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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Weekly Casualty Lists: Week 9, Yr OEF+7

Notes:

Journalists in the news again this week.

I'm trying some new ideas about handling notice of the wounded. 231 wounded in January, following 211 in December. Some news items now covered, here.

It's still not possible any longer to track/create enemy casualty list(s).

[This list covers the two-week period from the last update.]

Roggio reports: "The death toll in the Feb. 17 suicide attack in the Arghandab district in Kandahar has risen to more than 100, including 35 auxiliary policemen, making it the largest suicide attack since 2002. Abdul Hakim Jan, the leader of a local anti-Taliban auxiliary police force in the strategic Arghandab district, was killed in the bombing."

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: MNF-IRAQ

-------Name, AgeSrv BranchHometown

Rank, Unit

Location; Circumstance of Death

Kevin S. Mowl, 22U.S. ArmyPittsford, NY
Specialist, 2nd BN, 3rd Infantry Reg, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Div
Bethesda Naval Hosp., MD; 25-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Orlando A. Perez, 23U.S. ArmyHouston, TX
Specialist, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment
Baghdad; 24-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

Micheal E. Phillips, 19U.S. ArmyArdmore, OK
Private 1st Class, 1st BN, 502nd Infantry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
Baghdad; 24-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Keisha M. Morgan, 25U.S. ArmyWashington, DC
Specialist, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
Baghdad; 22-Feb-08; Non-hostile - illness

Drew W. Weaver, 20U.S. MarineSt. Charles, MO
Lance Corporal, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance BN, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Anbar Province; 21-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire

Nathan R. Raudenbush, 25U.S. ArmyRoyersford, PA
Captain, 3rd BN, 7th Infantry Reg, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Busayefi; 20-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Bryant W. Mackey, 30U.S. ArmyEureka, KS
Staff Sergeant, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Mosul; 20-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack

Conrad Alvarez, 22U.S. ArmyBig Spring, TX
Sergeant, 1st BN, 502nd Infantry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
Baghdad; 20-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Albert Bitton, 20U.S. ArmyChicago, IL
Corporal, 1st BN, 502nd Infantry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
Baghdad; 20-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Micheal B. Matlock, Jr., 21U.S. ArmyGlen Burnie, MD
Specialist, 1st BN, 502nd Infantry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
Baghdad; 20-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Luke S. Runyan, 21U.S. ArmySpring Grove, PA
Specialist, 2nd BN 23rd Infantry Reg, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
Diyala Province; 17-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

Chad D. Groepper, 21U.S. ArmyKingsley, IA
Specialist, 2nd BN 23rd Infantry Reg, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
Diyala Province; 17-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: ISAF-AFGHANISTAN

------Name, AgeSrv BranchCountry

Rank, Unit

Location; Circumstance of Death
Hubert Kowalewski, 26Polish Armyn.a.-Poland
Private 1st Class, 10 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej 10th Armor Cavalry Brigade
Sharan district (Paktika province); 26-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Szymon Slowik, 33Polish Armyn.a.-Poland
Corporal Senior, 16. Batalion Powietrzno-Desantowy (16th Air Assault Batt.)
Sharan district (Paktika province); 26-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Morten Krogh Jensen, 21Royal Danish Armyn.a.-Denmark
Konstabel, Not reported yet
Helmand Province; 24-Feb-08; Non-hostile - accident
Damian Mulvihill, 32British Royal MarinePlymouth-UK
Corporal, 40 Commando Royal Marines
Sangin (Helmand Province); 20-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED
Damian Stephen Lawrence, 25British ArmyScarborough-UK
Corporal, 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)
Kajaki (Helmand Province); 17-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: IRAQI CIVILIAN, counted by large event

Counted Civilian Casualties: 197 this week; 271 last week; 271 prior week.
Wednesday 27 February: 19 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 1, New Baghdad; roadside bomb kills 1, Ghadeer; 2 bodies.
Salahuddin
Al-Hamra: gunmen kill border guard.
Basra
Al-Mutaiha: gunmen kill policeman.
Ninewa
Hamdaniya: gunmen kill university student.
Mosul: 2 killed by roadside bomb; 2 killed by car bomb; 3 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba: 2 killed by US fire.
Anbar
Lake Thar Thar: 2 Awakening members killed by gunmen at checkpoint.
Babil
Tihmaziya: body found.
Tuesday 26 February: 22 dead
Afghanistan: Five police and one child were killed in an IED attack in Khost.
Baghdad: body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: suicide bomber kills 14 bus passengers at fake checkpoint; car bomb kills policeman.
Diyala
Hibhib: roadside bomb kills lorry driver.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk: gunmen kill 2 Awakening members; roadside bomb kills 2.
Babil
Hilla: body found.
Monday 25 February: 39 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 4 pilgrims, Zafaraniya; 3 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba: gunmen kill 2 at bus station.
Dowasir: gunmen kill woman.
Salam: mass grave contain 8 bodies, all women, is found.
Qara Taba - Khanaqeen road: roadside bomb blows up car, kills 2 passengers.
Salahuddin
Samarra: suicide bomber kills senior police officer and 2 aides.
Azalita: 3 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul: mortars hit house, kill 3 members of family, including a child; a boy is killed by insurgents as they fire on passing US patrol; 4 policemen are shot dead when gunmen attack patrol; 3 men die in drive-by shooting.
Basra
Basra: engineer's body is found.
Abu al-Khaseeb: gunmen kill oil company guard.
Sunday 24 February: 73 dead
Afghanistan:The governor of Kandahar escaped an assassination attempt; three police were killed in the blast.
Baghdad: 3 pilgrims killed during attack, Dora; 4 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb blows up bus, kills 2 electricity employees.
Kirkuk
Hawija: car bomb kills Awakening member.
Babil
Iskandariya: suicide bomber attacks pilgrims, kills 63.
37 unidentified bodies are buried in Baquba.
Saturday 23 February: 21 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 1, Beirut Square; gunmen kill journalist; 3 bodies.
Anbar
Al-Shiha: suicide bombers kill tribal chief and 2 policemen.
Saqlawiya: gunmen attack police stations, kill 6 policemen.
Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills lorry driver; gunmen kill man in drive-by shooting; a child is killed during shoot-out between US forces and gunmen.
Salahuddin
Baiji: roadside bomb kills wife and son of Baiji Council member.
Samarra: roadside bomb kills 2 policemen.
25 unidentified bodies are buried in Baquba.
Friday 22 February: 23 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 1, car bomb kills 3, Karrada; 2 bodies.
Diyala
Buhriz: mortars kill 6-year-old boy.
Khan Bani Saad: gunmen kill 12-year-old Omar Mohammed and his sisters, 17-year-old Budur and 20-year-old Seleema.
Babil
Iskandariya: 2 bodies.
Anbar
Amiriyat al-Falluja: suicide bomber kills 6 outside mosque.
Garma: suicide bomber kills 2 at checkpoint.
Salahuddin
Tikrit: suicide bomber kills 3 policemen.
Thursday 21 February: 35 dead
Baghdad: gunmen kill policeman, Waziriya; gunmen kill Ministry of Transport employee, Sadr City; 5 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba: 15 bodies.

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ

NameDate
Circumstances
Shihab al-Timimi27-Feb-08
Chief of the Iraqi Journalists' Union Shihab al-Timimi was announced dead on Wednesday due to fatal wounds sustained in gunmen attack last Saturday, Iraqi official television reported.

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