February 8, 200602/08/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Patrick W. Herried, 29, of Sioux Falls, S.D., died in Rawah, Iraq, on Feb. 6, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Stryker military vehicle during patrol operations.
02/08/06 Suburban News: North graduate reported killed in Iraq Monday
School district officials said they have been informed Jake Spann, a Marine private who graduated from North in 2003, was killed while on routine patrol Monday, when the Humvee he was riding in ran over a land mine.
02/08/06 MNF: Soldier dies from IED attack in al Anbar
A Soldier assigned to the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment' died as a result of wounds received when the vehicle he was riding in was attacked by an IED while conducting combat operations in al Anbar province, Feb. 5.
02/08/06 CENTCOM: MARINE DIES FROM IED ATTACK NEAR BAGHDAD
A Marine assigned to 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), died when the vehicle he was riding in was attacked by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations near Baghdadi, Feb. 6.
02/08/06 CENTCOM: MARINE DIES IN NON-HOSTILE VEHICLE ACCIDENT
A Marine assigned to 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), died in a non-hostile vehicle accident while conducting combat operations near al Qaim, Feb. 7.
02/08/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
Cpl. Orville Gerena, 21, of Virginia Beach, Va. and Lance Cpl. David S. Parr, 22, of Benson, N.C. died Feb. 6 from an IED while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Hit, Iraq.
02/08/06 Gannett: Marksville Marine, injured in Iraq, returns home
"I was in my tank in the gunner position when we were hit by a large IED that killed my driver," Lance Cpl. Matt Hackler said. "I remember being jerked around and the pain in my legs." Hackler's ankles had been shattered by the explosion.
02/08/06 RFE/RL: Iraq's Oil Sector Faces Tough Times
A new scandal foregrounds the problem of corruption in the Iraqi industry -- but corruption is but one of the industry's many problems....
02/08/06 NBC30: Soldiers Face Debilitating Diseases
for some soldiers, their service has meant a long and debilitating death sentence with mysterious diseases. “I have good days, I have bad days,” said M. Sterry, of New Haven.
“There were eight of us that served together. Six of my friends are dead." 02/08/06 National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of February 8, 2006
This week, the Navy announced an increase in the number of reservists on active duty, while the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps had a decrease. The net collective result is 692 fewer reservists mobilized than last week.
02/08/06 KUNA: Huwaija local justice council member killed
Unknown militants assassinated on Wednesday member of Huwaija local justice council Ahmad Abdul-Wahab in Kirkuk, northern Iraq.
02/08/06 Reuters: Gunmen fire on Iraq Shi'ites during ceremony
Gunmen opened fire on Wednesday on a group of Shi'ites performing rituals in Baghdad to mark the major religious event of Ashore, wounding six people, police said.
02/08/06 MSNBC: US warns its soldiers about Turkish movie
An articles in the US army’s “Stars and Stripes” magazine said that American soldiers serving in Europe to stay away from cinemas screening the film Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak (Valley of the Wolves: Iraq).
02/08/06 AP: Three bodies found in Baghdad
Police also found the bodies of three men who had been blindfolded, bound and shot repeatedly in eastern Baghdad's Sadr City, police said. Their identities were not immediately known.
02/08/06 AP: Iraqi killed in roadside bomb attack
a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad missed a U.S. convoy but killed an Iraqi passer-by and wounded another, while a second blast injured two Iraqi policemen in northern Baghdad, police said.
02/08/06 Gannett: S.D. soldier wounded in December dies
Spc. Allen Kokesh Jr., 21, died at the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. Kokesh was recovering from a leg amputation, an injury to his left elbow, burns and injuries to his eyes...
02/08/06 CNN: Navy to increase numbers inside Iraq
The U.S. Navy will try to lift some of the burden off U.S. Army troops in Iraq this year by increasing the number of sailors inside that country and taking on duties soldiers have been doing, according to the Navy's top sailor.
02/08/06 AP: 11 Iraq Veterans Running For Congress
After 20 years in the Air Force and Bronze Star service during the 1991 Gulf War, Democrat Jay Fawcett decided to come home and run for Congress, largely out of disgust with the way American troops were being used in Iraq.
02/08/06 Xinhua: Iraqi minister survives assassination in central Baghdad
Iraqi Minister of Higher Education Sami al-Mudhafar survived an assassination when a car bomb blew up near his convoy in central Baghdad on Wednesday, which killed a policeman and wounded three people, an Interior Ministry source said.
02/08/06 KUNA: Pilotless plane falls
A pilotless aircraft of the Multi-National Force fell in the eastern suburb of the Iraqi capital, the force said in a statement released on Wednesday.
February 7, 2006;02/07/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualties
Staff Sgt. Christopher R. Morningstar, 27, of San Antonio, Texas. and Sgt. Jeremiah J. Boehmer, 22, of Parkston, S.D. died in Al Husayniyah, Iraq on Feb. 5, when an IEED detonated near their Stryker Engineer Squad Vehicle.
02/07/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Sergio A. Mercedes Saez, 23, of New York, N.Y., died in Baghdad, Iraq on Feb. 5, when the HMMWV in which he was riding accidentally rolled over into a canal. Mercedes Saez was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment ...
02/07/06 Reuters: Iraq group says kills Iraqi commando general - Web
A militant group said it has executed an Iraqi special forces lieutenant general and posted a video of the captive on the Internet on Tuesday.
02/07/06 AP: Minnesota lawmaker cuts short Iraq trip, military says
A Minnesota state legislator who traveled to Iraq on his own has apparently left the country after criticism from U.S. and Iraqi officials, according to a report in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. But his whereabouts were not clear on Tuesday.
02/07/06 AFX: Foreign contractors kill two Iraqis in Kirkuk
A group of foreign contractors travelling in three SUVs shot at a passing car in the northern city of Kirkuk, killing two Iraqis, a police officer from Kirkuk said.
02/07/06 WPost: Attacks Rock 'Foundation' That Marines Built in Anbar
Word spread around the 22nd's main camp--Five Marines were hit about 1:30 a.m. while driving in an armored Humvee. It was a roadside bomb. They were unconscious. In the morning, the Marines learned that three of their comrades were dead.
02/07/06 AP: Saddam evidence in short supply
After four months and 26 witnesses, prosecutors in the Saddam Hussein trial have offered little credible testimony directly linking the former leader to the killings and torture for which he’s charged.
02/07/06 Charleston Gazette: US soldier forced to pay for blown-up body armor
The last time 1st Lt. William “Eddie” Rebrook IV saw his body armor, he was lying on a stretcher, his arm shattered and covered in blood. But last week, he was forced to pay $700 for that body armor, blown up by a roadside bomb more than a year ago.
02/07/06 newsreview: State Guardsmen off on biggest deployment since WWII
About 900 soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard will go to Afghanistan in early June after three months of training at Camp Shelby, Miss.
02/07/06 DPA: Fighting reported in the Khalil Basha region
The police said gunmen in a minibus attacked a police patrol in Khalil Basha region, a suburban area of Baquba and exchange of fire broke out, causing casualties. Police arrested four gunmen.
02/07/06 DPA: Policeman killed in Baqubah
In Baquba, north-east of Baghdad, a policeman was killed and four by-standing civilians wounded in exchange of fire with insurgents.
02/07/06 CENTCOM: THREE MARINES DIE IN IED ATTACK (confirmed)
An improvised explosive device attack in Hit killed three U.S. Marines yesterday. The Marines are assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)
02/07/06 CENTCOM: MARINE DIES AFTER IED ATTACK (confirmed)
A Marine assigned to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), died as a result of wounds received by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province Feb. 5.
02/07/06 AP:Six wounded when Gunmen attacked a home in Baghdad
Gunmen attacked a home northeast of Baghdad late Monday as the family was performing Shiite religious rituals, wounding six in violence ahead of this week's major Shiite feast.
02/07/06 ThePlainDealer: Family told Barberton native killed by explosion
Lance Cpl. David Parr, a 22-year-old Barberton native, was killed in Iraq on Sunday when his vehicle drove over an explosive device, family members said Monday.
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