The Count
By Joe Piasecki 08/20/2008
15 members of the American military have died so far this month in Iraq and two Iraq veterans have committed suicide, reported Editor & Publisher’s Greg Mitchell (pictured) for The Huffington Post.
86,658 is the minimum number of deaths due to violence in Iraq — 11 of them Monday, including a father and son shot in their car by US forces, according to Iraq Body Count.
10,548 registered archaeological sites in Iraq have been subject to or at risk of widespread looting during the war, reported USA Today.
2,000 stolen historic items, some dating as far back as 7000 BC, have been returned to Iraq by Jordanian officials, according to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
59th was how Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussein, who had dodged Baghdad sniper fire as she practiced in donated track shoes, finished in the Olympic 100-meter dash,
AP reported.
– Compiled by Joe Piasecki
86,658 is the minimum number of deaths due to violence in Iraq — 11 of them Monday, including a father and son shot in their car by US forces, according to Iraq Body Count.
10,548 registered archaeological sites in Iraq have been subject to or at risk of widespread looting during the war, reported USA Today.
2,000 stolen historic items, some dating as far back as 7000 BC, have been returned to Iraq by Jordanian officials, according to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
59th was how Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussein, who had dodged Baghdad sniper fire as she practiced in donated track shoes, finished in the Olympic 100-meter dash,
AP reported.
– Compiled by Joe Piasecki
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