98 deaths in October - fourth-deadliest month for American forces since the war began

98 deaths in October - fourth-deadliest month for American forces since the war began

IRAQ DIGEST
Copyright © 2006, Chicago Tribune
Published October 29, 2006


U.S. DEATH: The U.S. military on Saturday reported the combat death of a Marine in Anbar province, raising to 98 the number of U.S. personnel killed this month, the fourth-deadliest month for American forces since the war began.

BAGHDAD REIGNITES: One person was killed and 35 wounded when a rocket hit an outdoor market in Baghdad's southern neighborhood of Dora, and a bomb in a mini-bus killed a second person and wounded nine in an eastern district, police said. The attacks broke a five-day relative calm after the end of Ramadan.

BODIES DUMPED: Police found 10 bodies of victims of apparent sectarian violence--seven across Baghdad and three in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of the capital.

CAPTURED: The Iraqi army captured a man thought to be the cameraman for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the slain leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, according to the Defense Ministry, which did not say when the man was detained. Khalid al-Hayani was captured in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad.