Thanksgiving News from Iraq

From: iCasualties.org U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 2097 Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: 4 Total: 2101 DoD Confirmation List Latest Coalition Fatality: Nov 23, 2005 11/24/05 Green River Star: Soldier from Green River injured in combat Army Staff Sgt. Mike Barrera ... was hit 5 times: twice in the right hand, once in the right tricep, once in the left hand and once in the chest. His flack jacket saved his life. One soldier was killed and eleven wounded in the action ... 11/24/05 Quad-Cities Online: R.I. soldier injured in Iraq grateful to be alive Spc. Dennis Smutzer, 33, of the Iowa National Guard's 224th Engineer Battalion, sits broken in his Rock Island living room. But he wants you to know he is thankful on this Thanksgiving ... "I can't say it enough," he says ... "I'm thankful." 11/24/05 AP: Suicide Bombing Kills 30 in Iraq (update) A suicide car bomber targeting U.S. troops handing out toys to children at a hospital in central Iraq killed 30 people Thursday, including four police guards, three women and two children, officials said. 11/24/05 Novinite: Bomb Explosion Near Bulgaria's Echo Base in Iraq Three Polish soldiers and an Iraqi child have been lightly injured after a bomb went off near the Echo base in Iraq. 11/24/05 BBC: Report due into soldiers' deaths A report is due to be finally released into the deaths of two Staffordshire soldiers killed in Iraq. Corporal Steven Allbutt, 35, from Stoke-on-Trent, and Trooper David Clarke, 19, from Stafford, were both on duty in Basra in March 2003. 11/24/05 AP: Some Iraq insurgent groups want to talk Several insurgents groups have contacted President Jalal Talabani's office in the past few days, with some saying they are ready to lay down their arms and join the political process, the presidential security adviser said Thursday. 11/24/05 Xinhuanet: Roadside bomb kills 2 Iraqi soldiers north of Baghdad roadside bomb hit an Iraqi army patrol north of Baghdad on Thursday, killing two soldiers...The explosion occurred in Baiji, around 200 km north of Baghdad. Another seven Iraqi soldiers were wounded in the blast... 11/24/05 Xinhuanet: Gunmen ambush convoy of Iraqi official, killing 4 Gunmen ambushed a convoy of a high ranking official from the Iraqi Industry Ministry in the southwest of Baghdad on Thursday, killing three of his bodyguards and an Iraqi civilian, a police source said. 11/24/05 Reuters: An Iraqi man carries a victim An Iraqi man carries a child, a victim of a car bomb blast, to a hospital in Baghdad November 24, 2005. A car bomb blew up outside a hospital where Iraqi police were gathered in Mahmoudiya 11/24/05 MNF: Two Task Force Baghdad Soldiers killed by gunfire Two Task Force Baghdad Soldiers died of gunshot wounds Nov. 23 southwest of Baghdad. The names of the Soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. 11/24/05 AP: Suicide Bombing South of Baghdad Kills 20 A suicide car bomb detonated in the center of a town south of Baghdad on Thursday killing 20 and wounding 35, an Iraqi army officer said.