Last 24 Hours in Iraq --- "Surge" working well"....

[Breeze54]

(I hadn't seen the above poster before)


http://icasualties.org/oif/ (click link for links to stories below)

06/13/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Cameron K. Payne, 22, of Corona, Calif., died June 11 in Balad, Iraq,
of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device that detonated near his
vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion...


06/13/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pvt. William C. Johnson, 22, of Oxford, N.C., died June 12 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron,
4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team...


06/13/07 AP: Top UK Court Rules on Iraqi Deaths
The House of Lords on Wednesday rejected claims by families of people killed in Iraq that
European human rights law applied to the conduct of British troops throughout the country.


06/13/07 turkishpress: 2,000 Kurdish fighters deployed in restive Iraq province
More than 2,000 Kurdish fighters are being deployed in restive Diyala province to support
US and Iraqi forces fighting insurgents, a top Kurdish security official said Wednesday.


06/13/07 AKI: Cross-Border Raids Threaten Stability, Italian Minister Says
Italian foreign minister Massimo D'Alema said on Wednesday that Turkey should avoid
cross-border raids into Iraq in its fight with PKK Kurdish separatists...


06/13/07 Reuters: US military says on alert after Iraq mosque attack
The US military said today a fresh attack on the Samarra shrine might provoke another spike
in sectarian violence in Iraq and declared it was keeping the situation under close scrutiny.


06/13/07 TheState: Rembert contractor killed in Iraq
Michael W. Butler, an employee of DynCorp International, died Tuesday night when a convoy
he was riding in came under attack...The five-vehicle convoy was hit by a roadside
bomb and then attacked with small-arms fire while traveling near Tikrit.


06/13/07 NYTimes: Iraqis Are Failing to Meet U.S. Benchmarks
Iraq’s political leaders have failed to reach agreements on nearly every law that the Americans
have demanded as benchmarks, despite heavy pressure from Congress, the White House and top
military commanders. With only three months until progress...


06/13/07 Xinhua: Sadr bloc boycotts Iraqi parliament in protest against bombing
Following an attack on a revered Shiite shrine in Iraq's Samarra, radical Shiite cleric
Moqtada al-Sadr's bloc decided Wednesday to suspend its some 30 lawmakers' participation
in parliament.


06/13/07 WaPo: General calls Iraqi forces inadequate
A senior U.S. military commander said yesterday that Iraq's army must expand its rolls by
at least 20,000 more soldiers next year than Washington had anticipated, to help free U.S.
troops from conducting daily patrols, checkpoints...


06/13/07 concordmonitor: Army to 'muster' 5,000 reservists
For the first time since the Iraq war began, the Army is notifying thousands from a special
category of reservists that they must report this summer for medical screening and other
administrative tasks.


06/13/07 concordmonitor: U.S.-Iraqi forces raid lollipop bomb factory
U.S. and Iraqi forces yesterday raided a lollipop factory being used to make bombs, finding
boxes of explosives and two tons of fertilizer in the basement of the facility in northern
Iraq, an Iraqi officer said.


06/13/07 Reuters: 4 Policemen killed near Ramadi
Four Iraqi policemen were killed and 11 officers wounded by a suicide car bomber targeting
their checkpoint outside Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad.


06/13/07 REuters: Bomb kills 3 guards, wounds 5 others in Mandili
A bomb targeting the police chief of the town of Mandili killed three of his bodyguards
and wounded five other people, including the police chief, police said. Mandili is in
Dilyala Province, near the Iranian border.


06/13/07 Reuters: Mortar attack kills 1, wounds 6 in Baquba
A person was killed and six wounded by a mortar attack in the city of Baquba,
65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.


06/13/07 Reuters: 26 bodies found in Baghdad on Tuesday
The bodies of 26 people were found in different parts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.
They had been shot.


06/13/07 AFP: Iraq imposes indefinite curfew
An indefinite curfew has been imposed in Baghdad from Wednesday 1100 GMT following the
bombing of a revered Shi'a shrine in the northern town of Samarra...Baghdad already is
under a nightly curfew between 11:00 pm (1900 GMT) and 6:00 am (0200 GMT).


06/13/07 Reuters: Senior Iraqi journalist kidnapped in Baghdad
Police say a senior Iraqi journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad, in the latest attack
against the media in Iraq. Gunmen in a convoy of cars seized Filaih Wadi Mijthab, managing
editor of the state-run al-Sabah daily newspaper...


06/13/07 LATimes: Cholera among children in Iraq causing concern
Five cases of cholera have been reported among children in Iraq in the past three weeks, a
worrying sign as temperatures rise and the war leaves sewage and sanitation systems a shambles.


06/13/07 AP: Iraqi Police Say Famous Shrine Attacked
Suspected al-Qaida insurgents on Wednesday destroyed the two minarets of the Askariya Shiite
shrine in Samarra, authorities reported, in a repeat of a 2006 bombing that shattered its
famous Golden Dome and unleashed a wave of retaliatory...


06/13/07 MNF: Roadside bombs strike two MND-B patrols (part 2)
In a separate incident, one MND-B Soldier was killed and two others were wounded when
their vehicle struck an IED in southern Baghdad in the early morning hours of June 12.


06/13/07 MNF: Roadside bombs strike two MND-B patrols - 2 Soldiers killed
One Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldier was killed when a roadside bomb detonated
during combat operations in an eastern section of Baghdad June 11...


06/13/07 MNF: MNF-W forces attacked - 1 Marine killed
A Marine assigned to Multi National Force-West was killed June 12 while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar Province.


06/12/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 3)
Cpl. Llythaniele Fender, 21, of Medical Lake, Wash. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion,
5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash...of wounds suffered from an improvised
explosive device


06/12/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 2)
Cpl. Meresebang Ngiraked, 21, of Koror, Republic of Palau. He was assigned to the 5th
Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash...died June 10 in Karbala...
of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device


06/12/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 1)
Spc. Adam G. Herold, 23, of Omaha, Neb. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion...4th Brigade
Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska...died June 10 in Karbala
...of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device


06/12/07 Cincinnati.Com: Soldier thwarts bomber
Soldiers of a 10th Mountain Division battalion, deep in the heart of Iraq’s bloodiest region,
are alive and well today because one young soldier from Norwood was on lookout Sunday afternoon.
Spc. Brandon Rork, a 24-year-old 2002 graduate of...


06/12/07 AP: Iraq's parliament speaker says he'll sue
Iraq's parliament speaker warned on Tuesday he will take his case to court if lawmakers stick
to their decision to replace him, complaining that the 275-seat legislature acted irresponsibly\
in voting to remove him.


06/12/07 dpa: El Salvador confirms attacks on its troops in Iraq
At least two units in the Salvadoran military contingent in Iraq came under artillery
fire by insurgent groups, El Salvador's National Defence Ministry said Tuesday.


06/12/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 2 civilians, wounds 7 in central Baghdad
A roadside bomb killed two civilians and wounded seven others near al-Resafi square
in central Baghdad, police said.


06/12/07 Reuters: Police arrest militants charged with killing police commander
Kurdistan police arrested militants charged with killing a Falluja police commander near
the city of Sulaimaniya, 330 km (205 miles) northeast of Baghdad, on Monday, according
to an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman.


06/12/07 Reuters: Syrian driving truck with explosives arrested near Kerbala
Iraqi security forces arrested a Syrian driving a truck which was carrying a car packed
with explosives near Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) southwest of Baghdad, on Monday, a media
official from Najaf said.


06/12/07 Reuters: Policeman killed in Hawija
Gunmen killed a policeman in a drive-by shooting on his way home near Hawija,
70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.


06/12/07 AP: 3 Iraqi soldiers and 15 militants killed in clashes
Clashes broke out between joint U.S.-Iraqi forces and al-Qaida militants in the city throughout
the day, leaving three Iraqi soldiers and 15 militants dead, police and hospital officials said,
speaking on condition of anonymity...


06/12/07 AP: 6 civilians kiled, 2 wounded in drive-by shooting in Baquba
Passengers on minibuses in Baqouba and surrounding areas also came under fire in at least
three drive-by shootings that left six civilians dead and two wounded, the police officials said.


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U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: -- 3511
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: -- 2

Total -- 3513

DoD Confirmation List
Latest Coalition Fatality: Jun 12, 2007

Wounded - 25830



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Missing or Captured:

Nationality ------- Name ---------------------- Date
US Staff Sergeant Keith M. Maupin - 16-Apr-2004
US Ahmed Qusai al-Taei: Status - missing-captured- 23-Oct-2006
US Spc. Alex R. Jimenez: Status - DUSTWUN - 12-May-2007
US Pvt. Byron W. Fouty: Status - DUSTWUN - 12-May-2007


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http://www.iraqbodycount.org/

Civilians reported killed by military intervention in Iraq

----- Min ------------------------ Max
--- 65228 --------------------- 71447

Deaths: Self-Inflicted

As reported by the DoD as of 5/19/2007

Self Inflicted------------------Army ---- Navy --- Marines --- Air Force ---- Total
Died of Self-Inflicted wounds -- 95 --------3 --------13 ---------- 0 ----------111

[Swede]

1. It's working so well that they're giving away weapons.

But the make sure the bad guys promise not to use them on US forces.

[Breeze54]

2. Yeah, right.. they make them promise...

How friggin' lame is that!?! :grr:

[libodem]

3. Oh it's far to early to tell if the Surge is working

heard that on NPR today as they were discussing some Pentagon report. And now they are frothing at the mouth to take us in to Iran. The ME is going down in flames. I don't feel any safer and I fear retaliation for our "freedoms". God Damn, GWB! Damn him to hell.

[Breeze54]

4. It's not to early to tell if the ESCALATION is working.

It isn't working and it won't work!!

Iraq is in a civil war. The escalation is futile!

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

5. I'm,...speechless. What's the fucking POINT?!?!?!!!!

What is the point of this war ON IRAQ?

What?

what,...

All I know is that OIL-MONGERS are in charge of this country,...and they lied about the threat that Iraq posed to this country.

I know what I know.