WE HAVE NAMES AND INFO ON LATEST U.S. CASUALTIES IN IRAQ

The following is a list of names or information on U.S. casualties from the Iraq war as confirmed by the Department of Defense (DOD). Click on name or details for more information:

Latest Coalition Fatalities
Source: http://icasualties.org/oif/

06/24/08 MNF: 3 Soldiers killed by attacked by IED in Ninewah Province
Three Multi-National Division - North Soldiers and an interpreter were killed in an improvised explosive device attack in Ninewah Province at 10:45 p.m., June 24.

06/24/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Staff Sgt. Du Hai Tran, 30, of Reseda, Calif.,died Jun. 20 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while on patrol during combat operations. He was assigned to the Fires Squadron...

06/24/08 MNF: Two Soldiers, 2 civilians killed in Sadr City explosion
Two Coalition forces soldiers and two civilians serving with Coalition forces were killed after an explosion inside the District Advisory Council building in a southern neighborhood of Sadr City district at approximately 9:30 a.m. today.

06/23/08 MNF: Second soldier dies from small arms fire attack near Salman Pak
A Multi-National Division - Center Soldier was killed as a result of a small arms fire attack near Salman Pak, Iraq June 23...The Soldier was the second of two killed by the same attack.[url pending]
06/23/08 AP: American soldier killed, 5 others wounded in Iraq
The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed and five others wounded southeast of Baghdad. The military says the soldiers were hit Monday by small-arms fire in an attack near Madain.

CNN REPORTS: U.S. TRAINS IRAQI WOMEN TO FIND FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS

U.S. trains Iraqi women to find female suicide bombers
Story Highlights
Halfway through 2008, the number of female suicide bombers is 20
"Daughters of Iraq" trains Iraqi women to find female suicide bombers
Women will work two or three days a month, making up to $300

http://tinyurl.com/4xzg5h

YUSUFIYA, Iraq (CNN) -- Female suicide bombers, who often slip through security checkpoints untouched because of cultural norms, are taking a more deadly toll than ever across Iraq.
But the U.S. Army has created a solution with "Daughters of Iraq," a program that trains Iraqi women to find female suicide bombers.

Women carried out eight bombings in all of 2007, according to the U.S. military. Halfway through 2008, the number of female suicide bombers is 20. A suicide attack carried out by a woman on Sunday in Baquba killed at least 16 people and wounded another 40.

"Daughters of Iraq" is a spinoff of "Sons of Iraq," which employs Iraqi men to run checkpoints and is credited with taking much of the steam out of the insurgency.

The goal of the women's program is twofold: to protect against female suicide bombers, and to provide much-needed income to Iraqi women with few chances for employment.

In the town of Yusufiya, southwest of Baghdad, some 30 women are being trained to search other females at security checkpoints -- something men are forbidden to do under Iraqi cultural norms.

In mid-May, a female suicide bomber killed an Iraqi army officer in this town.
"When he came out to meet her to help her with a problem she was having, she detonated the vest and killed him and injured some of his soldiers," said Michael Starz, a U.S. Army captain.
The women will work two or three days a month, making up to $300, an Iraqi military officer explained to applicants. In a community, where families struggle to survive, that's good money. Watch how "Daughters of Iraq" works »

The women come from small farming communities. Many of them are widows with numerous children and almost no income.

Click here http://tinyurl.com/4xzg5h for full CNN story.

ATTN: FOX NEWS' BRIT HUME AND LAURA INGRAHAM: SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 2 AND INJURES 70 IN MOSUL

Both BRIT HUME and LAURA INGRAHAM of FOX NEWS are still singing about how well things are going in MOSUL, IRAQ while at the same time denying on Tuesday a suicide bomber killed two and injured 70 in MOSUL (see story below)

Also, the following incidents took place in MOSUL and were again somehow overlooked by BRIT HUME and LAURA INGRAHAM who kept bragging about how well things are going in MOSUL:

Mosul:#1: U.S. soldiers killed three people of the same family and arrested two other members in a raid on a house in western Mosul on Tuesday, police said. "The house raided by the U.S. forces was in al-Uraibi neighborhood, western Mosul. The raiding troops killed three and detained two, all members of the same family, without any apparent reason," the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq.

#2: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped four Mosul University students while heading for their final exams in the western part of the city on Tuesday, police said. "Unknown gunmen boarding two civilian vehicles kidnapped four University Mosul students, residents of al-Anbar province, in al-Shifaa neighborhood, western Mosul, on Tuesday," the source, who asked not to have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq. "The kidnappers released two of the four a short while later."

#3: Militants shot dead an off-duty police lieutenant studying law in the University of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, as he left the campus, police said.

#4: Police found the body of a tax department employee, who had been shot, in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

And the breaking news on Tuesday that BRIT HUME and LAURA INGRAHAM of FOX NEWS apparently missed in their "extensive research" on MOSUL, IRAQ was this:

Breaking News: Iraq: Suicide car bomber kills 2 people, wounds 70 in Mosul http://tinyurl.com/3q3h56

Breaking News: Iraq: Suicide car bomber kills 2 people, wounds 70 in Mosul

http://tinyurl.com/3q3h56 or this link http://www.gmanews.tv/story/103094/Iraq-Suicide-car-bomber-kills-2-people-wounds-70-in-Mosul

Even with ALL this documented evidence that things are not that "rosy" in MOSUL, IRAQ, both FOX NEWS BRIT HUME AND LAURA INGRAHAM continue to LIE, LIE, LIE to the Americian public through their respective shows, "FOX NEWS SPECIAL REPORT" and "FOX NEWS JUST IN."

CNN BREAKING NEWS: TWO U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN SADR CITY AND TWO AMERICAN CIVILIANS:VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN MOSUL AFTER "ROSY" REPORT BY BRIT HUME

U.S. Embassy staff, soldiers killed in Baghdad blast

One American soldier was killed and three more were wounded during a small arms attack just outside Baghdad in Madaen on Monday. One gunman was killed and an Iraqi interpreter was wounded. The soldiers were attending a local council meeting when a disgruntled official opened fire on them.

In Mosul, gunmen killed a policeman and a woman; two civilians were also wounded. A university student was killed in a drive-by shooting. An off-duty policeman was shot dead while at a market. Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded as they were trying to defuse a bomb. A bomb exploded near an army patrol, wounding an Iraqi soldier and five civilians. Also, two suspects were arrested and a weapons cache was confiscated.

The Mosul attacks came on the same day FOX NEWS' BRIT HUME ran a report on his "SPECIAL REPORT" claiming violence had been brought under control in MOSUL.

Story Highlights
Official: Civilians include U.S. State and Defense Department employees
Military says it caught fleeing suspect who "tested positive for explosive residue"
Blast comes day after gunmen kill local political leader in Baghdad Shiite enclave
U.S. military will transfer security responsibilities in Anbar province to Iraqi military

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An explosion rocked a municipal building Tuesday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, killing six Iraqis, two U.S. soldiers and two civilian U.S. Embassy employees, officials said.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/24/iraq.main/index.html

The U.S. military said troops detained a suspect in connection with the attack. The person was captured "fleeing the scene and tested positive for explosive residue," the military said.

The embassy official said the American civilians include "a direct hire civilian employee of the Department of State and a Department of Defense civilian employee."

The blast occurred during a meeting of the district advisory council in Sadr City, and U.S. troops were in the area, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The groups are neighborhood councils that assess local needs and pass on their assessments to the provincial government.

"We believe the target of the attack was a high-ranking [district advisory council] member as well as the U.S. soldiers," said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a U.S. military spokesman.

An Interior Ministry official said six Iraqis were killed and 10 were wounded in the attack, including the deputy head of the council -- who was seriously injured.

The U.S. military confirmed the deaths, saying an American-led coalition soldier and three council members also were wounded. There have been 4,106 U.S. service members killed since the Iraq war began.

The military blamed Iranian-backed militants that U.S. officials call Special Groups for Tuesday's attack.

"We believe the Special Groups criminals were upset that the DAC member was working with coalition forces to improve the quality of life for the southern Sadr City residents," Stover said.

The explosion follows a Pentagon report issued Monday that touted a sharp decrease in violence in Iraq in recent months.

Sadr City is the stronghold of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and has seen some of the capital's most intense fighting between Shiite militia members and security forces.

Al-Sadr recently announced his intention to develop a fighting force that would battle U.S.-led forces in Iraq.

A truce was reached last month between the government and al-Sadr's followers, ending weeks of fighting and allowing the Iraqi army to enter Sadr City, but violence persists.

Tuesday's blast comes after gunmen stormed the house of the head of Abu Dsheer City Council on Monday night and fatally shot him.

Mehdi Alwan was an al-Sadr supporter. Abu Dsheer is a Shiite enclave in southern Baghdad's predominantly Sunni Dora district.

NEW VIDEO: TV NETWORKS SPEND ONLY TWO MINUTES A WEEK ON IRAQ WAR: CBS' LARA LOGAN AND THE REAL NEWS NETWORKS' PEPE ESCOBAR REPORT

Iraq story buried by US networks

Major networks spend only 2 minutes per week on Iraq war coverage; Lara Logan of CBS joins critiqueIraq story buried by US networks

The Real News Network's Pepe Escobar and CBS' Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan are seen on this NEW video talking about how the television networks in the United States spend only TWO MINUTES A WEEK on the IRAQ WAR.

Watch VIDEO here: http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=1770