In case anyone missed it, an all-around depressing day: Baquba attack - homicide bomber - 68 dead + 56 wounded Ramadi - 2 US servicemen died Baghdad - 1 US serviceman died - makeshift bomb Baghdad - 1 Iraqi dead + six others wounded - bomb Suwayra - 35 insurgents + 7 Iraqi forces died in a battle 2 Pakistani hostages reported killed God Squad - Proposal for Saudi troops to Iraq Ramadi - Insurgents fired mortars at several American bases + 1 insurgent killed Kidnappings - 3 sons of the governor for western Anbar province were reported taken hostage before insurgents burned down his house. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20081-2004Jul28.html http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/28/iraq.main/index.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/28/international/middleeast/28CND-IRAQ.html?hp Also, in Afghanistan, a bomb killed 2 persons registering to vote in the upcoming elections: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20911-2004Jul28.html