Posted by Dave on 03/24/08 at 09:42:54 am
Categories: Foreign Affairs

Just a few short days after the 5th anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq, and on Easter, we find out that US troop deaths in Iraq have surpassed 4,000.

4,000 American soldiers have died.

Hundreds of thousand of Iraqis have died.

When will it end?

UPDATE: Some more numbers... from Open Left:

• Journalists: 135 fatalities
• Non-American military coalition forces: 308 fatalities
• Non-military contractors: At least 1,001 fatalities as of June 30th, 2007
• Iraqi Security Forces: At least 8,057
Iraqi military forces: During the invasion, between 15,000 and 45,000 Iraqi military personnel died.

• Civilians: Between 400,000 and 650,000 as of June 2006, and over 1,000,000 now.

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