Monday, February 13, 2006
News RhetIraq: Afghanistan vs. Iraq (5 Feb - 12 Feb)
Source: The Independent UK
Quotes: From a portion of article titled, "Into the valley of death: UK troops head into Afghan war zone"
... 89 killings in the last eight days in Afghanistan compared with 54 in Iraq during the same period.
Two invasions, two insurgencies
Sunday 5 February
Afghanistan: 38 people killed in Kandahar province as Afghan and US forces fight about 200 insurgents. Six Afghan policemen are later killed in a landmine attack. A Taliban commander is killed. Total dead: 45
In Iraq, six people were killed, including two US soldiers in a roadside bomb attack. Total dead: 6
Monday 6 February
Afghanistan: Four Afghans killed in protests against cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed. One US Marine and a suspected insurgent are killed in eastern Afghanistan. Total dead: 6
In Iraq, six people killed, including a US Marine in a bombing in Anbar. Total dead: 6
Tuesday 7 February
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber drives a motorbike packed with explosives into police headquarters in Kandahar, killing 13. Four protesters killed trying to storm a Nato base in north-western town of Maymana. Roadside bomb kills three. Total dead: 20
In Iraq, 12 people killed, including a Sunni community leader in Fallujah and four US Marines in two bombings in Anbar. Total dead: 12
Wednesday 8 February
Afghanistan: Three more killed protesting against the cartoons in southern town of Qalat. Total dead 3
Iraq: Five Iraqis killed in suicide car bomb attack on US-Iraqi checkpoint near the Syrian border. Total dead: 5
Thursday 9 February
Afghanistan: Hundreds clash during sectarian violence in the western city of Herat as Shia mark the festival of Ashura, leaving at least five dead and 51 wounded. Total dead: 5
In Iraq, a police colonel is killed in Ramadi. Total dead: 1
Friday, 10 February
Afghanistan: Eight Afghan soldiers killed in a roadside bomb attack in Kunar province on the border with Pakistan. Taliban rebels purportedly urge Muslims in the east to rally against the government and coalition forces over the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohamed. Total dead: 8
In Iraq, at least nine people are killed in a car bomb attack on a mosque in Baghdad. Two US soldiers are killed in a roadside bombing. Two police officers are killed. Total dead: 13
Saturday 11 February
Afghanistan: Cross-border firing from the eastern Khost province hits the tent of a nomad family in Pakistan, killing two women and injuring at least four children, according to Pakistani officials, who said the four rockets and shells were apparently fired by US forces fighting militants. Two Nepalis working for a foreign security company kidnapped in the capital Kabul. Total dead: 2
In Iraq, six militants killed by US helicopter fire. Iraqi officer assassinated and another killed by bomb. Civilian killed in Balad. Total dead: 9
Sunday 12 February
Afghanistan: A 150-strong team of Royal Marines commandos make final preparations for their deployment to Afghanistan today. They are the first combat troops to be deployed after Britain pledged more than 3,000 troops as part of a Nato expansion in the country.
In Iraq, a doctor is shot dead in attack on a hospital in Hawija. Two civilians are killed in a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad. Total dead: 3
Quotes: From a portion of article titled, "Into the valley of death: UK troops head into Afghan war zone"
... 89 killings in the last eight days in Afghanistan compared with 54 in Iraq during the same period.
Two invasions, two insurgencies
Sunday 5 February
Afghanistan: 38 people killed in Kandahar province as Afghan and US forces fight about 200 insurgents. Six Afghan policemen are later killed in a landmine attack. A Taliban commander is killed. Total dead: 45
In Iraq, six people were killed, including two US soldiers in a roadside bomb attack. Total dead: 6
Monday 6 February
Afghanistan: Four Afghans killed in protests against cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed. One US Marine and a suspected insurgent are killed in eastern Afghanistan. Total dead: 6
In Iraq, six people killed, including a US Marine in a bombing in Anbar. Total dead: 6
Tuesday 7 February
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber drives a motorbike packed with explosives into police headquarters in Kandahar, killing 13. Four protesters killed trying to storm a Nato base in north-western town of Maymana. Roadside bomb kills three. Total dead: 20
In Iraq, 12 people killed, including a Sunni community leader in Fallujah and four US Marines in two bombings in Anbar. Total dead: 12
Wednesday 8 February
Afghanistan: Three more killed protesting against the cartoons in southern town of Qalat. Total dead 3
Iraq: Five Iraqis killed in suicide car bomb attack on US-Iraqi checkpoint near the Syrian border. Total dead: 5
Thursday 9 February
Afghanistan: Hundreds clash during sectarian violence in the western city of Herat as Shia mark the festival of Ashura, leaving at least five dead and 51 wounded. Total dead: 5
In Iraq, a police colonel is killed in Ramadi. Total dead: 1
Friday, 10 February
Afghanistan: Eight Afghan soldiers killed in a roadside bomb attack in Kunar province on the border with Pakistan. Taliban rebels purportedly urge Muslims in the east to rally against the government and coalition forces over the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohamed. Total dead: 8
In Iraq, at least nine people are killed in a car bomb attack on a mosque in Baghdad. Two US soldiers are killed in a roadside bombing. Two police officers are killed. Total dead: 13
Saturday 11 February
Afghanistan: Cross-border firing from the eastern Khost province hits the tent of a nomad family in Pakistan, killing two women and injuring at least four children, according to Pakistani officials, who said the four rockets and shells were apparently fired by US forces fighting militants. Two Nepalis working for a foreign security company kidnapped in the capital Kabul. Total dead: 2
In Iraq, six militants killed by US helicopter fire. Iraqi officer assassinated and another killed by bomb. Civilian killed in Balad. Total dead: 9
Sunday 12 February
Afghanistan: A 150-strong team of Royal Marines commandos make final preparations for their deployment to Afghanistan today. They are the first combat troops to be deployed after Britain pledged more than 3,000 troops as part of a Nato expansion in the country.
In Iraq, a doctor is shot dead in attack on a hospital in Hawija. Two civilians are killed in a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad. Total dead: 3
