http://www.icasualties.org/WarCasualties/ This is the syndication feed for icasualties.Org Coalition Casualties News Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Foster [whose right leg was amputated below the knee]...says he'd like to eventually work with special needs children...calls the course "an awesome opportunity." He enjoys feeling like he's doing something... http://www.examiner.com/a-1544589~Wounded_Iraq_vets_find_comfort_in_dog_training.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Iraq's oil minister will be in China later this month to complete a $1.2-billion oil deal. A news report on Reuters says this is the first big international deal since the fall of Saddam Hussein. http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-19-voa59.cfm?rss=middle east Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Last fall, U.S. troops raided the Iraqi village of Jaisani, south of Baghdad; 26 people were dead. The U.S. called them "criminals." Now, the Iraqi government says those killed are "martyrs" and have asked the U.S. military command to apologize. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93749539&ft=1&f=2 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Poland's prime minister says his country will offer asylum or a $40,000 payment to any Iraqi working for its military or police in Iraq. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_eu/poland_iraq_1;_ylt=AsWHBQAHkYL4FxqkMya80xhX6GMA Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Iraq's largest Sunni party accused government security forces of sectarian bias Tuesday after soldiers arrested a Sunni university president and a Sunni provincial council member northeast of Baghdad http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-08-19-13-51-26 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT A parked car bomb targeted a Peshmerga patrol serving as Iraqi Army in the town of Tilkeif at 3 p.m. injuring five people including two Peshmerga and three civilians. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/212/story/49197.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Four gunmen men in a white sedan opened fire upon a checkpoint manned by National Police on Mohammed al-Qassim highway, central Baghdad at 1 p.m. killing one policeman, injuring three. The gunmen have been captured and taken into custody. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/212/story/49197.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Police found 20 decomposed bodies buried in an orchard in Abu Tuma village, al-Khalis 15 km to the north of Baquba at 3.30 p.m. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/212/story/49197.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Pvt. Janelle F. King, 23, of Merced, Calif., died Aug. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. She was assigned to the 115th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Polk, La. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12150 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT "There are the bloodstains on the wall, and here it is dried on the floor," says Abu Muhanad as he walks through a torture chamber in a Baghdad mosque where more than two dozen bodies have been found. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.mosque/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT A US military helicopter crashed on Monday in a village in Salahdin province located north of the capital, witnesses said. The witnesses told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the helicopter crashed in Shuwaikh, north of Baghdad. http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931942&Language=en Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT The United Nations on Tuesday commemorated the fifth anniversary of the bombing of its office in Baghdad that killed 22 staffers, including top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestun Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT A soldier injured in an explosion in Baghdad this month is undergoing operations to have metal shavings removed from his right leg at Walter Reed Army Medical Center...Spc. John Blickenstaff...endured wounds below the knee that caused doctors... http://www.pharostribune.com/local/local_story_232121754.html?keyword=topstory Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT The Iraqi general grabbed the hull of America's No. 1 battle tank and gave it a shake. "It's very hot," said Gen. Mohan al-Furayji, the Iraqi defense minister's top military adviser. "I'm afraid my soldiers won't be able to operate behind these tanks." http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-08-18-iraqtanks_N.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT A Multi-National Division - Center Soldier was killed as a result of a rocket attack on a forward operating base near Amarah Aug. 19. The Soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin...[URL Pending] http://icasualties.org/oif/pdf/20080819-04-MND-C.pdf Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT The Shiite-led government is cracking down on U. S.-backed Sunni Arab fighters in one of Iraq’s most turbulent regions, arresting some leaders, disarming dozens of men and banning them from manning checkpoints except alongside official forces. http://www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/international/story/417973.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Susan Smith is suing for negligence and a breach of her son's human rights after she claims he was sent out in a vehicle which had no chance of protecting him from the well-known threat of booby-trap roadside bombs. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23541518-details/Mother+to+sue+MoD+for+negligence+over+soldier+son%27s+death+in+Iraq/article.do Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT A police source told KUNA that the bomb planted near the road exploded as a police patrol car was passing by in Al-Obaidi, western Iraq. The explosion resulted in the death of one policeman and injury of five others... http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932204&Language=en Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Police say Iraqi troops backed by U.S. helicopters have raided the office of the Diyala provincial governor...a firefight between the troops and the guards of Gov. Raad Rashid al-Tamimi, killing his secretary and wounding four guards. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq;_ylt=A0wNcyJQrqpIvxUBvR9X6GMA Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Iraq's human rights ministry says it wants to put on trial torturers who benefit from full immunity despite what it says are dozens of proven cases of abuse in the country's prisons. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestrightstorture_080819105614;_ylt=A0wNcyJQrqpIvxUBwB9X6GMA Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thousands of Iraqi refugees have arrived in the United States as part of a nationwide resettlement program to bring 12,000 Iraqis to the United States by the end of next month, officials said. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_us/iraqi_refugees_2;_ylt=A0wNcyJQrqpIvxUBwx9X6GMA Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Shahryar has recovered his hand and Abu Nuwas will soon be clutching his wine goblet again -- statues damaged during the US-led invasion are being restored to their former glory across Baghdad. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestartsmonuments_080819075845;_ylt=A0wNcyJQrqpIvxUBxB9X6GMA Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Officials are investigating the death of a Fort Bragg soldier who died while at home on leave from her deployment to Iraq. Sgt. Kendale Blaine Carney was found unresponsive at her mother's home in Hamlet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/564/story/559678.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Gunmen killed a religious leader on Sunday outside a mosque in central Mosul, police said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW828684.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT U.S. forces detained 11 militants on Sunday and Monday during operations targeting al Qaeda in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW828684.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Gunmen killed a Shi'ite cleric and wounded his wife when they opened fire on the couple's car in Zaafaraniya district of southeastern Baghdad, police said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW828684.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT A roadside bomb wounded nine people, including three policemen, when it exploded near a U.S. military patrol in the Yarmouk district of western Baghdad, police said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW828684.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT A roadside bomb wounded five people, including three policemen, when it exploded in the Mansour district of western Baghdad, police said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW828684.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT A roadside bomb wounded three prison guards in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW828684.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Iraqi forces killed three militants and arrested 33 others during last the 24 hours in different areas in Iraq, Defence Ministry said in a statement. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW828684.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Three police officers and a civilian were wounded in roadside bomb that exploded in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW828684.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Gunmen killed two people working for Iraq's electoral commission and wounded another person in a drive-by shooting near the town of Abul Khasib, some 460 km (285 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW828684.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Two journalists for the Afaq satelite television channel and their driver were wounded by a grenade thrown at their car in Baghdad's central Allawi district on Sunday, the Iraq Media Safety Group said in a statement. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW828684.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT A suicide car bomber killed five policemen and wounded seven in an attack on a police checkpoint in Ramadi, capital of Iraq's western Anbar province, police said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW828684.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT