A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq. As of Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006, at least 2,199 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 1,720 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians.
The AP count is 10 more than the Defense Department's tally, last updated at 10 a.m. EST Friday. The British military has reported 98 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' name declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 2,060 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,611 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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The latest death reported by the military:
• A Marine was killed Saturday by a roadside bomb about 50 miles west of Baghdad.
• A Marine was killed Saturday by a roadside bomb about 35 miles north of Baghdad.
• Three Marines were killed Sunday by small arms attacks in Fallujah.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
• No identifications reported.
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On the Net:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/
Is this what we went over there to get? And when is it time to say no more and bring our people home."
Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush' name declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 2,060 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,611 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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The latest death reported by the military:
• A Marine was killed Saturday by a roadside bomb about 50 miles west of Baghdad.
• A Marine was killed Saturday by a roadside bomb about 35 miles north of Baghdad.
• Three Marines were killed Sunday by small arms attacks in Fallujah.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
• No identifications reported.
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On the Net:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/
Is this what we went over there to get? And when is it time to say no more and bring our people home."
