Today in Iraq....

[Clarkie1]

01/14/07 MOD: Kingsman Alexander William Green killed in Iraq
Kingsman Alex Green, aged 21, from 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, died as a result of injuries sustained earlier in the morning when shot by small arms fire whilst on a task in the Hayy Al Muhandisn District of Basra City.
01/14/07 Reuters: Four Iraqi policeman killed in Madaen
Four Iraqi policemen were killed in clashes with gunmen in Madaen, just south of Baghdad, an interior ministry source said.
01/14/07 Reuters: 40 Bodies found in Baghdad
Police in Baghdad found 40 bodies, many tortured and shot dead, in different parts of the capital in the past 24 hours, an interior ministry source said.
01/14/07 Reuters: Police find severed head in Baiji
Police found a severed head in Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
01/14/07 Reuters: Gunmen kidnap two Iraqi army officers and a soldier in Balad
Gunmen kidnapped two Iraqi army officers and a soldier at a fake checkpoint in Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
01/14/07 MNF: US soldier killed Sunday in Baghdad by a roadside bomb.
An improvised explosive device detonated on a Multi-National Division – Baghdad patrol, killing one Soldier near the center of the Iraqi capital Jan. 14
01/14/07 news.com: Rebels make $1bn from refinery
IRAQI militants are taking most of the $US1.5 billion ($1.92 billion) a year that's stolen from Iraq's main oil refinery through smuggling and corruption, the government told parliament today.
01/14/07 kuna: Gunmen kill senior official in Iraq''s Sunni endowments dept
Unknown gunmen killed on Sunday a senior official in Iraq's Sunni awqaf (endowments) department. According to a press release by the department, the official, Khaled Abdul-Hadi Al-Ghawas, was killed by some militia members in one of Baghdad's suburbs.
01/14/07 MNF: One Task Force Lightning Soldier Dies, One Wounded
A Task Force Lightning Soldier assigned to the 105th Engineer Group, died of wounds Saturday as a result of an explosion while conducting operations in northern Iraq.
01/14/07 Xinhua: U.S. soldier commits suicide in Iraq (UNCONFIRMED)
A U.S. marine took his own life by putting a bullet through his head on Sunday morning near the restive city of Fallujah, local police source said.
01/14/07 Reuters: Baghdad morgue took 16,000 bodies in 2006
The Baghdad morgue took in about 16,000 unidentified bodies last year, the bulk of them victims of death squads and other sectarian violence, a source at the morgue told Reuters on Sunday.
01/14/07 AP: N.J. Guard families told of extension
Family members of New Jersey soldiers who will be staying four months longer than expected in Iraq voiced their anger and disappointment to state officials, including Governor Corzine, who met with them Saturday.
01/14/07 dpa: Morta fire kills 1, wounds 3 in Baghdad's al-Fadl district
Another Iraqi was killed and three wounded when mortar shells fell on al-Fadl district, close to the site of the first attack. According to eyewitnesses, nearby houses suffered damages.
01/14/07 Newsweek: Iraq's Young Blood
Sectarian warfare is reshaping Iraq in all sorts of malevolent ways day in and day out. But it is also forging the future by poisoning the next generation of Iraqis. Like many of its neighbors, Iraq is a young country
01/14/07 AP: Kurds To Send 3,000 Troops Into Baghdad
A Kurdish army brigade from northern Iraq is undergoing intensive urban combat training for deployment to Baghdad, where it expects to take on the Mahdi Army Shiite militia, its commander said Saturday
01/14/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills one, wounds six in Baghdad
A roadside bomb killed a person and wounded six near al-Tayaran Square in central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
01/14/07 Reuters: PUK member survives roadside bomb, body found in Kirkuk
A member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan survived a roadside bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said...Police found the body of a man shot in the head, in Kirkuk, police said.
01/14/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill five in Mosul
Gunmen opened fire at a gathering of people, killing three and wounded three in Mosul, police said...Gunmen killed two men in two different incidents in Mosul, police said
01/14/07 Reuters: 9 bodies found in Mosul
The bodies of nine people, with gunshot wounds, were brought to the morgue in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, a source in the morgue said.
01/14/07 Reuters: Mortar fire wounds 5 in Mosul
Several mortar rounds landed on a residential district, wounding five people on Saturday in Mosul, police said.
01/14/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill 3 workers in Iskandariya
Gunmen attacked a private factory and killed three workers and wounded another on Saturday night in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

http://www.icasualties.org/oif/

[babylonsister]

1. I would be cowering in a corner. Who the hell would want to work for the US,

or anyone, there?:(

[Straight Shooter]

2. Where does Bill O'Reilly live? Can someone extrapolate these figures to his city?

It's horrible, and I'm just wondering if these same numbers were compared to a large U.S. city, what the toll would be.

I'm wondering how many of the dead are children. :(