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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Weekly Casualty Lists: Week 6, Year A+7

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: MNF-IRAQ

-------Name, AgeSrv BranchHometown

Rank, Unit

Location; Circumstance of Death

Rafael Alicearivera, 30U.S. ArmyBayamon, PR
Sergeant, 307th Brigade Support BN, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Tallil; 05-Feb-08; Non-hostile - drowning

Christopher J. West, 26U.S. ArmyArlington, TX
Specialist, 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Divi
Muqdadiyah (Died in Balad); 04-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Nathan H. Hardy, 29U.S. NavyDurham, NH
Chief Petty Officer, Navy SEAL
Not reported yet; 04-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

Michael E. Koch, 29U.S. NavyState College, PA
Chief Petty Officer, Navy SEAL
Not reported yet; 04-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

Chad A. Barrett, 35U.S. ArmySaltville, VA
Staff Sergeant, 64th Brigade Support BN, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
Mosul; 02-Feb-08; Non-hostile

Matthew F. Straughter, 27U.S. Army National GuardSt. Charles, MO
Specialist, 1138th Engineer Company, 35th Engineer Brigade, Missouri National Guard
Baghdad; 31-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack

David E. Schultz, 25U.S. ArmyBlue Island, IL
1st Lieutenant, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Scania; 31-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire

Michael A. Norman, 36U.S. ArmyKilleen, TX
Captain, Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
Baghdad; 31-Jan-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: ISAF-AFGHANISTAN

------Name, AgeSrv BranchCountry

Rank, Unit

Location; Circumstance of Death
Donald T. Tabb, 29U.S. ArmyNorcross, GA
Staff Sergeant, 6th Military Police Detachment, 1st BN, 13th Aviation Regiment
Sangin (Helmand Province); 05-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: IRAQI CIVILIAN, counted by large event

Counted Civilian Casualties: 160 this week; 158 last week; 158 prior week.
Counted bodies found: 85 this week; 34 last week; 34 prior week.
Wednesday 6 February: 35 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 3, Andalus square; 4 bodies.
Diyala
Takawal: 7 bodies.
Tal Aswad: 3 bodies.
Salahuddin
Salahuddin: 4 Awakening members killed by gunmen; 1 Awakening member killed by roadside bomb.
Awad: 2 'Sons of Iraq' killed trying to thwart suicide attack.
Ninewa
Mosul: 2 policemen shot dead in drive-by shooting.
Kirkuk
Heliwa: 7-year-old girl is killed by roadside bomb.
Najaf
Najaf: 2 bodies found, one belonging to 16-year-old girl.
Babil
Hilla: body found.
Dhi Qar
Nasiriya: 11-year-old child blown up by landmine in field.
Qadisiya
Diwaniya: roadside bomb kills 2 adults and 2 children.
Tuesday 5 February: 85 dead
Baghdad: 4 bodies.
Anbar
Taji: suicide bomber kills 8 Awakening members at checkpoint.
Falluja: suicide bomber kills 5 Awakening members at checkpoint.
Thar Thar: 3 bodies.
Salahuddin
Samarra: gunmen kill Imam; 50 to 55 bodies found in mass grave.
Adwar: 4 family members (parents and 2 children) during raid by US forces.
Ninewa
Mosul: wife of al-Qaeda supporter is killed during clashes with police, alongside her husband; gunmen kill civilian.
Babil
Hilla: woman is shot dead by unknown gunman in minibus.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk: civilian killed by roadside bomb.
Tuz Khurmato: woman is killed when roadside bomb explodes by minibus.
Monday 4 February: 10 dead
Baghdad: foreign ministry official killed by gunmen, Mansour; 2 bodies.
Diyala
Abu Saida: gunmen open fire on minibus, kill driver and 7-year-old girl.
Baquba: body of man is found hours after being kidnapped.
Ninewa
Mosul: 3 policemen die in drive-by shootings.
Kirkuk
Tuz: gunmen kill Turkman leader.
Sunday 3 February: 30 dead
Baghdad: police chief dies when a bomb planted in his car explodes; 3 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba: gunmen attack Headquarters of Awakening council, kill 4 young Awakening members (17, 18, 19 and 21 years old).
Wassit
Kut: gunmen kill policeman.
Babil
Iskandariya: up to 20 civilians reported killed during a US air strike, 5 of them children -US forces admit to killing 9.
Salahuddin
Salman Pak: 1 civilian killed during US raid.
Saturday 2 February: 20 dead
Baghdad: 2 killed during clashes between gunmen and police, Kadhimiya; gunmen kill 2 bodyguards of Dean of Dentistry at Baghdad University, mear al-Shaab stadium; 5 bodies.
Ninewa
Makhmoor: suicide car bomber kills 2 Awakening members.
Mosul: 4 Awakening members killed by roadside bomb.
Hamdaniya: gunmen kill man in car.
Salahuddin
Shirqat: 4 Awakening members killed by roadside bomb.
Friday 1 February: 107 dead
Baghdad: female suicide bomber kills 62 at al-Ghazl pet market; 20 minutes later another female suicide bomber kills 37 at another pet market; 3 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 12-year-old boy outside his house.
Wassit
Kut: gunmen kill 2 policemen.
Babil
Iskandariya: 2 bodies found.
Baghdad's latest suicide attack is the 2nd major (with 50 or more killed) attack this year.
Thursday 31 January: 21 dead
Afghanistan:A suicide bomber killed Helmand's deputy governor and five others, and wounded 18 during an attack on a mosque in the province. Another suicide bomber killed one and wounded four during an attack against a bus transporting Army personnel in Kabul. "The greatest threat to Afghanistan's future is abandonment by the international community," said Richard Boucher, the US State Department's pointman for Afghanistan.
Baghdad: car bomb kills 5 construction workers on their way home, Kadhimiya; roadside bomb kills 6, Zayouna; 2 bodies.
Salahuddin
Baiji: father and son shot dead.
Basra
Basra: British forces kill Iraqi civilian in air strike, after British base comes under rocket attack.
Ninewa
Mosul: car bomb kills 2; 2 bodies.
Kirkuk
Tuz Khurmato: 1 head found.

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ

NameDate
Circumstances
Alaa Abdul-Karim al-Fartoosi30-Jan-08
Alaa Abdul-Karim al-Fartoosi, 29, was traveling with the three colleagues Tuesday when a roadside bomb went off next to their car in Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad, said Haider Kadhum, a Al-Forat news editor. He did not identify the others in the party by name.

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