U.S. Confirmed Deaths
http://icasualties.org/oif/
Reported Deaths: 4,041
Confirmed Deaths: 4,039
Pending Confirmation: 2
DoD Confirmation List
Latest Coalition Fatalities
04/21/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Benjamin K. Brosh, 22, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died April 18 at Forward Operating Base
Anaconda in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered in Paliwoda, Iraq, when his vehicle encountered an
improvised explosive device...
04/21/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Lance O. Eakes, 25, of Apex, N.C., died April 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his
vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1132nd Military Police
Company, North Carolina Army National Guard...
04/21/08 MNF: MND-N Soldiers attacked by IED - 2 killed, 2 wounded
Two Multi-National Division – North Soldiers were killed when an improvised explosive device detonated
during operations in the Salah ad Din Province April 21. Two Soldiers were also wounded in the attack,
as well as two Sons of Iraq members...----------------------
Iraqi Body Count
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
90,521+
Recent events
Sunday 20 April: 102 dead
Baghdad: mortars kill 2, Kadhimiya; 10 die in clashes (4 of them children),
Sadr City; 2 policemen are killed by bomb on bicycle,
Abu Ghraib; roadside bomb kills 1,
Baladiyat; roadside bomb kills child,
New Baghdad; roadside bomb kills 3 policemen, New Baghdad; 6 bodies.
Qadissiya
Diwaniya: roadside bomb kills 2.
Diyala
Muqdadiya: gunmen kill 2; mass grave containing 30 bodies is found.
Wajihiya: 3 die in drive-by shooting.
Baquba: gunmen kill 1 at fake checkpoint.
Khalis: 2 killed by bomb explosion; 3 die in US air strikes.
Albu Tuma: mass grave containing 27 bodies is found.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk: gunmen kill Sahwa member and his son.
Rashad: 2 bodies.
Salahuddin
Sulaiman Pak: gunmen kill policeman.
Ninewa
Sinjar: 2 bodies (council member and his brother) are found.
WEEKLY TOTAL: 505 CIVILIANS KILLED/FOUND DEAD -the highest weekly total this year
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Latest News04/22/08 Reuters: Water-tanker explostion wounds 20 people in Ramadi
Twenty people were wounded, including seven women and six policemen when a water-tanker laden
with explosives detonated near a police station in Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad,
said Major-General Tariq al-Thyabi...
04/22/08 Reuters: U.S. soldiers killed three militants
U.S. soldiers in an M1 Abrams tank and Bradley fighting vehicle killed three militants late on
Monday after a U.S. route clearance vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device, the U.S.
military said.
04/22/08 Reuters: U.S. drone aircraft kills two militants in New Baghdad
A U.S. drone aircraft fired a Hellfire missile at a vehicle loaded with RPGs and AK47s,
killing two militants in New Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said on Tuesday
04/22/08 AFP: Gunmen shoot Iraqi TV crew
Three members of an Iraqi television crew have been shot and wounded after being deliberately
targeted by gunmen in eastern Baghdad, an Iraqi media watchdog reported. "A group of armed men
carrying pistols and automatic guns targeted our colleagues..."
04/22/08 AFP: US soldiers kill five militiamen in Baghdad
US soldiers killed five militiamen late Monday in the Sadr City district of east Baghdad, bastion
of the Mahdi Army militia of Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr, the military announced.
04/22/08 BBC: Maliki plea for regional support
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has urged neighbouring states to do more to support his country's economy.
At a ministerial meeting in Kuwait, Mr Maliki said Iraq was still waiting for its neighbours to honour
pledges to cancel debts.
04/22/08 NYTimes: In Baghdad, Struggle Ties Security to Basic Services
Even as American and Iraqi troops are fighting to establish control of the Sadr City section of this
capital, the Iraqi government’s program to restore basic services like electricity, sewage and trash
collection is lagging, jeopardizing...
04/22/08 AP: Airstrike kills 2 in Sadr City
An unmanned drone killed two gunmen in Baghdad's embattled Sadr City district, while another
remote-controlled craft crashed south of the capital, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
04/22/08 LATimes: Air Force slow to help out, defense chief complains
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that U.S. military services are not doing enough to
support soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, singling out the Air Force for adapting too slowly to the
new enemies on those battlefields.
04/21/08 CNN: Shiite cleric's followers ready to fight
Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's movement is "ready for all options" in a growing
confrontation between his followers and the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki,
a spokesman said Monday.
04/21/08 AP: Al-Maliki wants Arabs to open Iraq embassies
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki urged other Arab countries today to reopen their embassies in
the capital as a show of support for his government as it cracks down on Shiite militias in Iraq.
04/21/08 KUNA: Russian, British, French FM arrive in Kuwait for Iraq neighbors conf.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived here Monday to participate in the Third Expanded
Ministerial Conference of the Neighboring Countries of Iraq, set to be held tomorrow.
04/21/08 abc.net.au: US military ups recruitment of criminals
A United States Congressional committee is asking the Pentagon to explain whether the increase
in convicted criminals being recruited into the US military can be linked to the strains from
the Iraq war.
04/21/08 AP: Iraqi leader calls for Arab support as militia threats grow
Iraq's prime minister appealed Monday for support from his Arab neighbors, urging them to open
embassies and forgive Iraqi debts as his government tries to crack down on Shiite militias in a
crucial power struggle.
04/21/08 Reuters: Gunmen assassinate councillor near Basra
A local councillor in a town near the southern city of Basra was assassinated in front of his home
by unknown gunmen, police said
04/21/08 Reuters; Two policemen wounded in Mosul
A roadside bomb struck a police car in the northern part of the northern city of Mosul, wounding
two policemen, police said.
04/21/08 Reuters: Iraqi forces arrest gang responsible for in Basra
Iraqi forces arrested a gang responsible for kiddnapping and killing doctors, clerics
and women in Basra, said Interior Ministry spokesman Major-General Abdul-Karim Khalaf.
04/21/08 Reuters: U.S. drone aircraft crashes near Musayyib
A U.S. drone aircraft crashed near Musayyib, south of Baghdad, and was recovered,
the U.S. military said
04/21/08 Reuters: Four bodies found in Baghdad on Monday
Four bodies were found around the capital on Monday
04/21/08 Reuters: U.S. forces kill three militants on Monday in New Baghdad
U.S. forces killed three militants on Monday morning who had shot a rocket-propelled grenade
at their patrol in New Baghdad in the southeast part of the capital, the U.S. military said.
04/21/08 Reuters: Iraqi Defence Ministry claims 30 militants killed
The Iraqi Defence Ministry said Iraqi forces killed 30 militants in southern Iraq over the past 24
hours.
04/21/08 Reuters: U.S. soldiers kill militant, wounded 2 in Sadr City
U.S. soldiers killed a militant and wounded two in Sadr City on Sunday after their observation
post was fired upon, the U.S. military said.
04/21/08 Reuters: Hospitals in Sadr City sreceived 14 dead bodies
The two hospitals in Sadr City said on Monday they had received 14 dead and 55 wounded since Sunday morning.
04/21/08 Reuters: Six bodies found in Baghdad on Sunday
The bodies of six people were found on Sunday in different districts of Baghdad, police said.
04/21/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills policeman, wounds four in Kirkuk
A policeman was killed and four wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in Kirkuk, police said.
04/21/08 Reuters: Three council members wounded in Baghdad
Three council members, including a woman, were seriously wounded in different incidents
when bombs were attached to their cars in different areas of Baghdad, police said.
04/21/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 3 policemen, wounds 4 civilians in New Baghdad
Three policemen were killed and four civilians wounded when a roadside bomb exploded
near their patrol on Sunday in the New Baghdad district, police said.
04/21/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill police captain on Sunday in Sulaiman Pek
Gunmen killed a police captain near his house on Sunday in the town of Sulaiman Pek,
160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad, police said
04/21/08 AP: Roadside bomb hits convoy in Basra, causes casualties
The U.S. military says a roadside bomb hit one of its convoys in the southern city of Basra,
causing casualties. The military has given no further details. AP Television News footage
from Basra showed smoke rising from a vehicle burning...
04/21/08 AFP: US warplanes bomb Baghdad’s Sadr City
US warplanes dropped bombs overnight in the east Baghdad district of Sadr City where Shiite
militiamen are battling security forces, residents said on Monday, as the American military
reported another five people killed in the embattled township.
04/21/08 AFP: Female suicide bomber kills three in Iraq city
A female suicide bomber blew herself up near the office of a group fighting Al-Qaeda
in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Monday, killing three of its members, police and a doctor said.
04/21/08 AFP: Iraq PM heads to Kuwait for key security conference
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki left for Kuwait on Monday to attend a conference of Iraq's
neighbours to discuss the security situation in the battered country, his office said.
04/21/08 Reuters: Iraq to confront militias after Sadr threat
Iraq's government will confront armed militias and will not allow all-out war as threatened
by populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Monday.
04/20/08 LATimes: Fear and dread in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf
Muqtada Sadr’s clash with the Iraqi government could spark violence in the center of the Shiite
faith in the country, whose mainstream clerics view him as an upstart. The repercussions could
be widespread.
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