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