IWR News

Iraq Body Count: 8/31/06
Americans Killed: 2639
Americans Wounded: 19,772
Iraqi Dead: Est.: 45,613
http://icasualties.org/oif/
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Latest Confirmed Casualties:

*Staff Sgt. Jeffrey J. Hansen, 31, of Cairo, Neb., died on Aug. 27, in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries suffered on Aug. 21 in Balad, Iraq.

* Spc. Seth A. Hildreth, 26, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., died on Aug. 27, in Baghdad, Iraq.

*Lance Cpl. Donald E. Champlin, 28, of Natchitoches, La., died Aug. 28 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from wounds received in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Aug. 27.

*Sgt. David J. Almazan, 27, of Van Nuys, Calif., died on Aug 27, in Hit, Iraq.

*Spc. Joshua D. Jones, 24, of Pomeroy, Ohio, died Aug 27, in Baghdad, Iraq.

*Spc. Kenneth M. Cross, 21, of Superior, Wis. died Aug 27, in Baghdad, Iraq.

*Pfc. Daniel G. Dolan, 19, of Roy, Utah died Aug 27, in Baghdad, Iraq.

*Cpl. Christopher T. Warndorf, 21, of Burlington, Ky., died Aug. 29 in Al Anbar province, Iraq.

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General: Iraqi security needs 12-18 mos.
"BAGHDAD, Iraq - The top U.S. general in Iraq said Wednesday he believes Iraqi forces can take over security with little coalition support within a year to 18 months.

That takeover would not mean U.S. troops leaving immediately. It is part of a U.S. military plan to hand over responsibilities, move into large bases and provide support while Iraqis take the lead. A U.S. drawdown would start after that occurred."
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U.S. sniper kills family of four in Ramadi

"Ramadi, Aug 31, (VOI) – An Iraqi family of four people was killed by U.S. sniper fire on Thursday morning in Ramadi, Anbar province, eyewitnesses said.
“A man, his wife and two children were walking home in al-Huz neighborhood when a U.S. sniper shot them dead at 11:00 a.m. in al-Ma’ared Street,” a witness told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
U.S. Marines have been stationed on the roof tops of high buildings in several neighborhoods of Ramadi for two days, he said.
Earlier on Thursday, witnesses reported that U.S. forces blew up many government buildings in the restive Iraqi town of Ramadi at dawn."
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Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue