A Look at US Military Deaths in Iraq- Toll is Escalating

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A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

Saturday November 5, 2005 12:16 AM


By The Associated Press

As of Friday, Nov. 4, 2005, at least 2,042 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,590 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians.

The AP count is seven higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated at 10 a.m. EDT Friday.

The British military has reported 97 deaths; Italy, 27; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,903 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,476 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5393760,00.html

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