http://www.icasualties.org/Iraq/ This is the syndication feed for icasualties.Org Coalition Casualties News In a brazen late-afternoon attack in the heart of this city’s most prominent Sunni neighborhood, gunmen struck two police checkpoints on Thursday before a series of roadside bombs detonated on police and army patrols responding to the violence. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/world/middleeast/30iraq.html?_r=1&ref=middleeast Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Iraqi police say a roadside bomb north of Baghdad has killed five members of a family, including a 4-year-old girl. Police spokesman Maj. Ghalib al-Karkhi says the family was not the intended target of Friday's bombing, which struck their car near the town of Buhriz. The town is a former stronghold of Saddam Hussein and is about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north of the capital. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100730/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT In Iraq, violence once again marred a popular Shiite pilgrimage. Hundreds of thousands came to the holy city of Karbala this week for the annual gathering to mark the birth of Imam Mohammed al-Mahdi, a ninth-century Shiite saint, and the pilgrims kept coming even after a series of deadly car bombings carried out by suspected Sunni insurgents http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/headlines/car-bombs-target-shiite-pilgrims-during-religious-festival-in-iraq/6749/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Eight months after Gallagher sergeant returned home, his unit was getting ready to deploy again. That seemed to throw Gallagher. Mary Gallagher says her husband seemed distracted, a little out of it. The 19-year Marine veteran would sometimes quietly confide to her that he wasn't sure he was up for it. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128858277&ft=1&f=3 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT A new Army report has found that inattention to rising rates of drug abuse and criminal activity among soldiers and not repeat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan is responsible for the record-high levels of suicide among troops. http://www.startribune.com/nation/99591689.html Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Militants flew an al-Qaida flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in a brazen afternoon attack that served as a grim reminder of continued insurgent strength in Iraq’s capital. http://www.telegram.com/article/20100730/NEWS/7300480/1052/news01 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Jordan's police spokesman says two British and three Iraqi women who were taking part in a U.N.-sponsored training course have died in a road accident in Jordan. http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=21793 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT A roadside bomb went off outside the house of an Iraqi soldier, and wounded his wife in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MUH919765.htm Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT A bomb attached to a car parked outside a mosque killed two imams and wounded four people in Falluja, on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MUH919765.htm Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT A roadside bomb went off near an Iraqi army patrol wounding five soldiers in Falluja, police said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MUH919765.htm Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed three soldiers and wounded four others in northeast of Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, a police source said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MUH919765.htm Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Iraqi authorities say three Iraqi soldiers have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Al-Sharqat, 300 kilometers north of Baghdad. Police said at least eight more soldiers were wounded in Thursday's attack, which targeted an Iraqi army base. http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Three-Iraqi-Soldiers-Killed-in-Suicide-Attack-99537129.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT The United Nations released $650 million in Iraqi compensation to Kuwait on Thursday, the latest payment of a war reparation scheme that began in 1994. The payment brings the total sum of compensation paid to Kuwait to $30.15 billion. http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/kuwait-gets-650m-more-in-iraq-war-compensation-2010-07-29-1.272560 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT A Madrid judge reissued arrest warrants Thursday for three U.S. servicemen over the death of a Spanish journalist killed by American tank fire in Iraq in 2003. Judge Santiago Pedraz acted in response to a recent order from the Spanish Supreme Court that the case — twice shelved by a lower court — be reopened. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_us_journalist_death Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT In the deadliest attack, mortars killed seven people and wounded 46 in the Shia holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, as pilgrims gathered late on Tuesday to mark the birthday of the Mahdi, the 12th and last Shia imam. http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=377134&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT AT LEAST 128 Nato helicopters have been reported lost in Iraq since 2003 - with 45 of these incidents attributed to hostile fire. At least 278 Nato personnel have been killed. The incidents involving British troops include: http://news.scotsman.com/news/Helicopter-losses-in-Iraq-begin.6445763.jp Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT In nearly a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, 5,620 Americans have died. Survivors of these fallen heroes are entitled to a life-insurance payment and the government uses a private company to handle it. What happened to the mother of 24-year-old Ryan Baumann of Great Mills, Maryland when she tried to collect serves as a lesson to every military family. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/28/eveningnews/main6722391.shtml Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT The U.S. military is clamping down on contracting firms on American military bases using employees whose home countries ban travel to Iraq. U.S. Col. Richard E. Nolan, of the military's contracting office in Iraq, says the military is investigating the firms' work forces. He says approximately 6,000 people from Nepal and the Philippines working for the Department of Defense in Iraq who could potentially be affected. http://newsok.com/us-military-investigates-contractor-work-force/article/feed/176545?custom_click=rss Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Worried about bombs and suicide attacks? Iraq has the solution for businessmen who want to invest but fear venturing into Baghdad's dangerous streets -- work and live in a mini-city right next to the airport. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=11267659 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT A mortar attack has killed seven people and wounded 46 in the southern Shiite holy city of Karbala as pilgrims gathered for a ceremony, Iraqi police say. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/28/2966983.htm?section=justin Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT An Iraqi military helicopter crashed west of Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad, killing the four-strong crew, Major-General Othman al-Ghanimi, chief commander of the Iraqi army in Kerbala said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/RAS830064.htm Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT