19 Iraqis, 2 US Soldiers Killed in an Initial July 14, 2007 Report

Editor's Note:

Browsing Iraqi online newspapers, in Arabic, yields a lot more deaths and injuries than what the Iraqi government and US forces spokespersons announce to the media daily. As a result, no one exactly knows how many Iraqis are killed everyday. But the number is in the hundreds (19 in this initial report today), as the following quick survey of some Iraqi newspapers has yielded.

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported the following news about the Iraq war on Saturday, July 14, 2006.

- Two US soldiers were killed today in Baghdad in attacks. This increased the official number of US soldiers who were killed in Iraq to 3,613.

- Two Iraqis were killed, 15 were injured in an explosion in Al-Rasheed gas station, south of Baghdad.

- Colonel Muhammed Abdullah Al-Muhammadi, a former Iraqi intelligence officer, was killed by gunmen inside his home in Al-Saqlawiya, near Falloujah. This comes as an apparent counter-insurgency operation, in which former Iraqi army and intelligence officers are systematically targeted.

- Hussain Eidan Omran, director in the Iraqi Oils company was assassinated.

- Eight members of one Iraqi family were killed in Jabalah, Babil province.

- One person was killed, four were injured in a car bomb explosion in the Amel area, south of Baghdad.

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The US news agency, Associated Press (AP) reported the death of only eight Iraqi soldiers and no US soldiers deaths.

Iraq PM: Country Can Manage Without U.S.

By BUSHRA JUHI Associated Press Writer

Jul 14, 2007, 9:52 AM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that the Iraqi army and police are capable of keeping security in the country when American troops leave "any time they want," though he acknowledged the forces need further weapons and training.

In new violence in Baghdad on Saturday, a car bomb leveled a two-story apartment building, and a suicide bomber plowed his explosives-packed vehicle into a line of cars at a gas station. The two attacks killed at least eight people, police officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorize to release details of the attacks.

U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,610

Jul 13, 2007, 6:37 PM EDT

As of Friday, July 13, 2007, at least 3,610 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,967 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

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