) detail some of the many dead and wounded among Iraqi military and civilians. We are not aware of any source that authoritatively and consistently compiles or counts these kinds of reports. The following stories were compiled by Evan D. Evan’s search came up with at least 44 dead, 81 wounded and another 58 detained in fighting on a single day, Monday, July 3, 2006.

Similar news coverage turned up casualties in Afghanistan: 39 dead on Sunday, July 2, 2006; 6 dead, 14 wounded on Monday, July 3, 2006 (see below).

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IRAQ

Monday, July 03, 2006
44 dead, 81 wounded, 58 detained

Baghdad :

• A mortar struck a popular market in northeastern Baghdad, wounding three people, police Capt. Ali al-Obeidi said.
• Several mortar rounds landed in a crowded market in the Shaab northern district of Baghdad, wounding 10 people, police said.
• A suicide car bomb attack hit an Iraqi army checkpoint in Baghdad on Monday, killing four people, including two Iraqi soldiers, an Interior Ministry source said. A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car through the barricades of an Iraqi army checkpoint near the Kendi hospital in eastern Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
• Iraqi police and U.S. forces killed one insurgent and detained 15 others after being attacked on Saturday night in central Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
• A suicide car bomber apparently targeting an Iraqi patrol blew himself up near the al-Kindi hospital in eastern Baghdad, wounding two soldiers, two policemen and one civilian.
• In eastern Baghdad, anonymous gunmen attacked the house of Interior Ministry Undersecretary for Intelligence Affair Major General Hussein Kamal, said an Iraqi police source. No further details about attack on Kamal's house were disclosed as the Interior Ministry has not commented to the incident yet.

Najaf:

• A group of gunmen killed two women and a teenage girl on Monday when they stormed a house allegedly used as a brothel in the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, local security sources said. The house had received three warnings from unknown gunmen to stop its activities, the sources said.

Mahmoudiya:

• A bomb also went off for a second consecutive day at a popular market in Mahmoudiya, 20 miles south of Baghdad, and initial police reports said three people were killed and 22 were wounded. An attack against the same market late Sunday also killed three people and wounded 21, police said.
• Another blast hit about four hours later on Monday, leaving two people killed and three wounded, police Lt. Mohammed Khayoun said.

Dyala Prv:

• Meanwhile, the convoy of Dyala governor was targeted with a bomb today in a road between the cities of Baqoba and Kanaan, said Iraqi police said in a statement. The statement added that bomb explosion killed a policeman and injured a Lieutenant from Iraqi police.

Diwaniya:

• Gunmen killed two alcohol traders near their houses in the southern city of Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

Mandali:

• the bullet-riddled bodies of five Iraqi soldiers were found by a sanitation plant in Mandali, on the Iranian border 100km east of Baghdad, police said.

Mosul :

• A car bomb exploded in a market in the northern city of Mosul on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding 22, police said. The attack was aimed at a police patrol but missed its target and hit the market instead.

Kirkuk :

• In the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, gunmen attacked an Iraqi police patrol to kill a policeman and injured another two. Iraqi police Brigadier Sardah Qader told KUNA that joint forces comprising Iraqi police, Iraqi army and Multinational Forces retaliated and killed one gunman, injured another two and arrested another 43 suspects.

Hawija:

• Iraqi police found a beheaded body in the town of Hawija, police said.

Fallujah:

• A roadside bomb went off near an Iraqi army patrol in central Fallujah at about 8:30 a.m. (0430 GMT), a police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The blast damaged a military vehicle, killing three soldiers aboard and wounding another, the source said.
• police found five unidentified bodies near the Euphrates River in southern Fallujah, the source said. The bodies showed signs of torture and were riddled with bullets in their heads and chests, he added. Up to 50 civilians have been killed for the past two weeks in and around Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad, Captain Muhammed Ahmed, a local police officer told Xinhua.

  al-Fallujah:

• In addition, clashes between unknown gunmen and militia in Ameriyat al-Fallujah town, seven km south of Fallujah City, left four people dead and ten others wounded, the source said. The shootout broke out at about 9:00 a.m. (0500 GMT) and lasted approximately 20 minutes after the gunmen opened fire at the town's vegetable market, prompting the militia, who volunteered to protect the town from frequent attacks, to hit back.

Other non-casualty Iraq stories of interest:

Bishkan: (just east of Dhuluiya)

• U.S. troops rounded up 450 men in a village north of Baghdad over the weekend and held them for up to two days, questioning them about the presence of foreign fighters in the area, the mayor said on Monday. The U.S. military confirmed that U.S. and Iraqi troops had conducted a major operation to capture any militants operating in or around Dhuluiya and to ensure "the surrounding villages were safe from indiscriminate attacks". "Initially, 170 people were questioned based on the various pieces of information. Of the original 170, the Iraqi soldiers have determined only 44 people warranted further investigation," U.S. military spokesman Major Will Willhoite said.

Hawija:

• The Iraqi army freed two Iraqi soldiers held as hostages in the town of Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.  

 

Afghanistan

Sunday, July 02, 2006: 39 dead

• U.S. soldiers battled insurgents who ambushed a military convoy in southern Afghanistan, killing up to 20 militants, the coalition said Monday. The ambush occurred Sunday in southern Helmand province's Sangin district--The military said up to 30 extremists, firing guns and mortars, attacked a coalition patrol that had just found a weapons cache in Sangin. About 20 militants were killed, the military said. Two soldiers were also wounded and airlifted to a medical facility where they were in stable condition, the military said.
• In a separate incident, Afghan police killed seven insurgents that attacked a police checkpoint Sunday night in Nawzad district in southern Helmand province, the Interior Ministry said. No Afghan police suffered casualties, it said.
• Coalition airstrikes killed at least nine Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan Sunday, Afghan and coalition officials said. Coalition aircraft were called in to bomb a suspected Taliban hideout in the Joshali area of Sangin district in southern Helmand province, said provincial Police Chief Ghulam Nabi Malakhail. He said at least nine fighters were killed including a Taliban area commander, Mullah Tur Jan. Military spokesman Maj. Quentin Innis confirmed the attacks, saying the coalition estimated there were 12* to 15 insurgents killed.

(* on this page, we use the middle figure, 12 killed)

Monday, July 3, 2006: 6 dead, 14 wounded

• In western Afghanistan, a small explosion Monday wounded eight female students in an English class at Herat University. Police were investigating who planted the explosive in a trash can, said Nasar Ahmed Piakar, director of the criminal department of Herat police. He said he suspected people who "are against peace and stability. And they don't want education for women."
• A bomb hidden in a trash box of a university class in western Herat province killed one student and injured eight others Monday, the provincial governor said. "Today at 9:30 a.m., a bomb placed in a trash box in women's English literature class of Herat University exploded, and injured nine students. One of them later died of her injuries in the hospital," Sayed Hussein Anwari told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
• An explosion hit a bus carrying paramilitary troops in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least five soldiers and wounding six others, police said. The cause of the blast was not immediately known, but a police official said it appeared to be a homemade bomb. The explosion occurred in Dir, a rugged district about 80 miles northeast of the provincial capital, Peshawar, police official Pervez Khan said. The troops were traveling to Chitral, a town near Dir, to provide security for an annual polo tournament there, Khan said.

Other non-casualty Afghanistan stories of interest:

• The commander of British troops in Afghanistan has revealed that he had requested extra equipment amid increasing attacks from Taliban rebels. The Sun said 1,000 more troops and extra aircraft would be in place by the end of the month, while The Guardian suggested extra infantry were being lined up to replace 800 engineers who had finished building a British camp. But an MoD spokesman said the reports were "all speculation at the moment" and there were no proposals for reinforcements "planned to be presented to Cabinet".
• The United States is giving $2 billion worth of military weapons and vehicles to modernize Afghanistan's national army, a U.S. general said Monday. At a ceremony in Kabul, Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak said about 200 Humvees and 2,000 assault rifles - the first part of the donation - will be arriving by year's end, as the fledgling force contends with a resurgent Taliban resistance. A total of 2,500 Humvees and tens of thousands of M-16 assault rifles will be coming in the future. About 20,000 sets of bulletproof helmet and flak jackets will also be given. The $2 billion also covers the building of a national military command center.

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Other non-Iraq/Afghanistan stories of interest:

In Lebanon:

• A Lebanese T-V station has aired a videotape from a self-styled Shiite Muslim group calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq-Abbas Brigades. The group's pledging to fight U-S, British and other coalition forces, but also to spare Iraqi civilians and soldiers.

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