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http://icasualties.org/oif/05/24/07 Reuters: 6 policemen killed by IED in Sulaiman BekSix policemen were killed and six wounded when a roadside bomb exploded
near their patrol in the town of Sulaiman Bek, 250 km north of Baghdad, police said.
05/24/07 Reuters: Oil well set on fire near KirkukSaboteurs set an oil well on fire in a town near Kirkuk in northern Iraq, police said.
05/24/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 2 in Sadr CityAt least two people were killed and 15 wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near
a group of day labourers in Baghdad's Shi'ite Sadr city district, police said.
5/24/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 3)Staff Sgt. Shannon V. Weaver, 28, Urich, Mo...assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion,
4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson...
died May 21 in Baghdad...of wounds suffered when multiple IED...
05/24/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 2)Sgt. Brian D. Ardron, 32, of Acworth, Ga...assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion,
4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson....
died May 21 in Baghdad...of wounds suffered when multiple IED...
05/24/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 1)Spc. Michael W. Davis, 22, of San Marcos, Texas...assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion,
4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson....
died May 21 in Baghdad...of wounds suffered when multiple IED...
05/24/07 DoD Identifies Army CasualtySgt. Robert J. Montgomery Jr., 29, of Scottsburg, Ind., died May 22, in Al Jabour, Iraq,
of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit.
He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment...
05/24/07 Reuters: Car bomb kills 27 at Fallujah funeralA SUICIDE car bomb targeting mourners at a funeral killed at least 27 people and wounded
more than 30 others today in Falluja, west of Baghdad, hospital and police officials said.
The bomber was targeting a large crowd in a funeral procession...
05/24/07 AFP: MNF-W forces attacked - 2 soldiers killedAlso on Wednesday, two more US soldiers were killed in action in western Iraq, bringing
the US death toll for May so far to 88 and keeping the month on track to be one of the
military's bloodiest since the war began.
05/23/07 WaPo: Morgue Data Show Increase In Sectarian Killings in IraqMore than three months into a U.S.-Iraqi security offensive designed to curtail sectarian
violence in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq, Health Ministry statistics show that such
killings are rising again....
05/23/07 AP: Body found in Iraq identified as one of three U.S. soldiersMilitary officials told the family of Pte. Joseph Anzack of Torrance, Calif., a commanding
officer identified the remains recovered from the river but DNA tests were still pending.
05/23/07 DoD Identifies Army CasualtyPvt. Oscar Sauceda Jr., 21, of Del Rio, Texas, died May 22, in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment...
05/23/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills Iraqi soldier in southwestern BaghdadA roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed one soldier and wounded three
in the al-Shurta district of southwestern Baghdad, police said.
05/23/07 Reuters: 5 Policemen killed by roadside bomb in SamarraA roadside bomb killed five policemen on patrol in central Samarra, 100 km (60 miles
north of Baghdad, police said.
05/23/07 MCT: Police find two dead bodies in KirkukPolice found two dead bodies in Kirkuk on the main road leading to Al Rashad town yesterday.
The first dead body of a Turkish citizen his name Zandar Hassan Kareem and the second was
for an Iraqi citizen, Jabar Kamal Uthman.
05/23/07 Reuters: Mortar attacks wound 8 in eastern MosulEight people were wounded in mortar attacks on a residential area in eastern Mosul,
390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
05/23/07 MCT: 30 bodies found in BaghdadPolice found 30 dead bodies all over Baghdad. the following is the number of dead bodies
found in neighborhoods: 6 in Bayaa, 2 in Hurriyah, 6 in Jamiaa, 5 in Doura, 1 in Shurta Rabia,
5 in Mahmoudiyah, 2 in Sleikh, 1 in Kadhmiya, 1 in New Baghdad. Diyala
05/23/07 Reuters: Gunmen attack U.S. Convoy - 4 Iraqi civilians killedGunmen attacked a convoy carrying U.S. State Department officials in Rusafa in Baghdad's east,
the U.S. military said... Local police said four civilians were killed and 11 wounded in the
Sinak area of Baghdad.
05/23/07 Reuters: Gunmen attack State Department Convoy - no U.S. casualtiesGunmen attacked a convoy carrying U.S. State Department officials in Rusafa in Baghdad's east,
the U.S. military said. Security forces backed by Apache helicopters returned fire and there
were no reported casualties in the convoy, the military said.
05/23/07 wctrib: Wahpeton grad killed in IraqSchool officials in Wahpeton, N.D., said this morning they have heard that David Kuehl,
a 1999 graduate of Wahpeton High School, has been killed in Iraq. The U.S. Department
of Defense has issued no official report of the death, but family members...
05/23/07 spiegel: Escaping a Baghdad Death SentenceMahir's bad luck was doing something to help improve Iraq. The electrical engineer became
a target for helping repair power substations. He left for Sweden after seeing his colleague
gunned down on the streets of Baghdad.
05/23/07 spiegel: Death Threats and Academia in IraqThere is a formula in Iraq: The more education you have, the more at risk you are.
Kais, a doctor and professor of medicine, left his homeland after his name appeared on The List.
Insurgents had decided he was too smart to live.05/23/07 KUNA: Opium - Iraq''s deadly new exportFarmers in southern Iraq have started to grow opium poppies in their fields for the first time,
sparking fears that Iraq might become a serious drugs producer along the lines of Afghanistan,
it was revealed here Wednesday.
05/23/07 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (part 2)Cpl. Julian M. Woodall, 21, of Tallahassee, Fla...assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment,
2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C...
died May 22 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province
05/23/07 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (part 1)Lance Cpl. Benjamin D. Desilets, 21, of Elmwood, Ill... assigned to 3rd Battalion,
10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C...
died May 22 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province
05/23/07 Reuters: Mortar fire kills 3 children in Khan Bani SaadThree children were killed and three wounded in a mortar attack in the town of Khan Bani Saad,
near Baquba, 65 km north of Baghdad, police said.
05/23/07 Reuters: Car bomb kills 3, wounds 9 near IskandariyaAt least three people were killed and nine wounded by a suicide car bomber in a popular market
in the town of Jbela, near Iskandariya, 40 km south of Baghdad, police spokesman Captain Muthana
al-Maamouri said.
05/23/07 Reuters: Suicide bomber kills 20, wounds 30 in Mandali cafeMANDALI - A bomber wearing a suicide vest killed 20 people and wounded 30 in a cafe in Mandali,
about 100 km (60 miles) northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.
05/23/07 Reuters: 5 Bodies retrieved from two rivers near KutThe bodies of five people were retrieved from two rivers near the city of Kut,
170 km (100 miles) southeast of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.
05/23/07 Reuters: 33 Bodies found in Baghdad on TuesdayThe bodies of 33 people were found shot in different districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.
Twenty- seven of them were found in the predominantly Sunni Arab western Karkh side of Baghdad.
05/23/07 Reuters: Nine US warships enter Gulf in show of forceNine US warships carrying 17,000 personnel entered the Gulf on Wednesday in a show of force
off Iran’s coast that navy officials said was the largest daytime assembly of ships since
the 2003 Iraq war.
05/23/07 GannettNews: 3 from Oshkosh-based Army unit hurt in IraqThree soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1157th Transportation Company
were injured while conducting convoy operations over the weekend in Iraq.
05/23/07 Reuters: Iraqi police day body of missing U.S. soldier found in riverThe half-naked body of one of three missing U.S. soldiers was found on Wednesday
in the Euphrates River in the town of Mussayab south of Baghdad, police said.
The U.S. military said it was investigating reports that a body had been found...
05/23/07 MNF: Patrol encounters IED attack - 3 soldiers killed, interpreter woundedThree Multinational Division Center Soldiers were killed and two were wounded in action
when their patrol was struck by multiple improvised explosive devices May 22..
05/23/07 MNF: Patrol struck by IED southwest of Baghdad - 1 soldier killedA Task Force Marne Soldier was killed and another wounded when their dismounted patrol
was struck by an IED southwest of Baghdad Tuesday.
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U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: -- 3429
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: -- 5
Total -- 3434
DoD Confirmation List
Latest Coalition Fatality: May 23, 2007
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Year -- US Deaths -- US -- Wounded
2007 --------------- 431 --- 2496
Total -- 3434---------------25242
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Civilians reported killed by military intervention in Iraq
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
-- Min --------------------- Max
-- 64133 -------------------70243
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