75 U.S. Troops killed so far in October

10/20/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 3)
Pfc. Nathan J. Frigo, 23, of Kokomo, Ind…assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment…died Oct. 17 in Baqubah, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle.
10/20/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 2)
Sgt. Norman R. Taylor III, 21, of Blythe, Calif…assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment…died Oct. 17 in Baqubah, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle.
10/20/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 1)
Staff Sgt. Ryan E. Haupt, 24, of Phoenix, Ariz…assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment…died Oct. 17 in Baqubah, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle.
10/20/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 4)
Spc. Joseph C. Dumas Jr., 25, of New Orleans…..died Oct. 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle…assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment…
10/20/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 3)
Cpl. Russell G. Culbertson III, 22, of Amity, Pa….died Oct. 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle…assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment…
10/20/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 2)
Cpl. David M. Unger, 21, of Leavenworth, Kan…died Oct. 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle…assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment…
10/20/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualties
2nd Lt. Christopher E. Loudon, 23, of Brockport, Pa…died Oct. 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle…assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment…
10/20/06 MNF: MND-B Soldier killed by roadside bomb
A Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 2:37 a.m. today when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by an improvised-explosive device in southwest Baghdad.
10/20/06 CBS: Three wounded by IED that killed Pennsylvania Soldier
Spc. Ryan Griffin, 39, of Pittsburgh; Spc. Robert Kaminski, 26, of Allison Park; and Pvt. Joshua Humberger, 20, of Grapeville…Spc. Kaminski suffered very serious injuries. Griffin and Humberger both suffered serious injuries.
10/20/06 AFP: Troops on standby to back Iraqi forces in Amara
British troops are on standby to help Iraqi forces in the southern city of Amara, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London has said, after street battles there left 18 people dead.
10/20/06 AP: Leavenworth Soldier Dies In Iraq
The Pentagon has not released the official details of Army Cpl. David Unger’s death. His mother, Diana Pitts, said Unger was killed Tuesday when his Humvee was blown up by a homemade bomb. Four others also died.
10/20/06 WaPo: Iraq Aims to Limit Mortality Data
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s office has instructed the country’s health ministry to stop providing mortality figures to the United Nations, jeopardizing a key source of information on the number of civilian war dead in Iraq
10/20/06 AP: 914,000 Have Fled Homes in Iraq, U.N. Refugee Agency Says
At least 914,000 Iraqis have fled their homes since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, more than a third since an increase in sectarian bloodshed at the start of this year, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.
10/20/06 sundaytimes: Inmate dies at US-run jail in Iraq
A detainee has died this month at the US-run Camp Bucca detention facility in southern Iraq of what appears to be natural causes, the US military reported.
10/20/06 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. 1st Class Daniel A. Brozovich, 42, of Greenville, Pa., died Oct. 18 in Ashraf, Iraq, from injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Armored Security Vehicle while on combat patrol.
10/20/06 AP: Shiite militia seizes control of southern Iraq’s Amarah
The Shiite militia run by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr seized control of the southern Iraqi city of Amarah on Friday in one of the boldest acts of defiance yet by the country’s powerful, unofficial armies, witnesses and police said.
10/20/06 AP: Violence in Iraq Underlines Militia Menace
Spreading sectarian bloodshed and the virtual takeover by Shiite militiamen of a major southern Iraqi city this week are lending new urgency to calls for disbanding militias. But the political power and deep community roots of some armed…
10/20/06 CSM: Iraq’s violence heading toward two-year high
Insurgents have used the Muslim holy month Ramadan, when dawn-to-dusk fasting marks the revelation of the Koran to the prophet Muhammad, to incite one of the most violent months since the start of the Iraq war.
10/20/06 Reuters: Mortar fire kills 9 in Balad
Nine people were killed on Thursday when 15 mortars hit the Shi’ite city of Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, and militias attacked two nearby Sunni villages, police said on Friday.
10/20/06 Reuters: Gunmen kill one worker, wound three others near Baiji
Gunmen killed one worker and wounded three others working for the U.S. base near the oil refinery city of Baiji, police said.
10/20/06 Reuters: Senior leader in the Mehdi Army militia arrested in Hindiya
A senior leader in the Mehdi Army militia was arrested with three of his brothers when a joint U.S. and Iraqi force raided his house in the town of Hindiya, just north of the city of Kerbala
10/20/06 Reuters: Gunmen attack several police stations in Amara
Gunmen with RPGs and AK47s attacked several police stations in Amara in southern Iraq on Thursday in serious clashes involving “rogue elements of militias,” a British Army spokesman said.
10/20/06 Reuters: Former police chief killed in Falluja,
A former police chief, Brigadier Sabar al-Janabi, was killed in front of his home in Falluja, west of Baghdad, on Thursday, police said. He had been detained by U.S. forces and released two weeks ago.
10/20/06 MNF: Suspects apprehended after attack that killed two Iraqi soldiers
Coalition Forces apprehended seven suspected terrorists Oct. 19 associated with a VBIED attack on the Khaldiyah Bridge in Habbaniyah that killed two Iraqi soldiers, wounded two other Iraqi soldiers and four civilians the day prior.