Iraq Update

While Lebanon has dominated the main stream news Iraq continues to burn with much more death and destruction. U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 2573 Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: 6 Total 2579 DoD Confirmation List Latest Coalition Fatality: Aug 01, 2006 Todays Headlines for Iraq, via ICC: 08/01/06 focus-fen: Iraqi Court Sentenced 26 People to Death over Terrorism The penalty court in the Iraqi capital Baghdad issued on Tuesday death sentences for 26 persons accused in murders, kidnappings of civilian and military people and affiliation to terrorist groups, the Iraqi newspaper As Sabah reported... 08/01/06 NPR: Shiite Militia Behind Baghdad Kidnapping For the second time in two weeks, gunmen who appear to be Iraqi police stormed buildings in Baghdad's upscale Karadda neighborhood and kidnapped dozens of Iraqis on Monday. The gunmen are said to be members of the Mahdi army, a Shiite militia... 08/01/06 NPR: Iraqi Women Claim Abuse in Prison The women's prison in Kadhmiya, a Shiite area in Baghdad, is one of three major prisons in Iraq that house several hundred female inmates. They've been convicted of crimes such as prostitution, murder and terrorism. Some are being held pending trial 08/01/06 Reuters: Oil pipeline in Iraq a shamble A plan to rebuild a 30-mile (50-km) pipeline from Iraq's Kirkuk oil field to the Baiji refinery to bring the Iraqi government badly needed cash is years behind schedule with no sign it will ever be finished, an independent watchdog said on Monday. 08/01/06 AFP/Reuters: British soldier killed in Iraq mortar attack A British soldier was killed in a mortar attack on a multinational force base in southern Iraq early on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says. The soldier from Britain's 1st Battalion Light Infantry died after the strike on the base in Basra. 08/01/06 Centcom: ONE SERVICE MEMBER KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN IED ATTACK A service member assigned to the 16th Corps Support Group was killed in action by an improvised explosive device while conducting a convoy south of Baghdad, Iraq July 31. A second service member from the unit was wounded in the same attack. 08/01/06 AP: Bombings, Shootings Kill 52 in Iraq Bombings and shootings across Iraq killed at least 52 people Tuesday, including 24 people in a bus destroyed by a roadside bomb. The attacks further damage the U.S.-backed government's efforts to establish control over the country 08/01/06 AP: Civilian killed in drive-by shooting in Mosul a civilian was killed in a drive-by shooting in the northern town of Mosul, said police Col. Abdul Karim Ahmed Khalaf 08/01/06 AP: Gunmen kill cleric in Baghdad Gunmen in two cars raided a mosque west of Bahgdad, killing a cleric and his brother, police 1st Lt. Omar Ali said. 08/01/06 AP: Two insurgents killed while planting roadside bomb in Karma area, west of Baghdad, two insurgents were killed when a roadside bomb they were planting on a highway detonated prematurely, police 1st Lt. Ahmed Ali said. 08/01/06 AP: Roadside misses target, kills civilian in eastern Baghdad a roadside bomb missed a car belonging to the Ministry of Electricity, killing one civilian and wounding another in Zayouna in eastern Baghdad, said police Capt. Mohammed Abdul Ghani 08/01/06 AP: Roadside bomb kills 24 in Beiji The worst carnage occurred near the northern industrial city of Beiji where a bus carrying 24 people was hit by a roadside bomb...all on board died. A police captain had earlier said that 20 Iraqi soldiers were killed in the bus. 08/01/06 AFP: Carbomb kills four in Muqdadiyah The attack came shortly after another car bomb exploded in the violent city of Muqdadiyah, 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Baghdad, killing four people and injuring 10, local police said. 08/01/06 AFP: Car bomb kills 14 in Baghdad A suicide car bomb ripped through the middle class Baghdad neighbourhood of Karrada, killing 10 soldiers and four civilians, according to defence ministry and hospital sources. The local hospital reported receiving 10 dead soldiers... 08/01/06 Reuters: Member of Arab Consultative Assembly gunned down in Kirkuk A member of the Arab Consultative Assembly, which is a gathering of Arab tribes and political parties, was gunned down in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.