As of Friday, Aug. 24, 2007, at least 3,725 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
A US soldier from 1-501 Para-Infantry Regiment races away from a Blackhawk helicopter after his unit was air lifted to a drop zone south of Baghdad as part of Operation Gecko. US President George W. Bush, lawmakers, members of the US military and veterans were locked Friday in an escalating political war of words over whether to reduce US troop levels in Iraq.[AFP] |
The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,047 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
The AP count is three higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
The British military has reported 168 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, South Korea, one death each.