U.S. Troops Death Toll Mounts as Iraq Danger Persists
Saturday, September 4, 2004 at 07:45PM
TheSpook
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The U.S. military death toll in Iraq is approaching 1,000, with
the danger faced by American troops undiminished in the two months since
the formation of an interim government. The United States transferred
sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government headed by Prime Minister
Iyad Allawi on June 28, officially ending the occupation. But more than
137,000 U.S. troops and 23,000 allied foreign soldiers remain in Iraq
protecting Allawi's government and fighting a persistent insurgency
that has left much of the country a battleground. Since the March 2003
invasion to topple President Saddam Hussein, 976 U.S. troops have been
killed in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Friday, while another 6,916 have
been wounded. The average monthly U.S. military death toll has been
about 55 troops in the 17-1/2 months of war. Forty-two U.S. troops died
in Iraq in June. After the hand-over, 54 were killed in July and 66 in
August. [more ]
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