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51 US DEATHS IN APRIL IN IRAQ. WE HAVE LIST OF NAMES, HOMETOWNS, WHERE AND CAUSE OF DEATH

Wed, 1 May 2008 06:39:00 GMT

posted by CORKSPHERE

The official Department of Defense casualty figures for the month of April have been released and 51 US servicemen were killed during the month. Some of the names have yet to be confirmed pending contact with next of kin. The rest of the soliders and Marines killed in the month of April are listed by name and date of death with the province where they were killed and cause of death.

You can click on the names in "BLUE" to obtain more details of each death.

Total Name Place of Death - Province Cause of Death
30-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Ninawa Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad (southern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad (southern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad (northern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
29-Apr-2008
2
US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad (northeastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
28-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist David P. McCormick
Baghdad (western part)
Hostile - hostile fire - Rocket fire

US
Private 1st Class Adam L. Marion
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire

US
Sergeant Marcus C. Mathes
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire

US
Sergeant Mark A. Stone
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire
27-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Private 1st Class William T. Dix
Camp Buehring
Non-hostile
24-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Staff Sergeant Shaun J. Whitehead
Iskandariyah - Babil
Hostile - hostile fire - IED, small arms fire
23-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Sergeant Guadalupe Cervantes Ramirez
Camp Arifjan
Non-hostile - vehicle accident

US
Private 1st Class John T. Bishop
Golden Hills - Salah Ad Din
Non-hostile - vehicle rollover

US
1st Lieutenant Timothy W. Cunningham
Golden Hills - Salah Ad Din
Non-hostile - vehicle rollover

US
Staff Sergeant Ronald C. Blystone
Baghdad (eastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
22-Apr-2008
3
US: 3 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Private Ronald R. Harrison
FOB Falcon (nr. Baghdad)
Non-hostile - injury

US
Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter
Ramadi (near) - Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)

US
Corporal Jonathan T. Yale
Ramadi (near) - Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)
21-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Airman Apprentice Adrian M. Campos
Dubai -
Non-hostile

US
1st Lieutenant Matthew R. Vandergrift
Basra - Basrah
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Steven J. Christofferson
Baiji - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Adam J. Kohlhaas
Baiji - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
20-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Petty Officer 1st Class Cherie L. Morton
Galali, Muharraq
Non-hostile
18-Apr-2008
2
US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist Benjamin K. Brosh
Balad - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)

US
Specialist Lance O. Eakes
Baghdad (north of)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
17-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Staff Sergeant Jason L. Brown
Sama Village
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, grenade
14-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist Arturo Huerta-Cruz
Tuz - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Joseph A. Richard III
Baghdad (northeastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Corporal Richard J. Nelson
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Lance Corporal Dean D. Opicka
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
12-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist William E. Allmon
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
09-Apr-2008
5
US: 5 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Technical Sergeant Anthony L. Capra
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Jeremiah C. Hughes
Baghdad
Non-hostile - injury

US
Sergeant Jesse A. Ault
Tunis (died in Baghdad) - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Shaun P. Tousha
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Jacob J. Fairbanks
Baghdad
Non-hostile - suicide
08-Apr-2008
2
US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Staff Sergeant Jeffery L. Hartley
Kharguliah - Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Major Mark E. Rosenberg
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
07-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Sergeant Timothy M. Smith
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Michael T. Lilly
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack

US
Specialist Jason C. Kazarick
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack

US
Sergeant Richard A. Vaughn
Baghdad (eastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
06-Apr-2008
7
US: 7 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Staff Sergeant Jeremiah E. McNeal
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Staff Sergeant Emanuel Pickett
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Private 1st Class Shane D. Penley
Rustamiyah - Baghdad
Non-hostile

US
Colonel Stephen K. Scott
Baghdad (Green Zone)
Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack

US
Major Stuart A. Wolfer
Baghdad (Green Zone)
Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack

US
Captain Ulises Burgos-Cruz
Diyala Province (Died in Balad)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Matthew T. Morris
Diyala Province (Died in Balad)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
03-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Staff Sergeant Travis L. Griffin
Baghdad (near)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Total for April, 2008
51 US deaths
US: 51 UK: 0 Other: 0

NAMES, HOMETOWNS, CAUSE OF DEATH OF 10 GIS IN IRAQ IN MAY

Thu, 9 May 2008 07:31:00 GMT

posted by CORKSPHERE

The names, hometowns and cause of death of ten American soliders in Iraq have been released to the media by the Department of Defense.

Date
Total
Name
Place of Death - Province
Cause of Death
06-May-2008
2
US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Ninewah Province
Hostile - hostile fire
02-May-2008
3
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 2

GE
Lieutenant Giorgi Margiev
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

GE
Corporal Zura Gvenetadze
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Private Corey L. Hicks
Baghdad (eastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
01-May-2008
5
US: 5 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Lance Corporal Casey L. Casanova
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Corporal Miguel A. Guzman
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Lance Corporal James F. Kimple
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Glen E. Martinez
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Jeffrey F. Nichols
Baghdad (central)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)
Total
10
US: 8 UK: 0 Other: 2

8 US FATALITIES IN FIRST TWO DAYS OF MAY IN IRAQ: NAMES AND HOMETOWNS OF SOME

Sat, 4 May 2008 18:12:00 GMT

posted by CORKSPHERE

We have the latest list of US fatalities in Iraq. The names and hometowns of some of the GIs who have died can be read in more depth by clicking on the "blue" in their names.

Date
Total
Name
Place of Death - Province
Cause of Death

02-May-2008
3
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 2

GE
Lieutenant Giorgi Margiev
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

GE
Corporal Zura Gvenetadze
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad (eastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
01-May-2008
5
US: 5 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Jeffrey F. Nichols
Baghdad (central)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)
Total
8
US: 6 UK: 0 Other: 2

NAMES, HOMETOWNS, PLACE OF DEATH, CAUSE OF DEATH FOR 51 GIS KILLED IN IRAQ IN APRIL

Wed, 1 May 2008 07:37:00 GMT

posted by CORKSPHERE
51 US DEATHS IN APRIL IN IRAQ. WE HAVE LIST OF NAMES, HOMETOWNS, WHERE AND CAUSE OF DEATH

The official Department of Defense casualty figures for the month of April have been released and 51 US servicemen were killed during the month. Some of the names have yet to be confirmed pending contact with next of kin. The rest of the soliders and Marines killed in the month of April are listed by name and date of death with the province where they were killed and cause of death. You can click on the names in "BLUE" to obtain more details of each death.

Total Name Place of Death - Province Cause of Death 30-Apr-2008 4 US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Ninawa Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (southern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (southern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (northern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 29-Apr-2008 2 US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (northeastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 28-Apr-2008 4 US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Specialist David P. McCormick Baghdad (western part) Hostile - hostile fire -

Rocket fire US Private 1st Class Adam L. Marion Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire

US Sergeant Marcus C. Mathes Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire

US Sergeant Mark A. Stone Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire 27-Apr-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Private 1st Class William T. Dix Camp Buehring Non-hostile 24-Apr-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Staff Sergeant Shaun J. Whitehead Iskandariyah - Babil Hostile - hostile fire - IED, small arms fire 23-Apr-2008 4 US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Sergeant Guadalupe Cervantes Ramirez Camp Arifjan Non-hostile - vehicle accident

US Private 1st Class John T. Bishop Golden Hills - Salah Ad Din Non-hostile - vehicle rollover

US 1st Lieutenant Timothy W. Cunningham Golden Hills - Salah Ad Din Non-hostile - vehicle rollover

US Staff Sergeant Ronald C. Blystone Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire 22-Apr-2008 3 US: 3 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Private Ronald R. Harrison FOB Falcon (nr. Baghdad) Non-hostile - injury

US Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter Ramadi (near) - Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)

US Corporal Jonathan T. Yale Ramadi (near) - Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED) 21-Apr-2008 4 US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Airman Apprentice Adrian M. Campos Dubai - Non-hostile

US 1st Lieutenant Matthew R. Vandergrift Basra - Basrah Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Specialist Steven J. Christofferson Baiji - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Sergeant Adam J. Kohlhaas Baiji - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 20-Apr-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Petty Officer 1st Class Cherie L. Morton Galali, Muharraq Non-hostile 18-Apr-2008 2 US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Specialist Benjamin K. Brosh Balad - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)

US Specialist Lance O. Eakes Baghdad (north of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 17-Apr-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Staff Sergeant Jason L. Brown Sama Village Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, grenade 14-Apr-2008 4 US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Specialist Arturo Huerta-Cruz Tuz - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Sergeant Joseph A. Richard III Baghdad (northeastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Corporal Richard J. Nelson Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Lance Corporal Dean D. Opicka Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 12-Apr-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Specialist William E. Allmon Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 09-Apr-2008 5

US: 5 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Technical Sergeant Anthony L. Capra Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Specialist Jeremiah C. Hughes Baghdad Non-hostile - injury

US Sergeant Jesse A. Ault Tunis (died in Baghdad) - Salah Ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Sergeant Shaun P. Tousha Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Specialist Jacob J. Fairbanks Baghdad Non-hostile - suicide 08-Apr-2008 2 US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Staff Sergeant Jeffery L. Hartley Kharguliah - Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Major Mark E. Rosenberg Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 07-Apr-2008 4 US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Sergeant Timothy M. Smith Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Sergeant Michael T. Lilly Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack

US Specialist Jason C. Kazarick Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack

US Sergeant Richard A. Vaughn Baghdad (eastern part) Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire 06-Apr-2008 7 US: 7 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Staff Sergeant Jeremiah E. McNeal Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Staff Sergeant Emanuel Pickett Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Private 1st Class Shane D. Penley Rustamiyah - Baghdad Non-hostile

US Colonel Stephen K. Scott Baghdad (Green Zone) Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack

US Major Stuart A. Wolfer Baghdad (Green Zone) Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack

US Captain Ulises Burgos-Cruz Diyala Province (Died in Balad) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US Specialist Matthew T. Morris Diyala Province (Died in Balad) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack 03-Apr-2008 1 US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US Staff Sergeant Travis L. Griffin Baghdad (near) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Total 51 US: 51 UK: 0 Other: 0

SHOCKING REPORT: US PAYING ALLIES TO FIGHT THE WAR

Sun, 2 Jun 2008 05:56:00 GMT

posted by CORKSPHERE

NEW DELHI: The tale of massive fraud and embezzlement of millions of dollars by the US military in its operations in Iraq continues.

By Subodh Varma - TNN
http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/us-paying-allies-to-fight-war-in-iraq/3673/

Testifying before the US Congress Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on 22 May, Mary Ugone, deputy inspector general of accounts in the Pentagon said that an audit of $8.2 billion spending related to the Iraq war showed that $7.8 billion had been improperly spent.
Over 180,000 payments, mostly since the war started in 2003, were made by the defense department to contractors for everything from bottled water to vehicles to transportation services.

In her testimony, Ugone also revealed that $135 million were given to forces from three countries UK, South Korea and Poland to facilitate their participation in the war. This is the first time that the US has officially admitted paying its allies in the so-called Coalition of the Willing that invaded Iraq in March 2003.

In his opening statement, Henry Waxman, chairman of the committee, said that wounded soldiers are getting notices from the Pentagon to return signing bonuses with interest since they had not completed the full term. “There is something very wrong when our wounded troops have to fill out forms in triplicate for meal money while billions of dollars in cash are handed out in Iraq with no accountability,” he said.

In an earlier report released in November 2007, the Inspector General had concluded that the Defense Department couldn’t properly account for over $5 billion in taxpayer funds spent in support of the Iraq Security Forces. It said that thousands of weapons, including assault rifles, machine guns, and rocket-propelled grenade launchers were unaccounted for, and millions of dollars had been squandered on construction projects that did not exist.

Ugones testimony gave detailed examples of the bizarre manner in which US defense officials doled out huge amounts of money without recording where it was going. In one case a sum of $320 million was paid an Iraqi official for paying salaries with only an incompletely filled voucher signed by one official. Since no details of the spending plan were attached as required by Pentagon rules the auditors have no clue as to where the money went. This payment was made from assets seized from Iraq.

Auditors found that the Pentagon gave away $1.8 billion from seized Iraqi assets. There were 53 vouchers noting these payments but not even one adequately explained where the money went.

In another instance, two vouchers, one for $5 million and the other for $2.7 million showed payments to a vendor for goods and services provided except that there were no details of what goods or services were actually delivered.

Over $2.7 billion was spent on providing equipment and services to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). The auditors found that $2 billion of this was not properly accounted for.

For example, 31 heavy tracked recovery vehicles costing $10.2 million were given to the ISF, but 18 of them could not be traced because identification numbers were not recorded.