Is this Bush's so-called surge "progress"?

http://icasualties.org/oif/

08/16/07 LATimes: Shiite militia infiltrates Iraqi force

Abu Mohammed is a policeman by day, patrolling the Shiite Muslim

district of Sadr City. Come sundown, however, Abu Mohammed commands a

platoon of Jaish al Mahdi, or the Mahdi Army, a Shiite militia

associated with radical cleric Muqtada Sadr...

08/16/07 Reuters: Car bomb kills 2 wounds 33 in Kirkuk

Two people were killed and 33 wounded by two car bombs in a crowded

market in a Kurdish area of the northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday,

police Brigadier-General Sarhet Qadir said. Police had originally put

the death toll at five.

08/16/07 Reuters: Car bomb kills 9 wounds 17 in central Baghdad

Nine people were killed and 17 wounded by a car bomb near al-Russafi

Square in central Baghdad, police said. At least 15 cars were set

ablaze...Three people were wounded by a roadside bomb near al-Zewraa

Park in west central Baghdad, police said.

08/16/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill Fadhila Party official in Diwaniya

Gunmen killed Sheikh Nadhim al-Bdairi, a Fadhila Party official in

Diwaniya, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, in a drive-by shooting

on Wednesday, police said.

08/16/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 4 policemen in Kirkuk

Four policemen were wounded by a roadside bomb in southern Kirkuk,

police said. Another two policemen were wounded by a second roadside

bomb in central Kirkuk.

08/16/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 5 civilians in eastern Baghdad

Five civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a U.S.

patrol in the eastern Zayouna district of Baghdad, police said.

08/16/07 MNF: MND-B Soldiers attacked during combat operations - 2

killed

Two Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers were killed during combat

operations in an area north of the Iraqi capital Aug. 15. Six other

Soldiers were wounded in the attack.

08/15/07 MCT: 15 bodies found in Baghdad

15 unidentified bodies were found by Iraqi Police in Baghdad today. 1

in Nidhal St. downtown Baghdad; 1 in New Baghdad, east Baghdad; 1 in

Adhemiya, north Baghdad; 2 in Sadr City, north east Baghdad; 4 in

Bayaa, west Baghdad...

08/15/07 MCT: Policeman killed in Fallujah

1 policeman shot dead by sniper at the checkpoint in al-Shuhadaa

district, south Fallujah.

08/15/07 MCT: Death toll from Iraq bombings may reach 500

Officials said Wednesday that as many as 500 people probably died in a

series of coordinated truck bombings that devastated two northern

Iraqi villages Tuesday and set a record for mass carnage in war-torn

Iraq.

08/15/07 foxreno: Fighting Continues To Rage In Fallujah

A series of explosions and gunfire rocked Fallujah on Wednesday in new

fighting. the day after a heavy battle in which U.S. warplanes and

artillery pounded the city in a show of force against Sunni insurgents

holed up in a slum.

08/15/07 AP: Army Suicides Highest in 26 Years

Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26

years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and

Afghanistan...The report...found there were 99 confirmed suicides

among active duty soldiers during 2006...

08/15/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty

Staff Sgt. Alicia A. Birchett, 29, of Mashpee, Mass., died Aug. 9 in

Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related accident

Aug. 8 in Baghdad. She was assigned to the 887th Engineer Company,

326th Engineer Battalion...

08/15/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill 1 person, wound another in Madaen

Gunmen killed one person and wounded another in Madaen, 45 km (25

miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

08/15/07 Reuters: Sniper kills 2 people in central Baghdad

A sniper killed two people on al-Kifah street in central Baghdad,

police said.

08/15/07 Reuters: 3 police commandos killed in Baghdad's Doura

district

Insurgents killed three police commandos and wounded two others in

Baghdad's Doura district, police said.

08/15/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill member of a security coordination centre

in Najaf

A gunman on a motor bike killed a member of a joint Iraqi and U.S.

security coordination centre in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of

Baghdad, on Tuesday, police said.

08/15/07 Reuters: 1 person injured, 2 wounded by IED in Kirkuk

A roadside bomb killed one person and wounded two others between Daquq

and Kirkuk, 250 km (165 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

08/15/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty

Pfc. Shawn D. Hensel, 20, of Logansport, Ind., died Aug. 14 in

Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds during an enemy attack. He was assigned to

the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry

Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis...

08/15/07 Reuters: Two car bombs kill 5 in fresh Iraq attack

Two car bombs have struck a crowded market in a Kurdish area in the

northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing five people and wounding 30.

The city has been the scene of power struggles between Sunni Arab

residents and Kurds.

08/15/07 AP: Indiana Soldier Killed In Iraq Crossfire

Army representatives told the family of Pfc. Shawn Hensel...The

Department of Defense had not released information about Hensel's

death as of Wednesday morning.

08/15/07 Reuters: Suicide car bomber kills 2, wounds 7 in Hilla

At least two people were killed and seven wounded when a suicide car

bomber attacked a judge's house in Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of

Baghdad, police said.

08/15/07 Reuters: 1 killed, 13 wounded in clashes in Buhriz

At least resident was killed and 13 wounded in clashes between

insurgent gunmen and Iraqi security forces in Buhriz, 60 km (35 miles)

northeast of Baghdad, police said. They said seven insurgents were

also killed.

08/15/07 Reuters: Suicide car bomb kills policeman in Mosul

A suicide car bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol killed one

policeman and wounded four others in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles ) north

of Baghdad, police said.

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The monthly U.S. death toll through August 15 is 43

3,701 American troops are dead, 27,409 have been wounded, over

655,000 innocent Iraqis are dead and wounded

Harry