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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Weekly Casualty Lists: Week 17, Yr OEF+7

IBC reports highest weekly total for civilian deaths counted last week (what the actual numbers are is unknown - recall these figures are not to even be treated as estimates, just counts, technically).

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: MNF-IRAQ


-------Rank, NationalitySrv BranchCountry

Rank, Unit

Location; Circumstance of Death

Ronald R. Harrison, 25U.S. ArmyMorris Plains, NJ
Private, 703rd Brigade Support BN, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
FOB Falcon (nr. Baghdad); 22-Apr-08; Non-hostile - injury

Jordan C. Haerter, 19U.S. MarineSag Harbor, NY
Lance Corporal, 1st BN, 9th Marine Reg, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Ramadi (near); 22-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)

Jonathan T. Yale, 21U.S. MarineBurkeville, VA
Corporal, 2nd BN, 8th Marine Reg, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Ramadi (near); 22-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)

Adrian M. Campos, 22U.S. NavyEl Paso, TX
Airman Apprentice, Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron 22
Dubai; 21-Apr-08; Non-hostile

Matthew R. Vandergrift, 28U.S. MarineLittleton, CO
1st Lieutenant, 2nd BN, 10th Marine Reg, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Basra; 21-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Steven J. Christofferson, 20U.S. ArmyCudahy, WI
Specialist, 1st BN, 327th Infantry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
Baiji; 21-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Adam J. Kohlhaas, 26U.S. ArmyPerryville, MO
Sergeant, 1st BN, 327th Infantry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
Baiji; 21-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Cherie L. Morton, 40U.S. NavyBakersfield, CA
Petty Officer 1st Class, Naval Security Force, Naval Support Activity Bahrain
Galali, Muharraq; 20-Apr-08; Non-hostile

Benjamin K. Brosh, 22U.S. ArmyColorado Springs, CO
Specialist, 2nd BN, 327th Infantry Reg, 1st Brigade Combat Team, (Air Assault) 101st Airborne Division
Balad; 18-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)

Lance O. Eakes, 25U.S. ArmyApex, NC
Specialist, 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard
Baghdad (north of - near Taji); 18-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Jason L. Brown, 29U.S. ArmyMagnolia, TX
Staff Sergeant, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group
Sama Village; 17-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, grenade




WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: ISAF-AFGHANISTAN

------Name, AgeSrv BranchCountry

Rank, Unit

Location; Circumstance of Death
Robert Pearson, 22British ArmyGrimsby-UK
Trooper, Queens Royal Lancers Regiment
Geresk (between Gareshk and Camp Bastion); 21-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Mark Schouwink, 22Royal Dutch ArmyHengelo-Netherlands
Soldaat der eerste klasse (pfc), 45 Pantserinfanteriebataljon (Orange Infantry Regiment Gelderland)
Uruzgan province; 18-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Dennis Van Uhm, 23Royal Dutch Armyn.a.-Netherlands
First Lieutenant, 45 Pantserinfanteriebataljon (Orange Infantry Regiment Gelderland)
Uruzgan province; 18-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Kyle W. Wilks, 24U.S. MarineRogers, AR
Corporal, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Kandahar province; 16-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Luke J. Mercardante, 35U.S. MarineAthens, GA
First Sergeant, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Kandahar province; 16-Apr-08; Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST: IRAQI CIVILIAN, counted by large event

Counted Civilian Casualties: 203 this week.


Tuesday 22 April: 24 dead
Afghanistan:The Taliban burned down two schools and kidnapped two teachers in Logar. An Indian worker was kidnapped by the Taliban near Herat.
Baghdad: gunmen kill 1, Shoala; car bomb kills 1, Mansour; mortars kill 6, New Baghdad; 3 bodies.
Anbar
Ramadi: suicide truck bomber kills 4 at checkpoint.
Ninewa
Mosul: car bomb kills 1.
Diyala
Jalawla: suicide bomber kills 8 at police station.
Monday 21 April: 23 dead
Baghdad: 6 die in clashes, Zayuna; roadside bomb kills 1, Zayuna; 4 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba: suicide bomber kills 4.
Awashiq: gunmen kill 1.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill lawyer; 2 bodies.
Basra
Basra: gunmen kill councilor; cleric dies after being shot a week ago.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk: 1 dies in explosion.
Salahuddin
Suleiman Pek: gunmen kill policeman.
Sunday 20 April: 102 dead
Afghanistan:An Afghan child was killed and two others injured during an insurgent rocket attack near an army base in eastern Kunar province.
Baghdad: mortars kill 2, Kadhimiya; 10 die in clashes (4 of them children), Sadr City; 2 policemen are killed by bomb on bicycle, Abu Ghraib; roadside bomb kills 1, Baladiyat; roadside bomb kills child, New Baghdad; roadside bomb kills 3 policemen, New Baghdad; 6 bodies.
Qadissiya
Diwaniya: roadside bomb kills 2.
Diyala
Muqdadiya: gunmen kill 2; mass grave containing 30 bodies is found.
Wajihiya: 3 die in drive-by shooting.
Baquba: gunmen kill 1 at fake checkpoint.
Khalis: 2 killed by bomb explosion; 3 die in US air strikes.
Albu Tuma: mass grave containing 27 bodies is found.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk: gunmen kill Sahwa member and his son.
Rashad: 2 bodies.
Salahuddin
Sulaiman Pak: gunmen kill policeman.
Ninewa
Sinjar: 2 bodies (council member and his brother) are found.


Saturday 19 April: 38 dead
Afghanistan: A vehicle transporting DynCorp police trainers struck a roadside bomb in Spin Boldak but no one was wounded in the attack. A roadside bomb destroyed a vehicle in the restive province of Zabul killing three civilians.
Baghdad: 3 women during US air strikes/clashes, Sadr City; US forces kill civilian, Ur; 1 body found.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk: car bomb kills 1; roadside bomb kills policeman.
Dhi Qar
Nasiriya: 4 policemen killed in clashes.
Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills 2; roadside bomb kills 1; US air strike kills 4; 2 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba: roadside bomb kills child.
Qadissiya
Diwaniya: 16 decapitated bodies found (heads were found in plastic bags).
Babil
Mussayab: body found.
Friday 18 April: 16 dead
Afghanistan:The son of the Netherlands' senior military officer was killed along with another soldier in an IED attack in Uruzgan province.
Baghdad: bomb kills 1 in car, Binook; mortars kill 1; 2 children killed by roadside bomb, Tarmiya; 1 doctor killed on her way to work, Sadr City; 2 bodies.
Diyala
Ibrahim al-Salih: roadside bomb kills 6 members of the same family.
Kanaan: roadside bomb kills 1.
Ninewa
Mosul: 2 bodies.
Thursday 17 April: 162 dead
Afghanistan:Twenty-four Afghanis were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bombing in Nimroz province on April 17.
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.


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