Iraq War

Reuters: Four bodies found in Baghdad on Monday

Casualty Count - February 17, 2008 - 7:00pm
Five bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad on Monday, police said.
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Xinhua: Two killed in attacks north of Baghdad

Casualty Count - February 17, 2008 - 7:00pm
An Iraqi police officer and an insurgent were killed in separate incidents in the Salahudin province, security sources in the province said on Monday. Maj. Nahi Khalaf Ahmad was killed when a roadside bomb detonated before noon outside his house...
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KUNA: Six civilians wounded in mortar attack in Mosul

Casualty Count - February 16, 2008 - 7:00pm
The Iraqi police announced on Sunday that six Iraqi civilians were wounded when a mortar fell west Mosul. An Iraqi police source told KUNA that the mortar fell in Al-Thawra suburb west of Mosul leaving the six wounded.
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ABCnews: Sgt. Helps Give Iraqi Girl the Gift of Sight

Casualty Count - February 16, 2008 - 7:00pm
During his tour of duty in Iraq, Army Sgt. Johnny Kempen thought he'd seen everything, until he met a little girl who saw nothing at all. Kempen noticed one day, as soldiers threw candy to children in a tense Baghdad neighborhood...
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Reuters: Roadside bomb kills off-duty policeman in Baiji

Casualty Count - February 16, 2008 - 7:00pm
A roadside bomb killed an off-duty policeman in Baiji, on Saturday, police said.
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MCT: Fatal incident ends cooperation

Casualty Count - February 16, 2008 - 7:00pm
U.S.-allied fighters in a second Iraqi province have quit working with American troops after two incidents last week in which U.S. soldiers killed militia members.
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KUNA: Three people killed, two injured in car bomb attack in Mosul

Casualty Count - February 16, 2008 - 7:00pm
Three people were killed and two were injured when an improvised vehicle exploded when it was parked near a police patrol in Ninawa, one of the biggest provinces in Mosul, an Iraqi security source said on Sunday.
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KUNA: Iraqi fores trained on use of Western, not Russian weapons

Casualty Count - February 16, 2008 - 7:00pm
The US army is training Iraqi law and order forces to use Western weapons rather than Soviet-made ones as it was the case under the former regime of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
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AP: Female Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Baghdad

Casualty Count - February 16, 2008 - 7:00pm
A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a predominantly Shiite area in central Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing at least three people and wounding 10, police said.
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MNF: UH-60 Blackhawk makes precautionary landing

Casualty Count - February 16, 2008 - 7:00pm
A UH-60 Blackhawk experienced an in-flight emergency which required a precautionary landing in At Ta’Mim Province, Feb. 15. The Blackhawk made a safe landing in an unsecured area while its wingman provided security and called for Coalition air...
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MNF: U.S. Soldiers attacked by small arms fire in Diyala Province

Casualty Count - February 16, 2008 - 7:00pm
Two Coalition Force Soldiers were killed as a result of a small arms fire attack in the Diyala Province Feb. 17. One Soldier was also wounded and transported to a Coalition medical facility for treatment.
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guardian: Wounded troops finally win better care from army

Casualty Count - February 15, 2008 - 7:00pm
A sweeping package of improvements to improve the welfare of injured British troops has been finalised to prevent a repeat of healthcare failings for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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AP: Sunni group temporarily halts cooperation in Iraq to protest killings

Casualty Count - February 15, 2008 - 7:00pm
An anti-al-Qaida Sunni group plans to temporarily withdraw from its alliance with the American military in protest of an airstrike that it said killed three of its members.
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dpa: Army officer killed, six police officers wounded in Iraq

Casualty Count - February 15, 2008 - 7:00pm
Suspected militants of the al-Qaeda terrorist network killed the army officer in Mafraq district in Baquba...In southern Baquba, two policemen were injured when an explosive device was detonated targeting a military vehicle.
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Reuters: Iraq military - Attacks in Baghdad fall 80 percent

Casualty Count - February 15, 2008 - 7:00pm
Attacks by insurgents and rival sectarian militias have fallen up to 80 percent in Baghdad and concrete blast walls that divide the capital can soon be removed, a senior Iraqi military official said on Saturday.
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NYTimes: Mistaken Iraq Battle Kills 6 Fighters Allied With U.S.

Casualty Count - February 15, 2008 - 7:00pm
Six members of an Awakening Council, groups composed mostly of Sunni Muslims who have turned against the insurgency, were killed early Thursday after they mistakenly fired on American soldiers in the north, the Iraqi police said.
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Reuters: More U.S. troops seen in Iraq by summer

Casualty Count - February 15, 2008 - 7:00pm
The United States will probably have more troops in Iraq this summer than it did before pouring in forces last year -- even after a planned drawdown, a U.S. general said on Friday.
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Reuters: Five bodies found in Ramadi

Casualty Count - February 15, 2008 - 7:00pm
Police found five decomposed bodies and arrested a militant suspected of being involved in their deaths just east of Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
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AP: Vehicle Delay Blamed for Marines' Deaths

Casualty Count - February 15, 2008 - 7:00pm
Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent request in 2005 from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehicles, an internal military study concludes.
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LATimes: U.S. strike kills 3 Iraqi allies

Casualty Count - February 15, 2008 - 7:00pm
Three neighborhood security guards were killed and two others injured when U.S. attack helicopters fired at their checkpoint south of Baghdad early Friday, Iraqi police said.
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