Our prolonged, violent, nation-building exercises continue to be quite "hot".
There is a security emergency declared in Basra. ...
IBC counts 975 Iraqi deaths in February, up about 200 from January.
WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: MNF-IRAQ
| ------- | Name, Age | Srv Branch | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank, Unit | |||
| Location; Circumstance of Death | |||
| Christopher S. Frost, 24 | U.S. Air Force | Waukesha, WI | |
| Staff Sergeant, 377th Air Base Wing | |||
| Bayji; 04-Mar-08; Non-hostile - helicopter crash | |||
| Duane Barwood, 41 | British Royal Air Force | Carterton, Oxfordshire-UK | |
| Sergeant, 903 Expeditionary Air Wing | |||
| Basra; 29-Feb-08; Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack | |||
WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: ISAF-AFGHANISTAN
| ------ | Name, Age | Srv Branch | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank, Unit | |||
| Location; Circumstance of Death | |||
 | Steven R. Koch, 23 | U.S. Army | Milltown, NJ |
| Specialist, 1st BN, 508th Parachute Infantry Reg, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | |||
| Sabari District (Khost province); 03-Mar-08; Hostile - hostile fire - suicide car bomb | |||
| Robert T. Rapp, 22 | U.S. Army | Sonora, CA |
| Sergeant, 1st BN, 508th Parachute Infantry Reg, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | |||
| Sabari District (Khost province); 03-Mar-08; Hostile - hostile fire - suicide car bomb | |||
 | Michael Yuki Hayakaze, 25 | Canadian Army | n.a.-Canada |
| Trooper, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) | |||
| Panjawayi; 02-Mar-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack | |||
WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: IRAQI CIVILIAN, counted by large event
| Counted Civilian Casualties: 190 this week; 197 last week; 271 prior week. | |
| Counted bodies found: 73 this week; 96 last week; 71 prior week. | |
| Tuesday 5 March: 21 dead | |
| Baghdad: | gunmen kill lorry driver,Shaab; roadside bomb kills 1, Mahmoudiya; 4 bodies. |
| Salahuddin | |
| Samarra: | suicide car bomb kills 2 Sahwa members. |
| Balad: | 2 villagers are killed by gunmen; roadside bomb kills 1. |
| Kirkuk | |
| Kirkuk: | gunmen kill academic; roadside bomb kills 1. |
| Ninewa | |
| Mosul: | gunmen kill 4 policemen; 3 bodies found, one decapitated. |
| Diyala | |
| Udhaim: | 1 killed by roadside bomb. |
| Tuesday 4 March: 33 dead | |
| Baghdad: | 2 bodies. |
| Diyala | |
| Baquba: | gunmen kill civilian; 1 body found. |
| Buhriz: | gunmen kill civilian; 1 body found. |
| Khalis: | 1 body found. |
| Muqdadiya: | 15 bodies found in mass grave. |
| Salahuddin | |
| Al-Hassan: | gunmen kill 2. |
| Tikrit: | gunmen attack checkpoint, kill 2 Awakening members. |
| Ninewa | |
| Mosul: | gunmen kill policeman; roadside bomb kills 1; 2 bodies found. |
| Babil | |
| Latifiya: | 1 body found. |
| Kirkuk | |
| Bastamli: | gunmen kill 2 family members. |
| Monday 3 March: 79 dead | |
| Baghdad: | car bomb kills 22, Bab al-Muadham; suicide car bomber kills 2, Ghadeer; explosion kills 3, Waziriya; 5 bodies. |
| Basra | |
| Basra: | gunmen kill police colonel and 3 bodyguards; gunmen kill Badr member and 2 bodyguards; gunmen kill 2 in separate incident. |
| Salahuddin | |
| Samarra: | 18 bodies found. |
| Huwaish: | car bomb kills 4 children and 2 women. |
| Diyala | |
| Mahmudiya: | 6 bodies found. |
| Another body found elsewhere in the province. | |
| Baquba: | gunmen kill 2. |
| Wassit | |
| Numaniya: | gunmen kill policeman. |
| Ninewa | |
| Shirqat: | suicide car bomber kills 2 policemen. |
| Mosul: | 2 bodies. |
| Sunday 2 March: 28 dead | |
| Baghdad: | 3 bodies. |
| Diyala | |
| Baquba: | roadside bomb kills policeman trying to defuse it; gunmen kill civilian. |
| Wajihiya: | roadside bomb kills 6, 2 of them children. |
| Buhriz: | motorist is shot dead by Iraqi soldiers, after failing to 'respond to checkpoint instructions.' |
| Muqdadiya: | 3 bodies. |
| Ninewa | |
| Mosul: | car bomb kills civilian. |
| Shabana: | 2 policemen killed in clashes with gunmen. |
| Salahuddin | |
| Samarra: | car bomb kills 8, a child among them. |
| Basra | |
| Basra: | woman and child are killed by 'defective' artillery shell fired by UK forces. |
| Saturday 1 March: 13 dead | |
| Baghdad: | roadside bomb kills 1, Mahmudiya; roadside bomb kills 1, Amriya; 2 bodies. |
| Kirkuk | |
| Injana: | 2 pilgrims (one of them a child) are shot dead inside bus returning from Karbala. |
| Diyala | |
| Mulla Eid: | Sheikh is killed in clashes. |
| Udaim: | 3 pilgrims are killed when gunmen attack bus. |
| Anbar | |
| Thira Dijla: | 2 bodies. |
| Ninewa | |
| Mosul: | car bomb kills 1. |
| Friday 29 February: 16 dead | |
| Afghanistan: | The Talban raided towns in the Arghandab district in Zabul province and conducted kidnappings, beatings, vandalism, and theft. |
| Baghdad: | 2 bodies. |
| Salahuddin | |
| Samarra: | teenager is killed in US air strike. |
| Ninewa | |
| Mosul: | roadside bomb kills father and 11-year-old son; gunmen abduct Chaldean Archbishop, kill his 3 companions in the process; gunmen kill judge and lawyer. |
| Diyala | |
| Baquba: | gunmen kill 2. |
| Al Guba: | 2 bodies. |
| Kirkuk | |
| Kirkuk: | 2 bodies. |
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
