(Untitled)- June 29, 2003 Death Count: 170 US, 38 British, 13 Journalists The New York Times reported that "The bodies of two American soldiers missing since Wednesday have been discovered." See: Bodies of G.I.'s, Missing 3 Days, Found in Iraqhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/06/29.html#a141 (Untitled)- June 27, 2003 Death Count: 168 US, 38 British, 13 Journalists The Associated Press reports that "At least three U.S. military personnel have been killed in Iraq since Thursday, two of them in ambushes against U.S.-led occupation forces." Also, "a U.S. Navy sailor died in a non-combat incident in southern Iraq Thursday." See: U.S. Soldier Dies in Ambush in Iraqhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/06/27.html#a140 (Untitled)- June 27, 2003 Death Count: 164 US, 38 British, 13 Journalists Reuters reported that "Attackers launched three new strikes on U.S. targets in Baghdad, killing a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi driver in sharply escalating resistance to occupation nearly three months after Saddam Hussein's fall." Also, "Ten U.S. servicemen were wounded in the attacks and a defense official said two more were believed to have been kidnapped from the town of Balad, northeast of the capital." See: US Troops Targeted in Flurry of...http://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/06/26.html#a139 (Untitled)- June 25, 2003 Death Count: 163 US, 38 British, 13 Journalists The BBC World News reported that "Six UK soldiers killed in Iraq were shot by civilians after weapons searches in homes turned into a bloody showdown, according to local residents." "British commanders in Iraq described the deaths as 'unprovoked murder'." See: UK troops 'killed by civilians' An article from the Associated Press says that "An angry Iraqi crowd killed six British soldiers because the troops had slain four Iraqi civilians during.http://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/06/25.html#a138 (Untitled)- June 23, 2003 Death Count: 163 US, 32 British, 13 Journalists The New York Times reported on Sunday that "An American soldier was killed today in a grenade attack on a military convoy south of the Iraqi capital, and another soldier was wounded." See: G.I. Is Killed in Grenade Attack; Blast Starts Fire on Oil Pipelinehttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/06/23.html#a137 (Untitled)- June 20, 2003 Death Count: 162 US, 32 British, 13 Journalists The New York Times reported that "a soldier from the 804th Medical Brigade was killed today when the military ambulance in which he was traveling came under fire from a rocket-propelled grenade. Two other soldiers were wounded." The incident occurred about 20 miles south of Baghdad. See: U.S. Soldier Dies as Military Ambulance Is Ambushed in Iraqhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/06/19.html#a136 (Untitled)- June 18, 2003 Death Count: 161 US, 32 British, 13 Journalists Reuters reported that "A U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded in a drive-by shooting in central Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday." See: US Soldier, Two Iraqi Protesters Killed in Baghdadhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/06/18.html#a135 (Untitled)- June 17, 2003 Bush Lied about WMD The Observer reported that "An official British investigation into two trailers found in northern Iraq has concluded they are not mobile germ warfare labs, as was claimed by Tony Blair and President George Bush, but were for the production of hydrogen to fill artillery balloons, as the Iraqis have continued to insist." No evidence of weapons of mass destruction has been found in Iraq. See: Iraqi mobile labs nothing to do with germ warfare, report findshttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/06/17.html#a133 (Untitled)- June 17, 2003 Death Count: 160 US, 32 British, 13 Journalists The BBC World News reported that "An American soldier has been killed by a sniper's bullet while on patrol in Iraq." See: Baghdad sniper kills US soldier The New York Times reported on Monday that "Days after the United States military said it had completed a successful operation to quell an insurgency in a region north of Baghdad, at least nine American soldiers were wounded in two separate incidents near the same area on Sunday afternoon." ...http://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/06/17.html#a132 (Untitled)- June 11, 2003 AP Verifies at Least 3240 Civilian Deaths in Iraq According to Salon.com, the AP has counted "At least 3,240 civilians died across Iraq during a month of war, including 1,896 in Baghdad, according to a five-week Associated Press investigation." The actual number is certain to be higher. See: AP tallies 3,240 civilian deaths in Iraqhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/06/11.html#a128 |