Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Reality Bites

As of Monday, at least 4,114 members of the US military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,353 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military numbers.

As of Monday, at least 468 members of the US military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures June 28. Of those, the military reports 331 were killed by hostile action.

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