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Thursday, October 4, 2007

Weekly Casualty Lists: Week 40

Groups: MFN-Iraq, MNF-Afghan, Iraqi Civilian Casualties Est, Journalists (Iraq)

August wounded: 558 [a new section for wounded forthcoming]

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: MNF-IRAQ

-------Name, AgeSrv BranchHometown
Rank, Unit
Location; Circumstance of Death
Herman J. Murkerson Jr., 35U.S. MarineAdger, AL
Gunnery Sergeant, Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Ex
Al Anbar Province; Hostile - hostile fire01-Oct-07
Chirasak Vidhyarkorn, 32U.S. ArmyQueens, NY
Specialist, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Field Artillery Regiment
Diwaniyah; Non-hostile02-Oct-07
Randell Olguin, 24U.S. ArmyRalls, TX
Sergeant, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Baghdad; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire30-Sep-07
Name Not Released YetU.S. Armyn.a.
Not reported yet, Multi-National Division - Baghdad
Baghdad (eastern part); Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire30-Sep-07
James D. Doster, 37U.S. ArmyPine Bluff, AR
Sergeant 1st Class, 2nd BN, 16th Infantry Reg, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
Baghdad (eastern part); Hostile - hostile fire - IED, small arms fire29-Sep-07
Robert T. Ayres Iii, 23U.S. ArmyLos Angeles, CA
Sergeant, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Baghdad (southern part); Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire29-Sep-07
Donnie D. Dixon, 37U.S. ArmyMiami, FL
Staff Sergeant, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
Baloor (near Muqdadiyah); Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire29-Sep-07
Randy L. Johnson, 34U.S. ArmyWashington, DC
Sergeant 1st Class, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Baghdad; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack27-Sep-07

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: ISAF-AFGHANISTAN

------Name, AgeSrv BranchCountry
Rank, Unit
Location; Circumstance of Death
Mark R. Cannon, 31Not reported yetLubbock, TX
Petty Officer 3rd Class, 3rd Marine Reg, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force,
Kunar Province; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire02-Oct-07
Zachary D. Tellier, 31U.S. ArmyCharlotte, NC
Sergeant, 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Firebase Wilderness; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire29-Sep-07
Mathew D. Taylor, 21U.S. ArmyCameron Park, CA
Private 1st Class, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
San Antonio, Texas (wounded in Sarobi District); Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack26-Sep-07
Thorbjørn Ole Reese, 22Royal Danish ArmyVajle-Denmark
Konstabel, Royal Life Guards
Upper Gereshk Valley - Helmand province; Hostile - hostile fire - firefight26-Sep-07
Mikkel Keil Sørensen, 24Royal Danish ArmyVilsund-Denmark
Konstabel, Royal Life Guards
Upper Gereshk Valley - Helmand province; Hostile - hostile fire - firefight26-Sep-07





WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: IRAQI CIVILIAN, estimate by large event


Counted Civilian Casualties: 338
Counted bodies found: 96
Tuesday 2 October: 49 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb, Salman Bak; roadside bomb, Karrada; roadside bomb Rashid; roadside bomb, Zaafaraniya; bombs kill 9 in total; 9 bodies.
Khalis: suicide bomber explodes car at checkpoint, kills 6, including a child.
Wihda: gunmen shoot dead father and son.
Suwayra: primary school teacher shot dead.
Hawija: clashes between gunmen and police kill 2 civilians.
Baquba: gunmen kill parents with their daughter.
Iskandariya: doctor is shot dead in his car.
Tuz Khurmato: the 2 bodies of brothers found.
Kirkuk: police find 5 bodies.
Mosul: 2 bodies found in car.
Monday 1 October: 30 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 2, southern Baghdad; gunmen kill contractor, al-Nahda; 11 bodies.
Mosul: suicide car bomber kills professor; 2 bodies.
Kirkuk: 4 bodies.
Mahaweel: 2 bodies.
Baquba: gunmen attack home, kill 3 family members.
Sunday 30 September: 35 dead
Baghdad: 1 farmer killed by gunmen south of the capital; 5 bodies.
Mosul: politician killed along with 3 bodyguards; gunmen kill 2 policemen; 2 shot dead in market; 11 bodies found.
Al-Uhaymer: 7 bodies found and taken to Baquba morgue.
Haswa: 3 bodies.
Saturday 29 September: 40 dead
Baghdad: civilian killed in clashes between gunmen and Iraqi soldiers, Fadhil; gunmen kill civilian, Mansour; mortar kills civilian, Abu Dshir; roadside bomb kills 2, New Baghdad; 4 bodies.
Hamdaniya: car bomb kills 6, 5 of them policemen.
Mosul: 3 Imams killed in separate incidents; shiekh dies in drive-by shooting; 2 women and a man killed in drive-by shooting.
Al-Mazra: suicide car bomber kills 3 civilians.
Samarra: Iraqi soldiers hand 9 bodies over to hospital -the bodies had been given to them by US soldiers.
Buhriz: 2 bodies.
Friday 28 September: 49 dead
Baghdad: 13 (4 of them children) killed in US air raid, Doura; 5 bodies.
Saadiya: gunmen shoot dead 6 people in cafe.
Jaara: gunmen attack village, kill 15.
Khalis: 4 bodies.
Diwaniya: kidnapped policeman found tortured and killed.
Hilla: 2 men killed by unknown gunmen.
Mosul: mortars kill journalist.
Thursday 27 September: 31 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills woman, Sinaa street; car bomb kills 2, New Baghdad; 7 young men playing a traditional Ramadan game called mihaidis, in which teams try to find a hidden ring, killed in US air strike, Abu Dshir; 9 bodies.
Mosul: gunmen kill policeman and former army officer in separate incidents.
Falluja: policeman is killed during attack on checkpoint.
Ramadi: policeman is killed when patrol is attacked.
Nassiriya: 2 policeman are killed by roadside bomb.
Kirkuk: roadside bomb kills policeman.
Wednesday 26 September: 104 dead
Baghdad: car bombs kill 32, Bayaa; parliament official shot dead, Zayuna; 7 bodies.
Shirqat: car bomb kills 6; car bomb near police patrol kills 2 policemen.
Um al-Diban: suicide car bomber attacks tribal leader's house killing 10.
Mosul: car bomb kills 3; suicide car bomber attacks court under construction, killing 3 construction workers; suicide bomber kills 3.
Basra: roadside bomb kills 5 worshippers outside mosque; police captain is shot dead; 2 bodies.
Hilla: 10 die in US air raid -US forces shell the house of Daham Kazem al-Jenabi, killing 5 women and 4 children, while a later air raid kills Imam Hassan Mohammed Aboud al-Jenabi inside a mosque.
Kanaan: gunmen raid house, kill father and 4 sons.
Diyala: family of 5 kidnapped the previous day at fake checkpoint is found bound and shot dead.
Baquba: 3-year-old Mahmoud Modher is found strangled to death three days after being abducted.

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ

NameDate
Circumstances
Abdul-Khaliq Nasir28-Sep-07
a 50-year-old journalist visiting his brother in the Bab al-Baidh neighborhood in central Mosul was killed about 9:30 a.m. when he was caught in a mortar attack. Abdul-Khaliq Nasir, who worked for Um al-Rabyain, a local newspaper, until it ceased operations about six months ago because of security concerns, was married and had three children.

src: MNF-I, MNF-A, journalists from icasualties.org; Iraqi Civiilan: iraqbodycount.org;