Latest Coalition Fatalities - TOTAL = 4,037 + 1 pending notification of kin

[Breeze54]

Latest Coalition Fatalities

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Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=4-2008

4-2008 - US 25 / UK 0 / Other 0 / Total 25 / Days 16 / Avg 1.56

TOTAL = 4,038

http://icasualties.org/oif/

04/16/08 MNF: Marines attacked by IED
Two Multi-National Force – West Marines were killed in action April 14 when their vehicle
was attacked by an enemy force with an improvised explosive device in al Anbar Province.


04/16/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Arturo Huerta-Cruz, 23, of Clearwater, Fla., died April 14 in Tuz, Iraq, of wounds
sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to
the 10th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team...


04/16/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. Joseph A. Richard III, 27, of Lafayette, La., died April 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 4th
Brigade Special Troops Battalion...


04/15/08 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (2 0f 2)
Cpl. Richard J. Nelson, 23, of Racine, Wis... died April 14 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. They were both assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 24th
Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division..


04/15/08 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (1 0f 2)
Cpl. Richard J. Nelson, 23, of Racine, Wis...died April 14 while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. They were both assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 24th
Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division..


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.

News

04/16/08 NYTimes: Iraqi Unit Flees Post, Despite American’s Plea
A company of Iraqi soldiers abandoned their positions on Tuesday night in Sadr City, defying
American soldiers who implored them to hold the line against Shiite militias. The retreat left
a crucial stretch of road on the front lines undefended...


04/16/08 Reuters: Iraq removes commander in Basra after crackdown
Iraq's government fired the commander of Iraqi military and police forces in the southern city
of Basra on Wednesday, weeks after a crackdown on militia in the city that U.S. commanders say
was poorly planned.


04/16/08 AP: Airstrike kills 4 in Basra, 2 die in Sadr City clashes
An unmanned U.S. drone fired two Hellfire missiles at militants attacking Iraqi soldiers in a
Shiite militia stronghold in the southern city of Basra on Wednesday, killing four of the gunmen,
the military said.


04/16/08 ABCNews: State Dept. May Order Diplomats to Iraq
The State Department has warned diplomats that if not enough qualified candidates step forward
for open positions in Iraq next year, "prime candidates" with needed skills may again be ordered
to serve there.


04/16/08 AFP: Iraqi PM confident of defeating Al-Qaeda
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Wednesday he was more confident than ever of
defeating Al-Qaeda and its allies, the day after a wave of attacks left over 60 people dead.


04/16/08 AP: Turkey says warplanes hit Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq
Warplanes hit an area in northern Iraq where a group of Kurdish rebels was trying to infiltrate
Turkey, the military said Wednesday. The aircraft attacked the rebels in the Avasin-Basyan region
of northern Iraq, near the Turkish border town of Cukurca...

04/15/08 AFP: Car bomb kills 35 in Iraqi city
A car bomb killed at least 35 people and wounded 64 on Tuesday when it ripped through a crowd
outside a courthouse in the Iraqi city of Baquba, Iraqi officials said, updating an earlier toll.


04/15/08 AFP; Suicide bomber kills 13 in Iraq restaurant
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a restaurant in the former insurgent stronghold of Ramadi
in western Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people, the city's police chief told AFP.

Documented Iraqi civilian deaths from violence

82,856 – 90,390

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Recent events

Tuesday 15 April: 102 dead

Baghdad: car bomb kills 3, Alwiyah; roadside bomb kills 2 street cleaners, Karrada;
US air strikes kill 2 boys, Sadr City; 3 bodies.

Diyala
Baquba: car bomb kills 53 (12 children are among the dead).
Wajihiya: gunmen kill 2 men in a car.

Anbar
Ramadi: suicide car bomber kills 14.

Karbala
Karbala: gunmen kill 5; 5 bodies.


Basra
Basra: cleric's bodyguard killed by gunmen in drive-by shooting targeting cleric;
gunmen kill civilian in separate incident.

Ninewa
Mosul: car bombs kill 4; gunmen kill 3 members of the same family in their home; gunmen shoot
dead female lawyer and her sister; gunmen kill civilian in separate incident; schoolgirl is
shot in the head by stray bullet while sitting in classroom.


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[Kurovski]

1. K&R. (nt)

[Breeze54]

3. Thank You!!

:(

[Breeze54]

2. Airstrike, battles kill at least 11 in Iraq

Airstrike, battles kill at least 11 in Iraq

updated 32 minutes ago

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/16/iraq.main/

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Fighting flared overnight in two key Shiite regions of Iraq, with four people killed early Wednesday in a U.S. airstrike in Basra and five others dying in battles in Baghdad's volatile northeastern region.

Also, in Mosul, the U.S. military said Wednesday it killed a senior leader of al Qaeda in Iraq and accidentally shot and killed a bystander during a clash with militants.

In the Basra violence, the U.S. military said an unmanned aerial vehicle early Wednesday launched a Hellfire missile at five insurgents firing rocket-propelled grenades at Iraqi soldiers.

The Predator drone killed four "criminals" and wounded another in the Basra neighborhood Hayaniya -- a bastion of support for Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia. Another missile was fired at the insurgents' vehicle, thought to contain weapons and ammunition.

"The message is clear to those that continue to obstruct the rule of law in Basra," said Capt. Chris Ford, spokesman for the coalition forces in Basra said in a statement. "Those attacking the Iraqi army and other government of Iraq security forces will be targeted as part of enduring coalition support to the people of Iraq."

A British military spokesman said there were no coalition casualties.

The strike comes during an Iraqi-led offensive in Basra targeting so-called "outlaws" in the city. Much of the fighting has involved security forces dominated by the Shiite party of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq fighting the Mehdi Army.

The offensive, dubbed Charge of the Knights, commenced March 25 and the fighting set off intra-Shiite rivalries in Baghdad and Shiite cities in southern Iraq. The clashes died down a few days after they started when al-Sadr told his followers to lay down their weapons, but the offensive has continued.

Daily airstrikes and clashes have erupted every day for more than a week in northeastern Baghdad, including Sadr City -- the sprawling slum where the Mehdi Army holds sway.

In the latest fighting, two people were killed and 18 others wounded in Sadr City between 10 p.m. Tuesday and early morning Wednesday, an Interior Ministry official said. The official said the casualties were from airstrikes and battles.

The official said a mortar shell fell on a house along Palestine Street in northeastern Baghdad, killing at least three civilians killed and wounding four others from the same family.

More....

[Kurovski]

4. Who would attack that site, I wonder? (nt)

[Breeze54]

5. Someone or a group that begins wth an A and ends with an E

I suspect. Despicable.

[Kurovski]

6. Seven letters?

I'd suspect it's folks who want you to believe that the "surge" is working. Now who would that be?

[Breeze54]

7. Could be or.....

it could be people that hate 'the troops' that were stop-lossed' and don't
care about the count or want others to be able to get that information?

:shrug:

I guess we could speculate all day but I'm wondering if iCasualties has any help
to repair the damage as they are also on a tight budget. It has been down for awhile
and that is effecting other sites, as well. (See my sig pic) :(

[Kurovski]

8. Kick. (nt)

[Kurovski]

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[Kurovski]

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[Breeze54]

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[Kurovski]

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[Kurovski]

13. Kick. (nt)