"Harry Hope" <hhope@N0BRAINS.C0M> wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 13:04:51 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
From The Associated Press, 3/3/05:
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/062/world/U_S_military_dead_in_Iraq_rise:.s
html
U.S. military dead in Iraq rises to 1,500, Associated Press tally
shows
By Todd Pitman, Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)
The number of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq campaign rose to 1,500
on Thursday, an Associated Press count showed, as the military
announced the latest death of one of its troops.
The soldier was killed Wednesday in Babil province, just south of
Baghdad, part of an area known as the ''Triangle of Death'' because of
the frequency of insurgent attacks on U.S.- and Iraqi-led forces
there.
The soldier, assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was
killed in action ''while conducting security and stability
operations,'' the military said, declining to release more specific
information.
As is customary in the military, the name of the soldier was withheld
pending notification of next of kin.
U.S. troops are killed nearly every day in Iraq.
The latest death brought to at least 1,500 the number of members of
the U.S. military who have died since the U.S.-led war in Iraq began
in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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