U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq - 943 U.S. service members have died

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Tue Aug-17-04 07:03 PM
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U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq - 943 U.S. service members have died

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBT8HZO0YD.html

As of Tuesday, Aug. 17, 943 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 703 died as a result of hostile action and 240 died of non-hostile causes.

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saigon68

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Tue Aug-17-04 07:04 PM
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1. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

Edited on Tue Aug-17-04 07:15 PM by saigon68

And "Bring It On" did the Iraqi Resistance Forces

A militiaman loyal to Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr takes position as a car burns in the southern Iraqi city of Basra after three British civilian vehicles were hit by a roadside bomb, causing no casualties.(AFP/Essam al-Sudani

Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi soldiers clash with British forces in the southern city of Basra, Iraq (news - web sites) Tuesday Aug. 17, 2004. The deadly showdown between U.S. troops and Iraqi militants in Najaf dominated Iraq's national conference, with tribal and religious leaders deciding to send 60 delegates to the holy city to persuade a radical Shiite cleric to call off his fighters. (AP Photo/Nabil Juranee)

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bluestateguy

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Tue Aug-17-04 07:05 PM
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2. No, 945 have died.

www.icasualties.org

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