1227 GI's "officially" killed in Iraq and rising fast. Details below.

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11/22/04 Agencies: Violence Continues In Iraq
In Baghdad, insurgents attacked a U.S. convoy, setting fire to an armored vehicle. In the southern city of Al-Basrah, police said a former Ba'ath Party official and a policeman were killed by unknown assailants.
11/22/04 AP: Rocket kills five in residential Baghdad
A rocket has slammed into a residential district in the centre of Baghdad, injuring five people including a child. Heavy shooting erupted later around two hotels used by Western journalists and contractors.
11/22/04 Scotsman: Black Watch Soldiers 'Kill Suicide Bomber'
The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation after Black Watch soldiers shot dead a man they believed was a suicide bomber. as he drove a car at speed towards a checkpoint near the Black Watch’s base at Camp Dogwood.
11/22/04 The News Wire: Saddam lawyers mull war crimes suit against US
Lawyers for ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein announced that they were asking the International Court of Justice to prosecute the United States for war crimes, even though individuals are not allowed to petition the tribunal.
11/22/04 DeepikaGlobal: S Korea considers extending troop mission in Iraq
South Korea is strongly committed to helping rebuild Iraq and the government is seriously considering renewing the mandate for Seoul's 3,500 troops in the country expires in six weeks, Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said.
11/22/04 Gannett news: Crestliner recovering from injuries in Iraq
U.S. Army Spc. Thomas F. Pursley, 22, was hit by mortar fire, and lost a lot of blood after taking shrapnel in his buttock, leg and neck, his mother, Mary L. Pursley of Crestline, said Saturday.
11/22/04 UK & World News: UK troops trap hundreds of rebels
Hundreds of rebels holed up in the Iraqi Triangle Of Death have been cornered by British troops. The Black Watch and Queen's Dragoon Guards based at Camp Dogwood have trapped a "hornet's nest" of militants trying to flee the Fallujah battle-zone.
11/22/04 Hattiesburg American: Vermont troops begin training
Approximately 3,200 of the soldiers are from Tennessee; the remainder are from Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin part of the 278th Regimental Combat Team have completed five months of training at Camp Shelby and are deploying to Iraq
11/22/04 The Daily Post: Meigs Marine wounded in Iraq
Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Passolt of Meigs County was wounded on Nov. 10 during the battle to remove insurgents from Fallujah. He suffered a bullet wound which struck him in the back and passed on into his stomach and damaged areas of his small intestines
11/22/04 Home Town Channel: Fort Smith Soldier Wounded In Iraq Explosion
Spc. Craig Mitchell, 34, and three other soldiers were conducting a check of a Baghdad neighborhood last week, when they drove into an exploding land mine. He was left with sharp metal, glass and debris lodged in the left side of his face
11/22/04 AP: Former Mosul Police Chief Arrested for Aiding Insurgents
The former police chief of Mosul has been arrested for allegedly allowing insurgents to take over police stations during an uprising in the northern city. He was arrested Sunday in Irbil, where he fled after he was fired in the wake of the uprising.
11/22/04 Iraq Pipeline Watch: #163. November 22
blast at 9am on the 42 inch pipeline to Basra terminal stopped flow of oil through the pipeline.
11/22/04 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
Lance Cpl. Joseph T. Welke, 20, of Rapid City, S.D. ... died Nov. 20 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from wounds received as a result of enemy action on Nov 19 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
11/22/04 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
Cpl. Joseph J. Heredia, 22, of Santa Maria, Calif. ... died Nov. 20 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from wounds received as a result of enemy action on Nov 10 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
11/22/04 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
Lance Cpl. Michael A. Downey, 21, of Phoenix, Ariz. ... died Nov. 19 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from wounds received as a result of enemy action on Nov. 11 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
11/22/04 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
Lance Cpl. Demarkus D. Brown, 22, of Martinsville, Va. ... died Nov. 19, as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Brown was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
11/22/04 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
Cpl. Bradley T. Arms, 20, of Charlottesville, Va. ... died Nov. 19, as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Arms was assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve’s 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, headquartered in Baltimore, Md.
11/22/04 DOD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. Jack Bryant Jr., 23, of Dale City, Va., died Nov. 20 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military convoy followed by an enemy rocket-propelled grenade attack.
11/22/04 VNA: US withdraws 100 tanks from Republic of Korea
A US army officer in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on Sunday said that the US has begun to withdraw 100 M1A1 tanks from the border area with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and transfer them to Iraq.
11/22/04 Xinhuanet: Malnutrition rate among Iraqi children doubles
A study showed that the malnutrition rate among Iraqi children had doubled since the US-led war on Iraq 20 months ago, and showed that some 400,000 Iraqi children were suffering from emaciation characterized by chronic diarrhea and deprivation of protein.
11/22/04 Stars&Stripes: Wounded Iraqi troops fill Air Force hospital
Iraqi troops wounded as they fought alongside Americans in the Fallujah offensive are filling nearly half of the beds at the Air Force Hospital at Balad, worrying doctors about the availability of bed space should another tidal wave of patients arrive.
11/22/04 Reuters: Marines Hampered by Security Fears in Falluja
Marines were conducting painstaking weapons searches in the city of Falluja on Monday when they spotted a man with an AK-47 on a nearby rooftop. He could never stand up to what they were about to unleash. But he was enough to distract Marines......
11/22/04 AP: Iraqi Security Forces Find 12 Bodies
Iraqi security forces recovered 12 bodies, including five decapitated ones, from an area south of Baghdad, police said Monday. One was identified as a member of the Iraqi National Guard.
11/22/04 wkyc: Local soldier recovering in Iraq
A local soldier injured in Fallujah is recovering in a hospital in Iraq. Insurgents shot Staff Sergeant Jason Laser of Willard, Ohio during a raid. Laser was struck in the chest and neck body armor saved his life.
11/22/04 Iraq Pipeline Watch: #162
Iraqi security guards thwarted a sabotage attempt on a well in the Khubbaz oilfield, killing one assailant and wounding another.