A Daily Look at U.S. Deaths in Iraq - 452 U.S. service members have died

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAYBBPT4OD.html

As of Friday, Dec. 12, 452 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 311 died as a result of hostile action and 141 died of non-hostile causes, the department said. snip

On or since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 314 U.S. soldiers have died - 196 as a result of hostile action and 118 of non-hostile causes, according to the Defense Department's figures.

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1. here's a CNN link stating 455 dead US military personnel

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/13/sprj.irq.main/

The two deaths Friday brings to 455 the number of U.S. troops killed since the start of the Iraq war. Of those 312 have died from hostile fire, while 143 deaths have been classified as non-hostile.

There is no reliable source for Iraqi civilian or combatant casualty figures from the period of major combat or after May 1. The Associated Press reported an estimated 3,240 civilian Iraqi deaths between March 20 and April 20, but the AP reported that the figure was based on records of only half of Iraq's hospitals and the actual number is thought to be significantly higher.

I am so sorry for all of the ruined and lost lives in this oil misadventure of the BFEE.

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