Daily U.S. Casualties 9/12/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 9/12/2004

As of Friday, 1,008 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 762 died as a result of hostile action and 246 died of nonhostile causes. The figures include three military civilians.

The British military has reported 65 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, 11; Poland, 10; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, six; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; and Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia and the Netherlands have reported one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 867 U.S. military members have died -- 650 as a result of hostile action and 217 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers Friday. There was no update provided Saturday.

There were no new deaths or identifications reported by the military.