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Friday, April 18, 2008

Weekly Casualty Lists: Week 16, Yr OEF+7

Last week's long list updated here.

Among civilians, three mass graves this week. A cleric is targeted and head of a Sadr Office is killed.

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: MNF-IRAQ

-------Rank, NationalitySrv BranchCountry

Rank, Unit

Location; Circumstance of Death

Arturo Huerta-Cruz, 23U.S. ArmyClearwater, FL
Specialist, 10th Brigade Support BN, 1st Brigade Combat Team, (Light Infantry) 10th Mountain Division
Tuz; 14-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Joseph A. Richard iii, 27U.S. ArmyLafayette, LA
Sergeant, 4th Brigade Special Troops BN, 4th Brigade Combat Team, (Light Infantry) 10th Mountain Division
Baghdad (northeastern part); 14-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Richard J. Nelson, 23U.S. Marine ReserveRacine, WI
Corporal, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Al Anbar Province; 14-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Dean D. Opicka, 29U.S. Marine ReserveWaukesha, WI
Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Al Anbar Province; 14-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

William E. Allmon, 25U.S. ArmyArdmore, OK
Specialist, 1st BN, 64th Armor Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Baghdad; 12-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Anthony L. Capra, 31U.S. Air ForceHanford, CA
Technical Sergeant, Detachment 63, 688 Armament Systems Squadron
Baghdad; 09-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Jeremiah C. Hughes, 26U.S. ArmyJacksonville, FL
Specialist, 1st BN, 21st Infantry Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division
Baghdad; 09-Apr-08; Non-hostile - injury

Jesse A. Ault, 28U.S. ArmyDublin, VA
Sergeant, 429th Brigade Support BN, Virginia Army National Guard
Tunis (died in Baghdad); 09-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Shaun P. Tousha, 30U.S. ArmyHull, TX
Sergeant, 1st BN, 66th Armor Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
Baghdad; 09-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Jacob J. Fairbanks, 22U.S. ArmySaint Paul, MN
Specialist, 1st BN, 320th Field Artillery Reg, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault),
Baghdad; 09-Apr-08; Non-hostile - suicide

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: ISAF-AFGHANISTAN

------Name, AgeSrv BranchCountry

Rank, Unit

Location; Circumstance of Death
Gary Thompson, 51British Royal Air ForceNottingham-UK
Senior Aircraftman (SAC), Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment
Kandahar Airfield; 13-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Graham Keter Livingstone, 23British Royal Air ForceGlasgow-UK
Senior Aircraftman, Squadron RAF Regiment
Kandahar Airfield; 13-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: IRAQI CIVILIAN, counted by large event



Thursday 17 April: 162 dead
Baghdad: 4 killed by US forces, Sadr City; roadside bomb kills 2 policemen, Zafaraniya; Dora council member killed by gunmen; 6 killed by roadside bomb, Adhamiya; 4 bodies; 51 bodies found in mass grave, Mahmudiya.
Diyala
Adhaim: suicide bomber kills 55 at funeral.
Muqdadiya: 32 bodies found in mass grave.
Basra
Basra: gunmen trying to assassinate police chief kill his bodyguard; gunmen kill 2 policemen.
Ninewa
Mosul: woman is shot dead by Peshmerga; 3 bodies found.
Wednesday 16 April: 16 dead
Baghdad: mortar kills 3, Karrada; rockets kill 1, Rusafa; 4 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills 1; father and daughter shot dead by US forces during clashes; 1 body found.
Diyala
Muqdadiya: gunmen kill 2 in minibus.
Adhaim: 2 members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood security unit killed.
Tuesday 15 April: 102 dead
Baghdad: car bomb kills 3, Alwiyah; roadside bomb kills 2 street cleaners, Karrada; US air strikes kill 2 boys, Sadr City; 3 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba: car bomb kills 53 (12 children are among the dead).
Wajihiya: gunmen kill 2 men in a car.
Anbar
Ramadi: suicide car bomber kills 14.
Karbala
Karbala: gunmen kill 5; 5 bodies.
Basra
Basra: cleric's bodyguard killed by gunmen in drive-by shooting targeting cleric; gunmen kill civilian in separate incident.
Ninewa
Mosul: car bombs kill 4; gunmen kill 3 members of the same family in their home; gunmen shoot dead female lawyer and her sister; gunmen kill civilian in separate incident; schoolgirl is shot in the head by stray bullet while sitting in classroom.
Monday 14 April: 69 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 6, Bab al-Sharji; mortars kill 1, Zayuna; bomb blows up minibus, kills 2, Karrada; Roadside bomb kills 2 policemen, Yusufiya; 5 bodies.
Basra
Basra: gunmen kill intelligence officer.
Diyala
Wajihiyah: gunmen kill 1.
Muqdadiya: mass grave found containing 35 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul: car bombs kill 3; gunmen kill 4.
Tal Afar: suicide bomber kills 4 at funeral.
Salahuddin
Dour: 1 body found.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk: 2 bodies.
Babil
Mahaweel: 2 bodies.
Sunday 13 April: 12 dead
Baghdad: 2 bodies.
Diyala
Abu Saida: bomb explosion kills 1.
Aswad: bomb explosion kills 1.
Khalis: gunmen shoot dead man in front of his family.
Qaratapeh: roadside bomb kills policeman.
Kirkuk
Dirsh: roadside bomb kills Sahwa; 1 body found.
Basra
Basra: gunmen kill policeman; 2 bodies.
Babil
Hilla: US soldiers open fire and kill civilian after their patrol is targeted by roadside bomb.
Saturday 12 April: 34 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 2 policemen, Ur; 7 die in clashes/US air strikes, Sadr City; 3 bodies; 12 more bodies found in mass grave, Mahmudiya.
Diyala
Balad Ruz: gunmen kill man in front of his family.
Baquba: 2 Sahwa and 1 policeman killed in separate incidents.
Ninewa
Mosul: truck bomb kills 2, one of them a child; 3 bodies.
Babil
Haswa: gunmen kill policeman.
Friday 11 April: 28 dead
Baghdad: rocket hits hotel, kills 3; roadside bomb kills policeman, Shaab; roadside bomb kills 3, Baladiyat; mortars hit bakery, kill 2, Talbiya; 3 bodies.
Anbar
Ramadi: suicide car bomber kills 4 Sahwa at checkpoint.
Salahuddin
Baiji: suicide car bomber kills 2 Sahwa at checkpoint.
Diyala
Muradiya: roadside bomb kills 1 child inside family car.
Karboul: 4 die in clashes.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk: body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 1; 2 bodies.
Najaf
Najaf: gunmen kill Head of Sadr Office.


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