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AUGUST 1
Kirkuk — A soldier was killed when his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)
Shumayt — A soldier was killed and three injured when their convoy was hit by an RPG
AUGUST 6
Baghdad — Two soldiers were killed when the occupants of an Iraqi vehicle opened fire
AUGUST 7
Baghdad — A car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian embassy, killing 19 and wounding dozens
A soldier on guard duty was shot and killed by sniper fire
AUGUST 10
Ba'qubah — One soldier was killed and two others wounded when a suspicious package they were inspecting exploded
AUGUST 12
Ramadi — One soldier was killed and two others wounded when their convoy hit three improvised bombs
Taji — A bomb killed one soldier and wounded two others
AUGUST 13
Dawr — One soldier died and another was injured after their armored personnel vehicle hit an explosive device
AUGUST 15
Pipeline near Ba'iji — An explosion shut down a recently reopened northern export-oil pipeline to Turkey. A day later it was bombed again
AUGUST 16
Baghdad — Guerrillas fired mortars at the Abu Ghurayb prison killing six Iraqi inmates and wounding almost 60
Ba'qubah — A soldier was wounded when a military convoy came under small-arms fire and a bomb attack
AUGUST 17
Baghdad — Two men on a motorcycle unloaded an explosive device at an exposed water main. The explosion left 300,000 homes without running water
AUGUST 18
Baghdad — A soldier was killed by explosives
A soldier was killed while driving on the road from the airport
AUGUST 19
Baghdad — A truck packed with explosives ripped through U.N. headquarters, killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 100
AUGUST 20
Baghdad — One soldier was killed and two wounded by a bomb
Diwaniyah — One soldier was killed and another injured in an accident, after their supply convoy was hit by gunfire
Tikrit — An interpreter was killed and two soldiers wounded in an RPG attack
AUGUST 21
Hillah — A Marine was shot and killed while sitting in an SUV that was stuck in traffic. The gunman escaped into a crowded market nearby
AUGUST 22
Ba'iji — Six U.S. soldiers were wounded when their five-ton truck ran over a roadside bomb
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