Latest Coalition Fatalities in Iraq - Total = 4,036

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Latest Coalition Fatalities

04/14/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualty

Spc. William E. Allmon, 25, of Ardmore, Okla., died April 12 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team...

04/14/08 MNF: MND-B Soldier attacked by IED

A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier was killed from wounds sustained when
an IED struck the vehicle the Soldier was riding in while conducting a combat
patrol in northeastern Baghdad at approximately 4:45 p.m. April 14.

04/14/08 MNF: Coalition force soldier attacked by IED

A Coalition force soldier was killed in an improvised explosive device attack in the
Salah ad Din Province April 14. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending
next of kin notification and release by the Department of Defense.

04/13/08 AP: US strike kills own soldiers in Baghdad

The US military says an Apache helicopter has accidentally destroyed one of its own armoured
vehicles in eastern Baghdad. The military says the incident occurred yesterday afternoon,
when the chopper spotted a group of four militants placing...

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Total - 4036

Fatalities By Month - April 2008

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Date Total Name Place of Death - Province Cause of Death


14-Apr-2008 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0

US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (northeastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Salah ad Din Province - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack



12-Apr-2008 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0

US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - friendly fire

US Specialist William E. Allmon Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack



09-Apr-2008 5 | US: 5 | UK: 0 | Other: 0

US Technical Sergeant Anthony L. Capra Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Specialist Jeremiah C. Hughes Baghdad Non-hostile - injury

US Sergeant Jesse A. Ault Tunis (died in Baghdad) - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Sergeant Shaun P. Tousha Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Specialist Jacob J. Fairbanks Baghdad Non-hostile - injury



08-Apr-2008 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0

US Staff Sergeant Jeffery L. Hartley Kharguliah - Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Major Mark E. Rosenberg Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack



07-Apr-2008 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0

US Sergeant Timothy M. Smith Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Sergeant Michael T. Lilly Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack

US Specialist Jason C. Kazarick Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack

US Sergeant Richard A. Vaughn Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire




06-Apr-2008 8 | US: 8 | UK: 0 | Other: 0

US Staff Sergeant Jeremiah E. McNeal Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Staff Sergeant Emanuel Pickett Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Private 1st Class Shane D. Penley Rustamiyah - Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - Rocket fire

US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad Non-hostile

US Colonel Stephen K. Scott Baghdad (Green Zone) Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack

US Major Stuart A. Wolfer Baghdad (Green Zone) Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack

US Captain Ulises Burgos-Cruz Diyala Province (Died in Balad) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Specialist Matthew T. Morris Diyala Province (Died in Balad) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack




03-Apr-2008 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0

US Staff Sergeant Travis L. Griffin Baghdad (near) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Total 24 | US: 24 | UK: 0 | Other: 0

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1. nine days since this one:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080406-12
April 6, 2008

MND-C Soldier dies of Non-combat related injuries
Multi-National Division – Center PAO

BAGHDAD – A Multi-National Division – Center Soldier died from non-combat-related injuries April 6.

The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.

I wonder what is taking so long? Is it the notifications, or are they investigating something they don't want to release?

Usually if its an auto accident or an illness they say that in the initial release, even before the id. This one is awfully cryptic.

[Breeze54]

2. They seem to delay those due to investigations and I'm

guessing, an autopsy. Possible suicide? Maybe his family is on a trip

and can't be reached also. :shrug: That's happened before.

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5. I expect probably suicide

but still its a long time. 2-4 days is typical, a week happens, but...


Maybe I am just suspicious because of the several I came across over the past couple of weeks while going back to "fill in the blanks" in my website. I came across three suicides at Guantanamo, a couple in Djibouti, of people assigned to guard prisoners. In every case, there is very, very little press. The initial announcement, eventually a name, very little in the hometown papers, little or nothing on the other sites like MilitaryCity. Couldn't find photos for some. I guess in some cases the family doesn't want any fanfare since they weren't killed in hostile action, but still, I got the impression quite a few were being swept under the rug.

And no that I think about it, it is not uncommon - maybe every couple of months - that one of these "pendings" gets announced, and then just eventually pulled with no id published. My presumption has been that maybe it was a duplicate, but...

I am just paranoid after all the depressing research I've done lately. On the plus side, I've had some very gratifying email exchanges with some families who appreciate the site.

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3. More Than 50 Killed by Car Bombs in Iraq; More than 60 injured

More Than 50 Killed by Car Bombs in Iraq

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkx-3oYeFwuWKCusr2jrojs98w8wD90296F00

By KIM GAMEL – 41 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs ripped through crowded areas at lunch hour in the former Sunni insurgent strongholds of Baqouba and Ramadi on Tuesday as more than 50 people were killed in one of the deadliest days in Iraq in months.

A parked car bomb also targeted a police patrol in central Baghdad, killing four civilians who were passing by and wounding 15 other people, police said.

Nobody claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attacks, but they bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida and came after weeks of few car bombings or suicide attacks.

The first attack occurred in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, when an explosives-laden car parked in front of a restaurant exploded just before noon across the street from the courthouse and other government offices in the city center.

Many of the victims were people visiting the government offices, petition writers helping people with documents in stalls outside or the occupants of cars that were caught in the explosion as they passed through the area, witnesses said. Several cars and minibuses were set ablaze, while more than 10 shops and the restaurant were heavily damaged.

One man who was there described a huge fire that sent black smoke billowing into the sky and left charred bodies inside their cars.

"I was on my way to the government office when a big explosion occurred near site," said the witness, who would only identify himself by his nickname Abu Ali. "As I approached the site, I saw cars on fire, burned bodies and damaged shops damaged with shattered glass everywhere."

At least 38 people were killed and 64 wounded in the blast, according to police and hospital officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information.

The U.S. military in northern Iraq gave a lower casualty toll of 20 local citizens killed and 35 wounded based on initial reports.

It was the deadliest blast in Baqouba since Oct. 29, when 27 people were killed in a suicide bombing outside a police camp in the city.

Another parked car bomb exploded near a kebab restaurant at about 12:30 p.m. in Ramadi, killing at least 14 people and wounding 14 others, police Lt. Col. Jubair al-Dulaimi said. He said the attack occurred in an area known as the Five Kilometers area for its distance west of the city center.

Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, is the capital of Anbar province and has largely been sealed off by checkpoints.

Like Baqouba, the area has seen a sharp decline in violence in recent months as tribal leaders have joined forces with the Americans against al-Qaida in Iraq.

The U.S. military said overall attacks in Diyala province have dropped more than 76 percent since June 2007.

The relative calm in predominantly Sunni areas has coincided with a burst of Shiite violence as militia fighters clashed with U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad and the oil-rich southern city of Basra.

U.S. soldiers backed by an airstrike killed six militants earlier Tuesday after coming under small-arms fire during an operation in the Sudayrah area near Baghdad's main Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, the military said.

Iraqi police in the area claimed that two boys were among those killed in the airstrike, but the military said no civilian casualties were reported.

Associated Press writers Hamid Ahmed and Sinan Salaheddin contributed to this report.

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4. Kicking

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