Tuesday's attack in Sadr City took the lives of EPRT member Steve Farley, Civil Affairs MAJ Dwayne Kelley, Nicole Suveges from the BCT's Human Terrain Team, another soldier, an Italian-Iraqi translator and 6 Iraqi civilians, at last report. I have word that District Council Deputy Chairman Hassan Shema was the likely intended target of the attack; he was injured in the blast and is recovering, as are a number of other council members.

Friends from the Baghdad PRT tell me that nearly 100 friends and colleagues observed the departure of the Angel Flight from Baghdad last night. Honoring the departure of the flights bearing the remains of fallen comrades is a solemn ritual observed in Iraq.