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Iraq death toll stories: 37 news summaries

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US Air Strike Kills 6 Sunni Allies

Tensions already high with Awakening

Mar 22, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - US helicopters opened fire on two checkpoints manned by a pro-American group today, killing six members of the Sons of Iraq and injuring two civilians. The attack could exacerbate already strained tensions between the US and the Awakening Councils it employs, CNN reports. The US said that its helicopter opened... More »

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 Numbers Tell the Tale in Iraq 

As US deaths approach 4,000, here's a look behind the statistics

Mar 21, 08 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - As US troop losses in Iraq near 4,000, USA Today profiles the dead: 98% were male, and the most common age among those killed was 21—but one in six was younger. The bloodiest day was Jan. 26, 2005, when a helicopter crash killed 31 and six died in... More »

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 Iraqi Death Toll Uncountable 

Civilian death toll unknown after 5 years of bloodshed

Mar 19, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - "We don't do body counts," an American general notoriously said not long after the US-led invasion of Iraq. Five years later, there is no credible count of civilian deaths in the Iraq war, the Guardian reports in a look at the wildly different estimates that have been promoted—... More »

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Iraq Casualties Spike
After Massive Bombings

Killings up sharply since January, but still down from previous year

Mar 1, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Iraq’s civilian casualties rose 36% in February, with 633 suffering violent deaths and another 701 wounded, the Iraqi government reported today. That's up from 466 dead in January. The spike reflects three extraordinarily bloody bombings, including pet market bombings in early February that killed 99, and a suicide bombing... More »

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Army Lapses Led to Suicide
of Mentally Ill Soldier

Rate at all-time high
in Iraq, Afghanistan

Dec 20, 07 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Depressed and constantly reprimanded by his superiors, Pfc. Jason Scheuerman shot himself in his Iraq barracks in 2005—raising serious questions about how the military handles mental illness, the AP reports. Scheuerman's was one of a record 152 Army suicides in Afghanistan and Iraq, but his parents had to fight... More »

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US Troops Shot, Injured
6 Civilians, Says Iraqi Gov

'We pulled aside, but they opened fire,' says one

Nov 18, 07 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - An enraged Iraqi provincial governor has accused US troops of firing on civilian vehicles south of Baghdad today, allegedly wounding six. Ahmed Marzok threatened to sever ties with the US due to the "barbaric, brutal, and illegal" attack. "We were driving on one side of the road and... More »

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2007 Becomes Bloodiest Year for US Troops in Iraq

As surge puts more personnel on the ground, death toll climbs to 852

Nov 6, 07 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - More US troops have died in Iraq this year than in any other since the conflict began, the AP reports. The 2007 casualty total stands at 852, with the increase due largely to the surge and new counterinsurgency tactics, which took troops out of fortified bases and into communities. The... More »

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US Forces Kill 49 in Sadr City

Iraqi witnesses claim women, children among the dead

Oct 21, 07 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US military said it killed 49 gunmen today in a Sadr City raid aimed at capturing an Iranian-linked rebel leader suspected of kidnapping coalition members and foreigners. But Iraqi witnesses pin the death toll at 13, including two toddlers, Reuters reports. Military officials were mum on whether the rogue... More »

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2 Soldiers Who Questioned War in Times Killed

GIs were skeptical of progress, but vowed to keep fighting

Sep 13, 07 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the seven soldiers who wrote last month's influential New York Times op-ed criticizing the Iraq war died Monday when their truck veered off an elevated highway and flipped over. Seven GIs and two detainees were killed when the 5-ton cargo truck crashed. The military made no mention of... More »

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Post-Surge, Iraq Death
Toll Mounts

Troop buildup makes some headway, doesn't quash insurgents

Aug 26, 07 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The average daily war-related death toll in Iraq has soared to 62 this year, up from 33 in 2006, and Baghdad is less perilous now than it was before the troop surge—but about as dangerous as it was a year ago. In a foreshadowing of next month's progress report,... More »

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Iraq Blasts Toll Rises to 500

Deadliest terror attack since fall of Hussein

Aug 16, 07 12:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll from Tuesday's series of suicide truck bombings in northern Iraq may exceed 500, with scores more lying injured in hospitals, CNN reports. The attacks were reportedly launched by al-Qaeda against the Yazidi, a pre-Islamic sect, spotlighting the religious warfare that US troop surge sought to quell. More »

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Toll Rises
to 250 in
Iraq Blasts

Massive attacks
against Kurds suggest spreading insurgency

Aug 15, 07 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials pushed the death toll of attacks on two Iraqi towns up to 250 today, as rescuers located more victims amid rubble. “It looks like a nuclear bomb hit the villages,” an officer told the New York Times of yesterday's blasts in an area populated by a... More »

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Bombers Butcher 120+ in Iraq

Attack comes after bold kidnapping of oil ministers

Aug 14, 07 6:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - US helicopters are swooping down to rescue survivors of bomb attacks that butchered at least 120 villagers in northern Iraq today. CNN reports that at least three trucks detonated in residential areas and injured upwards of 150 people, mostly Kurds. TV stations are beseeching townspeople to donate blood as US... More »

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Times Staffer Slain in Baghdad

Reporter-interpreter becomes 110th journalist killed since 2003 US invasion

Jul 13, 07 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Iraqi reporter in the New York Times Baghdad bureau was shot and killed today on his way to work. Khalid Hassan, 23, is the second Iraqi Times employee and the 110th journalist killed in Iraq since 2003. Bureau chief John F. Burns described Hassan, a  4-year Times ... More »

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Number of
Black Recruits Plummets

Job market, family pressure contribute
to 38% decline

Jun 25, 07 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of blacks signing up for the military has dropped 38% since the beginning of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, reports the AP. The number of new active-duty and reserve recruits fell from 51,500 in 2001 to less than 32,000 in 2006, reflecting both greater job opportunities... More »

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Bombs Force Troops to Hoof It

Fearsome devices call vehicle defenses into question

Jun 22, 07 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roadside bombs are now so powerful and plentiful in Baghdad that US soldiers are leaving their vehicles behind and patrolling on foot. Militant-planted explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, can blow through the strongest Humvees and tanks, and the decision to "dismount" from the vehicles is coming from both commanders... More »

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14 Troops Killed in 2 Days

5 soldiers dead after roadside bomb explosion; death toll hits 3,545

Jun 21, 07 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fourteen American troops have been killed in Iraq over the past 2 days, bringing the US death toll to 3,545, with 68 fatalities in June. In the deadliest recent attack, five troops died today after a roadside bomb detonated under their vehicle in northeastern Iraq. Commanders attribute the worsening... More »

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