(Untitled)- July 29, 2003 Death Count: 245 US, 38 British, 14 Journalists The Associated Press reported that "In downtown Baghdad, one U.S. soldier was killed and three were injured Monday when an attacker dropped a grenade from an overpass onto a convoy." Also, "In a separate incident, a U.S. soldier was killed in a vehicle accident near the southern city of Nasiriyah. Another soldier was injured in the accident." See: Two more U.S. soldiers die in Iraq The New York Times reported that "An explosion today Thursday.http://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/07/29.html#a156 (Untitled)- July 24, 2003 Death Count: 240 US, 38 British, 14 Journalists Reuters reported that "Three U.S. soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division operating in northern Iraq were killed in a rifle and grenade attack Thursday." See: U.S. Soldiers Killed in Area where Saddam Sons Died On Saturday, Reuters reported that "Three U.S. soldiers were killed while guarding a children's hospital near Baghdad...four other soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division were wounded in the grenade attack in Baquba." See: Three...http://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/07/24.html#a155 (Untitled)- July 23, 2003 Death Count: 232 US, 38 British, 14 Journalists Reuters reported that "one soldier was killed and seven wounded when two vehicles hit a mine near the northern town of Mosul." "In a separate ambush, another soldier was killed and two wounded when their convoy was attacked near the restive town of Ramadi, west of Baghdad." See: Two U.S. Soldiers Killed After Death of Saddam Sonshttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/07/23.html#a153 (Untitled)- July 23, 2003 Incompetent Aide Said Responsible for State of the Union The Bush administration couldn't get the public to swallow the story that George Tenet was to blame for the lies in the President's State of the Union Address. So now they are trying to get us to believe it was all the fault of Stephen Hadley, deputy national security adviser. According to this new story, Tenet made Hadley remove the statement about Saddam seeking uranium from Africa from a presidential speech in early October. The..http://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/07/23.html#a152 (Untitled)- July 22, 2003 Death Count: 230 US, 38 British, 14 Journalists Reuters reported that "A U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded Tuesday when their convoy was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire northwest of Baghdad." See: American Soldier Killed in Latest Attack in Iraq The Associated Press reported that "A U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded Tuesday in an ambush along a dangerous road north of Baghdad in the Sunni Triangle." See: Ambush Kills U.S. Soldier Near Baghdadhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/07/22.html#a151 (Untitled)- July 20, 2003 Death Count: 228 US, 38 British, 14 Journalists The Associated Press reported that "Two soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were killed and another wounded early Sunday when their convoy came under rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire in northern Iraq." See: Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Northern Iraqhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/07/20.html#a150 (Untitled)- July 18, 2003 Death Count: 226 US, 38 British, 14 Journalists Reuters reported that "A U.S. soldier was killed on Friday when his vehicle drove over an explosive device in the restive western town of Falluja." See: U.S. Soldier Killed by Blast in Falluja Reuters also reported that a U.S. soldier was killed on Saturday as he guarded a bank in Baghdad. See: Two American Soldiers Killed in Iraqhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/07/18.html#a149 (Untitled)- July 18, 2003 Official Death Count The Pentagon reported on Thursday that there have been 224 Americans killed in Iraq since the war began March 20, including 147 from hostile fire. See: U.S. death toll in Iraq now equals Gulf Warhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/07/18.html#a148 (Untitled)- July 17, 2003 Death Count: 177 US, 38 British, 14 Journalists The New York Times reported that "A flurry of attacks on the anniversary of Saddam Hussein's seizure of power in 1979 killed one American soldier and wounded at least six others around Baghdad on Wednesday." See: G.I. Killed and 6 Are Wounded in Stepped-Up Attacks On Monday, the Times reported that "An American soldier was killed and six others were wounded in a bold guerrilla attack at dawn today in the heart of Baghdad's affluent Mansour...http://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/07/17.html#a147 (Untitled)- July 7, 2003 Death Count: 175 US, 38 British, 14 Journalists The New York Times reported that "An American soldier who was accompanying United States officials visiting Baghdad University was fatally shot today by an unidentified gunman." Also: "There were several other reports of hostile actions against American forces this weekend, and a British journalist was shot and killed in Baghdad on Saturday." See: G.I. Killed by Gunman on Baghdad Campus. See also: Briton killed in Iraq The BBC World News...http://blogs.salon.com/0001947/categories/casualitiesOfWar/2003/07/06.html#a146 |