Photo: A man collects body parts at the scene of a bomb attack at Ghazil pet market in Baghdad Nov. 23, 2007. A bomb hidden in a box containing birds killed 13 people and wounded 57 at a popular pet market in central Baghdad on Friday, Iraqi police said. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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The Australian Department of Defense is reporting the death of an Australian commando who died from small arms fire in Oruzgan Province on Friday, November 23rd. The identify the soldier as Private Luke Worsley, 26 years of age who was from Sydney. No other details were released. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the attack happened about 10 kilometres from Tarin Kowt, the capital of Oruzgan province when Australian special forces attacked a collection of mud-brick houses where insurgents were allegedly involved in making roadside bombs. No other Australian troops were killed or wounded.
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The Toledo Blade is reporting the death of a soldier who died in a military hospital in Germany on Thursday, November 22nd. According to the Sandusky Register the 33 year old Army Staff Sgt. Jon Martin was injured on Friday, November 9th when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle. According to his sister he was placed in a medical induced coma after his left leg was amputated and his spleen was removed. The explosion also left Martin with a broken left arm and pelvis and punctured lung. He was also placed on a ventilator and dialysis machine because his kidneys are failing, she said.
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Security incidents:
At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injuries, according to military and veterans records compiled by USA TODAY. The data, provided by the Army, Navy and Department of Veterans Affairs, show that about five times as many troops sustained brain trauma as the 4,471 officially listed by the Pentagon through Sept. 30. These cases also are not reflected in the Pentagon's official tally of wounded, which stands at 30,327.
Baghdad:
#1: A bomb exploded in a pet market in central Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens, Iraqi police said. The blast occurred just before 9 a.m. at the al-Ghazl market, shattering the festive atmosphere as people strolled past the animal stalls. At least 13 people were killed and nearly 60 wounded according to figures provided by police and hospital officials. The Ghazl market, where sellers peddle birds, dogs, cats, sheep, goats and exotic animals such as snakes and monkeys, has been targeted in the past.
#2: In other violence, a parked car bomb targeted a police patrol in Shurqat, 155 miles northwest of Baghdad, killing one officer and wounding 15 others, along with one civilian, authorities said.
#3: An Iraqi journalist and his wife colleague survived an assassination attempt by unidentified gunmen in the central Baghdad neighborhood of al-Karrada on Thursday night, an Iraqi journalists advocacy group said on Friday. Iraqi journalists Abdul-Wahid Te'ma and his wife So'dad al-Salihi, both correspondents for the London-based al-Hayat newspaper in Baghdad, were targets for an assassination attempt by unidentified gunmen who opened fire at them while getting into their vehicle in al-Karrada," Ibrahim al-Siraji, the chairman of the Iraqi Association to Protect Journalists, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq
Kut:
#1: Eight decomposed bodies were delivered to the main hospital in Kut over the past three days, a hospital source said.
#2: Gunmen on a motorbike killed a doctor who was working with the U.S. military in Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, on Thursday, police said.
Najaf:
#1: Unidentified gunmen killed a civilian and a legal coordinator for the U.S. consulate in Iraq, a police source in Najaf said on Friday. "Unidentified gunmen killed Abdul-Wahab Jabr Halloub, a former member of the dissolved Baath Party, near his house in the district of al-Kufa, (10 km) eastern Najaf, on Friday noon," the source, who did not want his name mentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq
#2: the same source said an anti-terrorism police officer in the rank of captain survived an attempt on his life when gunmen opened fire at him on Thursday night in front of his house in Kufa district. The officer was slightly wounded in the shoulder, he said, adding the gunmen then escaped to an unknown place.
Nassiriya:
#1: Gunmen kidnapped the manager of a grain company in Dhi Qar province on the road between Nassiriya and Basra, 375 km (235 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.
Balad:
#1: Friday morning, a roadside bomb targeted a police commando’s car in Balad (70 km north of Baghdad) injuring 4 policemen (including a police officer).
Jurf Al Sakhar:
#1: A parked car bomb near the Atta Allah mosque killed two worshippers and wounded two others in Jurf Al Sakhar, 85 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
Dhuluiya:
#1: Three bodies with gunshot wounds and showing signs of torture were pulled from the Tigris river in Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
Shurqat:
#1: a parked car bomb targeted a police patrol in Shurqat, 155 miles northwest of Baghdad, killing one officer and wounding 15 others, along with one civilian, authorities said.
Mosul:
#1: a suicide car bomber struck a police checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul, killing three policemen and 10 civilians, police Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Wakaa said. The 1:30 p.m. explosion also left 10 cars charred.
#2: A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed two policemen and wounded 11 others in southeastern Mosul, police said.
Afghanistan:
#1: AN AUSTRALIAN commando died in an attack on a bomb-making centre yesterday - the third soldier killed in Afghanistan in less than two months. The battle that claimed Private Worsley's life began early yesterday when Australian special forces attacked a collection of mud-brick houses where insurgents were allegedly involved in making roadside bombs about 10 kilometres from Tarin Kowt, the capital of Oruzgan province.
#2: Police officials in southern Afghanistan report Taliban militants have overrun police checkpoints outside a town near Kandahar, killing seven officers. A purported Taliban commander claims the officers were beheaded. At least six other Afghan police officers are missing.
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