Today in Iraq

DAILY WAR NEWS FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2006 Update on U.S. Coalition Soldiers Deaths as Reported by the Department of Defense in October 2006: (1) Death 2951: Marine. Died Sept. 30th, Al Anbar. RCT-7. MNF-Iraq. CENTCOM. Reported on Oct. 3rd. (2) Death 2952: Marine (possibly Aaron Seal). Died Oct. 1st, Al Anbar. RCT-5. MNF-Iraq. CENTCOM. Reported on Oct. 2nd. (3) Death 2953: Marine. Died Oct. 1st, Al Anbar. Hdq-MEF1. MNF-Iraq. CENTCOM. Reported on Oct. 2nd. (4) Death 2954: Marine. Died Oct. 1st, Al Anbar. Hdq-MEF1. Non-hostile. MNF-Iraq. CENTCOM. Reported on Oct. 2nd. (5) Death 2955: Marine. Died Oct. 1st, Al Anbar. RCT-7. MNF-Iraq. CENTCOM. Reported on Oct. 3rd. (6) Death 2956: The Brit on Oct. 1st. (7) Death 2957: Army. IED attack at 11:40 PM on Oct. 1st west of Baghdad. MND-B. MNF-Iraq. CENTCOM. Reported on Oct. 2nd. (8) Death 2958: Army. Small arms attack at 10:30 AM on Oct. 2nd in central Baghdad. MND-B. MNF-Iraq. NO CENTCOM REPORT. Reported on Oct. 2nd. (9) Death 2959: Army. Small arms attack at 1:51 PM on Oct. 2nd in northern Baghdad. MNC-I. MNF-Iraq. CENTCOM. Reported on Oct. 3rd. (10) Death 2960: Army. Small arms attack at 5:30 PM on Oct. 2nd in southwest Baghdad. MND-B. MNF-Iraq. CENTCOM. Reported on Oct. 3rd. (11 to 14) Deaths 2961 thru 2964: Army. IED attack at 6 PM on Oct. 2nd northwest of Baghdad. MND-B. No MNF-Iraq report that I've seen yet. CENTCOM. Reported on Oct. 3rd. (15) Death 2965: Army. Small arms attack at 11:05 AM on Oct. 2nd in northern Baghdad. MND-B. MNF-Iraq. CENTCOM. Reported Oct. 3rd. Security Incidents: In Country: #1: The quick thinking and skill of a Gulf Air captain avoided a mid-air collision with a military aircraft over Iraq. The drama unfolded early on Saturday morning as Gulf Air's flight to London with 156 passengers on board was crossing Iraqi airspace, said an airline spokesman. Radar and the plane's hi-tech sensors revealed that an object was hurtling towards it. The captain was forced to change both route and altitude suddenly to avoid a collision, said the spokesman. He had only 10 seconds to manoeuvre. "As the airspace over Iraq is controlled by allied forces, this had to be a military aircraft which should not have been flying at that altitude," said the spokesman. #2: The Iraqi parliament voted Monday to extend the country's state of emergency for 30 more days. The state of emergency has been renewed every month since first being authorized in November 2004. It grants security forces greater powers and affects the entire country apart from the autonomous Kurdish region in the north. The measure allows for a nighttime curfew and gives the government extra powers to make arrests without warrants and carry out police and military operations. #3: Meanwhile, Iraqi politicians expressed concern over a plan by Syria to move border guards from its frontier with Iraq to help patrol its border with Lebanon — a step that could further open the doors for insurgents to move from Syria to Iraq. "The Syrian move will make the terrorists' entry to Iraq easier," said Abdul Karim al-Inazi, a Shiite lawmaker with the prime minister's Dawa Party and a former minister of state for national security. "The Syrian government should do its best to control the borders with Iraq," he told The Associated Press, calling for the Iraqi government to also deploy more troops on the border. Syria has long been under pressure to do more to stop insurgents slipping across its long desert border with Iraq, and Damascus has insisted it is doing all it can. Now Syria is facing U.N. requests that it also strengthen its guard on its Lebanese border to prevent weapons from going to Hezbollah guerrillas. Baghdad: #1: (update from 23 Baghdad #4 10-01-06) A total of 50 bodies were recovered by Baghdad police in various parts of the city over the 24 hours to Sunday evening, an Interior Ministry official said. Many had been tortured and most were bound and shot in the head. The bodies of two more people were found later Monday in eastern Baghdad, police said. They had been shot, their arms and legs bound, and showed signs of torture. The Iraqi police found 58 bodies during the past 24 hours in different parts of Baghdad, a police source said on Monday. "The number of the unidentified bodies found by our patrols rose to 58 until this morning in different Baghdad neighborhoods,"the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Most of the bodies were blindfolded and showing signs of torture with bullet holes in different parts of their bodies, he added. #2: Gunmen also kidnapped 14 workers from computer shops in front of Baghdad's Technical University #3: An Iraqi army officer was killed and two were injured in the western Baghdad neighbourhood of Yarmouk when a roadside bomb exploded next to their patrol, police said. #4: Another roadside bomb in north-eastern Baghdad injured three civilians. #5: Two young men were found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in central Baghdad and died on arrival at the hospital, police said. #6: Three people were killed and eight wounded in a roadside bombing in Baghdad's downtown Al-Nasir Square around midday, police said. A roadside bomb killed three people and wounded eight in the Saadoun district in central Baghdad, police said. Four people were killed and 13 wounded in a roadside bombing in Baghdad's downtown Al-Nasir Square around midday, police said #7: while a later bomb blast in the capital killed one policemen and one civilian, while wounding 7 people. #8: Gunmen kidnapped two people on Sunday just north of Baghdad, local officials said. #9: A roadside bomb wounded a civilian in eastern Baghdad, a source in the Interior Ministry said. #10: A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol, wounding three soldiers in the Yarmouk district of western Baghdad, a source in the Interior Ministry said. #11: Gunmen killed Faris Khalil, a colonel in the Interior Ministry, in central Baghdad, police said. #12: A car bomb targeting a police patrol killed two people and wounded two in the Waziriya district of northern Baghdad, police said. #13: Two explosion charges went off and demolished a building in a Baghdad downtown district, a well-informed police source told Xinhua. The building collapsed on a busy street in the Battaween neighborhood, wounding four people, the source said according to initial police reports. Iraqi security forces and rescue teams rushed to the area to evacuate those injured and searching for more possible casualties. #14: The Iraqi Islamic Party, the most prominent among the Sunni minority, said all 26 people kidnapped from a meat processing factory in Baghdad's Amel district on Sunday were Sunnis and were found dead in south Baghdad on Monday. Police, however, said four of the 26 had managed to escape and they had said that some of their 22 colleagues were Shi'ites. Their fate was unclear, an Interior Ministry official said. #15: A mortar round killed a civilian and wounded three others on northern Baghdad's Morocco street, an Interior Ministry source said. #16: In the same neighbourhood (where 14 Iraqis were kidnapped ), an Iraqi intelligence officer was shot dead by unknown gunmen. #17: In Al-Amiriyah district, west of Baghdad, a house of a Shiite MP was burnt down. The attackers were not caught yet but the MP accused Baathists and supporters of ousted leader Saddam Hussein of masterminding the incident. No casualties were reported. #18: A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 11:40 p.m. Sunday of wounds after his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb west of Baghdad. #19: A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 10:30 a.m. Oct. 2 from wounds he received when his unit was attacked by small-arms fire in central Baghdad. Najaf: #1: Safaa al-Obaidi, the director of the main teaching hospital in the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, was shot dead by gunmen outside his house, police said. Dinwaniya: #1: The body of an unidentified man was found in the southern Shi'ite city of Diwaniya, police said. Basra: #1: A British soldier has been killed and another seriously injured in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence said today. An MoD spokeswoman said the two soldiers were caught up in an "indirect fire attack" at the Shaat Al Arab Hotel base in Basra, southern Iraq. The two soldiers have not been named but the MoD said they were from the Royal Army Medical Corps A British military spokesman in Basra about 15 mortars were fired at the base, with three or four landing inside the perimeter. The soldiers were taken to hospital, where one later died. The other suffered a broken arm, the spokesman said. (From the British MOD) It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of a British soldier in Iraq on Sunday 1 October 2006. The soldier, from the Royal Army Medical Corps, was killed following an indirect fire attack on the Shaat Al Arab Hotel base in Basra City. Another soldier was seriously injured in the same incident. #2: Late Sunday, insurgents fired mortar rounds at British targets at the Shat Al-Arab hotel in Basra, police said. One landed on a nearby home, killing a 7-year-old boy and his 3-year-old sister and wounding a third child. #3: In Basra, 550 kilometres south of Baghdad, unidentified gunmen opened fire on an Iraqi intelligence officer, instantly killing him. It was not clear if the incident was linked to the Baghdad shooting, where another intelligence officer was killed. #4: Meanwhile, the chief of the Basra police forces was fired for "involvement in administration corruption," according to police sources. Al-Hay: (near Al-Kut) #1: A police patrol was ambushed in southern Iraq early Monday by gunmen who killed two officers and injured three, part of scattered violence around the country. The ambush came in the al-Hay area, some 140 miles south of Baghdad, said police Lt. Mohammed al-Shimri. Suwayrah: #1: The headless bodies of seven people, apparently the victims of sectarian death squads, were turned in to the Kut morgue, morgue spokesman Hadi al-Itabi said. The bodies were found Sunday in Suwayrah, 25 miles south of Baghdad. #2: Police found the bodies of four people shot dead near Suwayra, police said. Hillah: #1: One civilian died in a drive-by shooting in an area south of Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, police said. Dhuluiya: #1: Gunmen killed a man on Sunday in the town of Dhuluiya, 40 km (25 miles) north of Baghdad, local officials said. Ishaqi: #1: Gunmen killed three men in Ishaqi, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday, local officials said. Latifiya: #1: Four Iraqis were killed Monday in a bomb blast in the city of Latifiya, 40 kilometres south of Baghdad, according to Iraqi authorities. Police sources said that the explosion took place early in the morning. The bodies of the victims were taken to the city hospital while a police patrol searched the surrounding area for the perpetrators. Samarra: #1: (near) Meanwhile, Southwest of Samarra, a city 95 kilometres north of Baghdad, two fuel tankers were hit with roadside bombs and blew up, police said. The fuel tankers were carrying fuel to the US troops, said eyewitnesses. The two trucks were seen engulfed with fire on the road between Samarra and Tikrit, a city 150 kilometres north of Baghdad. Baiji: #1: The U.S.-Iraqi Joint Coordination Center in the northern oil refining town of Baiji said U.S. troops killed three people and wounded another as they were driving their car close to a U.S. patrol there. A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said he had no immediate information on the incident. #2: North of the capital, in the oil refining city of Baiji, a railway station workers was killed and two others were kidnapped. Mosul: #1: Early in the afternoon, a policeman in Mosul was killed by three unidentified gunmen in a drive-by shooting, police said. Kirkuk: #1: Gunmen seriously wounded two policemen when they attacked a police checkpoint in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said Hawija: #1: A roadside bomb wounded two firefighters when it exploded near a fire station in the town of Hawija, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said. Al Anbar Prv: #1: Three Marines were killed Oct. 1 while operating in al Anbar Province. One Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 and one Marine assigned to 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group died from injuries sustained due to enemy action. One Marine assigned to 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group died from a non-combat related vehicle accident. Fallujah: #1: Three soldiers from a Fergus Falls National Guard unit were injured recently in Iraq. The soldiers were in a Bradley fighting vehicle that was hit by an improvised explosive device near Fallujah last week. Sharon Casey is with the Fergus Falls Family Readiness Support Group. She says the most seriously injured was Adam Drechsel of Fargo, who suffered a fractured vertebra and finger. Ramadi: #1: U.S. forces killed eight people in three incidents in Ramadi, capital of Anbar, on Wednesday, the military said in a statement. Six were killed in one incident, one was killed while planting a bomb and one was killed "before he could attack the government centre in Ramadi", it added. #2: The bloodshed stained other Iraqi cities as well. In Ramadi, 120 kilometres west of Baghdad, 30 insurgents were killed in a joint operation of multinational forces and the Iraqi police. The date and time of the operation remain unannounced. The incident was reported Monday by the official al-Iraqiya television station. The station added that the operation took place in the al-Tarh district in Ramadi. Hit: #1: Iraqi and U.S. forces killed an insurgent and seized 57 suspects after being fired on in the city of Hit in Anbar province on Wednesday, the U.S. military said in a statement. It described a sustained series of clashes in which four U.S. troops were wounded and a tank unit took part. Among those held were 39 people detained in the Khodar mosque, from where the military said gunmen had fired on their forces. Others in the mosque were not detained. Kurdistan Rrgion: #1: Meanwhile, in the Kurdistan region, local Kurdish officials said that Turkish artillery bombed a number of Kurdish villages Monday while chasing elements of the banned Kurdish group PKK. Sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that the Turkish forces used 120-mm shells to bomb the village of Kuwista. The shells set fire to a wide area of woods and killed a large number of cattle. Afghanistan: #1: A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, wounding three soldiers and three civilians, officials said. The bomber was on foot and jumped in front of a NATO military convoy in eastern Kabul, said Ali Shah Paktiawal, a senior police official. "I saw an American four wheel drive entering Kabul and suddenly a guy who was standing next to a pump station ran toward the vehicle and detonated himself," said Sayid Rahman, 22, an eyewitness. "That vehicle was damaged and they managed to flee from the area," Rahman said. Three NATO-led troops received "minor injuries" and were evacuated to a nearby military hospital, said Maj. Luke Knittig, a NATO-led force spokesman. He would not disclose the nationalities of the soldiers injured. Three other civilians were injured, Paktiawal said. The attack occurred on the road frequently used by troops in the capital and the body of the bomber lay alongside two unexploded hand-grenades, an Associated Press reporter at the scene said. #2: On Sunday, a two-hour long clash between insurgents and police in the eastern Paktika province left two militants dead and four wounded, said Sayid Jamal, the governor's spokesman. The bodies of those killed were turned over to the village elders while those wounded were being questioned by police, Jamal said. #3: Separately, a hand-grenade was thrown at a mosque in neighboring Nangahar province late Sunday, wounding seven people who were praying, said Ghafor Khan, spokesman for the provincial police chief. #4: Another suicide bomber blew himself up and injured three people at Kabul's Mekroyan Square #5: A Finnish soldier in the NATO-led ISAF peacekeeping forces was injured by gunfire in Afghanistan late Sunday. He was reportedly in stable condition on Monday morning. According to Lieutenant-Colonel Raimo Helminen, a decision on the repatriation of the soldier is to be made by the doctor who is treating him. A group of six Finnish peacekeepers were practicing operations in darkness in Aybak District in North Afghanistan when two or three people opened fire on their vehicle. The Finns returned the fire; Helminen says it is not known if any of the attackers were hit. The wounded Finn was taken to a Norwegian field hospital at about nine in the evening. The wounded peacekeeper was hit in the chest and leg. However, Lieutenant-Colonel Reima Helminen told the Finnish News Agency (STT) on Sunday that the wounded soldier had been wearing a bulletproof vest. #6: An oil tanker carrying oil for US forces in Afghanistan was attacked at a Pakistani border crossing and the driver was injured, Pakistan border security forces said Sunday. The tanker caught fire at the Pakistani border town of Chaman in southwestern Balochistan province and no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, local Geo TV reported. Oil tankers are loaded at the Pakistani southern port city of Karachi, from where oil is routinely shipped to Kandahar for US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan. #7: British NATO troops have reached an agreement with Afghan elders aimed at ending Taliban attacks in a southern district where six British soldiers have been killed since August. NATO troops have been fighting big battles with the Taliban across southern Afghanistan since they took over from U.S.-led troops there at the end of July. NATO has acknowledged it underestimated the scale of Taliban resistance. Under the agreement reached in the small town of Musa Qala, in Helmand province, British troops will not launch offensives. In return, the elders will press the Taliban to stop attacks, a NATO spokesman said on Monday. "If we are not attacked, we have no reason to initiate offensive operations. The tribal elders are using their influence on the Taliban," said NATO spokesman Mark Laity. Laity said no negotiations had been held with the Taliban and the 140 or so British troops in Musa Qala were not withdrawing. "The British are still there. The agreement with the elders did not include any requirement for us to withdraw," he said. #8: In the southern province of Helmand, ambushes and clashes on Sunday left 10 people dead, including five civilians, said Ghulam Muhiddin, the governor's spokesman. The civilians were killed when their vehicle hit a freshly planted mine on a road usually used by NATO and Afghan security forces in Helmand's Musa Qala district, Muhiddin said. #9: Suspected Taliban on a motorbike, meanwhile, killed two policemen and wounded two others in Gereshk district, he said. #10: Separately, a clash between NATO-led troops and Afghan forces fighting against suspected insurgents left three militants dead and two wounded in Nawzad district, Muhiddin said. #11: Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan will soon be able to battle the heat of the southern Afghan desert with some beer from the largest Canadian-owned brewery. Moosehead Breweries, based in Saint John, N.B., is sending more than 1,700 cans of its Moosehead Lager to Canadian troops stationed in Kandahar, after some of them specifically requested the suds. #12: They included four Afghan soldiers killed Monday when their vehicle struck a bomb in Paktia province and five civilians killed in a bomb blast in Musa Qala in Helmand province in the south. CENTAF releases airpower summaries for Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 Sept. 29: In Afghanistan Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, a B-1 Lancer and Royal Air Force Harrier GR-7s provided close-air support for coalition troops in contact with Taliban extremists near Sangin. The A-10s expended a Guided Bomb Unit-12 on enemy positions. In total, coalition aircraft flew 48 close-air support missions in support of OEF or ISAF. These missions included support to coalition, Afghan and International Security Assistance Force troops, reconstruction activities and route patrols. Additionally, eight Air Force and RAF intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or ISR, aircraft flew missions in support of operations in Afghanistan. In Iraq, Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and Marine Corps F/A-18Cs provided close-air support to troops in contact with anti-Iraqi forces near Baghdad. Air Force F-16s provided close-air support to troops in contact with anti-Iraqi forces near Samarra and Balad, and Air Force F-15Es provided close-air support to troops in contact near Basrah. In total, coalition aircraft flew 44 close-air support missions for Operation Iraqi Freedom. These missions included support to coalition troops, infrastructure protection, reconstruction activities and operations to deter and disrupt terrorist activities. Additionally, 12 Air Force, Navy and Royal Air Force ISR aircraft flew missions in support of operations in Iraq. Air Force fighter aircraft performed in non-traditional ISR roles with their electro-optical and infrared sensors. Air Force C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster IIIs provided intra-theater heavy airlift support, helping sustain operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa. They flew 160 airlift sorties, delivered 530 tons of cargo and transported 2,465 passengers. Coalition C-130 crews from Australia and Japan flew in support of OIF or OEF. On Sept. 28, U.S., RAF and Singaporean Air Force tankers flew 37 sorties and off-loaded more than 2.4 million pounds of fuel. Sept. 30 In Afghanistan Sept. 30, Air Force A-10s provided close-air support for coalition troops in contact with Taliban extremists near Kariz-e Kalan. The following close-air support requests supported NATO forces operating as the ISAF in Afghanistan. RAF GR-7s and Air Force A-10s provided close-air support for coalition troops in contact with Taliban extremists Garmsir. The GR-7s made passes and expended general-purpose 500-pound munitions and rockets on enemy positions. In total, coalition aircraft flew 45 close-air-support missions in support of OEF or ISAF. These missions included support to coalition, Afghan and ISAF troops, reconstruction activities and route patrols. Additionally, 10 U.S. and RAF ISR aircraft flew missions in support of operations in Afghanistan. In Iraq, Air Force F-16s provided close-air support to troops in contact with anti-Iraqi forces near Samarah. Marine Corps F/A-18Cs provided close-air support to troops in contact with anti-Iraqi forces near Balad. In total, coalition aircraft flew 40 close-air support missions for Operation Iraqi Freedom. These missions included support to coalition troops, infrastructure protection, reconstruction activities and operations to deter and disrupt terrorist activities. Additionally, 17 Air Force, Navy, RAF and Royal Australian Air Force ISR aircraft flew missions in support of operations in Iraq. Air Force C-130s and C-17s provided intra-theater heavy airlift support, helping sustain operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa. They flew 140 airlift sorties, delivered 540 tons of cargo and transported 2,700 passengers. This included close to 16,500 pounds of troop resupply airdropped in eastern Afghanistan. Coalition C-130 crews from Australia flew in support of OIF or OEF. On Sept. 29, U.S., RAF and French air force tankers flew 38 sorties and off-loaded more than 2.5 million pounds of fuel. Oct. 1, In Afghanistan Oct. 1, the following close-air support request supported NATO forces operating as the ISAF in Afghanistan. Air Force A-10s provided close-air support to ISAF troops in contact with enemy forces near Kajaki `Ulya. In total, coalition aircraft flew 47 close-air-support missions in support of OEF or ISAF. These missions included support to coalition, Afghan and ISAF troops, reconstruction activities and route patrols. Additionally, four Air Force ISR aircraft flew missions in support of operations in Afghanistan. In Iraq, Air Force F-16s conducted strikes against anti-Iraqi forces near Al Yusufiyah. The F-16s expended cannon rounds and a GBU-12 on enemy targets. In total, coalition aircraft flew 42 close-air-support missions for Operation Iraqi Freedom. These missions included support to coalition troops, infrastructure protection, reconstruction activities and operations to deter and disrupt terrorist activities. Additionally, 14 Air Force, Navy, Army, RAF and Royal Australian Air Force ISR aircraft flew missions in support of operations in Iraq. On Sept. 30, Air Force rescue and medical crews on HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters flew a medical evacuation mission in support of OEF. One local national patient with injuries requiring urgent care was evacuated as a result of this mission. Air Force C-130s and C-17s provided intra-theater heavy airlift support, helping sustain operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa. They flew 140 airlift sorties, delivered 510 tons of cargo and transported 2,610 passengers. Coalition C-130 crews from Australia and Canada flew in support of OIF or OEF. On Sept. 30, U.S., RAF, French and Singaporean air force tankers flew 37 sorties and off-loaded almost 2.6 million pounds of fuel. Causality Reports: As Reported by the DoD for September 23rd - 30th Cpl. Cesar A. Granados, 21, of Le Grand, Calif., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept.15, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Granados was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Sgt. Allan R. Bevington, 22, of Beaver Falls, Pa., died of injuries suffered in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on Sept.21, when an improvised explosive device detonated near him during combat operations. Bevington was assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. 1st Lt. Ashley L. (Henderson) Huff, 23, of Belle Mead, N.J., died of injuries suffered in Mosul, Iraq, on Sept.19, when a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near her mounted patrol during combat operations. Huff was assigned to the 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga. Cpl. Bobby T. Callahan, 22, of Jamestown, N.C., died on Sept.19, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his HMMWV rolled over while maneuvering. Callahan was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. Sgt. 1st Class Charles J. Jones, 29, of Lawrenceburg, Ky., died in Baghdad, Iraq, from a non-combat related incident on Sept. 20, Jones was assigned to the National Guard's 149th Brigade Combat Team, Louisville, Ky. Pvt. Eric M. Kavanagh, 20, of Glen Burnie, Md., died of injuries suffered in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 20, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Kavanagh was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. Lance Cpl. Howard S. March Jr., 20, of Buffalo, N.Y., died Sept. 24 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Lance Cpl. Rene Martinez, 20, of Miami, Fla., died Sept. 24 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Cpl. Windell J. Simmons, 20, of Hopkinsville, Ky., died of injuries suffered in Taji, Iraq, on Sept.23, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Simmons was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Staff Sgt. Carlos Dominguez, 57, of Savannah, Ga., died of injuries suffered in Taji, Iraq, on Sept.23, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Dominguez was assigned to the 414th Civil Affairs Battalion, Utica, N.Y. Sgt. Velton Locklear, III, 29, of Lacey, Wash., died in Riyadh, Iraq, on Sept. 23, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. Both soldiers were from the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Pfc. Kenneth E Kincaid, IV, 25, of Lilburn, Ga., died in Riyadh, Iraq, on Sept. 23, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. Both soldiers were from the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Pfc. Christopher T. Riviere, 21, of Cooper City, Fla., died Sept. 26 of wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Spc. Jared J. Raymond, 20, of Swampscott, Mass., died on Sept. 19, in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A2 Abrams Tank during combat operations in Taji, Iraq. Raymond was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Cpl. Casey L. Mellen, 21, of Huachuca City, Ariz., died on Sept. 25 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his mounted patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations in Mosul, Iraq. Mellen was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash. 1st Lt. James N. Lyons, 28, of Rochester, N.Y., died on Sept. 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his mounted patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. Lyons was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Staff Sgt. Jose A. Lanzarin, 28, of Lubbock, Texas, was killed in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept. 26, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Lanzarin was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. Lance Cpl. James Chamroeun, 20, of Union City, Ga., died Sept. 28 of wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Staff Sgt. Edward C. Reynolds, Jr., 27, of Groves, Texas., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 26, of injuries suffered when their M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled over while maneuvering. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Pfc. Henry Paul, 24, of Kolonia Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 26, of injuries suffered when their M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled over while maneuvering. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Pfc. Christopher T. Blaney, 19, of Winter Park, Fla., died in Taji, Iraq, from a non-combat related incident on Sept. 29. Blaney was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. There is also a Royal Danish Air Force soldier Kim Wadim who died on September 23, from an IED near Az Zubayr close to Basrah however I can't find a Danish Ministry of Defense statement on him.