"U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,836" and "288 Total U.S. deaths in Afghanistan, region"

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U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,836


By The Associated Press
© 2006 The Associated Press

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— As of Monday, Nov. 6, 2006, at least 2,836 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,276 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is four more than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Monday at 10 a.m. EST.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4314574.html

U.S. deaths in Afghanistan, region

By The Associated Press
© 2006 The Associated Press

— As of Monday, Nov. 6, 2006, at least 288 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The Defense Department last updated its figures on Monday, Nov. 6, 2006.

Of those, the military reports 185 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 56 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen.

There was also one military civilian death and four CIA officer deaths.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4314590.html

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1. glad to see this sad story is an AP article. should get wide circulation

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2. the website i go says

it's 349 in afganistWan.