MSNBC: Iraq suicide blasts at lowest level in 7 months -12/2/2005

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01/01/06 AlBawaba: Three US troops killed
Three American soldiers were killed and others wounded when a US patrol hit by a bomb in Miqdadia in east Baghdad on Sunday. Elsewhere, a US camp at central Fallujah was attacked at the outset of the new year by resistance fighters
01/01/06 AP: Fuel shortages, darkness greet Iraqis in 2006
Much of Iraq ushered in the new year under a near blackout Sunday as a week-old power crunch worsened across huge sections of northern and central Iraq. Baghdad's already sporadic electrical power was cut to about an hour Saturday,
01/01/06 AP: Indiana soldier killed in explosion in Iraq
A soldier with the 101st Airborne was killed in Iraq on Friday when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee, the Army said. Pvt. Jonathan R. Pfender, 22, of Evansville, Ind., was killed in Bayji, Iraq...
01/01/06 AP: Insurgents explode 12 car bombs in Iraq
Twelve car bombs exploded around Iraq on Sunday, including eight in Baghdad that detonated within a three-hour window, as insurgents continued their attacks in the new year. The bombs injured at least 20 people but killed no one, police said
01/01/06 AP: Man charged in death of soldier who stepped in front of truck
A man has been charged with giving alcohol to an Army reservist who was killed when he stepped in front of a pickup truck last summer
01/01/06 AP: Ransom spurs release of Cypriot hostage in Iraq
A Cypriot man kidnapped in Iraq four months ago has been released after payment of a $200,000 U.S. ransom, relatives said Sunday.
01/01/06 AP: Soldier with Maine ties dies in Iraq
Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Christopher Dostie died Friday from an improvised explosive device attack in Baghdad, according to the governor's office. Dostie was on active duty from Fort Campbell, Ky.
01/01/06 AP: Sudanese Hostages in Iraq Freed
Mohamed Ahmed Khalil, the Sudanese embassy's charge d'affairs, told The Associated Press that Sudanese officials had talked to the employees by phone and they were at a friend's house in central Baghdad.
01/01/06 columbustelegram: Truck drivers log millions of difficult miles in Iraq
When it comes to describing Iraq, few soldiers can talk about it better than the members of Nebraska Army National Guard's 1075th Transportation Company.
01/01/06 Express-Times : Area soldier relieved, recovering
The couple, who live on Sycamore Street, were worried they could conceive no more children due to the injuries Army Spc. Ronald Raymond III suffered while serving in Iraq in August...shrapnel from a suicide bomb hit his buttocks and groin area.
01/01/06 KUNA: Car bomb wounds 16 in Beiji
Up to 16 civilian Iraqis were wounded Sunday in the town of Beiji, when a booby-trapped car targeting a joint patrol of the US and Iraqi armies went off, an Iraqi interior ministry source told KUNA.
01/01/06 LJWord: Traumas of Iraq war begin to fade for former soldier
In October 2003, (Jared) Myers, 25, was a sergeant driving an unarmored Humvee to his base in Baquba, Iraq when it was struck by a roadside bomb. The blast killed his commander, Capt. John Teal, who was sitting in the seat next to him...
01/01/06 MNF: Task Force Baghdad Soldier killed (Confirmed)
A Task Force Baghdad Soldier died from wounds caused by a mortar attack that struck his patrol in southern Baghdad Dec. 31. The name of the Soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
01/01/06 Reuters: 1 Iraqi soldier killed, 3 by roadside bomb in Ishaki
An Iraqi soldier was killed and three wounded when their patrol hit a roadside bomb in Ishaki district near Balad, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
01/01/06 Reuters: 4 Bodies, bound and shot, found near Syrian border
The bodies of four people were found bound and shot near Rutba, near the Syrian border, police said.
01/01/06 Reuters: Bomb near Baghdad refinery sets pipeline on fire
A bomb exploded near one of Iraq's largest oil refineries on Sunday and set fire to an oil pipeline, police said, in an attack that threatened to exacerbate the country's fuel crisis.
01/01/06 Reuters: Jazeera TV team freed in Kabul after questioning
U.S. and Afghan forces released the Kabul correspondent of the Arab television station Al Jazeera, his driver and a cameraman on Sunday hours after holding and questioning them, the station said.
01/01/06 Reuters: Number of nations sending troops to Iraq declining
The number of countries providing troops to serve in Iraq as part of the American-led coalition is declining, and some key U.S. allies have announced plans to keep forces there only at reduced levels.
01/01/06 Reuters: Security forces kill 2 protesters in Iraq - police
Security forces killed two people and wounded three when they fired on protesters in Rahinawa...Sunday... The protesters -- angry over the lack of basic services in their town and a recent increase in fuel prices -- set fire to an oil company building,
01/01/06 Reuters: Son of Palestinian envoy shot dead in Baghdad
The teenage son of the Palestinian cultural attache to Iraq was shot dead hours before the onset of the New Year, the Palestinian embassy said on Sunday. Azam Ibrahim Muhsin, 17, was killed on Saturday night as he sat in a car...
01/01/06 stuff.co.nz: Silence over fate of NZ hostage
Silence continues to surround the fate of New Zealand hostage Harmeet Singh Sooden and three other members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams, as insurgents in Iraq, Yemen and the Gaza Strip released 13 hostages overs the past few days.
01/01/06 thetimesherald: Wounded soldier flooded with goodwill messages
Pfc. Joshua Sparling...24...was wounded Nov. 18 in Iraq...underwent surgery about two weeks ago to try and save the leg and hopes to know in the next week if the surgery was successful.
01/01/06 UPI: U.S. air strikes intensify in Iraq
Official figures show the number of air strikes in 2005 -- running at a monthly average of 25 until August -- hit 120 in November and was expected to surge to 150 in December, the Sunday Times of London reported online.
01/01/06 Xinhua: Four Iraqi Soldiers Killed in Patrol West of Baghdad
A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol on Sunday in the western flashpoint city of Fallujah, killing four soldiers, witnesses and medical sources said. "A roadside bomb went off early in the morning on the main street in central Fallujah...
01/01/06 Xinhua: Two suicide car bombs hit US, Iraqi forces
Two suicide car bombs struck a U.S. and Iraqi forces north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing an Iraqi soldier and wounding 24 others, including civilians, a source from Iraqi-U.S. liaison office in Tikrit told Xinhua.
01/02/06 AFP: Five police killed in Iraq bombing
A bomber has rammed his car into a bus full of policemen north of Baghdad, killing at least five and seriously injuring another 13...the bus was taking about 20 policemen to a Kurdish city in the north for training when the attack took place on Monday
01/02/06 AFP: Iraq violence kills 16, including police
At least 16 people were killed in Iraq on Monday, including seven police recruits blown up by a suicide bomber as they travelled on a bus.
01/02/06 AFP: Three Iraqi soldiers killed
Two Iraqi soldiers died when their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb near Dujail, north of Baghdad. Another soldier was killed and an officer wounded in a drive-by shooting on the road between Baiji and Tikrit.
01/02/06 AFP: Two Iraqi police killed
Two policemen were killed in an exchange of gunfire with rebels in Baghdad and another by a car bomb blast in Tikrit.
01/02/06 AFP: US contractor pays Sunni religious scholars: report
The same Pentagon contractor that paid Iraqi newspapers to print positive articles written by US soldiers has also been paying Sunni religious scholars in Iraq for assistance with propaganda work, The New York Times reports.
01/02/06 Aki: SUNNI ISLAMISTS EYE RADICAL SHIITE CLERIC
The Sunni Iraqi Islamic party is mooting a possible alliance in the country's first democratically elected permanent parliament with supporters of firebrand Shiite muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a party's spokesman...
01/02/06 AP: 8 Bodies found handcuffed, shot and dumped in southeast Baghdad
Police found the bodies of eight civilian men handcuffed, shot and dumped at a sewage plant in southeast Baghdad. The body of a policeman shot in the head was found in western Baghdad.
01/02/06 AP: Dead IL Soldier's Shrine Burns House Down
A suburban Chicago family has lost their home to fire - six weeks after their son was killed in Iraq. Jesse and Judy Alcozer of Elmhurst had a home-made shrine to Army infantryman Christopher Alcozer, who was killed November 19th.
01/02/06 AP: Doctor Says Iraqi Baby Is Doing Well
An Iraqi infant with severe birth defects is "engaging and interactive" as she awaits a lifesaving operation, her doctor said Monday.
01/02/06 AP: Gunmen kill 5 laborers in Baghdad, More bodies found
In the capital, gunmen in two cars opened fire on laborers, killing five, police Capt. Qasim Hussein said. Police found three bodies in Iskandariyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Baghdad, police Capt. Mothana Khalid said.
01/02/06 AP: SC National Guard had to leave $50 million worth of equipment in Iraq
South Carolina National Guard units that deployed to Iraq last year had to leave $50 million in equipment behind and they aren't sure when the items will be returned or even replaced.
01/02/06 AP: U-S Commander says western Iraq plagued by 'local insurgency'
There are a variety of insurgent groups creating chaos in Iraq and in the violence-plagued Al Anbar province, the troublemakers are homegrown.
01/02/06 BBC: Iraq oil exports hit post-war low
Iraq's oil exports in December fell to their lowest level since the official end of the conflict in 2003, Iraqi interim government figures have shown.
01/02/06 CBS: High-Tech Medicine Saving Lives in Iraq
Army Spc. Robert Leonard awoke from the fog of hours spent in a morphine-induced sleep, his fingernails blackened and his face unshaven. "Will I be able to walk?" he mumbled to a doctor at his bedside.
01/02/06 Centcom: TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER KILLED
A Task Force Baghdad Soldier died from wounds caused by a mortar attack that struck his patrol in southern Baghdad Dec. 31. The name of the Soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
01/02/06 chillicothegazette: Local man dies in auto accident while in Iraq
A Chillicothe man working as a private contractor in Iraq died Sunday morning in the city of Al Asad. Harry T. Daniel, 48, was killed in a motor vehicle accident. No further information was available Sunday.
01/02/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Marcelino R. Corniel, 23, of La Puente, Calif., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 31, when an enemy mortar attack occurred in the vicinity of his observation post. Corniel was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion...
01/02/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Vanderhorn, 37, of Pierce, Wash., died in As Sinia, Iraq, on Jan. 1, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations. Vanderhorn was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion...
01/02/06 DPA: Efforts continue to ensure release of Jordanian driver in Iraq
Intensive efforts were continuing Monday to secure the release of a driver of the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad, Mahmoud Saidat, who was abducted two weeks ago by unknown gunmen in Iraq, government spokesman Nasser Judeh said.
01/02/06 MNF-Iraq: Four U.S. civilian contractors killed in accident
Four U.S. civilian contractors were killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident aboard Al Asad Air Base Jan 1. The contractors were riding in a bus which was hit by a 7-ton truck. Eighteen civilians were injured, nine requiring hospitalization.
01/02/06 Reuters: Gunmen attack family of four in Kirkuk
Gunmen attacked a car carrying a family of four, killing two children and wounding the parents as they drove on the road between Tikrit and the northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said. The motive of the attack was not clear.
01/02/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill ambulance driver in Kirkuk
Gunmen shot dead the driver of an ambulance in Kirkuk, police said. An Iraqi civilian was seriously wounded when a makeshift bomb targeting a U.S patrol in Kirkuk exploded, police said.
01/02/06 Reuters: Suicide bomber strikes in Baquba (video)
A suicide bomber rammed his car into a bus full of policemen north of Baghdad, killing at least five and seriously injuring another 13, a hospital source said.
01/02/06 Reuters: Turkish envoy to Iraq wounded in attack by gunmen
Gunmen attacked the convoy of the Turkish ambassador to Iraq in Baghdad on Monday, injuring him slightly, police said. The attack on Unal Cevikoz's convoy occurred on Baghdad's airport road, notorious for frequent assaults by insurgents...
01/02/06 VOA: 7 Iraqi Police Recruits Killed in Suicide Car Bombing (update)
Iraqi authorities say at least seven police recruits have been killed by a suicide car bomber who drove into the recruits' bus. Officials say another 13 recruits were wounded in the attack Monday, which occurred on a road near Baquba, north of Baghdad.
01/02/06 WaPo: U.S. Has End in Sight on Iraq Rebuilding
The Bush administration does not intend to seek any new funds for Iraq reconstruction in the budget request going before Congress in February, officials say. The decision signals the winding down of an $18.4 billion U.S. rebuilding effort...
01/02/06 wivb: WNY Soldier Severely Wounded in Iraq
Sergeant Timothy Voss...was traveling in a Humvee with three other soldiers on Friday when a roadside bomb exploded...He suffered..burns over 30 percent of his body...The burns caused his heart to go into cardiac arrest and his kidneys to fail.
01/02/06 wsfa: Montgomery Based Soldiers Called Up For Iraq
As many families gather to celebrate the holidays, some local families are preparing to say goodbye. WSFA 12 News has confirmed the 282nd Quartermaster Company is being deployed to Iraq, for a second time.
01/02/06 Xinhuanet: 2 Iraqi policemen killed in clashes in W. Baghdad
Two Iraqi policemen were killed in clashes between insurgents and security forces in western Baghdad on Monday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.
01/02/06 xinhuanet: 3 roadside bombs hit US patrols in W. Baghdad
Insurgents detonated three roadside bombs in two attacks in Iraq's flashpoint city of Fallujah on Monday, witnesses said. "Two roadside bombs went off successively near a U.S. military patrol in al-Sad Street in southern the city...
01/02/06 Xinhuanet: Iraqi minister escapes roadside bomb in Baghdad
The Iraqi minister of industry escaped unhurt when a roadside bomb struck his convoy in southeastern Baghdad on Monday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.
01/03/06 AKI: INTERIOR MINISTER'S SISTER SNATCHED
Gunmen have kidnapped the sister of Iraqi interior minister Bayan Jabr, the Xinhua newsagency reported on Tuesday. Miinistry sources said that the woman whose name was not mentioned in the report was abducted in Baghdad's al-Qadisiyah district.
01/03/06 AP: 2 Said Killed in U.S. Copter Crash in Iraq (not confirmed)
A U.S. helicopter was reported to have crashed northeast of Baghdad Tuesday, and Iraqi police said two U.S. personnel had been killed. U.S. forces cordoned off the area and were looking for the helicopter, a U.S. official said.
01/03/06 AP: Air Force's Role Changing in Iraq
U.S. airmen are increasingly on the ground in Iraq, driving in convoys and even working with detainees - a shift in the Air Force's historic mission that military officials call necessary to bolster the strapped Army.
01/03/06 AP: In other violence Tuesday
gunmen attacked a car carrying construction workers in western Baghdad, killing three and wounding two, police Capt. Qasim Hussein said. Gunmen in the same neighborhood fired on a car carrying civilians, killing two and wounding three.
01/03/06 AP: Iraq veteran dies after pickup crashes in Stewartstown
Twenty-three-year-old Jeffery Haynes of Colebrook was killed Sunday morning when his pickup crashed on Route Three in Stewartstown. State police say Haynes lost control of his truck on a curve and hit an embankment.
01/03/06 AP: Long gas lines, higher prices infuriate Iraqis
Iraq's oil minister resigned Monday in the wake of protests and riots over soaring gas prices and lengthening lines at the pump.
01/03/06 AP: New Book Reveals Secret War Operations
A new book on the government's secret anti-terrorism operations describes how the CIA recruited an Iraqi-American anesthesiologist in 2002 to obtain information from her brother, who was a figure in Saddam Hussein's nuclear program.
01/03/06 AP: Sunni Arab group agrees on outlines of coalition government
Iraq's main Sunni Arab group made an unprecedented trip north to see the Kurds and agreed Monday for the first time on broad outlines for a coalition government — possibly opening a way out of the political turmoil...
01/03/06 AP: U.S. forces deny report that helicopter crashed in Iraq
The U.S. military said Tuesday that none of its helicopters had crashed after searching for a downed aircraft following a report by an Iraqi army soldier that one went down northeast of Baghdad.
01/03/06 AP: U.S. Military: No Evidence Of Iraq Crash
The U.S. military carried out a search for a downed helicopter northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday but found no evidence of a crash ... The military dispatched helicopters and ground crews to search the area but found nothing ...
01/03/06 AP: Violence keeps workers busy at hospital in Iraq
The mood changed fast at the U.S. largest hospital in Iraq. An hour after a pancake breakfast, a medic radioed in over the roar of his helicopter: All the facility's skilled hands needed to be ready immediately for a mass casualty crisis.
01/03/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. 1st Class Jason L. Bishop, 31, of Williamstown, Ky., died in As Siniyah, Iraq, on Jan. 1, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations.
01/03/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. 1st Class Shawn C. Dostie, 32, of Granite City, Ill., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 30, when an IED detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations. Assigned to the 2nd Bat., 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
01/03/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Prince K. Teewia, 27, ofDurham, N.C., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 29, when an IED detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
01/03/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Staff Sgt. Ayman A. Taha, 31, ofVienna, Va., died in Balad, Iraq, on Dec. 30, when he was preparing a munitions cache for demolition and the cache exploded. Taha was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.
01/03/06 Gannett: Wounded Soldier Returns Home From Iraq
Sergeant Derik Cormier of Shapleigh is back home from Iraq. He says he was on a reconnaissance mission in Iraq in November, when an insurgent shot him in the leg. His superiors recommended him for a Purple Heart--before it was eventually denied.
01/03/06 Herald-Sun: Army 'hero' takes injury in stride
Andrew Butterworth--the loss of his right leg to a rocket-propelled grenade that hit his Bradley Fighting Vehicle while on patrol. His lieutenant, Ed Salau of Havelock, lost his left leg in the same explosion--in the town of Tuz
01/03/06 Houston Chronicle: 4 KBR contractors killed in collision at Iraq base
Four civilian contractors who died in western Iraq on New Year's Day were subcontractors of Halliburton subsidiary KBR, Halliburton confirmed Monday.
01/03/06 KUNA: Iraqi surgeon shot dead
Unidentified gunmen shot dead Dr. Hussein Naji Salam, a senior surgeon in the Adnan Hospital in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, interior ministry sources told KUNA. The gunmen attacked the surgeon in Yarmouk west of Baghdad and died on the spot
01/03/06 Leaf-Chronicle: 101st soldier killed by roadside bomb
Spc. (posthumous promotion) Prince K. Teewia, 27, of Durham, N.C., was an infantryman assigned to ... 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment ... He is survived by wife, Maria, of Monrovia, Liberia; and parents, John and Rebecca, of Newark, Del.
01/03/06 MNF: Baqubah car bomb kills three
Three Iraqi Police were killed and 14 others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle-borne IED alongside a bus in Baqubah today.
01/03/06 News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Webster
Presenter: Maj. Gen. William Webster, commander, Multinational Division-Baghdad and Jim Turner, deputy director, Defense Press Operations December 30, 2005
01/03/06 OregonLive: Vet survives bullet wound to neck
Lance Cpl. David Ray, 20, was attacked near Fallujah. The bullet destroyed an artery that supplies blood to the brain, but missed his brain and spinal cord--Overall, he's doing pretty darn well--he got a bullet in the head and a broken neck.
01/03/06 Reuters: Five Iraqi police killed in Samarra
Five Iraqi policemen were wounded when a makeshift bomb went off near their patrol in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
01/03/06 Reuters: senior auditing official killed in Baghdad
A senior official in a government auditing body was killed when gunmen opened fire on his car as he headed to work, police said. Tahsin Hadi Ali was the third senior official from the body to be killed, they said.
01/03/06 Reuters: US air raid kills 14 in Iraqi family -official
A U.S. air strike killed 14 members of one family in the oil refining town of Baiji in northern Iraq, an Iraqi security force spokesman said on Tuesday.
01/03/06 WKRC: Local Soldier Killed In Iraq
Another local soldier has been killed in action. The family of Jason Lee Bishop contacted Local 12 and said he died on New Year's Eve. The Army Sergeant is a 1993 graduate of Holmes High School. He was 31. His humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
01/03/06 WorldNow: Arkansas soldier recovering from shooting in robbery attempt
Army Spc. Kendrick Brown, 20, of Pine Bluff--is recovering from a gunshot wound he suffered when he was shot on a nightclub parking lot in his hometown.
01/03/06 WorldNow: Latest violence claims ten lives
Also in the capital, authorities say gunmen killed two Interior Ministry bodyguards riding in a car. Police say three civilians elsewhere in Baghdad were shot to death.
01/04/06 ABC: Iraqi violence kills two civilians
Gunmen in Mosul attacked the political offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, killing a civilian, Dr. Bahaldin al-Bakri said. A roadside bomb in Baqouba killed a woman, the Diyala police said.
01/04/06 ABC: Separate attacks kill Iraqi policeman, soldier
In the capital, gunmen in separate incidents killed a former army captain. In Aziziyah, 35 miles southeast of Baghdad, gunmen fired on a police patrol, killing one policeman, Hadi al-Itabi of the Kut morgue said.
01/04/06 aliceechonews: Garcia injured in Iraq after explosion
Almost one month to the day from deployment to Iraq and two days after Christmas in Baghdad, Pfc. Javier Garcia stepped on an improvised explosive device, narrowly escaping death but leaving him in critical condition....
01/04/06 AP: Contractor from DeSoto Parish killed in Iraq
Authorities say Michael williams, of Stanley, was one of four U-S civilian contractors killed when their bus was hit by a seven-ton truck. Another eighteen civilians were injured.
01/04/06 AP: Fourteen members of Miss.'s 155th died during Iraq deployment
Capsules of the 14 soldiers of the Mississippi National Guard's 155th Brigade Combat Team who died in Iraq.
01/04/06 AP: Joint Chiefs Chairman: Failure is not an option
In an interview with A-P Radio, General Pace is upbeat about Iraq's future, but he's shying away from saying Iraq has now turned a corner. Instead, he calls it "a very steady ramp of progress."
01/04/06 AP: Military passengers in and out of Iraq have topped one million
If you have a relative who's been deployed to Iraq, they've made the trip to or from the war courtesy of the 38th expeditionary wing of the U.S. Air Force--about a month ago, his operation transported it's one millionth soldier on an Iraq flight.
01/04/06 AP: North Carolina soldier killed in Iraq had dodged war in Liberia
Prince Teewia avoided the violence that tore apart his home country of Liberia when he was a teen-ager. Instead, he found death in Iraq, wearing the uniform of the United States Army.
01/04/06 AP: Three civilians killed in Kirkuk
Three civilians are dead in Kirkuk after their car was hit by a bomb intended for a U-S patrol.
01/04/06 AP: Two injured soldiers continue recovery
Cory Briest is at the Bethesda Naval Hospital--he suffered a serious head injury. Specialist Allen Kokesh Junior, at a U-S Army hospital in Texas--is recovering from a leg amputation, an injury to his left elbow, burns and injuries to his eyes.
01/04/06 AP: Update on Tanker convoy
Insurgents attacked a convoy of 60 tanker trucks with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, destroying three of the tankers and damaging 15 others. Three Iraqi army vehicles, which had been guarding the convoy, were also destroyed in the attack.
01/04/06 AP: Wyoming soldier recovering after Iraq War injuries
Staff Sergeant Mike Barrera was wounded on November 19th. Body armor stopped a shot Barrera took to the back. But he was shot twice in his right hand, once in his left hand and once in his right arm.
01/04/06 BBC: Car bomb in Baghdad kills three
At least three people were killed and 13 wounded when a car bomb exploded outside a police station in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials said. Witnesses said both police and civilians were among the casualties in the mainly Shia district of Kadhimiya.
01/04/06 Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Attack in Iraq targets 100th Battalion camp
Even as soldiers of Hawaii's 100th Battalion packed up its combat flag this week as they prepared to return home, their base camp near Balad came under mortar attack. The attack occurred Monday...
01/04/06 kimatv: Local Soldier Seriously Injured in Iraq
A young soldier from the yakima valley has been seriously injured in Iraq. 22 year-old Evan Mettie of Selah is in a coma tonight after the attack. His cousin tells us a bomb went off next to the humvee he was riding in.
01/04/06 KRT: Injuries, illnesses take more soldiers than enemy fire
Enemy fire has wounded more than 16,000 American troops in Iraq. Nonbattle injuries and disease had caused the evacuations of 20,449 U.S. troops from Iraq through mid-December, Pentagon statistics show.
01/04/06 KUNA: US drone crashes in Iraqi city of Mosul
A US drone crashed Wednesday in a residential area in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, said a security source. MNF refused to make any statement concerning the accident before receiving a report from Mosul.
01/04/06 MSNBC: Suicide bomber kills 30 at Shiite funeral in Iraq
A suicide bomber killed about 30 people and wounded dozens during a Shiite Muslim funeral at Miqdadiya, 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday, an Iraqi security official said.
01/04/06 National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of January 4, 2006
This week, the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps announced a decrease in the number of reservists on active duty. The Coast Guard number remained unchanged. The net collective result is 1,851 fewer reservists mobilized than last week.
01/04/06 newkerala: Car bomb in Iraqi city of Kerbala wounds three
A car bomb exploded in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala today, injuring at least three people and damaging four cars, police said. Insurgent attacks are rare in Kerbala--It was the first car bomb to explode in Kerbala since December 2004
01/04/06 NSTOnline: Three tankers torcher north of Baghdad
In a separate attack in the afternoon, rebels torched three tanker trucks just north of Baghdad.
01/04/06 Paktribune: Senior Iraqi oil official shot dead in Baghdad
A senior official from Iraq`s oil ministry and his son were shot dead Wednesday in Baghdad...Rahim Ali Sudani, a director-general at the oil ministry, and his son were killed in a drive-by attack on their car in the west of the capital.
01/04/06 Reuters: 8 dead in Baghdad car blast
At least eight people were killed and 12 wounded when a car bomb exploded in southern Baghdad. The car was parked close to a busy commercial market in the Doura district, they said. Earlier, three people were killed when a car bomb went off...
01/04/06 Reuters: Iraq bomber attacks Shi'ite funeral, kills 36 (update)
A suicide bomber killed 36 people and wounded 40 at a Shi'ite funeral on Wednesday and a car bomb exploded in the lately peaceful holy city of Kerbala, ratcheting up tension between Iraq's Muslim sects.
01/04/06 Reuters: Iraqi soldier killed in Latifiya
An Iraqi soldier was killed and two wounded when a bomb went off near their patrol in Latifiya, in an area dubbed the "Triangle of Death" south of Baghdad, an army source said.
01/04/06 Reuters: Makeshift bomb wounds two Iraqi policemen in Iakandariya
Two Iraqi policemen were wounded on Tuesday when a makeshift bomb went off near their patrol in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
01/04/06 Reuters: Oil tanker convoy attacked, Twenty destroyed
rebels armed with rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns ambushed 60 fuel tankers on a road north of Baghdad, destroying 20 of them, police and oil officials said, saying the convoy's police escort was still fighting the attack.
01/04/06 Reuters: Two bodies found west of Baghdad
The bodies of two people, bound, gagged and shot dead, were found in Mahawil, about 75 km west of Bagdhad, police said.
01/04/06 Reuters: Two Iraqi police commandos killed in mortar attack
Two police commandos were killed and nine others wounded when mortar rounds landed on their checkpoint in western Baghdad, hospital source said.
01/04/06 Reuters: Two Iraqi security guards killed in Baghdad
Two guards of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite political parties, were shot dead on Tuesday while attending a funeral in southern Baghdad, police said.
01/04/06 Reuters: Update on convoy attack
"The convoy left Baiji and was on its way to Baghdad when it came under fire. So far we know 20 have been destroyed," an oil industry official said. The statement did not mention casualties and the Oil Ministry said only one tanker had been destroyed
01/04/06 Reuters: Update on convoy attack (cont.)
However, by nightfall, police said there were still isolated clashes on the road and at least four people had been killed -- a driver and three members of the convoy's security team.
01/04/06 Union-Tribune: Soldier who lost leg in Iraq war determined to get back
George Perez, 21, lost his leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq more than a year ago, but despite the phantom pains that haunt him, he says he is determined to prove to the Army that he is no less of a man – and no less of a soldier.
01/04/06 UPI: Iraqi policeman killed in Baghdad during firefight
in the western part of Baghdad, police became involved in a half-hour firefight with insurgents. One policeman was killed and 16 other officers injured.
01/04/06 Xinhuanet: Insurgents burn 19 fuel tankers north of Baghdad
"Dozens of armed men ambushed a convoy of fuel tankers in Meshaheda area, some 40 km north of Baghdad, and opened fire with RPG's and assault rifles, setting 19 tankers ablaze and damaging three police commando vehicles," Captain Ahmed Abdullah said.
01/04/06 Yakima-herald: Soldier from Selah injured in Iraq blast
Spc. Evan Mettie, 22, of Selah remained in a coma Tuesday and was expected to be transported today to Washington's Walter Reed Army Medical Center, said his sister, Kira Mettie.
01/05/06 AFP: 4 Policemen killed, 4 wounded outside Baquba
four policemen were killed and four wounded when rebels attacked two patrols with small arms fire just outside Baquba, 60 kilometres (35 miles) northwest of Baghdad.
01/05/06 AFPS: Coalition Aircraft Fly Combat, Support Missions Jan. 4
Coalition aircraft flew 52 close-air-support missions Jan. 4 supporting coalition troops, infrastructure protection, reconstruction activities and operations--U.S. Central Command Air Forces Forward officials reported today.
01/05/06 AP: Attacks on Shiites, Police Kill 99 in Iraq (update)
The blast near the Imam Hussein shrine in central Karbala killed at least 49 people and injured 52--In Ramadi, police and hospital officials said at least 50 people were killed and 40 injured in a suicide attack on a line of police recruits.
01/05/06 AP: Bomb explodes near U.S. convoy in Iraq
A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of U.S. troops headed for the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Thursday, and Iraqi police said there were casualties. the attack occurred about 15 miles south of Karbala.
01/05/06 AP: Father: Soldier died overseas of natural causes
The soldier's father says he was informed that his son, Army Private First Class John Matthew Steenge, died on Christmas Day in Germany. He had just returned to Germany after spending a year in Iraq.
01/05/06 AP: Insurgent ambush shuts oil refinery
Iraq's largest oil refinery closed again Thursday, a day after insurgents ambushed a convoy of tanker trucks carrying gas from the facility, an Iraqi official said.
01/05/06 AP: Soldier saves brother, drowns in attempt
A 10th Mountain Division soldier,Spc. Bobbie J. Gonzales, 23, of Christine, Texas, home on leave from service in Iraq drowned while trying to rescue a younger brother who fell into a pond while fishing, Fort Drum officials said Thursday.
01/05/06 AP: suicide car bomb killed three Iraqi soldiers; three others killed
a suicide car bomb killed three Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad, Lt. Col. Thamir al-Gharawi said, and gunmen killed three people in separate incidents, police said
01/05/06 BBC: Bombing kills 50 at Iraqi shrine
At least 50 people were killed and 80 wounded by a suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi city of Karbala...south of Baghdad, police said. The explosion occurred near a major Shia shrine, the Imam Hussein mausoleum, in the centre of the city.
01/05/06 BBC: Iraq suicide bomb attacks kill 80
a suicide bomber killed at least 30 people and wounded 40 others when he blew himself up outside a police recruiting centre in Ramadi.
01/05/06 CENTCOM (repeat?): FIVE TASK FORCE BAGDAD SOLDIERS KILLED
(Release Number: 06-01-03C)Five Task Force Baghdad Soldiers were killed today when an improvised explosive device struck their vehicle while on patrol in the Multi-National-Division Baghdad area of operations.
01/05/06 CENTCOM: FIVE TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIERS KILLED
(Release Number: 06-01-02C)Five Task Force Baghdad Soldiers were killed today when an improvised explosive device struck their vehicle while on patrol in the Multi-National-Division Baghdad area of operations.
01/05/06 Centcom: WEAPONS SEIZED, 11 SUSPECTS DETAINED
Soldiers from Task Force Band of Brothers seized four weapons caches and detained 11 suspected terrorists Jan. 4 in northern Iraq.
01/05/06 CNN: At least 134 killed in attacks across Iraq
In Ramadi, 80 people were killed and dozens wounded when a bomber detonated near an Iraqi police recruitment and screening drive, according to a U.S. Marine news release.
01/05/06 CNN: U.S. says bomb hit wrong house in Iraq
A bomb that killed six civilians Monday near Baiji, Iraq, missed its target by 65 feet and hit the wrong home, military officials said ... The strike flattened a family's home, killing six of the family members and wounding three others ...
01/05/06 Iraq Pipeline Watch: #283
December 21 - the Bayji refinery was shut after insurgents threatened truck drivers transporting petrol.
01/05/06 Iraq Pipeline Watch: #284
December 24 - attack on a pipeline in Jurf Sakher area on the outskirts of Hillah, 60 miles south of Baghdad.
01/05/06 Iraq Pipeline Watch: #285
January 1 - a bomb exploded near a gas station near Daura. Three civilians were injured.
01/05/06 Iraq Pipeline Watch: #286
January 1 - attack on pipeline supplying petroleum products to a power plant near the Daura refinery cut capacity at the plant to 30%.
01/05/06 Iraq Pipeline Watch: #287
287. January 1 - riots broke out in Kirkuk. Hundreds of demonstrators, protesting fuel shortages, set two gas stations and offices belonging to the national oil company on fire.
01/05/06 Iraq Pipeline Watch: #288
January 4 - a rocket-propelled grenade attack destroyed at least 18 fuel tankers in a convoy of 60 heading to Baghdad from Bayji.
01/05/06 Iraq Pipeline Watch: #289
January 4 - Rahim Ali Sudani, a director-general at the oil ministry, and his son were killed in a drive-by attack on their car.
01/05/06 IRNA: Four Iranians killed in Karbala explosion
Four Iranian nationals were killed and 13 others injured in a bomb explosion in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala Thursday morning, it was announced here Thursday.
01/05/06 Media General: Soldier Gets Purple Heart
Ben Simmons--"I got a purple heart, I got hit with a road side bomb and I cracked two ribs and lost consciousness and blacked out."
01/05/06 MNF: Male Iraqi detainee dies
An unidentified male Iraqi detainee died yesterday while being transferred from Ar Rutbah to Camp Korean Village Jan 4. The man was detained after a coordinated series of raids, along with 22 other men suspected of insurgent activities.
01/05/06 Reuters Two Iraqi civilians injured in attack on U.S. patrol in Najaf
Two civilians were killed and four wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a U.S. patrol in Najaf 160km (100 miles) south of Baghdad.
01/05/06 Reuters: Gas pipeline damager in Kirkuk
A major gas pipeline in Bajwan, 15 km (9 miles) west of Kirkuk, was seriously damaged in a mortar attack on Wednesday night, police said. On Thursday morning the same pipeline was attacked with explosives, causing a huge fire, they said.
01/05/06 Reuters: More then 70 killed in Ramadi--doctors (update)
A suicide bomb attack in the city of Ramadi killed more than 70 and wounded 65, said Mahmoud al-Dulaimi, a doctor at Ramadi's main hospital.
01/05/06 Reuters: Seven US soldiers killed in Iraq: military, police (not confirmed)
Five U.S. soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle while on patrol in Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said. Another two American soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb near the southern Iraqi city of Najaf.
01/05/06 Reuters: Three bodygaurds dead, head of criminal intelligence wounded
Gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying Lieutenant-Colonel Adel Abdul Karem, head of criminal intelligence in Dialah province, 65 km (40 miles) east of Baghdad, seriously wounding him and killing three bodyguards.
01/05/06 Reuters: Three car bombs explode in Baghdad, killing two
a car bomb went off in central Baghdad--a suicide car bomb in the east of the city which wounded three police officers. A third suicide bomber near a bridge in the centre of the capital, killing an Iraqi soldier and a civilian and wounding three people.
01/05/06 Sigourney News Review: Local Marine Wounded In Iraq
Corporal Jacob Cavanaugh was shot in the right leg and right foot. He was sent to Germany for surgery then flown to San Diego Naval Medical Center for more surgery and recuperation.
01/05/06 The Sun: Kofa grad injured in Iraq
Yuma native Frank Sandoval should have died. An improvised explosive device exploded causing projectile to be lodged in the right temple of his brain. He is not blind or totally paralyzed, even though there isn't very much movement
01/05/06 UPI: Highway accident kills two Marines
Two U.S. Marine transport vehicles crashed on Interstate 15 near San Diego, killing two Marines and seriously injuring two others.

[Earth_First]

1. This is just the first five days of 2006...

[daleanime]

2. Jesus wept...

And they still talking about winning these.

[stillcool]

3. Ah Jeez......

They are like trees in the forrest...

[Earth_First]

4. kick n/t

[newyawker99]

5. Will it ever end?

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