Pacific Views

Last Week's Flypaper Report

During the week of Sunday, July 24 to Saturday, July 30, 21 U.S. soldiers and two kidnapped Algerian diplomats died in Iraq. News agencies reported the deaths of at least 196 Iraqis in conflict related incidents over the same week.

Iraqi deaths are based on daily Reuters security incident reports as well as updates from other media outlets when death tolls are later revised upwards for certain incidents.