U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 3,057

[Kadie]

U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 3,057
By The Associated Press
13 minutes ago


As of Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, at least 3,057 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,434 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

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The latest death reported by the military:

• A soldier was killed Saturday by a roadside bomb northeast of Baghdad.

• Four soldiers were killed Saturday in Anbar province.

• A Marine was killed Saturday in Anbar province.


more...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths_5


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[frogbison]

1. The last time I changed the numbers on the back of my car

(Friday) it was 3,027, 30 dead troops and their loved ones' lives forever altered since then. 30 more mothers and 30 more fathers, more wives, girlfriends, husbands, and children without a parent. 30 more people gone, whose brothers and sisters will always miss them, will wonder how their lives might have been...