No U.S. combat-related deaths in Iraq in December

[seeinfweggos]

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- December was the first month since the beginning of the Iraq war in which there were no U.S. combat deaths, the U.S. military reported.

There were three noncombat fatalities.

"That is a very significant milestone for us as we continue to move forward, and I think that also speaks to the level of violence and how it has decreased over time," said Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

Since the beginning of the war more than six years ago, 4,373 U.S. military members have died -- 3,477 from hostilities and 898 in non-combat incidents.

Combat fatalities have decreased significantly since June, when the United States started withdrawing troops from Baghdad, Iraq's capital, and other urban areas. The United States also started a troop drawdown in 2009 from about 160,000 to the current level of around 110,000.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/01/iraq.us.deaths/

[grantcart]

1. Thanks for posting this

[goclark]

9. Thanks grantcart K and R nt

[Mari333]

2. but they have doubled in Afghanistan

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7371826

just the govt rearranging the deadly deck chairs on the Titanic.

[rwheeler31]

3. This awful war has to to end.

No wins in Iraq. Why did we get so many killed?

[Mari333]

5. for money.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8v1hI1v-sY

[EFerrari]

4. But four of our service people did lose their lives in Iraq in December

And they are owed our remembrance.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_casualties_current.htm

[Cha]

6. Thanks for bringing these facts

to light.

[seeinfweggos]

7. change i believe in

within his first year troop levels in iraq are way down and the cambat deaths down to ZERO for the first time since bush's illegal invasion in 2003. obama campaigned saying it would take 16 months to get out.

[rollin74]

8. Excellent

very good news