Weekly Casualty Lists: Week 4, Year A+7

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: MNF-IRAQ

-------	Name, Age	Srv Branch	Hometown
	Rank, Unit
	Location; Circumstance of Death
	Michael R. Sturdivant, 20	U.S. Army	Conway, AR
	Sergeant, 431st Civil Affairs BN, U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne)
	Kirkuk; 22-Jan-08; Non-hostile - vehicle accident
	Justin R. Whiting, 27	U.S. Army	Hancock, NY
	Staff Sergeant, 3rd BN, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
	Mosul; 19-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	James M. Gluff, 20	U.S. Marine	Tunnel Hill, GA
	Lance Corporal, 1st BN, 8th Marine Reg, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
	Al Anbar Province; 19-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire
	Richard B. Burress, 25	U.S. Army	Naples, FL
	Specialist, 1st BN, 30th Infantry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
	Arab Jabour; 19-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Jon M. Schoolcraft Iii, 26	U.S. Army	Wapakoneta, OH
	Specialist, 1st BN, 27th Infantry Reg, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
	Taji; 19-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

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WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: ISAF-AFGHANISTAN

------	Name, Age	Srv Branch	Country
	Rank, Unit
	Location; Circumstance of Death
	Étienne Gonthier, 21	Canadian Army	n.a.-Canada
	Corporal, 5th Combat Engineer Regiment
	Panjwayi District (Kandahar Province); 23-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Darryl Gardiner, 25	British Army	Salisbury-UK
	Corporal,
	Musa Quala; 20-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

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WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: IRAQI CIVILIAN, counted by large event

Counted Civilian Casualties: 158 this week; 98 last week; 271 prior week.
Counted bodies found: 34 this week; 38 last week; 71 prior week.
Wednesday 23 January: 49 dead
Afghanistan:	The Taliban killed two truck drivers, wounded two, and torched 13 trucks belonging to a road construction company in the Girshk district in Helmand. President Karzai said the Afghan war threatens to spread throughout the region.
Baghdad:	gunmen kill the head of dentistry at Baghdad university; 4 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul:	37 die in explosion that brings down building.
Kirkuk
Dibis:	car bomb kills 7, including a child.
Tuesday 22 January: 21 dead
Baghdad:	roadside bomb kills 1; 3 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba:	suicide bomber blows himself up in school, kills 1; gunmen kill man near clinic.
Buhriz:	7 bodies of men belonging to the same family are found.
Ninewa
Shirqat:	gunmen kill police chief's bodyguard.
Mosul:	gunmen kill university professor; body found.
Basra
Basra:	gunmen kill policeman.
Kirkuk
Bardi Bridge:	body found.
Wassit
Hilla:	2 bodies found.
Maysan
Amara:	child killed in missile explosion.
Monday 21 January: 39 dead
Baghdad:	man killed by US forces in the course of a raid, Amil; 7 bodies.
Salahuddin
Hajaj:	suicide bomber blows up 17 people at funeral, in village near Baiji.
Samarra:	explosion near car kills 2.
Ninewa
Qaiyara:	car bomb kills 2.
Mosul:	US air strike kills 2 policemen; 2 bodies.
Sulaimaniya
Kalar:	gunmen attack house, kill mother and 13-year-old daughter.
Anbar
Falluja:	gunmen attack police patrol, kill 4 Awakening members.
Sunday 20 January: 17 dead
Afghanistan:	The Taliban assassinated the provincial head of Afghanistan's National Reconciliation Commission in Zabul. Taliban attacks in Helmand, Kandahar, and Zabul provinces claimed 12 lives.
Baghdad:	roadside bomb kills 1, Zayouna; 2 bodies.
Diyala
Saad Camp:	roadside bomb kills 2.
Muqdadiya:	man is killed by gunmen.
Baquba:	2 children die in bomb explosion by their house; gunmen kill Awakening member.
Anbar
Falluja:	teenage suicide bomber kills 6 at Awakening feast.
Kirkuk
Hawija:	tribesman dies in drive-by shooting.
Salahuddin
Samarra:	gunmen kill former Baath member.
Saturday 19 January: 32 dead
Baghdad:	roadside bomb kills 2 in restaurant, Sadr City; 2 bodies.
Anbar
Ramadi:	suicide bombers kill 6 policemen.
Falluja:	2 bodies.
Salahuddin
Balad:	mortars target Ashura pilgrims, kill 5, including 2 children.
Ninewa
Tal Afar:	rocket kills 7 at Ashura gathering.
Mosul:	bomb explosion kills woman.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk:	bomb under pile of rubbish kills 2.
Diyala
Wajihiya:	roadside bomb targeting governor's convoy kills 3 bodyguards.
Dhi Qar
Nasiriya:	2 policemen killed in clashes.
Friday 18 January: 37 dead
Baghdad:	roadside bomb kills woman and child, Ur; 2 bodies.
Basra
Basra:	7 killed in clashes, most of them policemen; sniper kills doctor.
Dhi Qar
Nasiriya:	16, including 2 children, killed in clashes with Soldiers of Heaven cult during Ashura festival.
Diyala
Buhruz:	2 policemen die in booby-trapped house.
Wajihiya:	2 policemen are killed in clashes.
Baquba:	2 children die in booby-trapped house.
Shirween:	3 bodies.
Thursday 17 January: 36 dead
Baghdad:	3 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba:	suicide bomber kills 11 outside Shia mosque.
Diyala River Valley:	US forces kill 3 (2 women and 1 man) during raid.
Jalawla:	US and Iraqi forces kill 7 during overnight raid -5 of them a family of Kurds living in Shaykh Bawa village. When the family did not open their door out of fear, the forces broke down the door and opened fire.
Ninewa
Mosul:	car bomb kills policeman; gunmen kill another civilian and another policeman; roadside bomb kills 2; another roadside bomb kills 3; car bomb outside church kills 1.
Basra
Basra:	gunmen kill policeman.
Salahuddin
Policeman killed during clashes.
Tikrit:	gunmen kill policeman.

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WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ

Name	Date
Circumstances
None counted this week.

src: MNF-I, MNF-A, journalists from icasualties.org; Iraqi Civiilan: iraqbodycount.org; Afghan events from Bill Roggio, other sources

Weekly Casualty Lists: Week 3, Year A+7

This week, Afghan forces were ambushed when 200 militants [!] stormed a border fort, with 25 feared dead. AP recently reported a figure of 925 Afghan police killed in 2007.

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: MNF-IRAQ

-------	Name, Age	Srv Branch	Hometown
	Rank, Unit
	Location; Circumstance of Death
	Danny L. Kimme, 27	U.S. Army	Fisher, IL
	Private 1st Class, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
	Balad; 16-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, grenade
	David H. Sharrett Ii, 27	U.S. Army	Oakton, VA
	Private 1st Class, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
	Balad; 16-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, grenade
	John P. Sigsbee, 21	U.S. Army	Waterville, NY
	Specialist, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
	Balad (died in Pallouata); 16-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, grenade
	Keith E. Lloyd, 26	U.S. Army	Milwaukee, WI
	Private 1st Class, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
	Tall Afar; 12-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED
	Curtis A. Christensen Jr., 29	U.S. Marine	Collingswood, NJ
	Lance Corporal, 2nd BN, 8th Marine Reg, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
	Al Anbar Province; 11-Jan-08; Non-hostile
	Todd E. Davis, 22	U.S. Army	Raymore, MO
	Specialist, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Reg, 1st Armored Division
	Sinsil; 09-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (house borne)
	Sean M. Gaul, 29	U.S. Army	Reno, NV
	Staff Sergeant, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Reg, 1st Armored Division
	Sinsil; 09-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (house borne)
	Christopher A. Sanders, 22	U.S. Army	Roswell, NM
	Sergeant, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Reg, 1st Armored Division
	Sinsil; 09-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (house borne)
	Matthew I. Pionk, 30	U.S. Army	Superior, WI
	Sergeant 1st Class, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Reg, 1st Armored Division
	Sinsil; 09-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (house borne)
	Jonathan Kilian Dozier, 30	U.S. Army	Rutherford, TN
	Staff Sergeant, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Reg, 1st Armored Division
	Sinsil; 09-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (house borne)
	Zachary W. Mcbride, 20	U.S. Army	Bend, OR
	Sergeant, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Reg, 1st Armored Division
	Sinsil; 09-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (house borne)
	David J. Hart, 22	U.S. Army	Lake View Terrace, CA
	Sergeant, 2nd BN, 327th Infantry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
	Samarra (died in Balad); 09-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
	Ivan E. Merlo, 19	U.S. Army	San Marcos, CA
	Private 1st Class, 2nd BN, 327th Infantry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
	Samarra; 09-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
	Phillip J. Pannier, 20	U.S. Army	Washburn, IL
	Private 1st Class, 2nd BN, 327th Infantry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
	Samarra; 09-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

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WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: ISAF-AFGHANISTAN

------	Name, Age	Srv Branch	Country
	Rank, Unit
	Location; Circumstance of Death
	Richard Renaud, 26	Canadian Army	Alma-Canada
	Trooper, 12th Regiment of Blinde du Canada
	Arghandab district (10 kilometres north of Kandahar city); 15-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Aldert Poortema, 22	Royal Dutch Army	n.a.-Netherlands
	Corporal, 44th Armouredinfantry Batallion
	Deh Rawod - Uruzgan province; 12-Jan-08; Hostile - friendly fire
	Wesley Schol, 20	Royal Dutch Army	n.a.-Netherlands
	Private 1st Class, 44th Armouredinfantry Batallion
	Deh Rawod - Uruzgan province; 12-Jan-08; Hostile - friendly fire
	Richard J. Berrettini, 52	U.S. Army National Guard	Wilcox, PA
	Lieutenant Colonel, Pennsylvania Army National Guard Medical Detachment
	San Antonio, TX (Khowst Province); 11-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	David J. Drakulich, 22	U.S. Army	Reno, NV
	Sergeant, 508th Parachute Infantry Reg, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
	Chagali; 09-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

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WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: IRAQI CIVILIAN, counted by large event

IBC estimates 24 civilians shot by US military this month, so far.

Counted Civilian Casualties: 98 this week; .
Wednesday 16 January: 26 dead
Baghdad:	roadside bomb kills 3 university students, Bab al-Muadham; roadside bomb kills another civilian, Zaafaraniya; roadside bombs kill 2, Nahrawan; gunmen attack Awakening members at checkpoint, kill 2; 5 bodies.
Diyala
Khan Bani Saad:	suicide bomber blows herself up outside mosque killing 8.
Kirkuk
Tuz Khurmato:	gunmen kill student; body found.
Salahuddin
Shirqat:	2 policemen killed in clashes with gunmen during raid.
Tuesday 15 January: 16 dead
Baghdad:	5 primary school children are struck by official's convoy and are then caught in ensuing gunfight between guards and Iraqi soldiers; Awakening member killed in clashes, Sadriya; 6 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul:	roadside bomb kills policeman; 2 bodies.
Salahuddin
Al-Shirqat:	suicide car bomber attack police checkpoint, kills policeman.
Monday 14 January: 29 dead
Baghdad:	gunmen kill judge along with his driver, Mansour; 5 bodies.
Diyala
Buhriz:	7 policemen die in booby-trapped house during search; Awakening member is shot dead nearby.
Dujail:	roadside bomb kills 2 policemen.
Ninewa
Mosul:	car bomb kills civilian; gunmen kill policeman; 2 bodies.
Anbar
Haditha:	4 bodies.
Wassit
Kut:	US forces open fire at intersection killing 4 (a bus driver and 3 construction workers). The number of Iraqi civilians killed by US forces in January has now gone up to 23.
Sunday 13 January: 12 dead
Baghdad:	gunmen kill office worker, Arasat; policeman killed in ensuing clashes; 4 bodies.
Arbil
Kenzinar:	gunmen kill doctor's assistant.
Basra
Basra:	gunmen kill official at Sadr's office.
Anbar
Falluja:	US forces kill civilian in car, as it approaches their patrol.
Diyala
Jalawla:	body found.
Ninewa
Mosul:	2 bodies found.
Saturday 12 January: 15 dead
Baghdad:	roadside bombs kill 2, Beirut Square; 2 bodies.
Salahuddin
Dhuluiya:	gunmen attack two houses, kill 6 -a former Iraqi army soldier, his 14-year-old son, an Awakening member and his three sons (one of them an Awakening member, the other two a 16-year-old and a 15-year-old).
Basra
Basra:	gunmen kill policeman.
Sulaimaniya
Sulaimaniya:	gunmen kill liquor shop owner.
Ninewa
Mosul:	gunmen kill woman in her home; 1 body found.
Al-Sukar:	gunmen kill policeman.
Friday 11 January: 7 dead
Baghdad:	suicide car bomb targets bakery, kills 4, Gadir; 3 bodies.
Thursday 10 January: 8 dead
Baghdad:	roadside bomb kills 2 policemen, Nasr Square; car bomb kills civilian, Palestine str.; 3 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul:	child is killed in bomb explosion; motorist killed by roadside bomb.

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WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ

Name	Date
Circumstances
None counted this week.

src: MNF-I, MNF-A, journalists from icasualties.org; Iraqi Civiilan: iraqbodycount.org; Afghan events from Bill Roggio, other sources

Mini Battlefield Digest: Afghanistan, Week 1

n.b. This update covers a period since the last one, much longer than a week.

(Photo:

An Afghan family walks on a snow-covered street in Kabul January 7, 2008. Dozens of people have been killed by heavy snow and freezing weather in recent days in Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday.)

REUTERS/Omar Sobhani


Battlefield News, Afghanistan

Political Developments and Major Campaign Resource Shifts

• NYTimes: Deeply concerned about the prospect of failure in Afghanistan, the Bush administration and NATO have begun three top-to-bottom reviews of the entire mission, from security and counterterrorism to political consolidation and economic development... -Sunday, December 16, 2007
• Roggio: The CENTCOM commander arrived in Kabul to discuss the Afghan strategy. President Karzai will visit Pakistan in late December. -Wednesday, December 19, 2007
• AP: The U.S. military's top officer acknowledged on Tuesday that for all the importance of preventing Afghanistan from again harboring al-Qaida terrorists, Washington's first priority is Iraq. -Tuesday, December 11, 2007
• Roggio: US Secretary of Defense Gates said there would be no troop surge for Afghanistan.-Saturday, December 22, 2007
• NYTimes: As the Bush administration struggles for a way to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a similar effort to scale down a larger and more secretive American detention center in Afghanistan has been beset by political... -Monday, January 7, 2008
• AP: Estonian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a one-year extension of the Baltic country's military deployment in Afghanistan. The 101-seat Riigikogu, or parliament, supported the government's proposal to keep a maximum 150 troops in Afghanistan through 2008. -Tuesday, December 4, 2007
• AP: The U.S. general in charge of NATO's Afghanistan mission said Wednesday he expects another year of "explosive growth" in the country's poppy fields. -Thursday, January 3, 2008
• AP: Several hundred Pakistani families have fled to neighboring Afghanistan in recent days to escape the turmoil in their country, officials said Wednesday. -Wednesday, January 2, 2008
• AFP: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday the US-led "war on terror" should be directed at Islamist sanctuaries outside his country which he said was not a "hideout for terrorism" but a victim. -Thursday, December 20, 2007
• reliefweb: The G8 countries are contributing to an improvement in Afghan-Pakistan relations with a joint action plan consisting of 70 different projects. Closer cooperation between these two neighbouring countries is a key factor in enhancing stability... -Friday, December 28, 2007
• csmonitor: A senior United Nations official and the acting head of the European Union's mission in Afghanistan were expelled from the country Thursday after the government accused them of holding talks with the Taliban and giving the group cash... -Thursday, December 27, 2007
• AJC: The United States supports reconciliation talks with Taliban fighters who have no ties to al-Qaida and accept Afghanistan's constitution, U.S. Ambassador William Wood said Thursday. He said the United States is in favor... -Friday, December 28, 2007
• AFP: British intelligence agents held secret talks with Taliban leaders on several occasions this year, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported Wednesday. Officers from MI6 met senior insurgents in the middle of the year... -Wednesday, December 26, 2007
• AFP: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview that his war-torn country will need foreign troops for at least another decade. "I believe it will take another 10 years, at least 10 years," he told Bild newspaper when asked... -Friday, December 21, 2007
• AFP: The Netherlands has announced that Dutch troops will leave Afghanistan from July 2010: a decision that may have implications for Australia's commitment there -Wednesday, December 19, 2007
• AFP : Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar vowed Tuesday to keep fighting throughout the winter and attack Afghan and international troops who drove his forces from a southern town last week. -Tuesday, December 18, 2007
• WaPo: U.S. officials fear that a renewed campaign by Islamic militants aimed at the Pakistani government, and based along the border with Afghanistan, would complicate U.S. policy in the region by effectively merging the six-year-old war... -Saturday, December 29, 2007
• KUNA: French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who arrived here on a surprise visit Saturday morning, held talks with Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai and assured his country would increase presence in Afghanistan, the presidential palace said. -Saturday, December 22, 2007
• AP: Shifting tactics, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that the Bush administration has decided to tone down its appeals to NATO allies for more troops and other aid in the fight against the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. -Saturday, December 15, 2007
• CP: The Foreign Affairs Department has developed plans to keep a Canadian provincial reconstruction base in Kandahar until at least 2015, federal officials say. -Thursday, December 13, 2007

COIN: Actions, Reactions, Counteractions, etc.

• Roggio: Additional mine resistant armored vehicles, known as MRAPs, are bound for Afghanistan. -Saturday, December 22, 2007
• BBC: With Afghanistan's fledgling national police deeply unpopular and insufficient in number to impose control in many areas of the country, Western diplomats and commanders have been exploring what they term "Afghan solutions"... -Friday, December 28, 2007
• AKI/DAWN: Warplanes bombed the suspected locations of militants in the lawless South Waziristan tribal area on Thursday after an intelligence report said that the militant Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud was hiding somewhere in the area. -Friday, January 4, 2008
• CanWest: Weapons are being smuggled to Taliban insurgents from Afghanistan's neighbours, but there is no clear evidence that the Iranian government is complicit, a high-ranking ISAF commander said Sunday. -Sunday, December 30, 2007
• CanWest: Taliban insurgents are depending more on foreign fighters because of increased difficulties recruiting locals, Canadian Brig.-Gen. Marquis Hainse said Sunday. -Sunday, December 30, 2007
• AFP: A key Taliban commander reportedly kicked out of the militia believes the dismissal order is a conspiracy against him and has not been signed off by Taliban leader Mullah Omar, his spokesman said Sunday. -Sunday, December 30, 2007
  
• AFP: More than 200 militants were killed in last month's major operation to retake the southern Taliban stronghold of Musa Qala, the Afghan defence ministry said Thursday. Seventeen Taliban commanders were among the dead following the military operation... -Thursday, January 3, 2008
• CanWest: The death rate among Canadian soldiers fighting around Kandahar has outstripped not only that of U.S. and British troops in Afghanistan, but Americans in the bloody Iraq war as well, the forces' figures indicate. -Thursday, January 3, 2008
• UPI: A multi-day operation by Afghan and coalition forces has resulted in the removal of a militant command hub in Yakhdan, Afghanistan. -Wednesday, January 2, 2008
• AP: U.S. military deaths, suicide bombings and opium production hit record highs in 2007...But U.S. officials here insist things are looking up: The Afghan army is assuming a larger combat role, and militants appear unlikely to mount a major... -Tuesday, January 1, 2008
• AP: Taliban militants killed more than 925 Afghan police, and large swaths of the country remain outside government control. -Tuesday, January 1, 2008
• GlobeandMail: Roughly a quarter of the prisoners interviewed in Afghan jails as part of Canada's follow-up inspections of transferred detainees said they were tortured or abused, according to documents filed in Federal Court and the statements of senior... -Thursday, December 20, 2007
• IRIN: Children are being recruited and in some cases sexually abused by the Afghan police and/or various militias that support the police, as well as by private security companies and the Taliban, according to human rights and provincial officials. -Wednesday, December 19, 2007
• NPR: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen testified before the House Armed Services on military strategy in Afghanistan. Both officials believe there is cautious reason for optimism in Afghanistan. -Wednesday, December 12, 2007
• AP: U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan have peaked this year at about 26,000, as officials tried to push NATO countries to take on more security responsibility, while keeping enough U.S. forces there to counter the stubborn insurgency -Thursday, December 13, 2007
• canwest: Canadian Force engineers are planning to build a new forward operating base in Arghandab, a strategically-vital district north of Kandahar City and the site of fierce fighting between coalition forces and the Taliban this fall. -Sunday, December 16, 2007

VIOLENCE: Tactical Developments

• AP: Taliban militants fired rocket-propelled grenades from their vehicles at a convoy of private security guards on Afghanistan's main highway, killing six guards and two police officers, a police chief said Sunday. -Sunday, December 30, 2007
• AP: Eight Afghans who ate an infected camel as part of a religious celebration died of what health experts suspect is a rare case of naturally occurring anthrax, officials said Saturday. -Sunday, December 30, 2007
• AFP: Sixteen policemen were killed when their post in the southern province of Kandahar -- a hotbed of Taliban activities -- was attacked by Islamic rebels on Saturday, the interior ministry said. -Monday, December 31, 2007
• AFP: Similar bomb attacks killed five Afghan soldiers -- one of them in eastern Paktia on Monday and four others in southern Uruzgan a day earlier, the defence ministry said in a statement. -Monday, December 31, 2007
• paktribune: A paratrooper who was shot in Afghanistan has become the first tetraplegic to return to duty. Sgt David "Paddy" Caldwell was directing mortar fire from a rooftop in Sangin in August last year when a Taliban bullet passed through his neck. -Sunday, December 30, 2007
• paktribune: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned by the killing of Abdul Munir, the producer and presenter of Afghanistan Radio Television in Jawzjan...while he was travelling from Jawzjan to Mazar-e-Sharif -Saturday, January 5, 2008

• CP: A rocket landed in a crowd near Kabul's police headquarters Saturday, and a truck full of rockets exploded nearby moments later, killing at least five people. Officials say at least five others were wounded. -Saturday, December 22, 2007
• LATimes: Striking on one of the year's most important Muslim holidays, a suicide bomber killed at least 50 people and injured dozens more this morning near the home of a former government minister in volatile northwest Pakistan, police said. -Friday, December 21, 2007
• CP: A surprise raid on some 70 sleeping insurgents early yesterday in the volatile Zhari-Panjwaii district has been described as a short-term success, but a Canadian commander said boosting Afghan government forces is the key to long-term security. -Tuesday, December 18, 2007
• AFP: A SECOND NATO soldier was killed overnight as Afghan and international troops advanced on the southern town of Musa Qala, which the Taliban has controlled for the past 10 months, defence forces said. -Sunday, December 9, 2007
• AP: A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a minibus full of Afghan soldiers south of Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding 20, officials and witnesses said. -Wednesday, December 5, 2007

US Military Justice/Violence/Casualty

• AP: A former Marine testified Tuesday that he thinks Afghans were killed needlessly by his special operations unit after its convoy was attacked by a car bomb. -Tuesday, January 8, 2008
• BBC: The US Marine Corps has opened a special tribunal into the deaths of Afghan civilians last March. As many as 19 Afghan civilians were allegedly killed when marines opened fire in Nangarhar province after their convoy was attacked by a car bomb. -Monday, January 7, 2008

Economic Developments, Reconstruction, and General Good News

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Enemy Casualty Lists: Week 1, Year 7

Today, we lack metrics to know if we are winning or losing the global war on terror. Are we capturing, killing or deterring and dissuading more terrorists every day than the madrassas and the radical clerics are recruiting, training and deploying against us?
-October, 2003, SecDef Rumsfeld
U.S and Dutch soldiers drive along a dusty road in a village in Baluchi pass in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan November 1, 2007.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: ENEMY CASUALTIES AND DENTENSIONS IN IRAQ

Counted Enemy Casualties, IRAQ
Counted Captured: 960; Killed: 164; High-value: 58
Wednesday, December 19, 2007: Captured: 15; Killed: 1; High value: 1
Baghdad; Kirkuk	Coalition forces captured the Special Groups leader for Diyala Province. Iraqi Security Forces killed one insurgent, detained 15, and defused 10 roadside bombs in Baghdad; eight were captured in Kirkuk.
Thursday, December 20, 2007: Captured: 44; Killed: 27; High value: 3
Diyala: Al Miqdadiyah; Baghdad	US soldiers killed 24 al Qaeda fighters, detained 37, and found an atrocity site, torture complex, and nine weapons caches north of Miqdadiyah. Coalition forces captured a Special Groups leader and two associates in Baghdad. Iraqi Security Forces killed three insurgents and captured 27 during operations in Baghdad.
Friday, December 21, 2007: Captured: 22; Killed: 1; High value: 3
Baghdad	Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and detained 19 others during raids in central and northern Iraq. Coalition forces captured two suspected Special Groups leaders and detained three others in the Al Mashru area, and captured another leader in the Baghdad area.
Saturday, December 22, 2007: Captured: 8; High value: 8
Baghdad	Iraqi Security Forces captured eight wanted insurgents in Baghdad. Coalition forces captured six al Qaeda operatives involved in propaganda and finance operations and a technical advisor for an IED cell. Iraqi Security Volunteers captured a member of an al Qaeda anti-aircraft cell in Baghdad.
Sunday, December 23, 2007: Captured: 50; High value: 1
Basra; Kut; Baghdad	Coalition forces detained 12 al Qaeda operatives during raids in the Diyala River Valley region and northern Iraq. Coalition forces captured a suspected Special Groups leader and seven other during operations in the Al Kut and As Suwyarah areas. Iraqi police captured 10 al Qaeda in Mandali in Diyala province. Iraqi Security Forces arrested 20 insurgents and defused 14 improvised explosive devices in Baghdad. A Sadrist leader was killed in Basrah.
Monday, December 24, 2007: Captured: 20; Killed: 2
Kut	Coalition forces killed two Special Groups operatives and captured two during a raid in Al Kut. Coalition forces detained 10 al Qaeda operatives during raids in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi Security Forces detained eight al Qaeda fighters and defused five roadside bombs in Diyala.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007: Captured: 38; Killed: 13
Balad; Kirkuk	Coalition forces killed 13 al Qaeda operatives and detained 27 during operations in central and northern Iraq. Police arrested 11 insurgents northwest of Kirkuk and a senior al Qaeda leader in Balad Ruz.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007: Captured: 17; Killed: 4; High value: 1
Baghdad; Kirkuk; Samarra	The US military confirmed senior al Qaeda leader Abu Abdullah was killed in a raid in Samarra on November 8. Four al Qaeda operatives were killed in Diyala and Tarmiyah; a senior al Qaeda leader was captured near Kirkuk. Iraqi Security Forces arrested 16 insurgents and defused three IEDs in Baghdad.
Thursday, December 27, 2007: Captured: 56; Killed: 23; High value: 1
Kut; Diyala: Al Miqdadiyah	The Iraqi Army claimed to have captured the minister of defense of the Islamic State of Iraq. Coalition forces killed 11 Special Groups fighters in Al Kut. US and Iraqi forces killed 12 al Qaeda operatives and detained 37 near Miqdadiyah. US forces captured two ""extremists"" believed to be behind the kidnappings of three US soldiers last May. Coalition forces captured 19 al Qaeda operatives in raids throughout Iraq; Iraqi forces captured four.
Friday, December 28, 2007: Captured: 18; Killed: 5; High value: 1
Hillah; Samarra; Diyala: Khalis	Coalition forces killed five al Qaeda operatives and detained 14 during operations in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi troops detained four al Qaeda fighters, including a Saudi national, in Samarra. Iraqi forces arrested four al Qaeda fighters north of Hillah. Awakening forces killed an al Qaeda leader near Khalis.
Saturday, December 29, 2007: Captured: 34; Killed: 8; High value: 11
Kirkuk	Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and detained 34 during operations in central and northern Iraq. Coalition forces detained six Special Groups members during operations in southern Iraq. Police killed five insurgents and captured five in Tal Afar. US forces arrested a police chief and four officers in Kirkuk. Iraqi soldiers discovered a weapons cache in the home of one of the bodyguards of Adnan al Dulaimi.
Sunday, December 30, 2007: Captured: 40; Killed: 6; High value: 1
Baghdad; Kirkuk	Coalition forces killed six al Qaeda operative and detained 14 during operations in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi security forces arrested 40 insurgents and defused 32 IEDs in Baghdad. US troops arrested an al Qaeda leader near Kirkuk.
Monday, December 31, 2007: Captured: 61; High value: 4
Diyala: Ba`qubah; Karbala; Babil:	Coalition forces captured the Special Groups recruiter for Karbala Province and 21 al Qaeda operatives during operations in central and northern Iraq. The Iraqi Army arrested 40 al Qaeda fighters, including a Saudi national, in northern Babil and another six in Haditha. Police captured an al Qaeda leader and two aides in Baqubah.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008: Captured: 4; Killed: 1; High value: 1
Hillah	Iraqi police and soldiers captured a leader of al Qaeda in Diyala. Police arrested the leader of Buhriz's Concerned Local Citizens and three aides for involvement with al Qaeda. One al Qaeda operative was killed and two wounded near Hillah.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008: Captured: 39; Killed: 6; High value: 2
Diyala: Ad Diwaniyah; Diyala: Al Miqdadiyah; Baghdad; Kirkuk; Mosul; Samarra; Baghdad: Adhamiyah	Fifty-one al Qaeda leaders have been killed or captured in December. Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and detained 11 during operations in Miqdadiyah and Samarra, and detained a Special Groups operative in Adhamiyah. Iraqi security forces killed three insurgents and arrested 28 in Baghdad, 15 in Mosul, and eight in Kirkuk. Police arrested an assassination network leader in Diwaniyah.
Thursday, January 3, 2008; High value: 2
Baghdad; Diyala: Ba`qubah	US forces captured an al Qaeda military commander of southern Baghdad and detained five fighters in Zambraniyah.The Iraqi Army arrested a high-ranking al Qaeda commander north of Baqubah.
Friday, January 4, 2008: Captured: 19; Killed: 2
Diyala: Al Miqdadiyah; Kirkuk; Mosul	Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and detained 12 during operations in Miqdadiyah and Mosul. A joint Iraqi-US force arrested seven insurgents a raid south of Kirkuk.
Saturday, January 5, 2008: Captured: 35; Killed: 1; High value: 1
	US and Iraqi soldiers killed one al Qaeda operative and detained nine during an operation in Abu Tamur. Coalition forces detained 18 al Qaeda operatives during raids in central Iraq. Coalition forces captured a Special Groups leader and eight associates in Huwaysh and a facilitator in the Qasarin area; both regions are in Diyala province.
Sunday, January 6, 2008: Captured: 4
Baghdad; Balad	US forces detained four al Qaeda operatives in Balad and a weapons trafficker south of Baghdad.
Monday, January 7, 2008: Captured: 227; Killed: 6; High value: 1
Baghdad; Kirkuk; Mosul; Tikrit	Three al Qaeda were captured in a clash in Buhriz. Coalition forces captured six al Qaeda operatives in raids in Mosul, Baghdad, and Tikrit. US and Iraqi forces captured a leader of Anasar al Sunnah near Kirkuk. Iraqi security forces killed six insurgents and captured 218 in raids in Baghdad.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008: Captured: 45; Killed: 4; High value: 2
Diyala: Al Miqdadiyah; Baghdad	Iraqi and US forces kicked off Operation Phanton Phoenix, while Operation Hero's Harvest is underway in Miqdadiyah. Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and detained 28 during operations in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi security forces killed one insurgent and captured 14 in Baghdad. Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured an ""extremist cell leader"" and three operatives in Baghdad. Coalition forces captured a Special Groups leader and three operatives in Baghdad.
src Bill Roggio - Read - Support

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WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: ENEMY CASUALTIES AND DENTENSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN

Counted Enemy Casualties, Afghanistan
Counted Captured: 30; Killed: 429; High-value: 0
Wednesday, December 19, 2007; Killed: 12
Uruzgan	Afghan and ISAF forces killed "several" Taliban fighters during a two-day engagement in Uruzgan province.
Sunday, December 23, 2007; Killed: 10
Kandahar	The Afghan Defense Ministry said 10 Taliban were killed and four Afghan soldiers were injured following a weekend skirmish in Kandahar.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
	Two British nationals have been ordered to leave the country after officials accused them of aiding the Taliban with money and guns. President Karzai is set to visit Pakistan tomorrow to discuss the ongoing cooperation against the Taliban and al Qaeda as well as security issues along the border.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007: Captured: 3; Killed: 150
Nangarhar; Uruzgan	Afghan security forces said over 150 Taliban were killed during several days of fighting in the Charchini district of Uruzgan province. The fighting is still ongoing. Afghan and Coalition forces detained three Taliban fighters during a raid in Nangarhar Province.
Sunday, December 30, 2007: Captured: 9; Killed: 22
Helmand; Wardak; Zabul	Coalition forces captured nine Taliban and killed "several" in Zabul province. Ten Afghans were killed in Taliab ambushes in Helmand and Wardak province.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008; Killed: 17
Ghazni; Helmand; Kandahar	Five Taliban fighters were killed while trying to build a suicide car bomb in Kandahar province. Two Taliban bomb emplacers were killed when their IED detonated in Ghazni province. Ten Taliban fighters were killed while attacking a police station in Helmand province.
Thursday, January 3, 2008: Captured: 6; Killed: 217
Helmand; Kandahar	The Afghan Defense Ministry said over 200 Taliban and 17 of their commanders were killed during the December operation to retake Helmand’s Musa Qala district. Kandahar Police arrested six Taliban fighters in the Panjwai district.
Saturday, January 5, 2008: Captured: 12; Killed: 1
Ghazni; Kandahar	Afghan and ISAF forces arrested "several" Taliban fighters in Kandahar. A Taliban commander was captured in Ghazni province.
src Bill Roggio - Read - Support

Weekly Casualty Lists: Week 1

NO HOLIDAY FOR VIOLENCE

These lists were meant to get around the summary statistics and reliance on general trends. However, at the turn of the year, we can show some summary statistics.

The U.S. took half the coalition fatalities in Afghanistan (Afghan Army/police are not included): US, 117; non-US: 115; Total 232. The wounded for 2007 are still being tallied / released. The figure will be around 600.

In Iraq, the U.S. had 901 of 957 fatalities in 2007. The wounded figure will probably come close to 6,000.

I'm not remarking "trends" here. The fact is, every week, if not every year, the battle and policy continues to be lethal - and none of these names should be ignored as "acceptable losses", as we stretch into another year of 'stabilization'.

Note: These figures cover a period longer than a week, going back to the last update.

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: MNF-IRAQ

-------	Name, Age	Srv Branch	Hometown
	Rank, Unit
	Location; Circumstance of Death
	Name Not Released Yet	U.S. Army	n.a.
	Not reported yet, Multi-National Division - North
	Salah Ad Din Province; 08-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
	Name Not Released Yet	U.S. Army	n.a.
	Not reported yet, Multi-National Division -North
	Salah Ad Din Province; 08-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
	Name Not Released Yet	U.S. Army	n.a.
	Not reported yet, Multi-National Division - North
	Salah Ad Din Province; 08-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
	Timothy R. Hanson, 23	U.S. Army	Kenosha, WI
	Private 1st Class, 1st BN, 15th Infantry Reg, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
	Salman Pak; 07-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
	James D. Gudridge, 20	U.S. Army	Carthage, NY
	Specialist, 4th BN, 64th Armor Reg, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
	Baghdad (southern part); 06-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Jason F. Lemke, 30	U.S. Army	West Allis, WI
	Private 1st Class, 2nd BN, 23rd Infantry Reg, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
	Ibrahim Al Adham; 05-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Menelek M. Brown, 24	U.S. Navy	Roswell, NM
	Petty Officer 2nd Class, USS Hopper
	Arabian Gulf; 04-Jan-08; Non-hostile - drowning
	Andrew J. Olmsted, 37	U.S. Army	Colorado Springs, CO
	Major, Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
	Sadiyah; 03-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
	Thomas J. Casey, 32	U.S. Army	Albuquerque, NM
	Captain, Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
	Sadiyah; 03-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
	Ryan D. Maseth, 24	U.S. Army	Pittsburgh, PA
	Staff Sergeant, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
	Baghdad; 02-Jan-08; Non-hostile
	Joshua R. Anderson, 24	U.S. Army	Jordan, MN
	Private 1st Class, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Reg, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
	Kamasia; 02-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Reno S. Lacerna, 44	U.S. Army	Waipahu, HI
	Sergeant, 87th Corps Support BN, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division
	Qayyarah; 31-Dec-07; Non-hostile - illness
	Victor W. Jeffries, 52	U.S. Navy	Honolulu, HI
	Petty Officer 1st Class, Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group
	Kuwait; 31-Dec-07; Non-hostile
	Joseph R. Berlin Jr., 21	U.S. Army	Chelsea, AL
	Private 1st Class, Special Troops BN, 4th Infantry Division
	Baghdad; 30-Dec-07; Non-hostile - injury
	Rowdy J. Inman, 38	U.S. Army	Panorama Village, TX
	Captain, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Reg, III Corps
	Mosul; 26-Dec-07; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
	Benjamin B. Portell, 27	U.S. Army	Bakersfield, CA
	Sergeant, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Reg, III Corps
	Mosul; 26-Dec-07; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
	Bryan J. Tutten, 33	U.S. Army	St. Augustine, FL
	Sergeant, 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Divi
	Balad; 25-Dec-07; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Peter C. Neesley, 28	U.S. Army	Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
	Sergeant, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Reg\, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Divis
	Baghdad; 25-Dec-07; Non-hostile - unspecified cause
	George J. Howell, 24	U.S. Army	Salinas, CA
	Private 1st Class, 1st BN, 87th Infantry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, (Light Infantry) 10th Infantry Division
	Riyadh (near Hawijah); 21-Dec-07; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Jeremy E. Ray, 26	U.S. Army	Houston, TX
	1st Lieutenant, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
	Kanaan; 20-Dec-07; Hostile - hostile fire - suicide bomber

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WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: ISAF-AFGHANISTAN

------	Name, Age	Srv Branch	Country
	Rank, Unit
	Location; Circumstance of Death
	Michael L. Green, 36	U.S. Army	Chagrin Falls, OH
	Major, Headquarters, V Corps
	Laghar Juy - Nangarhar Province; 07-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	James K. Healy, 25	U.S. Army	Hesperia, CA
	Sergeant, 703rd Explosive Ordnance Detachment
	Jalalabad Airfield; 07-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Hani Massouh, 41	Canadian Army	Alexandria, Egypt-Canada
	Warrant Officer, 2e Bataillon, Royal 22e Regiment
	Nangalam (Nuristan province); 06-Jan-08; Non-hostile - vehicle accident
	Éric Labbé, 31	Canadian Army	Rimouski-Canada
	Corporal, 2e Bataillon, Royal 22e Regiment
	Nangalam (Nuristan province); 06-Jan-08; Non-hostile - vehicle accident
	Shawn F. Hill, 37	U.S. Army National Guard	Wellford, SC
	Sergeant, 178th Engineer BN, 218th Infantry Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard
	Khowst Province; 02-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Brian Gorham, 23	U.S. Army	Woodburn, KY
	Specialist, 173rd Airborne Brigade
	San Antonio, Texas (wounded in Kamu); 31-Dec-07; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Jonathan Dion, 27	Canadian Army	n.a.-Canada
	Gunner, Regiment d'artillerie Royal du Canada
	Zhari district (20 kilometres west of Kandahar City); 30-Dec-07; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
	Nicholas D. Eischen, 24	U.S. Air Force	Sanger, CA
	Senior Airman, 60th Medical Operations Squadron
	Bagram Air Base; 24-Dec-07; Non-hostile

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WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: IRAQI CIVILIAN, counted by large event

Counted Civilian Casualties: 154 this week; 271 last week; 307 prior week.
Counted bodies found: 45 this week; 71 last week; 159 prior week.
Tuesday 8 January: 18 dead
Afghanistan:	Two police and two civilians were killed in an IED attack in the Nadi Ali district in Helmand province. A suicide bomber wounded five policemen in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province. T
Baghdad:	gunmen kill interior ministry officer, Zaafaraniya; gunmen kill deputy of tax dept., Mansour; head of Yarmouk council is killed by bomb in his car; suicide bomber kills 2 policemen, Madaen; suicide bomber kills 2 policemen at checkpoint, Salman Pak; 5 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul:	3 bodies.
Shura:	roadside bomb kills civilian.
Wassit
Kut:	lawyer is killed in crossfire when fighting erupts between police and gunmen.
Diyala
Jalawla:	woman killed by roadside bomb.
Monday 7 January: 48 dead
Baghdad:	suicide bombers target Awakening members, kill 14 (including the leader of neighbourhood patrols and his son) in two explosions, Adhamiya; bomb inside a vendor's cart kills 4, Karrada; roadside bomb kills another civilian, Jadriya; mortars kill 2, Sadr City; 7 bodies.
Diyala
Buhriz:	gunmen kill Awakening member.
Baquba:	Awakening member is killed during clashes.
Khanaqeen:	5 bodies of men from the same family found.
Ninewa
Mosul:	2 bodies.
Anbar
Baghdadi:	suicide bomber kills 4 Awakening members.
Kirkuk
Abo Saif:	gunmen kill 2 -brother and sister.
Hawija:	gunmen kill 3 -father, mother and son.
Salahuddin
Samarra:	gunmen kill Awakening member (a carpenter) inside his shop.
Babil
Latifiya:	gunmen kill Awakening member on patrol at checkpoint.
Sunday 6 January: 26 dead
Baghdad:	up to 8 civilians reported killed by suicide bomber during Army Day celebrations, Karrada; car bomb kills 4 outside restaurant, Qahira; gunmen kill Awakening leader outside his house, Shaab; roadside bomb kills another civilian, Nahda; 6 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba:	sheikh and his wife reported killed by gunmen who attack their home and kidnap 13 members of their family.
Ninewa
Mosul:	gunmen attack police station, kill 1; body of kidnapped person found.
Rabee'a:	US planes bomb car, kill driver -it is the 13th civilian killed by US forces so far in January.
Wassit
Kut:	body found.
Saturday 5 January: 28 dead
Baghdad:	12 bodies.
Diyala
Khanaqeen:	roadside bomb blows up minibus, kills 6 (5 adults and 1 child).
Baquba:	roadside bomb kills 1.
Muqdadiya:	5 heads found.
Northern Diyala:	Gunmen kill lorry driver
Anbar
Falluja:	gunmen kill tribal chief.
Ninewa
Mosul:	US forces open fire and kill civilian, after their patrol is targeted by roadside bomb. It is the 12th Iraqi civilian killed by US fire this month.
Kirkuk
Sargaran:	man's body is found.
Friday 4 January: 4 dead
Baghdad:	2 bodies.
Babil
Jurf al-Sakhar:	civilian killed in drive-by shooting.
Basra
Basra:	shepherd blown up by landmine.
Thursday 3 January: 34 dead
Afghanistan:	Seven Afghan police and an Indian engineer were killed after a Taliban suicide-bomber detonated near their convoy in Nimroz province; 11 policeman and an Indian road worker were wounded.
Baghdad:	roadside bomb kills 3, Zaafaraniya; missile kills 1, Washash; 2 street sweepers killed by roadside bomb, New Baghdad; US forces kill civilian during raid, al-Horiya; 3 bodies.
Diyala
Zaghaniya:	roadside bomb kills policeman.
Baquba:	US forces kill civilian crossing the street.
Ghalhiya:	US forces open fire on car, kill 2 civilians.
Khalis:	roadside bomb kills 2 policemen.
Morjana:	2 bodies (father and son) found.
Ninewa
Mosul:	policeman killed in clashes; 3 policemen killed by mortars on police checkpoint; gunmen kill civilian; 3 (father and 2 children) shot dead by US forces after roadside bomb explodes next to their patrol.
Tal Afar:	US forces kill 2 (one of them a child), after roadside bomb explosion.
Irbil
Irbil:	4 family members shot dead at home by peshmerga fighter.
Wassit
Wahda:	athlete's body found.
Basra
Basra:	woman's body found.
Wednesday 2 January: 32 dead
Baghdad:	6 family members (5 of them children) shot dead in minibus; 3 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba:	suicide bomber kills 10 at police checkpoint.
Muqdadiya:	gunmen kill 6.
Abu Sayda:	roadside bomb kills 1.
Salahuddin
Samarra:	city official shot dead.
3 killed in clashes.
Ninewa
Mosul:	policeman killed in clashes.
Wassit
Kut:	gunmen kill policeman.

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WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ

Name	Date
Circumstances
None counted this week.

src: MNF-I, MNF-A, journalists from icasualties.org; Iraqi Civiilan: iraqbodycount.org; Afghan events from Bill Roggio, other sources